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The Legislature Takes Aim at Election Integrity Reform
Every American, no matter their political party, should have a significant interest in the wholesale integrity of the election process. And yet the business of ensuring citizens voting is honest, clean and untampered with, has been a fiercely partisan issue,...
Arizona Should Allow More Health Insurance Options for Consumers
The individual health insurance market has been a roller coaster for consumers since the passage of the Affordable Care Act. Last year, the average ACA plan rose 34 percent – pricing out many of the individuals who do not qualify for federal subsidies. ...
Legislature Must Act Quickly to Stop Conformity Tax Hike
For over a year, the Club has been urging policymakers to address the looming tax conformity crisis. After the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in Congress in 2017, it was realized that Arizona taxpayers could pay as much as $300 million more in FY2020 as a result...
Arizona Taxpayers Get Hit with New Vehicle License Tax
Lawmakers can’t say they weren’t warned. Last year, when the Arizona legislature proposed giving their taxing authority away to the Director of the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), we fought hard to stop what the Club considered one of the worst...
Voters Will Finally Get a Say on Future of Light Rail in Phoenix
A group of Phoenix residents and business owners successfully submitted over 40,000 signatures to the city clerk yesterday to refer an initiative to the ballot to end the $1 Billion construction of future light rail projects. The committee held a press...
City of Phoenix Stops Wasting Money on the Arizona League of Cities and Towns
Recently the City of Phoenix did something shockingly out of character. They made a good financial decision. Two weeks ago the city council voted 7-1 to end their membership with the Arizona League of Cities and Towns. The League is an organization that...
Lawmakers Must Act on Conformity Now to Avoid Chaos and Tax Hikes for Arizona Taxpayers
Arizonans have won BIG since Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) in December 2017. At the end of April of this year, over $215 Million dollars has been returned to taxpayer and rate payer pockets. Raises, utility rate cuts, bonuses and expanded...
Arizona Voters Put a Definitive End to Clean Elections Scheme
The 2018 elections were filled with contentious candidate races and divisive politics. But one issue voters decisively agreed upon was Proposition 306, which ended the practice of publicly-financed candidates using their taxpayer money to enrich their political...
Clean Election System Abuse Continues as Candidates Funnel More Taxpayer Money to the Democrat Party
The Citizens Clean Elections Commission claims they care about keeping special interests out of the political process by providing candidates with taxpayer funds to run for office. But as was discovered in 2016 election cycle, politicians and political operatives know...
Proposition 126 Doesn’t Deserve Voter Approval
Proposition 126 is arguably the most difficult proposition to contend with on the November ballot for conservatives. On the one hand, the initiative shuts the door on a potential tax grab in the future – taxes on services. It creates predictability for...
AZ Free Enterprise Club Announces General Election Endorsements
Phoenix, AZ (October 15th, 2018) – Today the Arizona Free Enterprise Club announced its final slate of endorsements for the General Election. The endorsed candidates represent individuals who align with the organization’s principles and key policy goals. ...
Arizonans Should Retain Supreme Court Justices Clint Bolick and John Pelander
Since the 1970s, Arizona has appointed judges to the state Supreme Court based upon a merit selection system. An independent body of citizen-appointees recruit, interview, evaluate and select candidates for these higher courts and forward that slate of...