Arizona gets $14 billion in federal funds each year for social service programs, which has officials in Phoenix keeping a nervous eye on Washington. If Congress does not reach a debt limit deal by Tuesday’s deadline, state governments could face budget shortfalls or more difficulty issuing bonds to pay for roads, hospitals and water systems.... Read more»
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Just under half of all Arizona mortgages were “underwater” in spring of this year, the second-highest percentage in the nation, according to a report from a private research firm. CoreLogic said only Nevada, at 63 percent, had a higher rate.... Read more»2
Update: Gabe Zimmerman’s “hard work and ideals… should be recognized here,” his mother told a crowd gathered as members of Congress unveiled a bill to name a room in the Capitol Visitors Center for the first congressional staffer killed in the line of duty. (with video)... Read more»0
All five Republican members of Arizona’s House delegation have signed on to the Cut, Cap and Balance Act of 2011, a plan to deal with the nation’s debt limit that is expected to come up for a vote Tuesday.... Read more»0
Arizona lost more than 281,000 jobs from 2007 to 2009, and more than 8,800 businesses closed in the same time period. Officials said the situation has improved since 2009, but that it’s slow going.... Read more»0
Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Mesa, said Monday that he has more than $2 million in the bank already for his bid to replace retiring Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., in 2012.... Read more»0
Nearly 14 percent percent of Arizonans live in a “food desert,” a low-income area with low access to a grocery store, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture study.... Read more»0
Mexican trucks subject to strict new safety measures will begin to move on U.S. highways, and Mexico will begin to lift tariffs on U.S. goods entering that country under an agreement signed Wednesday in Mexico City.... Read more»1
Mesa Mayor Scott Smith came away from a White House meeting Monday satisfied that he and other mayors had an “honest dialogue” with the president about the economy. (with video)... Read more»0
Requiring employers across the nation to use E-Verify to check workers’ citizenship would carve out jobs for unemployed Americans by keeping illegal immigrants out of the job market, backers said Wednesday.... Read more»0
More than 4,000 Arizona nonprofits were stripped of their tax-exempt status this week by the Internal Revenue Service, as the agency purged its rolls of more than 275,000 organizations nationwide that failed to keep their tax-exempt status up to date.... Read more»0
A divided federal appeals court panel Wednesday upheld the 51-month sentence for a Mexican man charged with illegal re-entry to the country, saying his 2000 conviction for having sex with a 14-year-old girl could be counted against him.... Read more»0
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