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May 11
Energy-Related Carbon Emissions Plunge
CO2 emissions were down 7% in 2009 representing the largest decline in recorded history.

May 10
Another Interesting Day on Wall Street
AnalysisOnline provides an economic update after the U.S. stock market posted its biggest one-day gain in over a year on Monday.

May 9
New Arizona Immigration Law: The Result of Years of Problems
The new Arizona immigration law is the result of years of problems and issues in the state. The Arizona Republic publishes a helpful timeline.

May 6
Containment on Sea Floor to Cope with Gulf Oil Spill
BP's Containment Vessel is on the sea floor to curtain the release of oil in to the Gulf

Reports

Immigration
Change in Make-Up of CA Immigrants
A new study predicts that Los Angeles, a favored destination for many immigrants, will become majority California-born by the time the 2010 census is completed.

Economy
California Budget: Issues Remain
California’s budget accord contains program cuts, but fails to address revenue volatility or prepare for looming future needs, according to research by the Public Policy Institute of California.

Energy
Buyer Perspective: Solar Panel "Bargain"
With state rebates, federal tax credits, and price cuts from manufacturers due to depressed demand, solar energy systems are as much as 50 percent off the original price without incentives.

Healthcare
Killing Jobs Through National Healthcare Reform
A new study from Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University uses cost estimates data from the CMS Acutary at the Department of Health and Human Services to find possible job losses from the new health care legislation that could go as high at 700,000.

CBO: Healthcare Reforms Won't Restrain Costs
Healthcare costs are pushing government spending unsustainably high – and there is nothing in Congressional healthcare reform bills that would change that.

Risk
Cutting the Cost of Risk
Some states are dropping expensive reinsurance coverage, which is designed to pay out when disaster pushes claims over-the-top. AnalysisOnline looks at this topic and gives a year-so-far review on risk.

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Governing Arizona

Applying Economic Analysis to the State's Fiscal Future

Governing Arizona is a nonpartisan project of The Communications Institute lauched with the support of the Thomas R. Brown Foundations through the Economics and Public Policy Project. This project focuses on the Arizona fiscal and tax system and will provide leaders in all sectors and the public with objective analysis on how state can best confront the critical issues and needs of the state in these difficult economic times.

For more on Governing Arizona, please visit www.governingarizona.org

Co-Chairs

Supervisor Pete Rios (D) Pinal County

Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett (R)

Both men are former Arizona State Senate Presidents.

Co-Sponsors
The Forum was launched with the support of TRBF and TCI in association with:

Department of Economics, W. P. Carey School of Business Arizona State University
School of Policy, Planning, and Development University of Southern California
The Forum also has support from the County Supervisors Association of Arizona, League of Arizona Cities and Towns, Arizona Daily Star, Arizona Republic, Arizona Capitol Times, and the Arizona Economic Forum.

Agenda and Faculty - Click here for the agenda and faculty.

Featured Events

Arizona Capitol Briefing Addresses the State's Current Fiscal Challenges - January 27, 2010

Economist Alan Maguire presented a platform for facing the Arizona budget deficit. The session provided a canded discussion exclusively for legislators to discuss these critical issues.
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Governing Arizona: An Invitation-Only Forum for Arizona Leaders - November 17, 2009
The Governing Arizona Forum for Leaders is part of the Governing Arizona Project. The invitation-only forum held on November 17th brought together leaders from government, business, the community and the news media to focus on bi-partisan steps that can be taken in 2010 and beyond to confront the serious fiscalissues facing the state.
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Governing Arizona: An Economics Conference for Journalists - November 16, 2009
Arizona Republic, Phoenix
A special economics conference for Arizona journalists and bloggers on how to improve their coverage of Arizona fiscal and economic issues.
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Featured Research

Governing Arizona: An Analysis of Arizona Fiscal Issues

A special report that will provides a thirty year summary of Arizona state spending and revenue along with research that puts Arizona's fiscal condition in context with other states.

Full Document.

Related News & Commentary

The Governing Arizona website will provide access to all of the research and summary of the November 17th forum followed by additional programs and research projects in 2010.

Governing Arizona Project: The mission, background and sponsors. click here

Resources - Here are just some preliminary resources with more to come November 15th. click here