Economy
Some orders signed by the president will impact housing insecurity, mask safeguards, and student loans for everyday Arizonans.
A large number of Arizona companies have chosen to lay off workers and pay back the loan rather than spending the required 60% on payroll.
A person needs an annual income of $40,960 to afford a one-bedroom apartment in the Flagstaff-area. Even with the new increase, minimum wage workers there will only make $31,200. The start of the new year brought more than just motivation to tackle resolutions. For some, it brought in a higher paycheck. While the federal minimum...
Amid the pandemic-driven economic recession, fraudsters continue to find ways to scam unemployed Americans out of their money.
The county’s usual “failure to appear” rate for tenants in eviction cases is around 36%. However, the average for this year is only about 25%. When the pandemic began early this year, Maricopa County and other court systems moved to remote procedures to keep everyone safe. For eviction hearings, tenants, landlords, attorneys, and justices of...
Advocates say the proposed funding structure setup has been done in other large US cities, but it’s the first of its kind in Arizona. Tempe Mayor Corey Woods is pushing for the city to adopt a new affordable housing initiative that would bring more workforce housing to Tempe. Woods’ initiative, called Hometown for All, would...
The Thanksgiving meals distributed by one Valley food bank increased by nearly 400% from last year. Gerri Powers sat in her car in the parking lot outside the Mesa Convention Center on Friday morning, waiting as United Food Bank volunteers handed out food at its weekly drive-thru distribution. It’s the sixth or seventh time Powers...
