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Arizona’s Free Enterprise Report – 2023 Edition

Housing & Our Community
Housing Affordability in Arizona Q1 2025 Update

Arizona’s counties and cities have made only marginal progress in addressing their housing shortages. Although new housing makes up a larger share of the supply in today’s market, it’s clear based on the sl

July 08, 2025 Zachary Milne
Jobs & Our Economy
Arizona May Jobs and Labor Force Update

Arizona lost 3,500 nonfarm jobs month-over-month in May (-0.11%) – putting the state 46th among all states in monthly job growth.

Taxes & Fees
Flat Tax & State Budget Facts and Fictions

This analysis of the Arizona flat tax finds that Arizona’s budget has continued to grow since adopting a 2.5 percent flat tax, and that state spending increases—not tax reform—were the primary driver of Ari

June 12, 2025 Glenn FarleyThomas Young
Free Enterprise Report
2025 Common Sense Institue Free Enterprise Report

The Free Enterprise Report is a marquis report that provides an objective, non-partisan, fact-based analysis of the Arizona economic landscape and the state’s most pressing issues. The study is a year long