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Steve Montenegro reflects on compromises, victories and unfinished business
In his second year as Arizona’s House speaker, Rep. Steve Montenegro, R-Goodyear, helped lead a bipartisan budget deal that includes President Donald Trump’s tax cuts and passed the Legislature with […]
Gov. Hobbs on navigating election-year politics from the Ninth Floor
Gov. Katie Hobbs is now on the other side of four legislative sessions on the Ninth Floor. And while the final session of her first term as governor did not […]
Hobbs sees bipartisan budget, tax cuts as her election-year legacy
Key Points: Gov. Katie Hobbs is already campaigning on $1.4 billion tax cut from bipartisan budget She managed to secure a data center tax moratorium and avoid setting a new […]
Hobbs signs $18.3B bipartisan budget
Key Points: Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a bipartisan budget Saturday after the Legislature adjourned in the wee hours of the morning The $18.3 billion package includes $1.4 billion in tax […]
Arizona has no budget, no negotiations and no time. Hobbs should come back to the table.
The Arizona Legislature just passed a budget that ensures that Medicaid enrollees actually qualify for Medicaid. It requires food stamp recipients to meet program rules. It cuts taxes for working […]
When Washington cuts taxes for billionaires, Arizona pays the price
Funding for education and roads in Arizona is always under threat, and now Republicans in Congress have made revenue problems even worse for states like Arizona by passing the federal […]
Republicans fast-track $1.1B tax cut, governor likely to veto
Key points: Republican lawmakers passing $1.1 billion tax cut Bill fully conforms state tax code to federal House Resolution 1 Republicans claim state has funds to cover anticipated revenue loss […]
State budget facing ‘cliff in federal funding’
Key Highlights: Despite uncertain economy, Gov.Hobbs determined to cut taxes Curbing universal vouchers for private and parochial schools is in Hobbs’ sites The governor didn’t provide details on what programs […]
Hobbs disapproves of automatic income tax cut passed in Senate
Republicans who control the Arizona Legislature are looking to enact more tax cuts just four years after the largest tax cut in state history turned state finances on their head […]
Budget negotiations heat up as Legislature slows down
Three months into the Arizona Legislature's annual session, lawmakers are ready to take some time off and go to a work schedule many would love to have -- just one day a week.
Lawmakers to start 2024 session with massive budget deficit
From a $2 billion surplus to a $450 million deficit, lawmakers will have tough choice to make to balance the budget.
House refuses to require individual income tax rates to be cut during surplus
The state House refused Monday to require that individual income tax rates be cut automatically any time the state runs a surplus.
