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Recent Articles from Rebecca McClay, Cronkite News Service
With fewer resources, rural communities strain to deal with mounting foreclosures
As the Phoenix area’s crush of foreclosures has drawn national attention, routinely ranking that area among the most severely hit markets in the U.S., rural communities here have been quietly grappling with their own crisis.
Business leaders: State government needs to drive global competition
The state government will have to play a critical role if Arizona businesses are to become global competitors, business leaders said at conference Wednesday.
Voters approve secret-ballot proposition for union organizing
Employees interested in forming a union in Arizona may find the process a little lengthier after voters approved a proposition requiring a secret ballot vote.
Out-of-state group backs effort to require secret ballot in union votes
The fate of a ballot measure that would require secret ballots to form unions may hinge on whether voters think unions or employers are bigger bullies to workers.
Arizona firm banks on farm troughs for commercializing algae
Arizona, with its sunny, warm climate has been hailed as the ideal region for algae biomass production. Proponents hope that algae, which can contain up to 60 percent oil, can some day squeeze out a petroleum substitute that could be produced at a price low enough to compete with natural gas.
Algae companies hope for breakthrough in biofuel development
Arizona could become a leader in the algae biofuel industry, if companies can mass produce the tiny plant for an affordable petroleum substitute, researchers said Tuesday.
Tourism leaders look to rebuild state’s brand in wake of SB 1070 controversy
At FireSky Resort and Spa, Jim Hollister’s inbox swelled with e-mails from guests demanding cancellations just after SB 1070 became law. But the general manager of the luxury resort said... […]
Phoenix mining company invests in Gulf of Mexico oil drilling
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. is investing $500 million in a Louisiana company set to ramp up oil production in the Gulf of Mexico in the next few years.
Prop 301 pits reeling state budget against preserving open space
Thanks to $23 million from a fund Arizona voters created in 1998 to preserve open spaces, Scottsdale plans to add about 2,000 acres of state trust land here to the McDowell Sonoran Preserve. To Bahr, director of the Sierra Club’s Grand Canyon Chapter, it’s money well spent.
Arizona’s economy on slow road to recovery, top forecaster says
Arizona’s economy is pulling out of recession, albeit it at a slow pace, as the job market, retail sector and housing industry show signs of improvement, a top economic forecaster said Wednesday.
Tough economy, stock market swings create light times for state IPOs
Arizona’s market for new public companies showed signs of life earlier this year with two companies poised to offer stock for the first time.
