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3 days ago | 
chamberbusinessnews.com | Joseph Kavetsky |Joe Pitts
The United States Commerce Department recently announced its intent to withdraw from the 2019 agreement suspending the antidumping investigation on fresh tomatoes imported from Mexico, a decision that will take effect in July. The move will replace the current deal—which established minimum pricing for imports—with a 20.91% duty imposed on most Mexican tomato shipments. Nogales, Ariz. is one of the country’s leading entry points for fresh tomato imports.
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2 weeks ago | 
chamberbusinessnews.com | Joseph Kavetsky |Joe Pitts
During a visit to Utah, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency’s decision to rescind its prior Guidance on the Preparation of Clean Air Act Section (CAA) 179B Demonstrations for Nonattainment Areas Affected by International Transport of Emissions.
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4 weeks ago | 
chamberbusinessnews.com | Joe Pitts |Joseph Kavetsky
Mining industry experts are bullish on the industry’s future in Arizona. That was the sentiment at a recent Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Arizona Manufacturers Council luncheon on the topic.
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1 month ago | 
chamberbusinessnews.com | Joe Pitts |Joseph Kavetsky
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) last night was able to muster the votes to pass a budget resolution in his chamber that will begin the reconciliation process between the House and Senate in an attempt to forge a compromise bill that could lead to the passage of much of the White House’s domestic fiscal agenda.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
mainstreetmediatn.com | Cheri Reeves |Joe Pitts
The following commentary is from the desk of Clarksville Mayor Joe Pitts:Like many of you, I was born at a time when our nation was completely changing course in race relations. It was a painful and sobering backdrop to an otherwise-idyllic childhood. As I grew a little older, I became more aware of the complexities of it all. In the 1960s, Clarksville was like every city and town in America.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
alumnifreespeechalliance.substack.com | Joe Pitts
This piece is republished with permission of The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, on whose website it originally appeared. On this we all agree: Higher education is in crisis. Rolling protests, rising tuition, and growing distrust have compelled elected officials to speak seriously about reforming our nation’s postsecondary education system for the first time in a long time.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
aei.org | Ian Rowe |Joe Pitts |Julia Cataneo
What drives human flourishing for the rising generation? Too often, efforts to break the intergenerational cycle of disadvantage are animated by a negative pursuit: anti-poverty; anti-racism; anti-crime… the list goes on. But what if efforts to empower young people were focused on creating a positive, not driven by an effort to eliminate a negative? Not on fighting failure, but on replicating success?
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
chamberbusinessnews.com | Joe Pitts
This is the season when, naturally, we’re thinking about the year that was and the 12 months to come. First, a few reflections on 2024 from my perch leading the Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Job attractionDivided state government perhaps offers fewer opportunities for big legislation that will influence Arizona’s future in a profound way, but don’t sleep on the state Legislature and Gov. Hobbs reaching an agreement to extend the Arizona Commerce Authority.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
jamesgmartin.center | Joe Pitts
On this we all agree: Higher education is in crisis. Rolling protests, rising tuition, and growing distrust have compelled elected officials to speak seriously about reforming our nation’s postsecondary education system for the first time in a long time. Voices as disparate as Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik and Democratic Congressman Ritchie Torres are coalescing against radicalism on campus.
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Dec 23, 2024 | 
chamberbusinessnews.com | Joe Pitts
Microsoft has announced that its newest datacenter in Goodyear, Arizona will feature an innovative cooling system that eliminates the need for additional water once the system is operational. The company estimates this design will save up to 160 million liters—or more than 42 million gallons—of water annually. Microsoft also plans to adopt this approach for many of its datacenters across the U.S. in the future.
