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Arizona Easily Passes Sales Tax Increase | Intercepts

Arizona Easily Passes Sales Tax Increase | Intercepts

Arizona Easily Passes Sales Tax Increase

Arizona voters yesterday approved Proposition 100 by a nearly 2-1 margin. The measure increases the state sales tax by one cent for the next three years and applies two-thirds of the projected $1 billion in additional revenue to funding public education.
The Yes on 100 campaign spent $2 million, more than $100,000 of which came from the Arizona Education Association and its local affiliates. NEA chipped in an additional $50,000 from the union’s national ballot initiative