State Economy
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How Harris’ housing plan lines up with Arizona’s crackdown on corporate landlords
Algorithms are setting rents. Corporations are buying homes. Can Harris take the keys from Wall Street and hand them back to the working class?
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Unpaid invoices could keep Trump rallies at smaller Arizona venues
The Trump campaign hasn’t directly paid for a rally in Arizona since January 2020, and has left a trail of unpaid invoices in cities across the state.
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Rep. Judy Schwiebert talks education, family, and what it takes to change the system
North Valley residents: Bookmark this exclusive Q&A with Rep. Schwiebert, part of The Copper Courier’s guide to voting in the 2024 election.
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GOP lawmakers bypass Hobbs to add 11 measures to ballot. What to look out for
Voters will be asked to weigh in on laws that would make school board races partisan, end term limits for judges, and lower the minimum wage for tipped workers, among other things.
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‘Life-altering day:’ 15,000 Arizonans qualify for new streamlined citizenship process
Efficiencies in the citizenship process announced by the Biden administration are expected to infuse an additional $358 million into the economy, and will bring in more than $120 million in additional tax revenue.
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Arizona lawmakers pass budget closing $1.4 billion deficit
Arizona lawmakers approved a bipartisan budget deal Saturday that erases a $1.4 billion shortfall by curbing spending on higher education, trimming funding for state agencies, and raiding a host of special funds.
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Republicans add ballot measure allowing warrantless arrests over immigration suspicions
The measure is expected to immediately face legal challenges, as opponents believe the breadth of the measure goes against a requirement in state law that ballot measures only address a single subject.
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Rent monopoly crackdown continues as FBI raids corporate landlord for 18 Arizona properties
The federal investigation runs parallel to a price-fixing lawsuit by the Arizona Attorney General against 400 other apartment complexes in the state.
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Scottsdale auto shop takes classic cars and converts them into electric vehicles
When Mark Scalpone took his fully electric, 1972 Chevrolet El Camino to a car show in 2022, attendees howled that the motor didn’t thunder and roar and smell like gas.
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Retired Arizona teacher touts Biden’s efforts to protect seniors’ economic security
More than one million Arizona seniors are covered by Medicare Part D, including Linda Somo of the Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans, who worries that a second Trump term would undo progress made in lowering drug costs and lead to cuts to Social Security.
