by Melissa | May 9, 2017 | Government, Maricopa, Transportation
Pinal RTA sees challenges in SR 347 project by Mason Callejas | inMaricopa Garnering voter support for a half-cent sales tax increase designed to fund more than 15 county transportation projects, including the widening of State Route 347, is only part of the struggle...
by Melissa | May 3, 2017 | Government, Transportation
Pratt participates in I-10 ride-along; ‘anxious’ to get freeway widened by Heather Smathers | Casa Grande DispatchState Sen. Frank Pratt recently had an opportunity to see first hand the new safety corridor on Interstate 10. Pratt, R–Casa Grande, said his...
by Melissa | May 3, 2017 | Education, Government
Area educators back Douglas proposal to keep tax hike to pay teachers more by Heather Smathers | Arizona City Independent The state’s top education official is proposing extending a sales tax that helps fund teachers, and area officials agree with the move. State...
by Melissa | May 3, 2017 | Government
2 Pinal national monuments affected by Trump order by Rofida Khairalla | Casa Grande Dispatch Two of Pinal County’s national monuments could lose their federal government protected status. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump issued an executive order asking for the...
by Melissa | May 3, 2017 | Environment, Government
Mining expansion leaves Florence community uneasy by Kaly Nasiff | Cronkite News Arizona’s economy has been built historically on the 5 cs: cotton, citrus, cattle, climate and copper. The state’s mining industry – Arizona makes up 65 percent of copper production in...
by Melissa | May 3, 2017 | Government, Maricopa
Economic development strategic plan calls for total buy-in by Joey Chenoweth | Maricopa Monitor A report on the city’s economic development strategic plan has brought forth positive and negative signs about what could happen in the future. The City Council contracted...