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Recent Articles from Sabella Scalise, Cronkite News
Farmworker visas more than doubled in state, nation in recent years
The number of H-2A visas issued to agricultural workers in the state has more than doubled in the past five years, mirroring a national increase in the temporary “guest worker program” for noncitizens.
Arizona incomes grew 3 percent in 2015, slightly off national pace
Personal income grew 3 percent last year in Arizona, mirroring a national increase of 3.7 percent that year as the nation continued to rebound from the recession, new government data shows.
Arizonans reluctant to open wallets for Trump, Clinton campaigns
Arizonans headed to the polls on November 8 to cast actual ballots for president, but if they were voting with their pocketbooks the results wouldn’t have been pretty for either of the major parties’ nominees.
Phoenix cited as model for voters in 25 states weighing $200B in transit projects
Phoenix was held up as a model for the nation during a conference call on November 2 by transit officials pushing for approval of about $200 billion in transit projects on local ballots across the country next week.
Report: Nonunion workers lose pay as labor unions lose clout
The steady decline in union membership has had a ripple effect on wages of nonunion workers, costing them a potential $14 to $52 a week in pay, according to a report this week by a Washington think tank.
Apache County had worst ‘food insecurity’ in U.S.; state fared poorly
Food advocacy groups said Apache County children had the least reliable access to healthy food in the nation in 2014, when 41.5 percent of children in the county were deemed to be “food insecure.”
Presidential campaign giving lags in Arizona, elsewhere in U.S.
Arizonans have been relatively stingy with their presidential donations this year, contributing $8.4 million as of August, well off the 2012 pace when residents forked over $21.9 million by the end of the presidential campaign.
