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After a spat this week with AG Kris Mayes over Super Bowl tickets given to visiting CEOs, there is now more trouble potentially brewing for the Arizona Commerce Authority.

The annual "sunset" review of state agencies has taken on a new tone: Tighter terms for many state agencies.

PHOENIX — A Senate committee has voted to all but eliminate the Arizona Commerce Authority after harshly questioning its leader about how it hands out millions of dollars in tax

Arizona Senate committee voted after questioning how the agency bestows tax credits and other incentives to big companies.

PHOENIX – The wining and dining of corporate CEOs by the Arizona Commerce Authority is unconstitutional, Attorney General Kris Mayes said Tuesday.

KJZZ’s Friday NewsCap revisits some of the biggest stories of the week from Arizona and beyond.Former state schools superintendent Jaime Molera of Molera Alvarez and Dawn Penich-Thacker of Agave Strategy joined The Show to discuss the debate over the future of the Arizona Commerce Authority, dueling proposals to extend Proposition 123 and more.

The future of the embattled Arizona Commerce Authority is up in the air after a state Senate committee declined to recommend a continuation.

PHOENIX — A Senate committee has voted to all but eliminate the Arizona Commerce Authority after harshly questioning its leader about how it hands out millions of dollars in tax

Keeping the Arizona Commerce Authority going is a priority for Gov. Katie Hobbs, but a Republican-controlled panel voted against continuing the agency.Hobbs mentioned the need to continue the ACA in her State of the State speech, and Sen. Jake Hoffman (R-Queen Creek) subsequently filed a bill to discontinue the agency altogether.He chaired a legislative panel on Wednesday

PHOENIX – The wining and dining of corporate CEOs by the Arizona Commerce Authority is unconstitutional, Attorney General Kris Mayes said Tuesday.