By Stephen Slivinski Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor released employment data for all 50 states. Arizona has done reasonably well since March 2011, adding 47,000 non-farm jobs. That’s a growth rate of around 2 percent and puts Arizona among the top 10 states. The Arizona Republic mentioned these numbers in their annual employment [...]
Dear Arizona Taxpayer, Today in the Senate Government Reform Committee, the majority members voted in favor of four important bills that would reform powerful government-worker unions: SB 1484 — Paycheck Protection for Government Employees — Prohibits government employers from taking money from employee’s paychecks for union activities without express annual authorization. SB 1485 — Prohibition [...]
By Taylor Earl In December, the Goldwater Institute filed a constitutional challenge to the City of Phoenix’s practice of “release time” within the police union. This practice takes six city police officers off the streets and puts them behind desks to work as full-time union managers, 35 to work as part-time union representatives, and one [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 24, 2012 CONTACT: Katie Martin Cardon on President Obama’s State of the Union Address: The President’s ‘Say One Thing But Do Another’ Mentality Must Stop President claims he wants job creation on heels of killing 20,000 American jobs! Phoenix, Arizona – Following this evening’s State of the Union address by President Barack [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 24, 2012 CONTACT: Adam Deguire Will visit local businesses to discuss ways to create more Arizona jobs EAST VALLEY – Former Congressman and candidate for Arizona’s 5th Congressional District Matt Salmon today announced the launching of an East Valley Jobs Tour. The tour, which kicks-off today with a stop at Phoenix-Mesa [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 19, 2012 CONTACT: Evan Kozlow Tempe – Travis Grantham, candidate for Congress in Arizona’s new 9th Congressional District released the following statement today following President Obama’s decision to reject the Keystone XL Pipeline: “It is inexcusable that President Obama has chosen partisan politics over the people of the United States by [...]
By Stephen Slivinski An important driver of job growth is investment. Without investment, new businesses may not flourish or even see the light of day. And venture capital investment in technology start-ups is one of the highest-profile sources of new business births. Tax policy can either obstruct the new capital that businesses need or it [...]
By Taylor Earl The Goldwater Institute recently filed a lawsuit challenging Phoenix’s “release time” practice that sends six city police officers to work as full-time union managers, 35 to work as part-time union representatives, and one to work as a union lobbyist. Although these employees are released from city duties to perform union duties, taxpayers [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 5, 2012 — Chief economist for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) William C. Dunkelberg, issued the following statement on the December job numbers, based on NFIB’s monthly economic survey that will be released on Tuesday, January 10, 2012. The survey was conducted throughout December and reflects the responses of 735 [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 4, 2012 CONTACT: Rachel Semmel Scottsdale, Ariz. – Congressman David Schweikert welcomed Silicon Valley Bank to Arizona yesterday at a press conference announcing their expansion. Silicon Valley Bank will bring hundreds of well-paying, financial sector jobs to the state over the next few years, including a new branch in Tempe: “I [...]
