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Minimum wage will rise in January, costs increasing

What would you buy for an extra $20 a week? A nice meal? A car mount for your phone? An extra four gallons of gasoline? That’s the choice that will...

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Yarnell homeowners blocked from suing state

In this June 30, 2013 file photo, a wildfire burns homes in Yarnell, Ariz. The wildfire that began with a lightning strike and caused little immediate...

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Feds warn Arizona about lowering workplace injury fines

Federal officials warned a commission overseeing Arizona’s workplace safety agency that its practice of lowering fines on companies for worker injuries and deaths violates the state’s laws and could jeopardize...

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Yee seeks to curb per diem after Industrial Commission flap

Sen. Kimberly Yee wants to ensure that last year’s revelations about per diem payments to two members of the Industrial Commission of Arizona won’t repeat themselves. And she’s taking steps...

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Rep. Petersen wants to scale back Industrial Commission

Industrial commissioners (L to R) Joseph M. Hennelly, Jr., Clint Bolick, Dale L. Schultz, David M. Parker, Michael G. Sanders. Rep. Warren Petersen wants to downsize...

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Ducey audit aims to reduce number of boards and commissions

  Gov. Doug Ducey. (Capitol Media Services photo by Howard Fischer) Arizona has more than 200 boards and commissions whose duties range from licensing cosmetologists and...

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Can you get a per diem for writing a resignation letter?

Yee’s inquiry into excessive per diem reimbursements by two members of the Industrial Commission and the subsequent reporting on the matter in this publication and the Capitol Times appears to...

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No mandated minimum wage pay boost for Arizonans this year

Arizona’s 43,000 minimum wage workers are not going to get a government-mandated pay boost in January. And you can blame low oil prices for that. New figures Wednesday from the...

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Workers’ comp bill on hold until next year

Proponents of a bill that would bar employees from suing for damages over bad-faith denials of workers’ compensation claims headed off a contentious fight, at least for now, by putting...

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To raid or not to raid? Court decisions guide Legislature

The last of several lawsuits spawned by sweeps of dozens of specialized funds to balance the budget in 2009 was resolved with a Court of Appeals decision on Nov. 23...

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Court rules Legislature can take money from workers comp fund

The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled Friday that the Legislature can sweep money from a workers’ compensation fund that provides additional awards for catastrophically injured workers. The court overturned a...

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