PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Maricopa County relies on a tax to fund jails and public safety. It’s been paid for decades and brings in a couple hundred million dollars a year. The “jail facilities ...

PHOENIX — Maricopa County officials have been advised to pursue the extension of a small tax that provides significant funding for the metro Phoenix jail system. With the Jail Excise Tax set to ...

Maricopa County residents have always understood this, and in 1998 and again in 2002 wisely voted to set aside revenue — a 1/5 of a cent sales tax — to pay for jail facilities to help keep our ...

Maricopa County residents have always understood this, and in 1998 and again in 2002 wisely voted to set aside revenue — a 1/5 of a cent sales tax — to pay for jail facilities to help keep our ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Maricopa County relies on a tax to fund jails and public safety. It’s been paid for decades and brings in a couple hundred million dollars a year.