What Does the State Treasurer Do?

Jun 14 - Andrei Cherny, a candidate for State Treasurer, spoke about the job and some of his views on state issues. The state treasurer is the Chief Economic Officer. He sets investment policies and audits government agencies. Surprisingly, no audits have been done for quite a while. Equally surprising is that the state has no direct investments in Arizona companies. Andrei would like to see audits done to identify efficiencies for budget reductions. He would also like to see investments in local solar and wind companies to help improve the Az economy. He emphasized that he would focus on bipartisan efforts in these areas.