Arizona

For the first time, Arizona will issue $200 million of short-term notes to repay federal loans for its unemployment insurance fund.

An outside audit of Glendale, Ariz., revealed that city officials may have violated state law in hiding the costs of an early retirement.

The Arizona attorney general's office is looking into fund transfers and open meetings issues regarding the recent sale of the Phoenix Coyotes National Hockey League team.

Tucson City Council will decide on a temporary hospital tax as a match for federal reimbursement of uninsured patient care.

Pima Community College expects to be debt-free a year from now, but Arizona's second largest community college district is fighting to maintain its accreditation.

Glendale, Ariz.'s decision to lease its Jobing.com arena to a proposed new owner of the Phoenix Coyotes National Hockey League team is credit negative, says Moody's Investors Service.

Glendale, Ariz., has approved an agreement to keep the NHL Phoenix Coyotes at a city-owned, bond-financed stadium

A new law doubling the bonding capacity of Arizona school district faces a Tea Party petition challenge.

Plans to mortgage Glendale's city hall for $30 million are on hold as the city negotiates in private with prospective buyers for the Phoenix Coyotes.

The Glendale City Council is planning to mortgage City Hall to cover costs of keeping the National Hockey League's Phoenix Coyotes playing at the city-owned Jobing.com arena and to cover a $27 million deficit.

Glendale, Ariz., officials are negotiating a new lease agreement aimed at keeping the Phoenix Coyotes playing hockey at Jobing.com Arena.

Trustees of the Scottsdale school district has asked Legislature to restore funding to public education that has been dwindling since 2008.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is expected to sign an $8.8 billion budget that includes expansion of the state Medicaid program for the working poor.

University of Arizona wants to include almost $200 million of projects in a Pima County bond proposal.

A temporary 1% state sales tax approved by voters in 2010 expired June 1 as scheduled after the failure last year of an extension effort.

Arizona county officials have asked the state to end diversions and charges that have cost local governments $137.6 million since fiscal 2009.

Phoenix's temporary food tax will drop to 1% from the current 2% in January under a budget plan ordered last week by the City Council.

Mesa will exhaust the $170 million of GO bonds approved by voters in 2008 with a $60 million sale.

Phoenix's 2% sales tax on food, which is set to expire in 2015, would drop to 1% in 2014 under a proposal by two members of the city council.

Tucson, Ariz. has appointed a task force to study how it can reduce its payments into public safety retirement systems.