Economic incentive agreements are tools used by city, county, and state actors to facilitate public goals with the help of private actors. States that provide incentives to developers to promote economic growth have a...more
For those involved in the citizen initiative process, there are lessons to be learned from the Arizona Supreme Court’s recent decision involving a challenge to the signatures obtained by certain initiative petition...more
In the first quarter of 2021, Arizona has a seen a flurry of legal uncertainty related to the Arizona Supreme Court’s February decision in Schires v. Carlat that has been construed in some quarters as revising and narrowing...more
In recent years, courts have seen an increasing amount of cases challenging Arizona economic development deal opportunities between public and private parties under the “Gift Clause” of article IX, section 7 of the Arizona...more