A measure to limit how much Arizona cities and towns can tax groceries is closer to getting before voters.
House Concurrent Resolution 2021 passed the Arizona House on Tuesday, with some bipartisan support.
But Democratic Rep. Patty Contreras, who opposes the bill, says it could lead to a funding crisis for some communities.
“Small towns don’t have the luxury of other kinds of taxes and other kinds of ways to get more money for their police, their fire, their parks, their human services," Contreras said.
A similar bill in 2023 that would have banned food taxes altogether was vetoed by Gov. Katie Hobbs.
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It’s a perennial debate: Which is the better food town: Arizona’s biggest metro area and capitol of Phoenix; or Tucson, our smaller, sometimes cooler neighbor to the south?
