Mar 11, 2024 | 2024 Research, Featured Home, Job Reports, Research
Arizona gained 10,900 nonfarm jobs in January (+0.34%) – the 10th-fastest month-over-month employment growth rate among all states.
Feb 27, 2024 | 2024 Research, Featured Research, Housing & Our Community, Research
PDF| SYNOPSIS Jim Kolbe Free Enterprise Fellowship Brandon Bloch is CSI Arizona’s Jim Kolbe Free Enterprise Junior Fellow. He graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.A. in Political Science from Arizona State University. He has interned in a U.S. Congressional District...
Feb 22, 2024 | 2024 Research, Featured Research, Jobs & Our Economy, Recent Research, Research
Arizona has grown rapidly in the past 10 years – household incomes are more than 50% higher today than they were in 2011, and the percentage of people in poverty is down 7 percentage points to 12.5%.
Feb 8, 2024 | 2024 Research, Featured Home, Featured Research, Research, State Budget
During the 2024 legislative session, it is vital for citizens to be aware of the history of spending across the entire budget –the General Fund ($18 billion), and the approximately 1,200 Other Funds that spend another $47 billion.
Jan 22, 2024 | 2024 Research, Education, Featured Research
FULL REPORT Authors: Glenn Farley and Whitney Marsh Executive Summary The Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program is a state-funded initiative that allows eligible students to receive public funding in the form of an education savings account, which can...
Jan 11, 2024 | 2024 Research, Featured Home, Featured Research, Inflation Reports, Research
After running higher than the nation since August 2021, the Phoenix metro area – for the third period in a row – has a lower inflation rate than the U.S.