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Understanding Proposition 208 The Invest in Education Act (Proposition 208) would generate funds for schools by placing a 3.5% income tax surcharge on taxable individual income that is more than $250,000 for a single person (or married person filing separately) or $500,000 for a married couple (or a single person who is a head of household).
Understanding Proposition 207 The Smart and Safe Arizona Act (Proposition 207) proposes to legalize and regulate the production, sale, possession, and consumption of recreational marijuana. A ballot measure first legalized medical use of marijuana in 1996, but decisions by the state legislature and the governor, in effect, maintained prohibition. Another successful ballot initiative in 2010 established the current medical marijuana program. In 2016, voters rejected a recreational marijuana initiative with 51% against.
State of Our State 2019 State of Our State 2019 Rural Arizona Now Revisit the event: morrisoninstitute.asu.edu/



Arizona, Nevada Policy Centers to Address Inequities in Disaster Preparedness and Recovery of Urban Latino and Native American Communities Walmart Foundation $300,000 grant aims to help reduce racial and ethnic disparities in disaster preparedness and recovery FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 14, 2020 CONTACT: ASU Morrison Institute for Public Policy, [email protected] Guinn Center for Policy Priorities, [email protected]

One Crisis Away: Rethinking Housing Stability for Arizonans on the Margin COVID-19 has disrupted almost every facet of American life, but the pandemic’s economic impact has been especially challenging for some of Arizona’s renters. Prior to COVID-19, approximately one in seven Arizonans lived in poverty, which is defined as earning less than $13,000 a year for a single adult and less than $22,000 a year for a three-person family.