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State lawmakers already are eyeing another special session on the budget next month, including a proposal to ask voters to extend the Arizona Lottery. The plan comes even though the Republican-controlled Legislature has yet to give final approval to ...

John Kavanagh of Fountain Hills said lawmakers' clashes over budget approaches ... sales-tax increase, options discussed during Tuesday's forum included borrowing against future Arizona Lottery revenue, shifting some school construction costs to ...

As lawmakers convened Tuesday to start chipping away at a $2 billion budget deficit, the state is preparing to turn to outside lenders for the first time in Arizona history. The borrowing is needed to give the state enough cash to carry it through ...

John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, said if the state wants to borrow against Lottery proceeds, would-be lenders need to know up front the agency will be there for the life of the bond, whether that is 20 or 30 years. So he wants the issue considered at ...