Advertise with Googlier.com lower | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com Your Inside Source for Arizona Government, Politics and Business Wed, 09 May 2018 11:29:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.11 https://azcapitoltimes.com/files/2023/05/az17.jpg lower | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com 32 32 43761567 Report: Arizona saw nation’s largest in-state tuition hikes https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/11/11/report-arizona-saw-nations-largest-in-state-tuition-hikes/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/11/11/report-arizona-saw-nations-largest-in-state-tuition-hikes/#respond Mon, 11 Nov 2013 15:49:46 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=64704 Arizona’s four-year public universities had the nation’s largest in-state tuition and fees increase over the past five years, according the nonprofit organization that oversees the SAT.

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]]> Students pass time in the lobby of University Center on Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix Campus. (Cronkite News Service Photo by Xi Chen) Arizona’s four-year public...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/11/11/report-arizona-saw-nations-largest-in-state-tuition-hikes/feed/ 0 64704 Phoenix City Council OKs plan to start phasing out food tax https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/17/phoenix-city-council-oks-plan-to-start-phasing-out-food-tax/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/17/phoenix-city-council-oks-plan-to-start-phasing-out-food-tax/#respond Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:07:18 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=64142 The City Council has approved a plan to begin phasing out an “emergency” 2-cents-per-dollar tax on food imposed in 2010 to help address a massive budget deficit.

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]]> Councilman Michael Johnson, who voted against the proposal to phase out an “emergency” food tax in Phoenix, said residents want services such as library hours restored...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/17/phoenix-city-council-oks-plan-to-start-phasing-out-food-tax/feed/ 0 64142 US House OKs bill lowering student loans; some worry about long-term impact https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/08/01/us-house-oks-bill-lowering-student-loans-some-worry-about-long-term-impact/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/08/01/us-house-oks-bill-lowering-student-loans-some-worry-about-long-term-impact/#comments Thu, 01 Aug 2013 15:46:37 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=61823 The House on Wednesday gave final approval to a bill that would retroactively lower interest rates on federal student loans, which doubled from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent after Congress failed to act before July 1.

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]]> The bill, expected to be signed by the president, retroactively lowers most federal student loan interest rates from 6.8 percent to 3.86 percent. But it would...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/08/01/us-house-oks-bill-lowering-student-loans-some-worry-about-long-term-impact/feed/ 1 61823 Lower state revenue gain in new Arizona forecast https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/12/lower-state-revenue-gain-in-new-arizona-forecast/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/12/lower-state-revenue-gain-in-new-arizona-forecast/#respond Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:03:01 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/news/2012/04/12/lower-state-revenue-gain-in-new-arizona-forecast/ Differing revenue forecasts pose a challenge for Republican Gov. Jan Brewer and Republican legislative leaders to resolve as they continue negotiations over spending increases proposed by Brewer.

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]]> Differing revenue forecasts pose a challenge for Republican Gov. Jan Brewer and Republican legislative leaders to resolve as they continue negotiations over spending increases proposed by Brewer. A calculation of...

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