The U.S. Forest Service, faced with the slow pace of forest thinning, is seeking proposals to remove dense stands of trees in a wide swath of Arizona to help prevent wildfires.
Read More »Goodyear steps up, gets big names to bring lots of jobs 
The West Valley city of about 85,000 is attracting some of the biggest corporate names on the planet – names like Amazon, Microsoft and Nike.
Read More »The Breakdown: Unanswered questions
Governor Ducey’s early-morning tweetstorm yanking financial incentives from Nike may have exceeded his own authority.
Read More »Ducey denies he ordered Nike incentives withdrawn
Gov. Doug Ducey denied Tuesday that he unilaterally ordered the Commerce Authority to rescind a $1 million incentive that had been offered to Nike to locate a manufacturing plant in Goodyear.
Read More »Ducey welcomes Nike to Arizona 
A week after going on a Twitter tirade against Nike, Gov. Doug Ducey gave the company a warm welcome to Arizona on the same medium.
Read More »Here is what is working in Arizona
The business and private sectors should appreciate the goals of the Ducey administration’s initiative to improve government referred to as the Arizona Management System (AMS), which focuses on understanding “customer” needs, identifying problems, improving processes and measuring results.
Read More »State to open institute to develop autonomous technology
Four years after allowing companies to test driverless cars on Arizona streets, Gov. Doug Ducey is moving to make the state the center of testing for the next generation of autonomous automobiles.
Read More »Gov. Ducey: State ready to woo Amazon to land its second headquarters 
The Seattle-based web giant announced plans to build a second headquarters last week. The company said it would prefer a metropolitan area with more than one million people, a stable business environment and a strong talent pool. Amazon also said it expects incentives from wherever it chooses to build the headquarters.
Read More »Matthew Earl Jones: A passion for Arizona’s film industry 
Matthew Earl Jones brings with him lots of industry resources and a passion for making Arizona the top film industry destination, despite its lack of tax credits, and continuing to expand the local infrastructure needed to support film and digital media.
Read More »Governor’s Office hoping to round up Dem votes for ACA overhaul, housing projects 
Whether Gov. Doug Ducey can get the Republican votes he needs to pass his proposed overhaul of the Arizona Commerce Authority seems beyond question. Getting the Democratic votes may be far trickier.
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