The House Appropriations Committee signed off on most of the budget deal after a nearly four-hour hearing, but NOT on the income tax flat rate or the November sales tax election. The committee adjourned without hearing those bills.
Gov. Jan Brewer has said she must have the sales tax proposal or she’s likely to veto any budget sent to her desk. But legislative Republicans don’t appear to buy the notion yet of raising any taxes now (or asking the voters to raise them) in order to lower taxes later or to get a new flat-rate income tax system. And with that, the Legislature is leaving until Monday and this edition of State Budget Countdown LIVE! is over. As a reminder, there are three days left until the end of the fiscal year and a possible government shutdown. Thanks for reading today.
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