The areas measured are starting a business; hiring and firing workers; enforcing contracts; registering property; getting credit; protecting investors and closing a business,

My job is to grow this business. We've got programs with great opportunities and that's what I want workers to keep focused on.

I don't ever talk about it, ... There are some Christians (co-workers) who argue I'm doing something bad, but this (lawsuit) is pro-liberty, pro-equality. The government is required to stay out of the religion business.

We are losing business opportunities as a result of the shortage of workers and the affordable housing issue.

The issue for the coming year is whether workers will be able to catch up on their wages.

Our number one economic development issue is housing. Our critical industries — health care, manufacturing, the convention business — need workers, but there is this huge bottleneck because of the lack of housing.