School districts are supposed to get their budgets done by July 15 and have the financial statements into the Arizona Auditor General by July 19. Lagging governments are set to wrap up their work. Read more» 
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Three Democratic candidates running for the Arizona House of Representatives in a Southwestern Arizona district mostly agreed during a recent debate, but split over issues related to immigration. Read more»
The Board of Supervisors will review a general outline of what the job of constable is, how it ought to be performed and solidifying the pay. It's been a rough few years for the constables, for reasons good, bad and tragic. Plus more in local government meetings. Read more»
Gov. Katie Hobbs and GOP legislative leaders are teaming up to request that Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes cough up their legal fees for a lawsuit she launched and recently lost over how the state’s share of a national opioid settlement should be spent. Read more»
A Maricopa County judge ruled that Arizona can spend opioid settlement money in state prisons, ending a high profile dispute between Gov. Katie Hobbs, Attorney General Kris Mayes and GOP legislative leaders. Read more»
Vail School District has an idea to provide homeschooled kids with a formalized menu of classes, athletics and extracurricular activities. Plus, Southwest Gas goes boldly into a Sahuarita franchise election, and more from government meetings around Tucson. Read more»
A judge on Thursday blocked the transfer of $115 million from the state’s share of the national opioid settlement that legislators approved less than a week ago as a key component of balancing a nearly $1.4 billion budget deficit. Read more»
The Pima County Board of Supervisors left the total county tax rate right where it was for the current (about to end) fiscal year. But taxes were set to end up lower if the board took no action.
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Andrés Cano, a former Tucson-area lawmaker who resigned last year to undertake graduate studies at Harvard, has been named as the city government's director of Federal & State Relations. The position entails obtaining government grants for Tucson — a high-profile post in an election year in which the Biden administration is focused on Arizona. Read more»
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed into law a $16.1 billion state budget for the upcoming fiscal year on Tuesday, amid threats of a lawsuit from the state attorney general and disapproval from both sides of the political aisle. Read more»
The Marana Town Council is set to change its land development code to allow for duplexes and townhouses throughout that community. Local governments will vote on budgets galore, plus more from local government meetings around Tucson. Read more»
Neither Democratic nor Republican lawmakers were very happy Saturday after spending more than 12 hours voting, passing Arizona's state budget just two weeks shy of the end of the fiscal year. Read more»
The Tucson City Council is set to cancel an election it appears to have never had any intention of holding, state changes to zoning laws, Pima Supes' budget, I-11 and more from upcoming government meetings around Tucson. Read more»
The proposed Arizona budget, crafted after months of negotiations between Republican leadership and Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, faces an uphill battle as members of both parties voice concerns about sweeping cuts aimed at addressing the state’s budget deficit. Read more»
A group opposed to wasteful government spending and a handful of U.S. House Republicans warned that project-specific spending known as earmarks was contributing to an increase in the national debt. Read more»
A preliminary state budget document shows that the governor and lawmakers are planning to cut costs at nearly every state agency in the next year by around 3.45% as the state deals with a $1.3 billion deficit over the 2024 and 2025 fiscal years. Read more»
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