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Aug 22, 2024

Inflation and credit card swipe fees devastating

As inflation continues to run rampant, no other racial or ethnic group has felt the financial sting more than Native Americans. When surveyed, 69% of them reported “serious financial struggle” […]

Indian Health Services, Medicaid, private insurance, Supreme Court
Nov 22, 2023

Supreme Court agrees to hear San Carlos Apache appeal on health care funding

The Supreme Court said this week it will consider a claim by the San Carlos Apache tribe that the federal government is shortchanging it on funds it needs to operate tribal health services.

Mayes, Meta, lawsuit, social media
Mar 9, 2023

Mayes reverses ruling on income-source discrimination

Attorney General Kris Mayes reversed former Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s opinion that city ordinances banning income source-based discrimination violate state law, but it’s not clear if she has the authority to do so.

Dec 22, 2022

Brnovich says Tucson source of income nondiscrimination ordinance violates state law 

Attorney General Mark Brnovich determined a recent housing ordinance passed in Tucson which forbids source of income to be considered in rental housing applications contradicts state law. 

inflation, St. Mary's Food Bank, interest rates, Wall Street, Thanksgiving, groceries, gas prices, rent, mortgages, Biden
Dec 13, 2022

A slowdown in US inflation eases some pressure on households

Inflation in the United States slowed again last month in the latest sign that price increases are cooling despite the pressures they continue to inflict on households in Arizona and around the United States.

affordable housing, rent, Tucson, Senate Bill 1487, Toma, Jennifer Bonham, Poverty and Race Research Action Council, Steve Kozachik, Housing and Community Development Department, Arizona Multifamily Housing Association, Housing Choice Voucher Program,
Dec 12, 2022

Tucson, Toma clash on city ordinance establishing housing source of income protection 

The city of Tucson responded to a complaint from the incoming Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives alleging the city is breaking state law with its recent housing ordinance that forbids source of income to be considered in rental housing applications. Rep. Ben Toma, R-Peoria, filed the complaint with the Attorney General’s Office.

Feb 21, 2022

GOP lawmakers target municipal minimum wage limits

Republican lawmakers are moving to let voters throughout the state override the decision of voters in some cities to set their own minimum wage.  Legislation awaiting House action this week […]

Nov 22, 2016

Arizona incomes grew 3 percent in 2015, slightly off national pace

Personal income grew 3 percent last year in Arizona, mirroring a national increase of 3.7 percent that year as the nation continued to rebound from the recession, new government data shows.

Nov 7, 2013

Arizona finishes 12th in national ranking on energy-efficiency policies

WASHINGTON – Arizona is the 12th-most energy-efficient state in the nation this year, the same position the state held last year, according to rankings released Wednesday by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.

Nov 6, 2013

Study: 313,000 in AZ can get insurance subsidies

A new study says nearly 60 percent of Arizonans who can buy health insurance through the federal marketplace will qualify for a tax subsidy.

Oct 31, 2013

Cuts to food stamp benefits hit more than 1 million Arizonans Friday

More than 1.1 million Arizonans who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – better known as food stamps – will see their benefits reduced Friday in a long-planned national cut.

Oct 23, 2013

Senator Yee: Personal finance instruction will lead to better choices

When Mitch Ruttenberg teaches economics at Trevor G. Browne High School, he ends each semester with lessons on credit cards, taxes, budgeting and other aspects of personal finance.

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