Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility

Building the future: Trade occupations encouraged as demand for skilled labor grows

Justin Spangenthal and Emily Mai Cronkite News//January 22, 2023//

Home>Recent news>

Building the future: Trade occupations encouraged as demand for skilled labor grows

Building the future: Trade occupations encouraged as demand for skilled labor grows

Justin Spangenthal and Emily Mai Cronkite News//January 22, 2023//

Electrical trade students Nora Marshall, left, and Liliana Bustos work together to wire electrical outlets in class at West-MEC in Buckeye on Sept. 16, 2022. The...

Get 24/7 political news coverage and access to events honoring top political professionals

Tags: Madison Park Middle School, manufacturing, HVAC, carpentry, construction, electrical, Arizona, craftspeople, contractors, Western Maricopa Education Center, TradeUp!, plumbing, trades, jobs, Arizona Commerce Authority, schools, Associated Builders and Contractors

Related Content

State Republicans push early ballot election reform, ID requirements for voting

Republican leaders are determined to reform the state’s election system to speed up tabulation of election r[...]

March 14, 2025

Finchem bill would create state agency to oversee new land and natural resources

One Republican lawmaker wants to create a new department to manage a category of land that does not currently [...]

March 14, 2025
Governor Katie Hobbs delivering the 2025 State of the State Address on the floor of the Arizona House of Representatives at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix, Arizona.(Gage Skidmore / Flickr)

House Appropriations Committee believes a signed budget possible by April

With an approaching deadline to pay disability services providers, the House Appropriations Committee chairman[...]

March 14, 2025

Churches could allow housing built despite zoning, but opposition surfaces

State lawmakers are moving to give churches the ability to make deals with developers to build homes on their [...]

March 13, 2025

Court clears fatally wonder constable of negligence in Tucson eviction

The survivor of an incident that resulted in the death of his wife after an eviction effort went bad has no le[...]

March 13, 2025
Congressman Raúl Grijalva

Democratic Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva of Arizona dies of complications from cancer treatment

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva of Arizona, who championed environmental protection[...]

March 13, 2025

Subscribe

Get our free e-alerts & breaking news notifications!

Recent News

You don't have credit card details available. You will be redirected to update payment method page. Click OK to continue.