2019 School Bond Recap
By Rebekah Morris for AZBEX Nearly $1.3B in school bonds were approved by Arizona voters across the state in 20 different school district bond elections. The vast majority BEX
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Budgets & Funding
$35M School Bond on Nov. 5 Ballot
Source: Kingman Daily Miner Voters in the Kingman Unified School District will vote, Tuesday, November 5th, on a proposed $35M school bond. KUSD’s Governing Board has BEX
PMG Airport Plans on $50M Worth of Improvements
By Brandon Brown for Phoenix Business Journal The Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority approved a nearly $5M increase to its annual expenditure budget on October 15th, BEX
AZ Airport Infrastructure Grants Announced
Source: Federal Aviation Administration U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $986M in airport BEX
AJ School District Seeks Bonds, Override
By Richard H. Dyer for Apache Junction Independent Voters in a November 5th election will consider authorizing Apache Junction Unified School District to issue and sell $60M BEX
Valley Transportation Planners ‘Imagine’ Another Sales Tax Extension
By Adrienne St. Clair for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Transportation planners for Maricopa County are getting an early start on plans to extend Prop. 400 – a 0.5 percent BEX
Approved CIPs Show Sustained Growth in Sector
By Rebekah Morris for Arizona Builder’s Exchange The final tally is coming in for this year’s budget season, namely, the Capital Improvement Plans for major BEX
$1.5T Plan Could Create 2.6M Const. Jobs. So What?
By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange From the time President Donald Trump first proposed his $1.5T infrastructure package before the 2016 election, it has been BEX
K12 Procurement Law Change Sends Shocks
By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Legislation signed by Governor Doug Ducey last week ended a statewide teacher walkout, increased teacher pay and promised BEX
CIP Talks Taking Root Around the State
By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange For most Arizonans, Spring means warmer temperatures, baseball and seasonal allergies as the desert starts coming into full BEX
Ducey Proposes to Reverse K12 Funding Cuts
By Ricardo Cano for The Arizona Republic Gov. Doug Ducey on Tuesday announced a plan he says would “reverse Recession-era cuts” to Arizona school funding and BEX
K12 Market Study Shows Irregularities
By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange As a reporter and editor, it’s always a strange situation to report on your own organization. Objectivity is impossible, BEX
Update on the SDLE Schools Bond Package
By Melissa Fittro for Scottsdale Independent It’s been nearly one year since Scottsdale voters approved a $229M bond package to upgrade and renovate schools within the BEX
PHX Releases 1st Progress Report on T2050
By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange The City of Phoenix has released its first progress report detailing plans launched and goals met during the Transportation BEX
Ducey Promises Not to Raid Roadway Funds
By Rebekah L. Sanders for The Arizona Republic Gov. Doug Ducey has promised to stop taking $30M in transportation money annually from Arizona cities and counties to balance BEX
ASU Zeroes in on Bond Money Projects
By Rebekah Morris for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Note: All projects listed below are in the preliminary internal planning stages, and the finance mechanism is not yet BEX
Mesa Ponders Transit Options
By Gary Nelson for East Valley Tribune The East Valley’s growing network of trains and trolleys could grow even more thanks to recent action by the Mesa City Council. BEX
Phx Capital Improvement Plan Jumps 30%
By Rebekah Morris and Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange The preliminary five-year total for the City of Phoenix Capital Improvement Plan tops $4.6B, an BEX
Budget Offers Counties Some Relief
By Rebekah L. Sanders for The Arizona Republic Arizona counties will continue struggling to fix roads, staff sheriff patrols and make payroll next year because the state BEX
Gilbert Growing, Investing to Meet Demand
By Rebekah Morris for Arizona Builder’s Exchange The Town of Gilbert is growing fast and one place that’s evident is the five-year Capital Improvement Plan. The 2018-2022 BEX
Schools Sue State Over Construction Funding
By Howard Fischer for Capitol Media Services Just a year after settling one education funding lawsuit, state lawmakers face a new one, this time over what challengers say is BEX
Counties Suffer After Years of Funding Sweeps
By Rebekah L. Sanders for The Arizona Republic County officials across the state are waiting anxiously for the Arizona Legislature to deliver its 2018 budget to Gov. Doug BEX
AZ House Budget Rejects Ducey Ed. Proposals
By Alia Beard Rau for The Arizona Republic An initial budget proposal from Republicans in the Arizona House focuses available new funds on teacher raises and school capital BEX
AZ Needs $105B for Infrastructure Over 25 Yrs
Source: Rose Law Group Reporter All roads led to Pinal County last week as three ADOT executives spoke in Casa Grande at a Pinal Partnership event. John Halikowkski, ADOT BEX
Trump’s Budget Proposal: Mixed Bag for A/E/C
By Kim Slowey for ConstructionDIVE President Donald Trump has unveiled his proposal for the 2018 budget, and, as-is, it includes both potential positives and negatives for BEX
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