Phoenix Business Journal
The Arizona section of the National Council of Jewish Women and the League of Women Voters of Metropolitan Phoenix will host a free event Sept. 30 aimed at informing people about the November election. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation building, 4027 E. Lincoln Drive in Paradise Valley and is open to anyone interested.
The Arizona Legislature is a big step closer to getting a sales tax increase on the state ballot. The Senate voted 16-12 in favor of a referendum that would ask voters for one percentage-point increase to the state’s 5.6 percent sales tax. The move is aimed at helping close massive budget deficits, and proceeds would go toward education and public health care spending.
Organized support is taking shape for a Scottsdale ballot measure that would increase the city’s bed tax in hopes of boosting the struggling tourism sector. The Jobs for Scottsdale in Support of Proposition 200 committee launched its campaign Wednesday at Chaparral Suites in Scottsdale. It urges voters to vote yes on Prop. 200 during a special election on March 9, when they will be asked to support increasing Scottsdale’s bed tax by 2 percentage points.