Arizona

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.

In the wake of the third failed attempt to find a buyer for the National Hockey League’s Phoenix Coyotes, the city of Glendale, Ariz., is seeking a manager for the city-owned arena that serves as the team's home.

Phoenix would face a $55 million revenue gap in fiscal 2014 if an emergency 2% sales tax is repealed two years before its sunset date.

The Arizona School Facilities Board will refund more than a third of its outstanding debt with $315.4 million of taxable revenue bonds in a negotiated deal scheduled to price Tuesday.

Phoenix voters approve changes in the city's pension program that could save the city $600 million over 25 years.

Phoenix voters will decide March 12 on proposed changes to the city's pension fund that could save more than $600 million over 25 years.

Maricopa County Community College District will raise its property tax rate and tuition as state aid continues to decline.

Mesa will get $8.2 million to finance upgrades to a spring training home for the Oakland Athletics, but not until 2020.

Scottsdale city officials are considering asking voters for a sales tax increase to fund deferred arts and culture projects.

Bonds for the city of Glendale, Ariz.'s $230 million Jobing.com arena appear to be holding their value, despite the city's latest failure to complete a sale of the Phoenix Coyotes National Hockey League team that plays there.

Amid major changes in health-care finance, Phoenix Children's Hospital will refund $284.6 million of revenue bonds used to build an 11-story tower.