Interest rates on college loans on way up

Ann-Eve Pedersen

Interest rates on college loans on way up

Sheila Shelton

Interest rates on college loans on way up

PHOENIX - Putting herself through school, Shayna Stevens relies heavily on student loans to pursue a degree in secondary education at Northern Arizona University.

Spending didn't pay off on key Arizona propositions

PHOENIX - The outcome of last month's statewide ballot measures proves that money can't always buy success.

Prop. 204: Bid to retain 1-cent tax fails after flood of last-minute ads

After seeing a barrage of last-minute advertising, Arizona voters rejected a proposal to create a permanent 1-cent sales tax surcharge to fund education and other issues.

Tax-hike extension critical, school officials say

A group of school board members and administrators from Southern Arizona met Thursday morning to discuss Proposition 204, and their message to voters was clear: Pass the proposition or Arizona students will suffer.

Brewer ties school funding to killing tax

PHOENIX - Gov. Jan Brewer said Friday she's willing to work with supporters of Proposition 204 for more money for the classroom, but only after voters kill the initiative.

Court lets 'tax increase' remain on ballot

PHOENIX - Arizona voters will see Proposition 204 described on their ballots as a "tax increase" despite protests from proponents that it really is not.

Panel OKs change in wording describing sales-tax initiative

PHOENIX - A legislative panel approved a court-ordered rewrite Thursday to the description voters will receive before deciding whether to make permanent a 1-cent-per-dollar sales tax to fund education.

Campaign to fight 1-cent tax organized

PHOENIX - Calling it unnecessary and bad policy, state Treasurer Doug Ducey formally launched a campaign Wednesday to defeat making a temporary 1-cent sales tax hike approved by voters two years ago permanent.

Initiative group sues over analysis

PHOENIX - Backers of an extension of the state's sales-tax surcharge filed a new lawsuit Wednesday, this one over how their measure is being described to voters.

Bennett will appeal tax-initiative ruling

PHOENIX - Secretary of State Ken Bennett decided Monday to ask the Arizona Supreme Court to keep the sales tax initiative off the November ballot.

State Chamber cites breadth of sales-tax measure in opposing it

PHOENIX - A key element of the business community is gearing up to fight a citizen initiative that proposes a permanent extension of the state's 1-cent sales tax increase.

Brewer rejects making Arizona sales tax permanent

PHOENIX - Gov. Jan Brewer said Monday she opposes a proposal to make the temporary sales-tax increase she championed two years ago permanent.

Court hearing set on Arizona sales-tax-extension petitions

A Maricopa County Superior Court Judge will hear arguments July 18 about whether Secretary of State Ken Bennett must accept petitions that would put an extension of a 1-cent state sales-tax increase on the November ballot.

Education-tax proponents sue Arizona over petitions

A Maricopa County Superior Court Judge will hear arguments July 18 about whether Secretary of State Ken Bennett must accept petitions that would put an extension of a 1-cent states sales tax increase on the November ballot.

Arizona education sales-tax initiative petitions rejected

Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett has rejected the petitions that would place an extension of a 1-cent sales tax on the November ballot.

Backers file petitions to extend 1-cent Ariz. sales tax

PHOENIX — Backers of extending the state’s temporary 1-cent sales tax submitted more than 290,000 signatures Monday to put the issue on the November ballot.

Paperwork error imperils 1-cent sales-tax measure

PHOENIX - An error by backers of a permanent 1-cent increase in the state sales tax for education and public-works projects could keep voters from getting a chance to decide the measure in November.