The Chandler Chamber of Commerce is inviting prospective voters to attend a candidate forum for the upcoming U.S. Congressional District 9 race. The forum is scheduled for Monday at the Chandler City Council Chambers, 88 E. Chicago Street.

The Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the Tempe Chamber of Commerce will co-host a forum Aug. 1 on business and the economy featuring the candidates for the newly created Congressional District 9.

James Christensen of Gateway Bank has been named 2013 board chairman of the Mesa Chamber of Commerce.

WASHINGTON • The U.S. Chamber of Commerce laid out a coordinated border plan Wednesday that calls for combined improvements in infrastructure, security, immigration policies and trade, instead of the current piecemeal approach.

A key element of the business community is gearing up to fight a permanent extension of the state’s one-cent sales tax surcharge.

A key element of the business community is gearing up to fight a permanent extension of the state’s one-cent sales tax surcharge.

The Gilbert Chamber of Commerce will host an evening with former U.S. Sen. Dennis DeConcini talking about his recent memoir.

December 5, 2004

December 5, 2004

ANKARA, Turkey — It was a declaration meant to resound throughout the Muslim world. The U.S., said Barack Obama, “is not and will never be at war with Islam.”

Queen Creek, the Queen Creek Chamber of Commerce and the San Tan Historical Society planted trees on Friday, Arbor Day.

Rising global oil prices lead to significant and adverse economic consequences for the United States. Last week alone oil prices rose by almost four dollars a barrel. America continues to be dependent on the Middle East and unstable regimes for its oil supply, despite the fact that we have enormous, yet untapped reserves in our own country and neighboring countries in our hemisphere.

The state and country need to improve their respective "economic infrastructures" to stave off a recession and keep economically competitive in the future, Rep. Harry Mitchell, D-Ariz., told business leaders in Scottsdale on Thursday.

Arizona can punish employers who are found guilty of knowingly hiring undocumented workers, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

An industrial spy tries to steal $20 million in trade secrets from Minnesota-based Valspar paints. The kingpin of a Houston-based drug counterfeiting ring makes millions plugging his fake pharmaceuticals into the pipeline of Britain's socialized medical system. In Washington, the Defense Department unwittingly buys and installs knockoff Cisco computer software to track troop movements.

The Chandler Chamber of Commerce will host an economic update forum luncheon noon Wednesday at Serrano’s Mexican Restaurant, 141 S. Arizona Ave.

The United States needs to bolster, rather than limit, immigration to meet the country’s increasing work force demands, the president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce told a group of business leaders in Phoenix on Wednesday.

The East Valley’s largest business association broke ranks Tuesday in supporting a bill aimed at punishing employers that knowingly hire illegal workers.

I had the privilege last week to moderate a roundtable of business people hosted by Arizona Rep. Ben Quayle and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of California. It offered a look at the challenges businesses in Arizona and around the country are facing in this economy and provided welcome insight into how Congress is (or is not) responding to business' needs from two rising congressional stars.

The Gilbert Chamber of Commerce sent a letter with 3,100 signatures to members of the U.S. Congress expressing concerns over health care reform legislation under consideration.

PHOENIX - State and local governments that have enacted immigration laws are threatening the existence of some businesses and instead should let the federal government confront the problem in a way that keeps the American economy supplied with labor, a national business leader said Wednesday.