Sen. Jeff Flake this Thursday, Apr. 4 will appear at a special discussion on the national debt taking place at the Fairway Center in Sun City. The forum is a presentation of the Arizona arm of the national Fix the Debt campaign. I sit on the Arizona steering committee along with other business and political […]
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This week the Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry is releasing its annual Fiscal Policy Task Force budget recommendations for 2013-2014. Each year the Chamber outlines spending priorities from the business community’s perspective for the Legislature and the Governor to take into consideration when passing the budget. This year’s recommendations focus on continued tax
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Sens. John McCain, Jeff Flake and fellow Gang of Eight members Sens. Chuck Schumer and Michael Bennet will be using some time during the spring congressional recess to tour the Arizona-Mexico border as part of their work to sell their comprehensive immigration reform package. According to recent polling data, the senators have hit the sweet
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Glenn Hamer The Tax Foundation in its 2013 State Business Tax Climate Index tells us something most of already know: California has high taxes. Really high. In its state-by-state rankings, California checks in at 48, duking it out with New Jersey and New York at the bottom of the barrel. Breaking out the ranking in
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Sens. John McCain, Jeff Flake and fellow Gang of Eight members Sens. Chuck Schumer and Michael Bennet will be using some time during the spring congressional recess to tour the Arizona-Mexico border as part of their work to sell their comprehensive immigration reform package. According to recent polling data, the senators have hit the
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The Senate Education Committee yesterday saw a display of just how critically important the Arizona’s education environment is to the state’s business community. Anyone watching the hearing now knows that a state’s tax, labor, regulatory and legal environments are all important to companies considering investment, but a quality K-12 education system can be the ultimate
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The Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry was proud to join business leaders from across the state on this letter in declaring our support for Arizona’s Common Core standards and a student assessment better aligned with these strengthened standards.
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Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus just released a 100-page reporton how the Republican Party can attempt to win back the large swaths of the electorate that has abandoned it over the last few election cycles. The report contains discussion of the party’s posture towards women and minority voters, how young voters view the party
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A state’s legal environment is a major contributing factor in its attractiveness to business. If you’re in the job creation business, you don’t want your state to show up on the American Tort Reform Foundation’s list of Judicial Hellholes. The Arizona Chamber this session has joined with Sen. Kimberly Yee on Senate Bill 1452, an
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As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Sen. John McCain’s release as a prisoner of war, I wanted to update you on the Chamber’s efforts to help our veterans transition back into the civilian workforce. During Governor Brewer’s State of the State address she mentioned, among her Four Cornerstones of Reform, the importance of helping
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