Prescott is at a crossroads.  Due to a crippling pension debt that has the city staring at possible bankruptcy in the next decade, the voters of Prescott will have an important decision to make in the upcoming election for Mayor. Add in critical issues surrounding...

For decades, despite overall decreased levels of service, the Federal Aviation Administration has struggled with bloated operating budgets, expensive personnel and benefits costs, and high unit costs per service. As Congress considers a reauthorization package of the...

If taxpayers had any lingering doubts that Phoenix is a lost cause when it comes to sane financial stewardship, a series of recent votes by the council should wipe them away. First, the City Council voted in May to approve the FY 2018 budget that contains an ongoing...

It has been nine months since Arizona citizens cast their vote in favor of Proposition 206, a measure to increase the State’s minimum wage and mandate businesses provide paid sick time to employees. Since January, employers and the State have felt the pain of the...

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...