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Walmart offers roadmap to shore up U.S. manufacturing
Walmart, the world’s largest retail company and Arizona’s second biggest private employer, says key changes in state and federal policy, particularly surrounding regulation and taxation, would result in a boom in domestic production and the creation of millions of American jobs.
Power Struggle
Showdown looms over electrical deregulation
For a century, public utilities have produced and delivered electricity to homes and industries in a system that guarantees their profit and ensures steady service to residents.
Now, the Arizona Corporation Commission is considering whether to shake up the monopolies and bring competition to the state.
Corporation Commission asks for public’s views on electricity deregulation
The Arizona Corporation Commission has asked the public to weigh in on electricity deregulation, which would break up the state’s system of “regulated monopoly” under which a handful of public utility companies are in charge of generating and distributing power to homes and industries.
States push harder for online sales tax collection
Tax-free shopping is under threat for many online shoppers as states facing widening budget gaps increasingly pressure Amazon.com Inc. and other Internet retailers to start collecting sales taxes from their residents.
Officials: Frenetic morning for rampage suspect
For Jared Loughner, the morning of the deadly shooting rampage was a blur of activity.
