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Arizona Republicans tout family tax rebates amid projected $400 million budget shortfall
Republican legislators defended family tax rebates Monday as beneficial to Arizonans on the heels of new projections that Arizona is expecting a $400 million state budget shortfall.
Labor unions, liberal groups hope to get voters to rethink ‘right to work’
A coalition of labor unions and liberal political groups is hoping to get Arizona voters to rethink a 77-year-old decision to make Arizona a "right to work'' state. The new initiative drive would repeal a constitutional amendment which spells out that no one can be denied the ability to have a job simply because he or she is not a member of a labor union.
Jobless rate is down, wages up, but not all is worth celebrating
Arizona’s unemployment is at the lowest rate in decades, there are more jobs than workers available to fill them and salaries are inching up, all of which should be good indicators for workers. Experts say – it depends.
Senate gives initial approval to cutting time Arizonans can collect jobless benefits
State lawmakers are moving to cut the time Arizonans can collect jobless benefits -- even when unemployment hits double digits.
Phoenix led nation in inflation in 2022, but rise may slow in 2023
After a year in which the Valley saw the nation’s highest inflation rate for metro areas, experts say consumers can expect inflation to ease in 2023 – but warn that it’s not going away entirely.
Rising Halloween costs amid inflation make trick-or-treating less of a treat
The only thing scarier than ghosts, ghouls and goblins this Halloween may be the rising prices for candy, costumes and pumpkins. Candy is up 13% over last year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and pumpkins were also about 13% costlier in the Southwest by mid-October of this year compared to last, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data.
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.
Arizona’s hourly minimum wage going up by 10 cents for 2014
For about three years, Katherine Castillo has worked as a hotel housekeeper earning Arizona’s minimum wage of $7.80 an hour.
Federal shutdown delays Arizona’s jobless numbers
There's another casualty of the federal government partial shutdown: Arizona's unemployment numbers.
Arizona’s workplace-safety efforts focus primarily on construction
As a former room service worker at a Phoenix hotel, Daria Ovide said she saw housekeepers harm their backs, knees and wrists lifting dozens of heavy mattresses each day.
Report: Arizona teachers less likely to have high absenteeism
One in three Arizona teachers was absent for more than 10 days in the 2009-2010 school year, slightly better than the national rate of 36 percent, according to a recent report.
Yuma’s paradox: Despite rising unemployment, population still grows
When unemployment in Yuma ballooned to 22.9 percent in 2009, people were streaming in the other direction. From 2000 to 2010, Yuma’s population surged more than 20 percent, even as the jobless rate continued to climb.
