City Loses Lawsuit After Spending Public Dollars on Private University
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The Arizona Supreme Court ruled against Peoria Monday, saying the city violated the state Constitution by giving a $2.6 million taxpayer subsidy to Huntington University, a private institution,
Peoria, a suburb northwest of Phoenix, offered in 2015 to pay the Indiana-based university nearly $1.9 million if it opened a satellite campus in the city and increased enrollment. The city offered another $740,000 to reimburse a landlord for renovations on campus. The city also promised to spend $2.5 million over three years to expand programs at the campus.
Under the agreement, the university must enroll at least 150 students by its seventh academic year. If it fails, it will pay Peoria $2,206 for every student under that goal, the
A new income tax surcharge on the wealthy to add more dollars to public education can take effect.In a 21-page ruling Tuesday, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge John Hannah Jr. rejected a series of arguments by business interests and some Republican lawmakers that Proposition 208 was so flawed that he needed to immediately quash it. Hannah said that's not the case.
By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services PHOENIX A bid by Senate Republicans to hold Maricopa County supervisors in contempt faltered Monday as one GOP