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Chief of Arizona-Mexico commission resigns
The president of the Arizona-Mexico commission has resigned from the unpaid position. The commission is a public-private organization that promotes trade, networking and information-sharing across the border.
Arizona’s economic future depends largely on Trump, forecasters say
Arizona should see continued job growth and a lower unemployment rate this coming year according to two economists.
Nicholas Sarwark: A Libertarian born and bred in Arizona
Most Arizonans probably don’t know that their state is home to the chairman of a national political party. Since 2014, Nicholas Sarwark has chaired the Libertarian National Committee.
Arizonans will face higher electricity costs under clean power plan
If you spend more than 10 percent of your income on electricity, natural gas, and other household energy costs, then you are afflicted by energy poverty. It is a tragedy that forces some families to choose between keeping the lights on or putting food on the table, because they cannot afford both.
There are too many unnecessary obstacles to voting in Arizona
On Election Day two people close to me were disenfranchised even though they were registered to vote. Why? One is on probation and the other had moved and her voter registration hadn’t kept up with her address.
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.
Arizona faces steepest Obamacare hike in U.S.; subsidies could curb pain
Arizona residents can expect to see the largest rate increases in the nation when open enrollment for Obamacare begins next week, but advocates say those increases should be offset by similarly large increases in tax credits for consumers.
Judges question Dems’ bid to count ballots cast in wrong precinct
A claim by Democrats that refusing to count ballots cast in the wrong precinct is illegal racial discrimination met with a skeptical reaction Wednesday from a panel of federal judges.
Advocates worry rape kit backlog will discourage victims, enable offenders
A state task force said Arizona has thousands more untested rape kits than originally thought, a problem that advocates fear could undermine efforts to get victims to come forward while giving serial offenders a “free pass.”
Arizona took more Syrian refugees than most states, U.S. seeks more
At least 800 Syrian refugees were resettled in Arizona over the last year, more refugees than all but three states in the nation, according to the most recent data from the State Department’s Refugee Processing Center.
Arizona regularly among top states for number of resettled refugees
They come from Somalia and Myanmar, the Congo and Bhutan and Vietnam – and they all end up in Arizona. More than 15,400 refugees from 42 different countries were resettled in Arizona from fiscal 2012 through the just-ended fiscal 2016, according to the State Department’s Refugee Processing Center.
How Proposition 206 will impact Arizona seniors
While much of the attention to Proposition 206 has been directed toward restaurant and other service workers, there is a larger and more vulnerable population that will be significantly impacted by raising the minimum wage in Arizona –seniors and those who care for them.
