Just as they did in 2023, this year’s legislature preemptively lifted the school spending limit for the 2024 – 2025 academic year, far ahead of the March 1, 2025, deadline. But the clock continues to tick—now toward…
In Arizona, only 29 percent of corporations pay more than $50 in state income taxes. Most of us pay more than that for our monthly phone bill. For more than 30 years, corporations have received billions of dollars of tax…
On January 9, Governor Hobbs released her budget proposal to address the needs of Arizonans. This week, the legislature ignored the Governor’s proposal and introduced bills to adopt a “skinny” budget. These bills…
Governor Hobbs and a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers are supporting a proposal that would make all purchases of tampons, sanitary napkins and other feminine hygiene products exempt from sales tax. It is estimated the exemption…
Instead of eliminating the sales tax on diapers, lawmakers should establish a direct assistance program to cover most or all of the cost of diapers for low-income families. Governor Hobbs and a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers…
2023 Legislative Agenda With a newly elected Governor and legislators representing newly drawn districts, the 2023 legislative session in Arizona presents a fresh opportunity to make vital policy changes. Many challenges…
The school spending cap known as the Aggregate Expenditure Limit (AEL) is once again threatening the new investments the legislature and governor made to K-12 education. Arizona’s school districts will be forced to cut…
Arizona voters helped make a college education more of a reality for thousands of Arizona Dreamers by approving Proposition 308. The passage of Proposition 308 will allow all Dreamers who have lived in Arizona for more…
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