1. The Weak Economy versus Burgeoning Deficit Debate and the Dividend Tax Highwire Act
(Blog/Blog)

Talk about walking a tightrope.  On Monday we celebrated work in an environment some compare to the late 1930s.  On one hand, we worry about budget deficits that threaten to weaken the value of U.S. Treasury ...

2. The Dam Is Cracking, But Can Arizona Afford to Fix It?
(Blog/Blog)

I'm really happy that last Tuesday's blog, on the state's horribly misguided cuts to the Arizona Department of Water Resources, generated a robust (and still ongoing) discussion.  It got me thinking: The ...

3. “Arizona budget cuts hurting water and air agencies.” Who cares?
(Blog/Blog)

... prospects. Even the best leadership in the world probably wouldn't have prevented a fiscal deficit, spurred by the economic recession.  It wouldn't have erased the "Arizona budget cuts hurting [fill ...

4. The Economic Impact of a 1-cent Sales Tax Hike in Arizona
(Blog/Blog)

Last week the Economic and Business Research Center at the University of Arizona's Eller College of Management released a study comparing the impact to Arizona's economy of the 1-cent sales tax increase ...

5. Arizona Healthcare Conundrum, But There Is a Better Way
(Blog/Blog)

Earlier this month, Arizona's legislature passed a budget that would eliminate health care coverage for 47,000 kids by June 15 (310,000 low-income adult Arizonans would lose their health insurance coverage ...

6. 911 Arizona Emergency!
(Blog/Blog)

... the safety of the American people, every first responder should have access to a nationwide, wireless, interoperable broadband public safety network."  Yet Arizona is going in the opposite direction.  ...

7. A Better Way to Balance Arizona’s Budget
(Blog/Blog)

... op-ed in the Republic the Sunday before last, a part of the paper’s Arizona 2020 series. He said that the way to prevent this kind of fiscal crisis in the future is to understand important differences ...

8. The Economic Impact of Arizona Healthcare Budget Cuts Will Touch All of Us
(Blog/Blog)

I wrote a couple of weeks ago about the fact that the news gives me heartburn.  But Arizona’s fiscal crisis gives me heartburn and a bad headache.  The bad keeps getting worse, it seems.  Yesterday’s headline ...

9. What Should They Do?
(Blog/Blog)

All indications point toward one or more special legislative sessions sometime before the end of the year. Governor Brewer and legislative leadership have apparently reached an agreement to trim a chunk ...

10. What Energy, Climate Proposals Mean to You
(News and Events/AIC News)

... jobs gained in Arizona from ACES. ACES would provide a boost to new jobs in the renewable-energy field, in new government bureaucracies and in carbon trading markets. If ACES becomes law, it is difficult ...