Last week the Arizona Chamber team packed our bags and headed for the cooler temperatures and greener hills of Prescott. While escaping the valley heat was a benefit, our real purpose was to host the 2013 Environmental and Sustainability Summit (ESS). We had a packed house at this year’s Environmental & Sustainability Summit Each year…
Read MoreSen. McCain addresses a full board room at Tuesday’s roundtable Sen. John McCain stopped by the offices of the Arizona Chamber earlier this week for one of his occasional roundtables with the business community. As usual, all of us in the room learned something from the senator, who is always generous with his time and…
Read MoreThe Arizona Chamber this morning hosted a great discussion with Rep. Matt Salmon as part of our regular Eggs and Issues breakfast series. As someone who has worked for him on two occasions, it’s great to see Rep. Salmon back representing Arizona in Washington. His comments this morning reminded us how fortunate we in the…
Read MoreIf you’re trying to unpack Gov. Brewer’s plan to restore the Proposition 204 childless adult population and expand the state’s Medicaid program, you need to check out Arizona Republic columnist Bob Robb’s writings on the subject. He’s putting on a clinic and making clear why the restoration/expansion plan is the best route for Arizona. In…
Read MoreIf you’re interested in the debate surrounding heightened educational standards in Arizona and other states, I urge you to check out MichaelGerson’s latest column. I’ve been mystified by some who have mischaracterized the governor and business community’s desire to improve our economic climate as something driven by bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. or even connecting these…
Read MoreAs I’ve written about before, one of the reasons Arizona is moving up the business-friendliness rankings nationwide is because of the state’s commitment to a streamlined regulatory process. The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and its director, Henry Darwin, are embracing that ideal with their innovative My DEQ concept. Gov. Brewer last January made the…
Read MoreThe California Attorney General is waging war against several popular grocery and candy retailers over candy? AG Kamala Harris has filed suit against retailers such as Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods and other retailers and candy manufacturers for failing to properly label ginger and plum candies according the Proposition 65. We have written before about the…
Read MoreIn case you missed it, Arizona Tax Research Association President Kevin McCarthy in this morning’s Republic lends his respected voice to the debate over Gov. Brewer’s plan to restore and expand the Prop. 204 childless adult population. McCarthy nails it when he writes that the conversation would “benefit from a healthy dose of intellectual honesty about not…
Read MoreBefore the Gang of Eight assembled, which includes our two U.S. Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake, Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery was busy working with former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and community leaders in the Real Arizona Coalition on an Arizona-based immigration plan. The plan, dubbed with the acronym S.A.N.E. for…
Read MoreThe Gang of Eight’s immigration proposal not only repairs our broken immigration system, but it will also help strengthen our economy and reduce the national debt, according to former Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Chief Douglas Holtz-Eakin, who is now president at the American Action Forum, a Washington–based think tank. Holtz-Eakin’s study suggests that passing comprehensive…
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