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Another Month, Another Onslaught of Municipal Tax and Fee Increases 

Arizona taxpayers can’t catch a break from their local governments. From water rates and utility bills to property taxes and sales taxes, city councils have spent the last several months approving one increase after another. No matter the justification,...

Arizona Corporation Commission Could Saddle Ratepayers with 14% Rate Hikes 

Arizona ratepayers already know what it feels like to watch their electric bills climb. In just the last few years, rates have increased by 27% across Arizona, all while environmentalists and Democrats in Washington claimed that trillions of dollars in...

The Only Thing Pay to Play Katie Got Out of the Budget Was Corporate Handouts for her Friends 

After months of vetoes and walking away from the table, Hobbs has finally signed a budget. A budget that looks pretty much the same as the one Legislative Republicans sent up to her desk at the beginning of May. A budget she vetoed, and...

Another Month, Another Onslaught of Municipal Tax and Fee Increases 

Arizona taxpayers can’t catch a break from their local governments. From water rates and utility bills to property taxes and sales taxes, city councils have spent the last several months approving one increase after another. No matter the justification,...

Arizona Corporation Commission Could Saddle Ratepayers with 14% Rate Hikes 

Arizona ratepayers already know what it feels like to watch their electric bills climb. In just the last few years, rates have increased by 27% across Arizona, all while environmentalists and Democrats in Washington claimed that trillions of dollars in...

The Only Thing Pay to Play Katie Got Out of the Budget Was Corporate Handouts for her Friends 

After months of vetoes and walking away from the table, Hobbs has finally signed a budget. A budget that looks pretty much the same as the one Legislative Republicans sent up to her desk at the beginning of May. A budget she vetoed, and...

Speaking of Superlatives

The Arizona legislature passed a bill this year that would continue to reduce commercial property taxes, begin a gradual phase down of corporate income taxes (from nearly 7 percent down to 4.9 percent), and subsidize new hires for some companies. The corporate income...

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Filming in the Red

Arizona has a $2 billion budget deficit.  Needless to say, tax dollars are at a premium.   So why did the Senate just vote to subsidize movie producers?  No idea.  How many jobs did the old film tax credit produce in 2008 - 2009?  Forty-one (41).  And according to the...

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