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Recent Publications

  • 2025 ATRA Legislative Program
  • Richard Stavneak: State Budget Balanced, but Challenges Ahead
  • Steve Trussell Named 2024 ATRA Outstanding Member
  • Glenn Farley: US Economy Rebounds Post-Covid, but Arizona Still Feels Strain
  • Bill Molina Re-Elected ATRA Chairman
  • Robert Robb & Matt Benson Provide Election Update
  • ATRA Highlights Major Public Finance and Taxation Issues
  • Thomas & Gabel Talk Tax Compliance and Litigation Impacts on Arizona Taxpayers
  • Walczak Provides National Tax Perspective
  • $2.4 Billion in K12 School Bonds on November Ballots - Electioneering Moves into Publicity Pamphlets
  • City Budgets Maintain Strong Growth Trend Leading into FY 2025
  • Fire District Levies Climb 6.6% in FY25
  • State & Local Debt Nears $38 Billion in FY 2023
  • State & Local Government Salaries Climb - K12 Salaries up 44%
  • $2.4 Billion in K12 Bonds on November Ballots
  • In Memoriam Dick Foreman
  • Phoenix Expands CBD - Signals GPLET Ramp Up
  • SAVE THE DATES: ATRA Outlook Conference & Golf Tournament
  • Two Counties Asking Voters for Increases in Constitutional Expenditure Limits

ATRA in the News

KJZZ 91.5 Phoenix
Wayne Schutsky

A proposal backed by the Arizona Diamondbacks that would let the team use state

Daily Independent
Howard Fischer

The Goldwater Institute is challenging a 2022 law that has the goal of bringing Hollywoo

Tucson Sentinel
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy

A Republican bill that would rein in a controversial tax break used by municipalities to entice large development projects that cities say they need is one step closer to being sent to the governor’s desk. 
https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031324_municipal_tax_breaks…

AZ Mirror
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy

Rep. Travis Grantham, R-Gilbert, wants to reduce the amount of time a property can receive a Government Property Lease Excise Tax, or GPLET for short, from eight years down to four years.

“Make no mistake about it…the underlying policy questions still remain and will remain after this bill,” McCarthy said, adding that the tool allows for cities to pick “winners and losers” in economic development.