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Arizona lawmakers propose Swedish rounding system to address penny shortage
Key Points:Â US Mint stopped producing pennies due to economic reasons Stores run out of pennies, leading to exact change issues Merchants must post a notice about cash rounding at […]
Unemployment rate up slightly, ‘quits’ rate decreases
There may be some signs in Arizona that the efforts by the Federal Reserve Board to cool the economy and bring down inflation with higher interest rates are working. New figures Thursday show the state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate hit 4.0% in September, an increase of two-tenths of a point.
State spending more money for vouchers for students this budget year than was reserved through June
Less than four months into the budget year, Arizona already is spending more money for vouchers for students to attend private and parochial schools at state expense than was set aside through June.
