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The Breakdown: Unanswered questions
Governor Ducey’s early-morning tweetstorm yanking financial incentives from Nike may have exceeded his own authority.
Ducey denies he ordered Nike incentives withdrawn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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ducey proposes economic development overhaul
Ducey proposes economic development overhaul
Ambitious Ducey plan aims for ‘Arizona’s own geek squad’
A proposed overhaul of the Arizona Commerce Authority by Gov. Doug Ducey will help set the stage for future reductions in regulations and taxes that are deemed to put Arizona at an economic disadvantage.
Commerce Authority in court to recover deal-closing money
The first recipient of grant money from the Arizona Commerce Authority’s “deal-closing fund” fell short of its promises in a big way, and the agency has gone to court to recover the money it awarded to the company.
Lawmakers, Ducey plan 2016 reforms for Commerce Authority
Just four years after the Arizona Commerce Authority replaced the old Department of Commerce with the goal of revolutionizing the state’s economic development efforts, the quasi-private agency faces another overhaul.
