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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.
Battle over spending limit continues after Brewer veto
After fighting for years, small-government advocates thought they had a victory as the Legislature passed HB2707, the so-called Taxpayer Bill of Rights measure that would place strict limits on how quickly government spending could increase.
Brewer vetoes bill to limit state spending
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has used her veto stamp on a bill that would have placed a new limit on state government spending.
Senate OKs bill limiting state general funds
The Arizona Senate has given preliminary approval of a bill that would limit state government spending.
Beware of Americans for Prosperity’s prescriptions
Note to elected officials: Americans for Prosperity thinks it knows better than you how to run government. And they don’t seem to have much more respect for the intellect of working Arizonans.
