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The recent legislative session saw lawmakers approve three referrals to the 2026 ballot, but more may be coming.

More than two years after a similar piece of legislation was introduced and vetoed by Gov. Katie Hobbs, the Legislature will allow voters to decide whether to cap the municipal food tax rate at 2% with House Concurrent Resolution 2021.

The measure initially called to prohibit a municipality from taxing grocery food items outright, but lawmakers reached the 2% cap after negotiations with the League of Arizona Cities a

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