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Sep 1, 2025

Arizona cities to seek legislation limiting short-term rentals

Key Points: League of Arizona Cities and Towns seeks legislation to regulate short-term rentals Municipalities want to limit short-term rental licenses to address housing challenges Short-term rentals make up 10% […]

Bellmen, desk workers and other employees at the Hyatt hotel picket outside with Unite Here Local 11 after walking out early Thursday, June 9, 2005, in West Hollywood, Calif. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)
Aug 31, 2025

Arizona can’t afford L.A.-style dysfunction

A recent headline in Politico asks, “Is anyone in charge of Los Angeles?” It’s a good question. The article charts the march of labor union Unite Here Local 11 through […]

Aug 15, 2025

Arizona must reform its employment and unemployment insurance laws

Dear Governor Hobbs and members of the Arizona State Legislature, I am writing as a concerned Arizonan to address our state’s at-will employment laws, which I have seen cause profound […]

Aug 15, 2025

Phoenix ranked top in the nation for build-to-rent homes

Key Points: Phoenix is the leading market for build-to-rent homes Some legislators are concerned the homes benefit from loopholes in water policy Supporters say the homes fill a niche in […]

credit cards, Credit Card Competition Act, Lydia Hernandez, Arizona Legislative Latino Caucus
Aug 2, 2025

Big retailers keep taking from Arizona families

I’ve spent years fighting for the people who keep our public schools running: educators, support staff, school nurses and classroom aides. Now, in my role as executive director of the […]

Jul 28, 2025

Marana prison may be used as ICE detention facility, says town manager

Key Point: Arizona’s first private prison sold back to original builder Management & Training Corp. paid $15M for the 500-bed prison Town of Marana lost over 200 jobs with prison’s […]

Jul 8, 2025

Big Beautiful Bill risks deepening inequality while promising growth

The “One Big Beautiful Bill” (H.R. 1, 119th Congress) is being promoted as a pro-growth, pro-worker initiative. But for many Arizonans, especially working families, the bill’s sweeping changes could deepen […]

Jun 27, 2025

Hobbs signs bipartisan budget, ending weeks-long standoff and staving off shutdown

Key Points: Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a state budget, prevents government shutdown  It caps off a long and arduous process that saw three separate budget proposals make it to the […]

Jun 27, 2025

AZ House passes bipartisan budget package, pitches it back to Senate

Key Points:  House approved Senate’s bipartisan budget Two previous House budgets have failed Senate and the governor expected to approve the budget proposal The Arizona House of Representatives has finally […]

Jun 23, 2025

Gov. Hobbs rejects ‘continuation budget’ proposal from House

Key Points:  Hobbs rejects GOP’s budget delay as political grandstanding State shutdown looms without budget by July 1 Bipartisan support exists, but Montenegro blocks House vote Calling his proposal a […]

Jun 20, 2025

Rampant corporate greed and cozy commission will devastate ratepayers

Rampant corporate greed enabled by lax oversight was already running Arizona’s ratepayers into the ground.  Arizona Public Service collected $1.1 billion more than in 2022 after major rate hikes in […]

Jun 20, 2025

Senate passes $17.6B bipartisan budget in early morning deal

Key Points: The Senate passed the budget proposal on June 20 Chamber claims bipartisan effort, declares itself finished with session Follows a House budget that was rejected June 13 The […]

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