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UA announces budget cuts, layoffs amid financial crisis

Jan 30, 2024 If no changes are made, the university is expected to continue a deficit spending of $177 million.
This map from Opportunity Atlas shows the average income for adults based on where they grew up.

The Buzz: Combatting Generational Poverty in Pima County

Jan 26, 2024 A new effort aims to help those who are born into poverty move up the socio-economic ladder.
U.S. currency in various denominations.

The Buzz: How the state went from a surplus to a deficit

Jan 19, 2024 Two economists walk through how the state is facing a projected $1.7 billion deficit by the end of FY 25 after starting last year with a $2.5 billion surplus.
The Gadsden Hotel in Douglas, AZ. January 4, 2023.

The Gadsden Hotel lays off employees, temporarily closes restaurant and bar

Jan 9, 2024 20 out of 32 employees across the hotel and restaurant were laid off two days after the Christmas holiday
Old Main on the University of Arizona campus.

Former UA CFO retains $500,000 salary in new role amid fiscal challenges

Jan 9, 2024 Former University of Arizona Chief Financial Officer Lisa Rulney, after resigning amid a fiscal crisis, keeps her salary exceeding $500,000 in a new advisory role.
File image of a for sale sign outside a home in the Tucson metropolitan area.

Home affordability continues to shrink in Arizona

Jan 2, 2024 Buying a median priced-home could take more than half an average salary in some AZ counties.
Twenty-dollar bills.

The Buzz: Looking back and ahead at our economy

Dec 29, 2023 Economists say growth is likely to slow, but not stop, in the region and nation.
Stacks of hay bales sit beside an irrigation canal in Imperial Valley on June 20, 2023. Critics have called for reductions to the amount of alfalfa grown with Colorado River water. The particularly thirsty crop is mostly used for cattle feed.

The Buzz: A legislative look-ahead at water and agriculture

Dec 22, 2023 The new legislative session is weeks away, so we look at the state's top water user.
U.S. Representative Juan Ciscomani (right) talks with Benson Mayor Joe Konrad (left) ahead of the round table discussion hosted by the Sierra Vista Area Chamber of Commerce. December 19, 2023.

Ciscomani meets with city and county officials, discuss economic issues surrounding U.S.-Mexico border

Dec 20, 2023 The Congressman criticized the Biden Administration's decision to temporarily close the Lukeville Port of Entry.
The entrance of the South32 Hermosa mine site, a critical minerals project that looks to source manganese and zinc.

New project developments underway for South32 Hermosa project

Dec 16, 2023 Mining company addresses community health, workforce development and transparency in Hermosa critical minerals project
From left to right: Ann Kerr ("Angus Ann") and Allison Silibovsky ("Allie Dog") stand in front of the Oscar-Meyer Weinermobile in Tucson, Ariz. on Friday, Nov. 17. The iconic vehicle has been a part of the brand since the 1930s.

Relishing their jobs: Meet the wonder women of the Weinermobile

Nov 24, 2023 Oscar-Meyer “hotdoggers” spend a full year driving the iconic hot dog across the country.
Ridgeview Farm in Paulden raises chickens and turkeys.

Arizona Thanksgiving meal cost down 28% as turkey prices decrease

Nov 23, 2023 Arizona consumers faced “historically high” prices for their Thanksgiving meal ingredients in 2022.
The view on Canyon De Flores Dr. behind Castle and Cooke Arizona's Holiday development. The Buffalo Soldier Ranch housing development will be located to the east, behind the Holiday development. Two access points for the Buffalo Soldier Ranch development will be on Canyon De Flores Dr. November 21, 2023.

Sierra Vista City Council approves final plat plan for Buffalo Soldier Ranch housing development

Nov 22, 2023 The new development will span about 111 acres and house a maximum of 349 homes
F-16 from the 162nd Fighter Wing, based in Tucson.

How Arizona’s economic engines are rumbling towards Ukraine

Nov 20, 2023 Inside the lofty plans of an economic coalition trying to make Arizona integral to Ukraine’s recovery.
Protests from the United Campus Workers of Arizona and the Arizona Students' Association move from Old Main to the North Ballroom just before the Arizona Board of Regents begin the public portion of their November meeting on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023.

Protests fill ABOR meeting following UA's financial crisis

Nov 16, 2023 University of Arizona President Robert Robbins delivered his State of the University and the board of regents approved a new tuition model.
Twenty-dollar bills.

Arizona economic coalition holds meeting with Ukranian officials in Tucson

Nov 15, 2023 The AZDIC has acted as a liaison between Arizona business and Ukraine for many months.

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