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Bill To Protect Arizonans From Tax Hikes Clears Arizona Senate
By Daniel Stefanski | A bill to keep unwelcome tax increases away from unsuspecting Arizona taxpayers cleared its first body of the state legislature. On Monday, the Arizona Senate passed SB 1013 with a 17-12 vote. One Democrat member of the chamber, Senator Burch,...
Rep. Weninger Introduces Bill To Create Dedicated Funding For DBacks’ Stadium
By Daniel Stefanski | An Arizona lawmaker has introduced a bill to solve the murky funding situation with the stadium of the hometown professional baseball franchise. Last week, State Representative Jeff Weninger filed HB 2704 to “create a dedicated funding source...
Arizona Legislature Fast-Tracking Bill To Exempt Taxes On Tips
By Daniel Stefanski | The State of Arizona is fast-tracking a tax reduction policy through the legislature that became a staple of President Donald J. Trump’s campaign platform over the past year. This week, the Arizona House of Representatives Committee on Ways and...
Hobbs’ Budget Proposal Supported By Democrat Lawmakers
By Daniel Stefanski | Arizona Democrats are standing behind a budget proposal from the state’s governor. Late last week, Governor Katie Hobbs released her budget for Fiscal Year 2026 for the State of Arizona. Hobbs, a Democrat, championed her priorities of...
Phoenix Ranked 14th Among Best Cities For Young Entrepreneurs
By Matthew Holloway | A recent study from Search Logistics has yielded an encouraging result for the Phoenix metro area, ranking the city as the 14th best city in the nation for young entrepreneurs. The survey from the UK SEO firm ranked the fifty most populous cities...
Schweikert Exposes Biden Admin’s Outgoing Job Statistics
By Matthew Holloway | Congressman David Schweikert revealed the truth about job numbers after an update was released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics which claimed the economy under outgoing President Joe Biden added 256,000 jobs in the month of December. “As we...
Common Sense Institute’s Free Enterprise Report Highlights School Choice, Tax Reforms In Arizona
By Matthew Holloway | The 2025 Free Enterprise Report from the Common Sense Institute Arizona (CSI) was released Monday and ranked the state of Arizona amongst the states in education as well as the new indexes of economic performance and economic momentum. According...
Gilbert Town Council Sued By Goldwater Institute For “Illegal” Pickleball Tax
By Matthew Holloway | The Town of Gilbert is the target of a lawsuit by the Goldwater Institute on behalf of the Home Builders Association of Central Arizona and a local property owner, Jonathan Barth, for allegedly violating the Arizona Constitution which bans tax...
Arizona’s Low Tax Rate Lures Star Pitcher To Diamondbacks
By Daniel Stefanski | Arizona Republicans highlighted their state’s low tax rate after a recent signing of a baseball star with the hometown team. Late last month, Corbin Burnes, a free agent pitching star, decided to sign with the Arizona Diamondbacks, shocking most...
2025 Tax Elimination Set To Save AZ Renters Money
By Matthew Holloway | Arizona renters and landlords alike will get to breathe a sigh of relief this month when the Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT), applied by cities to rental payments every single month, is eliminated. While the cities that will no longer enjoy this...
Rep. Schweikert Pitches Solutions To Rising Costs And Decreasing Wages
By Matthew Holloway | Congressman David Schweikert (R-AZ-01) offered his fellow Congress members a gift in his weekly speech on Thursday. The former Arizona State Treasurer and nation’s de facto accountant presented solutions to the problems “that directly contribute...
Maricopa County Committee Calls For 20-Year Extension Of Existing Tax Rate
By Matthew Holloway | The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors’ Public Safety Funding Committee (PSFC) presented its findings last week and has recommended that it pursue a 20-year extension of the existing voter-approved tax rate of 1/5th of a cent, set to expire in...
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