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Arizona cities, counties and the state Legislature must ensure the public actually receives a real benefit in exchange for subsidies the government provides to lure businesses or they violate the state constitution s gift clause, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday.
In a case that has wide ramifications for governments that have increasingly felt compelled to cut deals to lure new business, the high court said that providing subsidies must do more than provide greater economic activity, they must bring the city some real return on its investment or they are illegal.
The case decided Monday involved a $2.6 million subsidy the city of Peoria provided to the private Indiana-based Huntington University to open a campus in the city s Arrowhead district. Some of the money went to Huntington and some to the private company, Arrowhead Equities, that renovated an existing building to meet its needs.
NJ Supreme Court: Schools can pay teachers to work full time for unions
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A policy allowing teachers union officials to work full time for their union while getting paid by taxpayers is constitutional, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a big win for teachers unions statewide.
New Jersey school boards are authorized by state law to grant paid leave to union officials to encourage cooperative labor relations and facilitate early resolution of employer-employee disputes, the unanimous decision says.
Conservative think tank the Goldwater Institute had sued the Jersey City school district on behalf of two city taxpayers, alleging that the policy known as release time violates the “gift clause” provisions of the state constitution, which bar public entities from giving money to private individuals or companies. But there is no constitutional violation here, the justices say.
A policy allowing teachers union officials to work full time for their union while getting paid by taxpayers is constitutional, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a big win for teachers unions statewide.
New Jersey school boards are authorized by state law to grant paid leave to union officials to encourage cooperative labor relations and facilitate early resolution of employer-employee disputes, the unanimous decision says.
Conservative think tank the Goldwater Institute had sued the Jersey City school district on behalf of two city taxpayers, alleging that the policy known as release time violates the “gift clause” provisions of the state constitution, which bar public entities from giving money to private individuals or companies. But there is no constitutional violation here, the justices say.