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Tucson, Arizona —
Opening a new restaurant is always a risk, but this one even more so: It’s a scorching summer in the Arizona desert, meat prices are up and the economy is unpredictable.
“I’m a little nervous,” owner Ray Flores tells a visitor to his new project on Tucson’s northern edge. “Are you a gambler?”
Charro Steak North is almost ready: The bar is stocked, the supplies delivered and the new team hired. For that last part, Flores gives President Donald Trump and the Republican Congress some credit, specifically for their sweeping new policy bill, which among many other changes temporarily eliminates taxes on tipped wages and overtime for many workers.
“We had a really robust hiring fair,” Flores said in an interview. “Lots of applicants. Way more than we have had in previous hiring fairs. A lot of quality applicants. A little higher quality, it seems, than in the past four or five years. …. I do believe that those messages of some kind of tax relief created some of this.”
The steakhouse is in Arizona’s 6th Congressional District, one of the top battlegrounds as Republicans try to hold their tiny House majority in next year’s midterm elections. GOP Rep.
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