Thanks to Wi-Fi, I’m writing this from 37,000 feet in the air on my way back from a Southwest Airlines celebration in Mexico City commemorating the airline’s one-year anniversary for international travel. It is so gratifying to see the ties between our nations deepen. Thank you, Southwest, for inviting me and my colleague from the…
Read MorePinal County recently earned the unenviable distinction of becoming the first county in the country to be left without a single provider in its healthcare exchange. These exchanges were a central pillar of the Affordable Care Act, and their demise means that for Pinal residents relying on subsidies that are provided only in the exchanges,…
Read MoreIn response to this article in the Mohave Valley Daily News, Arizona Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Glenn Hamer submitted the following letter to the editor in an attempt to correct and clarify the facts surrounding The Bill Williams Water Rights Settlement Act of 2014. Editor: The Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry believes it…
Read MorePHOENIX (August 15, 2016) – Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry President and CEO Glenn Hamer released the following statement regarding the announcement that an initiative to cap the compensation of healthcare leaders will not proceed to the ballot in November: “We are extremely pleased that an initiative that would have severely harmed Arizona’s healthcare sector…
Read MoreBallot initiatives presented to voters are sometimes convoluted and complicated. Some are simple. Some deservedly earn the response, “Do we really need to do that?” There are three initiatives headed to the statewide November ballot that are all bad for Arizona. Voters should reject all three. The first one is to legalize the recreational use…
Read MoreArizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry President and CEO Glenn Hamer released the following statement regarding the filing of petition signatures by advocates of a ballot initiative to cap the compensation of health care leaders: “This proposition by out-of-state labor unions would collapse Arizona’s healthcare industry and dramatically harm other sectors of our economy. Arizona…
Read MorePHOENIX (July 7, 2016) – Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry President and CEO Glenn Hamer released the following statement regarding the filing of petition signatures by advocates of a ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage in Arizona to $12: “This initiative is bad for Arizona. If it passes, the very people the proposition’s organized labor…
Read MoreI congratulate Sen. John McCain for his expert leadership in seeing the National Defense Authorization Act through to passage in the U.S. Senate. The bill provides the certainty that Arizona’s defense industry needs in order to continue to thrive here. Sen. McCain’s work to preserve the A-10 aircraft at Davis-Monthan and the continued production of…
Read MoreTake a look at this great piece from Joe Horvath, a tax and fiscal policy analyst at ALEC. I appreciate him letting me run it here. Joe nails it, looking at why Arizona’s fiscal moves – tax reductions, pension reforms, embracing the sharing economy, and conservative spending – have positioned the state so well for…
Read MoreThe Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry and representatives of Gov. Ducey’s office and the Arizona Commerce Authority are headed to Washington, D.C. this week for our annual fly-in. Here’s what we’ll be up to while we’re there: Explaining why EPA’s new ozone regulations are such a threat to Arizona’s economy. We’ll be bringing with…
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