Arizona passes $18.3B bipartisan budget with Trump-aligned tax cuts and data center tax break freeze
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Caitlin Sievers
26d ago· 5 min readenNews
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Arizona lawmakers passed an $18.3 billion state budget with bipartisan support, featuring $1.4 billion in tax cuts aligned with Trump-era policies and a freeze on new data center tax breaks. The budget drew mixed reactions across party lines, with legislators taking credit for popular provisions and blaming opponents for controversial ones. A small group of Democrats opposed parts of the budget.
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bskyArizona passes $18.3B bipartisan budget with Trump-aligned tax cuts and data center tax break freezeazmirror.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledLegislators from both sides of the aisle tripped over one another on Thursday to take credit for provisions of the new state budget that might be popular with their constituents and to blame the opposition for portions that could cause heartburn.
After a day of patting themselves and other members of their parties on the back and lobbing insults at the opposing party, a bipartisan majority of lawmakers in both the Arizona Senate and House of Representatives voted to approve an $18.3 billion state budget.
A small group of Democrats voted against some or all of the budget
Arizona budget passes with bipartisan vote, conforming with Trump tax cuts and freezing new data center tax breaks
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