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Miscellaneous
Tax Breaks for Luxury Towers Spur Redevelopment, and Backlash
Sean McCarthy: On data, Dad, and K-12 funding
Municipal and County Government
Here's how downtown Phoenix's success cost taxpayers more than $3 billion
Property tax override returning to Apache County ballots
2018: Property tax break fight finds some common ground
Tempe approves $21 million tax break for hotel and conference center
Property Tax
When State Universities and Businesses Gang Up on the Taxpayers
When a University Helps a Business Avoid Property Taxes
New ASU developments will fund Sun Devil Stadium, other athletic facilities
Pima County officials see legal trouble in desegregation tax
2018: Amended GPLET reform bill passes through legislature
Big fight pits Legislature vs. universities over real estate deals, tax breaks
Robb: Business tax breaks, even on tax-free ASU land, aren’t victimless
Sales Tax
Sales taxes in Arizona have mostly stabilized, though at high rates
Supreme Court ruling on online state sales tax won't see immediate impacts in Arizona
How U.S. Supreme Court Ruling On Online Sales Tax Will Impact Arizona
2018: Bill creates needed framework to tax digital goods and software
2018: Arizona wrestles with blocking taxes on cloud offerings, digital streams
Legislature ponders new tax plans to fix Tucson-area roads
Pension Reform
Many Arizona politicians move behind the bench as JPs, extending careers and boosting pay
K/12 Community College Finance
Local education funding results
Arizona Western College has second highest overall tax rate in the state
Arizona lawmaker questions motives after TUSD pulls out of desegregation forum
It’s rhetoric, not fact, to say that public schools lack $1 billion
Is Arizona ranked dead last in teacher's pay?
Kwok: Is Arizona teacher pay 28th, 43rd or 50th? Actually, all 3 are true
Roberts: Universities stop bill to end Arizona's sweetest tax dodge
Your Turn: Arizona teacher pay is not the lowest. Stop saying it is
Bill requires school districts to sell property to charter or private schools when they are the highest bidders
District spent on desegregation without programs in place
Arizona Legislature begins Monday with focus on education funding
