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Despite recent challenges, city managers say they enjoy their jobs
Whether after years of planning or by chance, public policy officials have come from throughout the state and country to manage Arizona’s cities and towns, driven by the desire to implement projects that produce tangible results.
And, despite deep budget cuts and foregone raises, those interviewed by Cronkite News Service say they find their jobs fulfilling.
Cardon to remain at Arizona Commerce’s helm
Gov. Jan Brewer is keeping the head of the state's economic development program in place as it goes through a major reorganization.
Gov. Brewer outlines tax, economic development plan
Brewer says her goal is to retain and attract businesses with steps intended to promote new investments and creation of quality jobs.
Phoenix eliminating 60 city jobs
Phoenix city officials say management restructuring will eliminate 60 city jobs.
State bracing for legal fireworks sales
Beginning Dec. 1, it's legal in Arizona to buy and use "consumer" fireworks.
Tax hawks say cuts will have to wait
Businesses that are hoping for immediate tax cuts from the Legislature next session should plan on being disappointed.
Even the most ardent tax cutters in the Legislature say it would be impossible to balance the budget next session while cutting corporate taxes.
RELATED: Senate Republicans plan business tax cuts
Electorate’s message: No more stimulus packages
Simply put, the 2010 election results show that the American people (and Arizonans) know that government central planners cannot spend and stimulate our way out of recession and reject the notion that these same government workers are qualified to pick winners and losers in tax policy.
New tax legislation: Doom and gloom or just another bookkeeping task?
Are those nails scraping across a chalkboard, or is someone asking a small-business owner to do more tax reporting paperwork? It’s the latter, and Congress has mandated it with a 2012 start date.
Oregon AG sues Apollo Group to recover $10M
The state of Oregon is suing Apollo Group Inc. of Arizona, the parent company of University of Phoenix, to recover $10 million the state claims it lost from misleading financial statements.
Construction slowdown means tough times for Arizona’s lumber firms
In 2005, demand for mantlepieces, timbers and decorative wood braces had Joe Agosta’s wood mill, Woodlife Pine Lumber Sales Inc., turning away business.
Foreclosure halt offers hope to AZ homeowners
The moratorium on foreclosures on homes belonging to families like the DeVolls could have a roller-coaster effect on the Arizona housing market, where in September alone 17,117 homes — one in every 159 residential properties — were either scheduled for foreclosure or went through one, placing the state as second in the nation in the foreclosure rate.
