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Arizona Chamber seeks to lower tuition for ‘Dreamers’
Arizona Chamber of Commerce President Glenn Hamer outside the Rayburn House Office Building. Hamer and other business officials from the state were in Washington to lobby...
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Mass subpoenas to be tested in challenge to energy measure
Opponents of a ballot measure to increase Arizona’s use of renewable energy have the right to subpoena more than 1,600 individuals who gathered signatures to get the proposed law on...
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Budget calls for school districts to divvy up pay increase
Rebuffing last-minute protests by educators picketing the Capitol, Republican lawmakers took the first steps Monday to providing a 9 percent raise this coming year for teachers. But not necessarily all...
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Lowest-paid Arizonans to see 50 cents more in hourly wages
U.S. chamber: Farmers need illegal immigrants in workforce
The CEOs speak
Split widens between business and education communities
After working together to pump $3.5 billion over a decade into the public education system, the business and education communities find themselves once more at odds following the latest actions...
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Investment in universities leads to huge payoff, high-paying jobs
The case for Governor Doug Ducey’s infrastructure plan for public universities comes down to one word: Jobs. We’re talking about quality, high-paying jobs – the kind provided by employers that...
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Chamber chief faces firestorm for calling teachers’ union ‘crybabies’
The head of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce waded into a storm of criticism after calling the teachers’ union “crybabies” for asking for pay raises. As first reported by the...
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Backers of higher minimum wage already have 90,000 signatures
Raise your hand if this surprised you
Arizona Chamber of Commerce members “overwhelmingly” back President Glenn Hamer’s appeal to support the chamber’s opposition to a host of citizen initiatives, said spokesman Garrick Taylor. To read more on...
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It’s not so far off the mark after all
Last week, Arizona Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Glenn Hamer bitterly complained about the claim that, under S1516 (campaign finance amendments), the state is ceding its authority to regulate...
