Garrick Taylor

PHOENIX (September 1, 2017) — Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry President and CEO Glenn Hamer released the following statement regarding DACA: “The fact that the world’s hardest working, most talented, freedom-loving individuals want to build a life in the United States is worth celebrating. It is a huge comparative advantage that no other country […]

The Arizona Chamber of Commerce Industry and the Canada Arizona Business Council issued the following letter to Arizona’s congressional delegation reiterating our organizations’ strong support for the North American Free Trade Agreement. We believe the renegotiation process offers a tremendous opportunity to modernize the nearly 25-year-old agreement, while exiting the agreement would cause tremendous economic

As budget negotiations over the Fiscal Year 2018 spending plan begin in earnest, the Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry has shared its Fiscal Policy Task Force budget recommendations with Gov. Ducey and the Legislature. As we do each year, the Chamber has assembled this document to give the governor and lawmakers a sense of where

Prescott rancher and former state Senate President Steve Pierce weighs in on the lack of safeguards to ensure that the integrity of the citizen initiative system is upheld, and why the current system can be so detrimental to rural Arizona.   This piece is important. We’ve already seen the damage a poorly constructed initiative system

Last Thursday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce hosted the #LetsGrow event at Uber’s Center of Excellence along with the Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry. The event featured a panel discussion moderated by Arizona Chamber President and CEO Glenn Hamer, with Suzanne Clark (U.S. Chamber senior executive vice president), and Kirk Adams (governor’s chief of

As the season of faith and family is upon us, it is reassuring to know that we are protected for the holidays, courtesy of the men and women of the U.S. military. I had the recent opportunity and honor to spend two days out at sea on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Nimitz, complete with a

National Education Association President Lily Eskelsen Garcia is in town today to talk politics ahead of Hillary Clinton’s rally. Here are some questions we hope she gets asked: WHY IS THE NEA FUNDING AN ARIZONA BALLOT INITIATIVE THAT WILL HURT SCHOOLS? The NEA on October 3 contributed $250,000 to the effort to pass Proposition 206,

When former Arizona Manufacturers Council Chairman Steve Macias works the overnight shift, inspiration strikes. Almost like a certain presidential candidate’s late night Twitter storms. Economic meltdown and manufacturing job losses in Arizona during Great Recession was total disaster. So sad!  BIG comeback now. Best state ever! Feds could take cues from Arizona economic development stakeholders –