As we’re ramping up the financial response to this crisis, we also need a plan to pay for it to keep our economic engine the strongest in the world.

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.

Biggs, another Republican who has been vocal against extending jobless benefits, is unimpressed by the governor's offer of "accountability safeguards" as a way to check abuse in the unemployment benefits program.

The White House has released a report praising 100 projects across the nation - including three in Arizona - that were made possible by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to help boost the economy and create or sustain jobs.

Nearly 10,000 jobs have been created or retained by Arizona’s stimulus money, according to the Governor’s Office.

The Governor’s Office of Economic Recovery announced Gov. Jan Brewer has awarded $11.6 million in federal stimulus money to the Arizona Department of Health Services.

FLAGSTAFF -A�U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson said July 9 that $90 million in recovery funds for drinking and wastewater projects across Indian Country will benefit thousands. Jackson says the recovery funds will provide for 95 wastewater and 64 ...

Arizona has received federal stimulus money for cleanup of contamination from leaking underground fuel storage tanks throughout Arizona. The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality announced Thursday it received $3.2 million in federal funds through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act ...