‘We don’t need Democratic votes’: Republican budget slashes spending to pay for tax cuts

By: Caitlin Sievers

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: April 29, 2026

Words: 1,655

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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The annual battle over the state budget is heating up again, after the Republicans who control the Arizona Legislature released their plan to cut taxes and to slash funding for state agencies.

As lawmakers took up the bills for the first time on Tuesday during a joint hearing of the Arizona House of Representatives and Arizona Senate appropriations committees, Republicans claimed that the tax cuts in their nearly $18 billion budget will benefit …

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