Lawsuit Seeks To Overturn Arizona Tax-Credit Law

By Lynn Schnaiberg

A coalition of Arizona taxpayers and education groups has launched a legal battle against a new state law that coalition members say amounts to a backdoor attempt to create a school voucher system.

The plaintiffs filed the lawsuit last week in the Arizona Supreme Court, rather than a trial court, in an effort to gain an expedited ruling on the constitutionality of the law, which then-Gov. Fife Symington signed in April. Oral arguments are scheduled for December; the law is slated to...