PHOENIX — A plan to balance the state budget squeaked through the Legislature Saturday over the objections of some Republicans who said it spends too much and Democrats who said it spends too little.The package, which was set for final Senate approval, cuts $729 million from the current budget, reducing it to $17.2 billion. That brings expenses into line with revenues and avoids violating constitutional provisions that forbid the state from ending this fiscal year June 30 with a deficit.Lawmakers also adopted a $16.1 billion spending plan for the new budget year after trimming $690 million in expenses, with many of the provisions getting the bare minimum votes needed for approval.All that became necessary due to a combination of soft sales tax collections linked to the economy; a sharp drop in income taxes related to Arizona’s 2023 switch to a flat per …
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