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Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry

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Jan 9, 2023

Republican lawmakers plan to send bills to Hobbs they know she’ll veto

The 2023 legislative session gets started today with perhaps the worst-kept political secret: Republican lawmakers are going to send bills to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs even knowing ahead of time she will veto them.

Hobbs, Gunches, death row, lethal injection
Dec 20, 2022

New year is time for fresh start, chamber excited to work with Hobbs

Arizona enters 2023 in one of the most competitive economic positions in recent memory, thanks to significant policy wins last session. Let’s not let our progress and momentum be hindered by dwelling on an election that was settled legitimately a month ago. Let’s resolve to leave the election lawsuits and inflammatory rhetoric in 2022. 

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Oct 31, 2022

Rising Halloween costs amid inflation make trick-or-treating less of a treat

The only thing scarier than ghosts, ghouls and goblins this Halloween may be the rising prices for candy, costumes and pumpkins. Candy is up 13% over last year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and pumpkins were also about 13% costlier in the Southwest by mid-October of this year compared to last, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data.

vote, elections, candidates, MAGA, abortion, border security, propositions, ballots, Proposition 128, Proposition 129, freedom, democracy
Oct 20, 2022

2 ballot measures target citizen initiatives

Arizona residents could have an impact on the ballot initiative process when they vote for two ballot measures that have been criticized for restricting the power of future citizen initiatives.

Apr 5, 2021

Ducey signs bill to protect businesses from Covid-related lawsuits

Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill that would shield businesses from Covid-related lawsuits – one of his top legislative priorities of the year that would also apply to hospitals, nursing homes and schools.

Jan 22, 2021

Lawmaker wants 60% of voters to OK ballot measures

A Yuma Republican wants voters to make it more difficult for themselves to pass ballot propositions. Coming on the heels of a narrow victory for proponents of Proposition 208, a... […]

Nov 30, 2020

Prop 208 heads to court

Top Republican legislative leaders filed suit Monday to block implementation of the voter-approved tax on the income of the wealthiest Arizonans.

Nov 12, 2020

Ducey loses big with Trump, taxes, legal pot

Republican Governor Doug Ducey was able to keep the Arizona Legislature red, but not everything worked out to his benefit, based on unofficial election results.

Nov 3, 2020

Tax on rich, legalized marijuana take lead in early ballots

Arizonans are on track to approve ballot measures to tax the rich to fund public education and legalize adult-use recreational marijuana.

Nov 2, 2020

Chamber late on spending report in challenge to education tax

A business group waited until three days before the election to file a report disclosing it’s dumping more than $8.6 million into a last-ditch effort to defeat Proposition 208.

Oct 26, 2020

Supreme Court explains reasons Prop 208 returned to ballot

Trial judges cannot keep voter-proposed initiatives off the ballot just because the description doesn't mention every provision, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Monday, a conclusion that should make it easier to put future initiatives to voters.

Oct 16, 2020

Recreational pot struggles in polls, low on funds

Polling data and an expensive media market paint a gloomy picture for legalizing recreational marijuana at the ballot this year.

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