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Arizona lawmaker questions motives after TUSD pulls out of desegregation forum

https://tucson.com/news/local/arizona-lawmaker-questions-motives-after-…

An Arizona lawmaker is accusing the Tucson Unified School District of having something to hide after the district backed out of a planned public forum about its longstanding desegregation case, arguing the forum was actually a partisan campaign event for the lawmaker who organized it.

How U.S. Supreme Court Ruling On Online Sales Tax Will Impact Arizona

In a five to four vote, the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday ruled to allow states to collect sales tax from online and out-of-state retailers.

To look at how this ruling will impact Arizona, The Show reached out to Kevin McCarthy, president of the Arizona Tax Research Association.

https://kjzz.org/content/661404/how-us-supreme-court-ruling-online-sale…

It’s rhetoric, not fact, to say that public schools lack $1 billion

K-12 education in Arizona is missing a billion dollars. The phrase is repeated so frequently the media mimics it without understanding its meaning. The trouble is, it’s rhetoric — not fact.

Total K-12 spending a decade ago was $9.7 billion for $9,263 per pupil and the estimate for today (not including the recently passed state budget) is $10.9 billion at $9,774 per pupil according to JLBC.

Is Arizona ranked dead last in teacher's pay?

http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/arizona-news/is-arizona-ranked-dead-la…

PHOENIX (KSAZ) - With all the talk about teacher pay in recent weeks, both around the country and in Arizona, there is one number people keep hearing, that Arizona is ranked dead last in the nation, when it comes to teacher pay.

However, is that really the case? The Arizona Tax Research Association recently took a deep dive into the numbers.

Kwok: Is Arizona teacher pay 28th, 43rd or 50th? Actually, all 3 are true

https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/abekwok/2018/03/31/arizon…

Is teacher pay in Arizona 43rd in the country? Or is it 50th? Or 38th? Or 28th?

Yes.

And we should all pay heed – not because the rankings and data are wrong, per se; they’re not. Or because adversaries in the education-funding realm pick and choose whatever number suits their argument. That’s a given.

Roberts: Universities stop bill to end Arizona's sweetest tax dodge

https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/2018/03/16/universities-kill-bi…

Hearty congratulations are in order to Arizona State University, which has managed to kill a bill that would have ended what may be the state’s sweetest tax dodge.

Rep. Vince Leach, R-Tucson, has been questioning why Arizona’s largest commercial office complex pays no property taxes – and won’t for 100 years.
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