A veteran lawmaker is proposing what amounts to an end-run to allow some business owners to avoid paying the just-approved income tax surcharge for education.
Read More »It’s time to free ourselves from ‘Big Tech’ monopoly
This is a bipartisan issue. We know that taking on the app tax to bring businesses and jobs to Arizona is something we can all get behind, all while loosening the stranglehold Big Tech has over our daily lives – and pocketbooks!
Read More »Court rejects bid to put hold on surcharge on wealthy
A new income tax surcharge on the wealthy to add more dollars to public education can take effect.
Read More »Court dismisses part of Prop 208 legal challenge 
A judge has tossed out one of the challenges to a voter-approved education tax.
Read More »Arizona’s economy does not need a tax increase
Arizona’s economy is just starting to come back from a devastating spring and summer due to the pandemic shutdowns. The last thing we should do is pump the breaks on the recovery by putting in place the largest permanent tax increase in state history.
Read More »Campaign to tax rich for schools turns in signatures for ballot
The vast majority of Arizonans may get a chance to decide whether the top 4 percent of wage earners should be paying more to support education.
Read More »Legislators consider tax hike for some types of home rentals 
Arizona lawmakers grappling with the unintended consequences of a 2016 law that prohibited cities from regulating vacation rentals want to hike taxes on some rental owners.
Read More »Major job-creation threat to Arizona on horizon
Besides the imposition of a new special statewide taxing district which would be a first, we also are potentially facing the largest single tax increase, if passed, in state history. It is almost an outright 15% annual increase for the entire state budget!
Read More »Rep. Griffin says she won’t push passage of her porn-tax bill 
Griffin, questioned Tuesday about the bill, said it was not her idea but came from a constituent who was not identified. And now, with media scrutiny, Griffin said as far as she's concerned the measure isn't going anywhere this year.
Read More »What Arizona can do to prepare for a post ACA
A federal judge in Texas (Judge Reed O’Connor) dealt a blow to the Affordable Care Act in December when he ruled in Texas v. Azar that the ACA is unconstitutional in its entirety, including the implementation of market reforms (e.g. protections for folks with pre-existing conditions), the health insurance marketplaces, and the expansion of Medicaid.
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