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As Small Business Owners Struggle To Find Employees, Leaders Look To Improve Desire For Jobs
By B. Hamilton | This month’s jobs numbers report, showing a dismal 266,000 jobs added last month to the nation’s economy, has not surprised small business owners. School closures, erratic school schedules in states allowing students to return to...
Retailers Anticipate Fastest Growth Since 1980s
With more businesses reopening and bringing employees back to work, the U.S. economy is on firm footing and could see its fastest growth in more than three decades, National Retail Federation Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz said today. “While there...
Maricopa County Treasurer Finds Schools, Taxing Districts Were Overpaid
Maricopa County Treasurer John Allen has accused his predecessor of making a $15.8 million error in the investment portfolio that generates interest earnings for Maricopa County, school districts, and other taxing districts. Allen, in a press...
Arizona Projected To Add Over 500,000 Jobs By 2029
On Thursday, the Governor's Office announced that Arizona will add more than half a million jobs over the next eight years, according to projections from the Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity. According to the Office of Economic Opportunity...
House Passes Legislation To Prohibit Politicized School Instruction Including Critical Race Theory
By Terri Jo Neff | On a 31 to 29 party line vote, the State House passed The Unbiased Teaching Act, also known as SB1532, following a derisive debate during Wednesday’s floor session. An amendment introduced this week by Rep. Michelle Udall...
Ducey Signs Landmark Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Legislation
On Wednesday, Governor Doug Ducey signed landmark bipartisan civil asset forfeiture reform legislation intended to ensure innocent Arizonans do not have their property permanently forfeited without a criminal conviction. RELATED ARTICLE: Arizona...
Arizona School Board Association Defends “Deification Of Whiteness” Speaker
By B. Hamilton | The Arizona School Board Association (ASBA) held The Equity Event April 21st – 23rd. Among the keynote speakers was the founder and lead facilitator of Social Centric Institute, Calvin Terrell. ASBA is the primary source for...
Bill Allowing Community Colleges To Offer 4-Year Degrees Signed Into Law
By B. Hamilton | On Monday, Governor Doug Ducey signed a bill, SB1453, sponsored by Sen. Paul Boyer and Rep. Becky Nutt, which allows community colleges to offer four-year degrees. Supporters say the legislation will drive the cost of higher...
Arizona Supreme Court Rules Against Death Row Inmate Who Killed 5 People, Including Children
On Monday, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled in the case of William Craig Miller who was convicted of killing five people including Tammy Lovell and her boyfriend Steven Duffy in 2006, according to the East Valley Tribune. The court found Miller was...
Ducey Rescinds Unemployment Executive Order To Meet Job Market Demands
On Monday, Governor Doug Ducey rescinded a March 2020 Executive Order that waived the requirement that an individual receiving employment benefits must be actively looking for work in order to receive the benefits. Arizonans receiving unemployment...
Nursing Care And Assisted Living Facilities Board To Be Stripped Of Power
PHOENIX — After a scathing investigative report by the Arizona Republic, Governor Doug Ducey is working with the Arizona Legislature to strip all licensing and regulatory responsibilities from the Board of Examiners of Nursing Care Institution...
Democratic County Supervisors Complain Ducey Didn’t Talk To Them Before Deploying National Guard Troops Sheriffs Begged For
By Terri Jo Neff | When Gov. Doug Ducey pledged $25 million last month to deploy the Arizona National Guard to the Mexico border he did so after the Biden Administration ignored pleas from state and local law enforcement officials to address the...
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