If Prop 100 passes, 13,000 jobs will be saved, according to new research from University of Arizona economist Alberta Charney.
If Prop 100 fails, however, 20,500 jobs will be lost, she said.
A temporary one-cent increase in sales taxes is on the ballot for the May 18 election. It would raise about $1 billion toward closing the $3 billion budget gap.
Without that money, the legislature would cut $867.5 million from the state budget, triggering a loss of $442.5 million in matching federal funds, Charney said.
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