Background Over the past two weeks our office has received numerous requests to opine on the state budget proposal including the flat income tax. The requests came from lawmakers at the state, leaders within county and city levels of government, economic development...
Background Recently, we analyzed the economic benefits of expanding earned release credits in Arizona. Now, we have revised our criminal justice reform model to focus on the policies contained in SB 1064 as of April 6, 2021. The current legislation (SB 1064) being...
KTAR News - Think Tank Discusses the Economy, COVID and the Stimulus Plan This week’s Think Tank discusses the economy with economist Jim Rounds of Rounds Consulting. We discuss: • What do economists do anyway? Why did Harry Truman want “a one armed economist”? • The...
Executive Summary Rounds Consulting Group, Inc. (RCG) was retained to quantify the economic impact of a key provision of Initiative I-32-2020: The Second Chances, Rehabilitation, and Public Safety Act. The Second Chances Act (SCA) focused on rehabilitation for...
AZ Big Media - Arizona State of Innovation Summit On January 28th, 2021 from 12:00 -1:30 PM Partnership for Economic Innovation (PEI), ASU and special guests from local and international business communities will hold the Arizona State of Innovation Summit. This free...
AZ Chamber Business News - The 2020 Hammer Awards At the end of each year, Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry President and CEO Glenn Hamer hands out his Ham(m)er Awards to recognize the people and groups who contributed in a big way to the year that was. This...
https://azpbs.org/horizon/2020/12/economists-roundtable-year-in-review/
https://chamberbusinessnews.com/2020/12/16/asba-w-graphic/
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Following the recent 2020 election results, cannabis stocks are growing exponentially. On election night, the United States saw a “Green Wave” when four states – Arizona, New Jersey, Montana and South Dakota – voted to legalize...
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