Miscellaneous

Phoenix Business Journal
Friday, December 2, 2016
Mike Sunnucks
McCarthy said sports teams need to pay for their own facilities... and the ASU development district where the new arena is proposed already retains property taxes within that district. “It’s already the mother of all property tax TIFs,” McCarthy said.
The Arizona Republic
Sunday, February 1, 2015
Dan Nowicki
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/politics/2015/01/31/arizona-... From Derrick Hall of the Arizona Diamondbacks emceeing Gov. Doug Ducey's inauguration to U.S. Sen. John McCain lounging with Arizona Cardinals President Michael Bidwill at a game, politics and sports are mixing in Arizona more than ever.
Arizona Republic
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Sean McCarthy
Arizona's debt has nearly doubled in the last decade. How elected officials are obtaining it is even more troubling.
Arizona Republic
Friday, April 4, 2014
Michelle Ye Hee Lee
An Arizona Commerce Authority spokesman said the film industry is not one of the agency's priorities.
The Arizona Republic
Friday, March 28, 2014
Editorial Board
A 2009 ATRA study of the effects of Prop. 203 found that its passage decimated revenue flowing to a pair of health-care-related funds that rely on tobacco taxes. The Tobacco Tax & Health Care Fund and the Tobacco Products Fund together lost over $50 million in funding from 2006 (the year Prop. 203 passed) to 2008.
The Arizona Republic
Monday, April 29, 2013
Kevin McCarthy
The controversy surrounding Gov. Jan Brewer’s recommendation to expand health-care coverage to low-income Arizonans could leave a casual observer with the impression that she is proposing a massive public-policy change.
The Arizona Republic
Monday, April 29, 2013
Kevin McCarthy
The controversy surrounding Gov. Jan Brewer’s recommendation to expand health-care coverage to low-income Arizonans could leave a casual observer with the impression that she is proposing a massive public-policy change.
The Arizona Republic
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Steve Pierce
“Opposition to the governor’s proposal ignores the current legal framework for Medicaid coverage and the relatively few realistic options that are available to Arizona.”
Tax Foundation
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
William McBride, Richard Borean
Senator Mike Lee of Utah has proposed adding a child tax credit of $2,500 per child, which is in addition to the existing child tax credit of $1,000 per child. This week’s map shows which states benefit most from the existing child tax credit, in terms of the average dollar amount per tax return. Utah gets far and away the biggest benefit, at $665 per tax return, followed by neighboring states Idaho, at $498 per tax return, and Arizona, at $495 per tax return.
Arizona Capitol Times
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Jeremy Duda
“The cost is not a couple hundred million dollars. It’s over $800 million over three years,” he said. “More and more legislators are going to view that as an option that doesn’t make a lot of sense.”