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House Bill Would Expand Rural Broadband Access

By • Feb 17, 2017

Nearly 40 percent of rural America lacks broadband internet access. Arizona Democratic Congressman Tom O’Halleran is now part of an effort to expand connectivity. Arizona Public Radio’s Ryan Heinsius reports.


Gov's Panel Recommends Taxing Web Sales

By Howard Fischer • Dec 14, 2012

A gubernatorial panel on Thursday recommended changes in state law that eventually could mean Arizonans paying sales taxes on everything they buy on the World Wide Web.

Arizona Daily Sun Cuts Out Monday Print Edition

By Mark Bevis • Nov 30, 2012
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If you’re a weekly subscriber to the Arizona Daily Sun, don’t go out looking for your paper Monday morning.  It won’t be there.  The Sun’s publisher decided to stop printing a Monday edition.

Battle over Internet Sales Tax Heating Up

By Howard Fischer • Jul 11, 2012

The state's retailers are gearing up for what could be an extensive and expensive political and public relations campaign to get lawmakers to start taxing items sold on the World Wide Web. 

AZ Moving to Collect On Line Sales Tax

By • Feb 3, 2012

     PHOENIX (AP) _ Arizona is moving toward making online merchants
collect sales tax on residents' purchases, a departure from the
state's previous hands-office stance.
     The state Revenue Department has billed Amazon.com for $53
million in uncollected sales taxes for nearly five years.
     Amazon says it's contesting the state's assessment, which the
company disclosed in its latest annual report.
     At the Legislature, Arizona lawmakers have introduced a bill to
require Amazon.com and other retailers with distribution centers in