GOP lawmakers seeking strict spending caps
Republican legislators are striving to mark Arizona’s centennial with a fundamental change to how the state spends its money that would effectively shackle future Legislatures from creating any new government program unless they found a corresponding place to cut spending.
House GOP looks to rule change for spending limit
House Republicans are trying to get around one of last year’s vetoes by amending the Legislature’s procedural rules.
Colorado duo object to labeling TABOR a failure
Not everyone has agreed with Gov. Jan Brewer’s characterization of TABOR as “an experiment that failed” in her veto of HB2707, and some advocates are bristling that Colorado is being used in that way.
Kavanagh says TABOR might replace flat tax
House Appropriations Chairman Rep. John Kavanagh said some legislators have started to tout a taxpayer bill of rights, or TABOR, as an alternative to a flat income tax rate in... […]