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Club Launches Video on GCU Tax Carve Out
In this edition of "Policy Matters", Club President Scot Mussi explains how Grand Canyon University sought a special reclassification of their property tax which would have increased property taxes for everyone else. The Free Enterprise Club maintains good...
Nevada Supreme Court to Decide Future of ESA School Choice Program
The State of Nevada is known for having trail-blazed the development and expansion of Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESAs). ESAs are public funds which go directly to accounts parents can access for school choice options as diverse as private school, tutoring,...
City of Phoenix Using Taxpayer Subsidies to Bargain with Developer
At first glance, it appeared taxpayers scored a major victory when A proposed 19-story tower development in the heart of the Roosevelt Row District in Phoenix was denied access to the lucrative GPLET tax break. Unfortunately, it appears that the denial of the...
August 14th – 20th National Employee Freedom Week
National Employee Freedom Week is a campaign to raise awareness for the rights of American workers to choose without penalty whether to participate in a union or not. The results from a recent survey are a promising sign for employee freedom but also show there is...
Medicaid Expansion Proving to Be a Failure
It has been six years since the sweeping healthcare legislation “Obamacare” passed. In that time states have grappled with the prospect of instating their own exchanges to cover all adults living within 138 percent of the federal poverty line. The feds have dangled...
The Hypocrisy of the Citizens Clean Elections Commission
As many will recall, last month Governor Ducey announced in an executive order a prohibition on state agencies using taxpayer money to hire contract lobbyists. Now it appears that the publicly funded Citizens Clean Elections Commission (CCEC) is asking for a special...
Trial Attorneys Take Aim at Arizona’s Small Businesses
Small businesses in Arizona are under siege as of late, enduring a slew of Americans Disability Act (ADA) lawsuits brought on by trial attorney sharks and serial plaintiffs. The ADA is a relatively new civil liberties law which requires businesses make “reasonable...
Initiative to Cap Hospital Executive Pay Qualifies for the Ballot
The streets have been flooded this summer with California-bred, Big Union ballot initiatives. Although we celebrated a big win when the disastrous “Clean Elections” initiative failed to gather enough signatures, two others were filed at the deadline: the Minimum Wage...
Club Releases Joint Op-ed on Arizona’s Economic Prospects
Over the weekend, Free Enterprise Club President Scot Mussi and Heritage Foundation Senior Fellow Steve Moore published an op-ed responding to the misleading "Job Creation Progress Meter" being touted by the Arizona Commerce Authority. Judging by the cherry picked...
Obama’s New Overtime Rule
Employer-employee freedom is under constant attack by the Federal Government. Sweeping policy demands such as mandatory paid sick leave, the “fight for $15” minimum wage hike, and byzantine new health care requirements are a few examples of the threats facing...
Professional Lobbyists Lose State Contracts, Tax Payers Win
In a move that sent shockwaves through the political class, Governor Ducey announced last week he would terminate all state agencies’ contracts with professional lobbyists by executive order. Although there has been much balking by government agencies and the...
Picking Winners and Losers: Zenefits Cont…
The 2016 legislative session included ongoing debates about the effectiveness of the Arizona Commerce Authority. Following a challenging Auditor General report and sunset review in the fall, the ACA pursued a renewal of their agency. Skeptical lawmakers opted for...