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State jobless rate drops to 10-year low, drives wage increases
Arizona’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate dropped to 4.7 percent last month, the lowest rate in nearly a decade. The decline of three tenths of a point came as private sector...
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Arizona lost private sector jobs in May
Arizona lost 800 private sector jobs last month as the state continues to find its financial footing to finally recover from the recession. New figures from the state Department of...
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Obama heads to Phoenix to pitch mortgage reform
Arizona unemployment rate remains flat in March
Arizona’s unemployment rate for March remained flat at 7.9 percent, above the national rate of 7.6 percent but below the state’s rate of 8.4 percent a year earlier. The Department...
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Facts don’t add up in study of government worker pay
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Report: Arizona jobless rate drops to 8.2 percent
[caption id="attachment_45884" align="alignleft" width="575" caption="In this April 24, 2012, file photo, job seeker Alan Shull attends a job fair in Portland, Ore. The number of people applying for U.S. unemployment...
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Arizona unemployment rate remains at 8.7 percent
Arizona’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is holding at 8.7 percent despite the loss of 3,000 jobs in December. The Department of Administration’s monthly unemployment report says Arizona’s December job loss...
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State budget revenue up $80M in August
Major economic indicators in Arizona point to a steady recovery, although some bumps remain. Revenues in August grew by 8.6 percent, buoyed by strong showings in sales and individual income...
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Federal regulators are out of control
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has announced a new mandate on private sector employers requiring them to prominently display posters that outline employees’ rights to join a union. Let...
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Let the ax fall
Some employee terminations help the economy. There is a myth going around that even if government employees are inefficient or unneeded, we should not terminate them in this economic crisis...
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Arizona unemployment rises to 9.3 percent in June
Weakness in government employment and several private sectors of the economy is pushing Arizona’s unemployment rate upward. The Department of Administration reports that June’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 9.3...