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Urgent Vote Alert–Vote YES on ‘Right to Try’ Legislation HCR 2005
The Arizona Free Enterprise Club urges the House of Representatives to vote YES on HCR 2005, ballot referral legislation that would allow terminally ill patients the ability to access experimental drugs that may save their life. Under the ‘Right to Try’ act, if a...
SB 1098 is More Corporate Welfare for Movie Industry
Despite all of the special tax cuts and subsidies passed at the legislature over the years, there was one program that our elected officials wisely eliminated in 2010—the Film Production Movie Tax Credit. This particular program was a proven waste of taxpayer money...
R&D Tax Credits: Good Idea Run Amok
House Bill 2586 Provides Much Needed Transparency of ‘Economic Development’ Tax Credits Every year, lobbyists and special interest groups go to the Capitol to advocate for various special incentives and tax credits for their particular industry. Whether it is...
Honoring the Will of the Voters
I’m sure this scenario sounds all too familiar to frustrated Arizona taxpayers… A school district decides to hold a bond or budget override election to request additional money, and you and your neighbors successfully defeat the measure at the ballot box. You breathe...
Solar Industry Looking for More Subsidies
In Arizona there is not an industry more subsidized than the solar industry. They get tax credits, rebates, cash grants and even a monthly subsidy through the net metering program at the Corporation Commission. There are thousands of dollars in special tax breaks for...
Phoenix Pension Reform Committee Launched
The Arizona Free Enterprise Club has launched an initiative campaign to reform the City of Phoenix pension and employee retirement system. The initiative will be called the Phoenix Pension Reform Act. The initiative seeks to repair the broken pension system for...
Phoenix Credit Downgrade a Sign of Things to Come
The decision by Standard and Poor’s to downgrade Phoenix’s credit rating late last month should have been a wake-up call to city leaders that it is time to get serious about addressing the growing pension and debt crisis slowly swallowing the city budget. Phoenix...
2013 Free Market Champion Award Winners Announced
The Arizona Free Enterprise Club today announced our 2013 Free Market Champion Award recipients. The Free Market Champion Award is given to members of the Legislature that demonstrate leadership and a commitment to free market, pro growth policies in Arizona. The...
Club Releases 2013 Legislative Scorecard
The Arizona Free Enterprise Club today released our 2013 Legislative Scorecard, grading each member on their votes and actions during the past legislative session. Over two dozens votes were included in the scorecard, covering a wide range of issues from tax policy,...
Commission Fails to Address Net Metering Subsidies
The Arizona Free Enterprise Club today released the following statement following the 3-2 vote against meaningful net metering reform: “The vote by the Commission today codifies that non-solar customers will continue to subsidize solar ratepayers,” Executive Director...
Why No Ceremonies for the Other 35,000 Jobs Created?
Last week it was announced with great fanfare that Apple is moving to Arizona, buying the abandoned First Solar factory plant in east Mesa. And just like the First Solar project in 2011 that produced similar jubilation, politicians and special interest groups seem...
Delay is not an Option with Fixing Net Metering Program
We are nearing a decision by the Corporation Commission on whether or not they will finally end the solar subsidies under the current Net Metering program, a policy at the Commission that provides credits to ratepayers that put energy back on the utility grid. While...