Arizona legislators pass road-tax measure, plan to adjourn for year

Bob Christie Capitol Media Service PHOENIX — The months-long battle over whether to allow voters in Maricopa County to vote for a sales tax extension has come as a deal between Congressional Republican leaders and Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs passed the House and Senate. finished on Monday. The vote was not close. Seventeen of the […]
GOP leaders of Arizona House, Senate reach deal with Hobbs on road-tax deal

Bob Christie Capitol Media Service PHOENIX — Republican leaders in the Arizona House and Senate have reached a deal with Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs to put a proposal to extend the Maricopa County transportation tax by half a cent when Congress returns Monday. But a large clique of Republican lawmakers, known as the Arizona Liberal […]