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ATRA in the News
ATRA in the News: 2012
ATRA in the News: 2012
Education Finance
Higley school district officials trying to sort out bond vote
Arizona school funding gap grows between 'have', 'have-not' districts
Lawyer is loved, loathed at Capitol
Miscellaneous
Brewer’s state employee personnel reform will benefit all Arizonans
Property Tax
Prop. 117 gives us chance to fix property-tax system
Voters approve Proposition 117 limiting property valuation increases
Prop. 117 will help ensure restraint in property taxation
Property tax measure faces burst of opposition
The issue: Contributions to Prop. 117 opposition group
Prop. 117 aims to simplify property-tax system
Advocate, foe spar on Proposition 117
Prop 117: Limiting property valuation increases for taxes
Gilbert Public Schools' tax rates increase 40 percent
Prop. 117 will help ensure restraint in property taxation
Letter: Prop. 117 will benefit taxpayers
Letter: Prop. 117 - Why don't property tax consultants like it?
Letter: Prop 117 caps annual growth of limited value to 5 percent
Tax group president heads ballot campaign to cap property values
Senate Balks at PV Fee Bill
Influential tax policy group seeks limit in growth of property values
Sales Tax
Construction sales-tax change eyed
Tax and revenue measures on 12 state ballots
Kevin McCarthy - Vote no on Prop 204
Prop. 204 debate centers on Internet sales taxes
Foes of Prop. 204 vow well-funded assault
Arizona sales-tax initiative is a mess
MOUNTAIN OR MOLEHILL?
EDITORIAL: Arizona law is clear on petitions
Ken Bennett: clerical error trumps groundwell
THAT’S POCKET CHANGE!
Backers of Arizona 1-cent tax to file suit over rejected petitions
State elections officials reject sales tax initiative signatures
Petitions to extend 1-cent AZ sales tax rejected
Filing of petitions heightens Arizona sales-tax fight
Backers file petitions to extend 1-cent Ariz. sales tax
Wording may void Arizona sales-tax petitions
Sales tax initiative for education, public works might not make Nov. ballot
Potential ballot language troubles could sink sales-tax initiative
Arizona panel to consider online sales tax issue
Arizona sales-tax code may be made simpler
4 Arizona cities' sales tax in U.S. top
Sales tax, Arizona style
Arizona’s combined sales tax rate is second-highest in the nation
Tax Reform
Governor Jan Brewer Names Members of the Transaction Privilege Tax Simplification Task Force
Ariz. governor seeking tax changes for businesses
