“Don’t California my Arizona” has become a popular rallying cry for Arizonans fearful that new residents fleeing the neighboring state might bring its destructive big government policies with them. One important change the Arizona Legislature could make to prevent Arizona from turning into California is to prevent abuse of the

It’s been more than a month since the Georgia Senate passed a crucial measure to provide regulatory relief for Georgia independent businesses, but as the Legislature begins its final week of the session, the measure is still pending in the House. The Red Tape Rollback Act (SB 28) advanced out

During her 2025 State of the State Address, among her many exaggerations, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs made the dubious claim that “since [she] became governor, we’ve created[1] nearly 200,000 jobs.” This claim was suspect at the time, and the recent release of Arizona’s latest monthly employment data confirms just how

Just before Thanksgiving and with all the votes finally counted, Arizona officials met to certify the state’s results from an election in which Arizonans chose free enterprise. From state ballot measures to local ballot measures to state legislative races, free enterprise notched key victories up and down the ballot. Although

When Georgians went to the polls last month, among the many races on the ballot was a measure crucial to Georgia’s independent businesses that will increase Georgia’s personal property tax exemption from $7,500 to $20,000. Georgians overwhelmingly voted yes, with more than 64 percent supporting the measure to relieve some

It’s been a few months since we published an in-depth look at Arizona’s employment report, and with new numbers out last week from the state Office of Economic Opportunity it is worth taking another look at the state’s labor market. This month’s headline numbers What not to like A slight