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Behring named Scottsdale’s city manager
The Scottsdale City Council has selected Fritz Behring to be the new city manager. Behring has been Pinal County’s manager and also has been city manager in two Florida cities and one in Nebraska. City officials announced the selection Wednesday. Behring was one of three finalists for the Scottsdale job, … [Continue Reading]
$2.2 billion Maricopa County budget advances
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has advanced a $2.2 billion budget proposal that would lower spending, reduce taxes and increase employee pay. Arizona’s most populous county plans to decrease its spending by $82.4 million next year. The proposed budget also includes the first employee pay increase in five years. … [Continue Reading]
Tax reform aims to help small businesses
During the State of the Union address, President Obama said that tax reform is a key issue for small businesses today. Specifically, the president stressed that many small businesses are overwhelmed with administrative tasks associated with tax filing and deserve the opportunity to focus on strategic areas of their business … [Continue Reading]
Brewer Declares May ‘Arizona Small Business Month’
Arizona State Governor Janice K. Brewer approved the Arizona Small Business Association’s (ASBA) proclamation to declare May 2013 “Arizona Small Business Month.” The proclamation will be presented at ASBA’s 1st Annual Arizona Small Business Conference on May 16 at The Phoenician Resort in Scottsdale during the “State of Small Business … [Continue Reading]
Andrew Thomas will run for governor
Former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas says he’s planning to run for Arizona governor in 2014. Thomas served as county attorney from 2005 until he resigned in 2010 to unsuccessfully run for Arizona attorney general. A three-member disciplinary panel of the Arizona courts disbarred Thomas about a year ago for … [Continue Reading]
Phoenix health tax ordinance approved
Phoenix has received federal approval of its plan to tax local hospitals and use the resulting revenue to obtain a larger amount of federal dollars for health care provided under the state’s Medicaid program. The Arizona Republic reports that city officials announced Wednesday the federal approval of the ordinance adopted … [Continue Reading]
ACC’s Burns won’t seek re-election
Arizona Corporation Commissioner Brenda Burns says she has no plans to run for a second term. Burns made the announcement Friday. She says she will continue to be a watchdog for Arizona ratepayers until her current term ends. Burns says she would have liked to put off making the announcement … [Continue Reading]
Brewer signs photo radar bill
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a bill requiring state transportation officials to confirm there’s a legitimate safety need before they allow cities to put photo enforcement cameras on state highways. A Senate amendment to House Bill 2477 passed by the Legislature softened a requirement that cities show photo enforcement … [Continue Reading]
Obama unveils $3.8 trillion spending plan
President Barack Obama sent Congress a $3.8 trillion spending blueprint on Wednesday that strives to achieve a “grand bargain” to tame runaway deficits, raising taxes on the wealthy and trimming popular benefit programs including Social Security and Medicare. The president’s budget projects deficit reductions of $1.8 trillion over the next … [Continue Reading]
Grand Canyon-sized tax reform
The recent Grand Canyon Institute report “The Effects of Tax Reductions In Arizona: Significantly Reduced Government Revenue and No Apparent Impact on Economic Growth,” dismisses the bipartisan efforts to improve Arizona’s tax competitiveness over the past two decades and defies common sense. Does anyone really believe that Arizona would be … [Continue Reading]
Arizona lawmakers graded ‘C’ for openness
A national pro-transparency group says the Arizona Legislature isn’t doing a great job of sharing information with the public. The nonpartisan, nonprofit group Sunlight Foundation released transparency report cards on Monday for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The group analyzed legislative websites to determine how readily legislative … [Continue Reading]
ASU names Kyl Distinguished Fellow, Scholar
Former United States Senator Jon Kyl has accepted a part-time appointment at Arizona State University as Distinguished Fellow in Public Service in the ASU College of Public Programs and as O’Connor Distinguished Scholar of Law and Public Service in the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at ASU. The Senate’s … [Continue Reading]