As reported by the Club last year, Pinal County officials began turning the political wheels to send a $640 million-dollar tax increase to voters to fund a wide array of transportation projects throughout the region.  This new 20-year ½ cent transportation excise tax...

As predictable as the sun rising in the East, the usual suspects are again pushing the same rejected proposals to improve Arizona’s education system. Last weekend, several establishment members of the business community published an op-ed, urging the political class...

  Free Enterprise Club Announces Top Legislative Performers of 2017 The Arizona Free Enterprise Club today released highlights from our 2017 Legislative Scorecard, featuring the top performers of the 2017 Legislative Session.  In preparing the scorecard, the Club...

Among the frustrations with our health care industry, reducing drug prescription costs is an issue that seems to unify all Americans. Unfortunately, politicians in Washington seemed fixated on solutions that provide short term relief in exchange for long term pain....

Over the past 15 years, many states across the country have reduced or abolished tax incentive programs aimed at luring Hollywood films, TV shows, and productions to their communities.   Turning the faucet off on these programs became a trend after a slew of damning...

It has been a couple of weeks since Governor Ducey signed the FY 2018 budget into law, a $9.8 billion dollar plan that was the result of four months of tense negotiations with the legislature. And though there were a few crony capitalist giveaways to special interests...

Last month the Trump Administration released their budget proposal, which among many shifting priorities, included eliminating a long-standing federal program called “New Starts.”  New Starts was created in the 1990’s and has funneled hundreds of millions of federal...

Among the flurry of special interest tax breaks the Free Enterprise Club opposed this session, one was able to make its way to the Governor's desk.  The Angel Investor Tax Credit program, a bill The Club fights every year, passed out of the House on the last day of...

This session the Free Enterprise Club has been urging for the passage of HB 2495, legislation requiring that all local elections involving a sales tax increase be held in November of even-numbered years. The bill passed the House 31-27 but ran into trouble in the...

Trying to follow every new rule, law or ordinance proposed by government is nearly an impossible task, even for the most careful watchdogs of government. Sometimes new restrictions or special interest giveaways occur and no one realizes it until it is too late. A...

This session has been rich with terrible tax policy ideas.  From tax increment financing to refundable tax credits – the legislature has considered several bills with proven track records of failure in other states. One particular idea that has circulated this session...

As the budget battle heats up at the legislature, Governor Ducey and lawmakers are currently debating multiple proposals to increase funding for K-12 classrooms. With limited resources available to achieve many of these goals, it is important that policymakers...