A "flat tax" bill to rewrite the state individual income tax is nearing the finish line at the Legislature, setting the stage for changes that would have the Arizona's wealthiest taxpayers paying less while nearly nine of every 10 Arizonans pay more.

A month after Arizona enacted a series of corporate tax cuts aimed at stimulating job growth and turning around the state’s struggling economy, Arizona economists are mixed in their assessment of the law.

Legislation to phase in a flattened Arizona state income tax has cleared the state House.

Private-sector unions have a long history in America, and apart from occasional problems involving union violence, mob racketeering, and intimidation by union bosses of rank-and-file workers, they have often served as a legitimate part of the American workplace.

The ink is barely dry on Arizona Competitiveness Package, but business groups and Republican lawmakers have at least one more batch of economic incentives they hope to push through the Legislature this session.

Legislative budget analysts report what they say is clearly a significant development in Arizona's economic recovery.

The delicate balancing act involved in changing Arizona’s property tax structure will leave some homeowners paying higher property taxes.

When the property-tax cuts in the jobs bill go into effect, the financial safety net school districts use may get significantly thinner. And the property tax cuts will be especially problematic for districts that already have reached or exceeded their bonding limits.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a massive economic development bill laden with business tax cuts.

A massive economic development bill laden with business tax cuts awaits Gov. Jan Brewer's expected signature.