It was heartening to see The Arizona Republiceditorial board endorse the Arizona Senate’s action to support Governor Jan Brewer’s Medicaid proposal as “courageous.” While it is always nice to get accolades in politics, I must admit it was not an act of courage, but simply what we were elected to do.

Gov. Jan Brewer and some Arizona lawmakers are determined to pass her plan to simplify the state’s tax code this year, but municipalities are just as determined to delay at least one portion of the governor’s proposal that they argue could do irreparable harm to their finances.

Testimony at the Senate Finance Committee on March 20 on Brewer’s Transaction Privilege Tax reform proposal focused on the need to approve her plan this year. Without it, Arizona won’t be able to abide by the federal Marketplace Fairness Act and begin collecting remote sales taxes from online transactions.

Gov. Jan Brewer believes she found her “game-changer” in her quest to expand Arizona’s Medicaid program.

On April 25, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a guidance memo for the states that appeared to answer a question that has been hovering over Brewer’s top agenda item — whether the state can continue its enrollment freeze for childless adults in the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System.

Maricopa County's offer to pay the state $30 million in exchange for new tax referendums is a deal that appears to be without recent precedent in American governmental history.

The county is offering to help Arizona with its deficit crisis with a one-time gift of $30 million. In exchange, it wants permission from the state to ask voters to extend a one-fifth of a cent jail tax to the year 2027, as well as a sales tax referendum to fund a new hospital district and integrated health care system.

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.

Arizona’s tax burden appears to be easing this year, even as the national tax bill rises, according to a new study.

Arizona’s “tax freedom day” arrived five days earlier this year, on April 5, than it did in 2012, the Tax Foundation reported. The nation’s tax-freedom day comes five days later this year, on April 18, the Tax Foundation reported.

PHOENIX – When Alexis Bristor graduates from Arizona State University in December with a degree in film and media production, she plans to pack her bags and head straight to Hollywood.

“There’s a few editing places around Arizona, but they aren’t really doing the kind of things I want to do with my career,” Bristor said. “They’re usually focusing on family films or promotional videos kind of a thing for local companies and stuff like that, whereas I want to be making films.”