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The Arizona Free Enterprise Club is calling foul over the Arizona Commerce Authority’s joint venture with GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons in creating a state film office, despite the Legislature’s explicit rejection of a similar proposal. To read more on this ...

The Ducey administration is considering a “ban the box” policy under which state agencies would delay asking prospective employees for arrest or conviction information until later in the hiring process. To read more on this item plus all the stories ...

Little will resign from the Corp Comm after taking a job with the US Department of Energy in Washington, DC. To read more on this item plus all the stories in the September 13 Yellow Sheet Report, go to www.yellowsheetreport.com (Yellow Sheet Subscription ...

Delegates from 19 states, as well as observers from three other states, descended on the Capitol to begin planning for a hypothetical convention of the states, with aims to solidify plans and rules for a convention to one day consider ...

Legacy Foundation Action Fund, a pro-Ducey dark money group that ran television ads against then-Mesa Mayor Scott Smith during the 2014 Republican primary, argued before the Arizona Supreme Court today that it doesn’t matter whether it missed a 14-day deadline ...

DeWit all but an endorsed Yee as his successor as state treasurer at a press conference on Thursday when he gave her an award seemingly tailor-made to serve as a platform to tout her bonafides as a potential candidate. To ...

Tim Lawless, executive director of the Business Owners and Managers Association of Greater Phoenix, is organizing commercial property owners from across the state for a new nonprofit organization that will lobby for lower property taxes. To read more on this ...

Brnovich is looking to push legislation that would ease the regulatory burden for startup companies offering computer programs or other technologies that supports banking and financial services, an area known as “fintech.” To read more on this item plus all ...

With the results in from the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office, “it’s a mathematical guarantee” that the referendum on school voucher expansion will qualify for the 2018 ballot, according to a tweet from Reagan. To read more on this item plus ...

Arizona Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Glenn Hamer minced no words in telling the Trump administration that ending DACA is a terrible idea. To read more on this item plus all the stories in the September 1 Yellow Sheet Report, ...