Virus Delays Yuma Fairgrounds Relocation Plans

By Bennito L. Kelty for Yuma Sun  COVID-19 has delayed activity on the relocation plans for the Yuma County Fairgrounds, officials said.  Some funding to begin the process of moving the fairgrounds away from the Marine Corps Air Station – Yuma appeared to be close to being delivered to Yuma County, and the process was expected to begin in July, until the […]

Is Lack of Oversight at Alhambra Leading to Wasteful Contracts?

By Rebekah Morris for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Inefficient contracts… Lack of oversight and documentation… Resistance to market trends… These are a few of the issues plaguing one of the poorest public school districts in a state that Governing.com has ranked 49th in per pupil funding as recently as June 2018. Forty-five million dollars in bond […]

Arizona State Pushes Back in Real Estate Fight

By Mike Sunnucks for Phoenix Business Journal For Morgan Olsen it circles back to the well-worn adage of ‘teach a man to fish.’ But the problem for Olsen – CFO at Arizona State University – is that some fiscal conservatives at the Arizona Legislature don’t want the school to fish for real estate deals and its own revenue streams […]

GPLETs Face Scrutiny, Changes at Legislature

By Mike Sunnucks for Phoenix Business Journal The Arizona Legislature is again looking at property tax breaks cities give to developers and businesses. That includes changing the rules that govern them and restricting them. Conservatives at the Legislature have been scrutinizing and targeting tax breaks called Government Property Lease Excise Taxes. Those involve cities leasing […]