http://tucson.com/news/local/legislature-ponders-new-tax-plans-to-fix-t…

As this column has explored several times, any Pima County Board of Supervisors-approved sales tax would have to clear a high bar — a unanimous 5-0 vote.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe/2018/01/11/tempe-tax-b…

Tempe plans to give a $21 million tax break to land a hotel and conference center on Arizona State University land.

The Tempe City Council voted 6 to 1 to approve the deal on Thursday. Councilman Kolby Granville was the lone dissenter.

http://tucson.com/news/local/arizona-legislature-begins-monday-with-foc…
PHOENIX — Gov. Doug Ducey kicks off the legislative session Monday with a call for more education funding — but not with the tax hikes that some say are necessary to provide truly adequate funding for schools.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/robertrobb/2018/01/05/asu…

The State Farm complex overlooking Tempe Town Lake pays no property tax. That’s because Arizona State University, or more precisely the Arizona Board of Regents, is the nominal owner.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/laurieroberts/2017/12/18/…
You’re driving on Loop 202 toward Tempe and there they are, five sparkling glass and steel buildings nestled along Tempe Town Lake.

http://tucson.com/news/local/steller-consider-tucson-s-limping-economy-…

J.D. Mesnard, speaker of the Arizona House, and other legislators toured promising places on Tucson’s economic landscape at the end of last week.

The group hit our booming downtown. Journeyed to Raytheon, with its impending expansion. Toured the Port of Tucson and saw its intermodal connections to Mexican trade.

http://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/2017/08/15/phoenix-wants-m…

It must be odd for City of Phoenix officials to admit they cannot sell their prized jewel, the Sheraton hotel, without guaranteeing the buyer won’t pay Phoenix’s high business property taxes. The incentive deal they are offering the buyer adds insult to this injurious affair.

As Phoenix negotiates the sale of the city-owned Sheraton hotel in downtown, a new aspect of the deal is sparking controversy: a proposed $97 million tax break for the buyer.

The city already expects to take a hefty loss on the Sheraton. In July, Phoenix entered into exclusive talks to sell to TLG Phoenix LLC, an investment company based in Florida, for $255 million.

Phoenix still owes $306 million on the hotel — the largest in the state with 1,000 rooms — and the city has already sunk about $47 million of taxpayers' money into it.

http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2017/07/20/legality-of-pinal-county-tran…

Pinal County is asking voters this November to approve a half-cent sales tax to fund regional transportation projects. Notwithstanding the failure to advance legislation that would allow the county to levy the tax at varying rates among different classifications, the county is proceeding with ballot language to do just that.

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/slideshow/downtown-phoenix-who-gets-tax-…

Critics of Phoenix's use of the Government Property Lease Excise Tax, or GPLET (pronounced jeep-let) for short, often argue that it creates an uneven playing field. Often, seemingly identical apartment complexes, office buildings, or hotels sit side-by-side, one receiving a substantial reduction in their property taxes, the other not.