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The Navajo Generating Station.

State Mining, Energy Industries: Little Effect in Clean Energy Rollback

Mar 29, 2017 Coal plays small role in the industries in Arizona; 22% of electricity generated from it.
Workers at the Leoni factory in Hermosillo, Mexico.

Episode 308: Special Report - Business in Sonora

Mar 24, 2017 Connection with Arizona is multilayered, comprising jobs, trade, culture.
Agriculture transport trucks.

Arizona and Sonora Depend on One Another, Mexican Business Group Head Says

Mar 24, 2017 Uncertainty and other factors affecting trade between the two states.

CEO of Tucson Metro Chamber Announces Retirement

Mar 23, 2017 He will step down after nearly six years heading 1,500-member organization.
Newspaper classified listings.

Arizona Unemployment Rate Nudges Up in February

Mar 23, 2017 More people enter labor market, driving joblessness from 5.0% to 5.1%, state report shows.
Cemex cement trucks.

Mexican-Owned Cemex Says It Has Not Bid For Border Wall Construction

Mar 23, 2017 An analyst said Cemex is in a difficult position in terms of its relationship with clients at home and abroad.
Jamie Thousand, owner of Satchmo's BBQ and Roux 66, says the state needed a raise. But he said not everyone understood what a hit two overlapping increases would have for businesses and Flagstaff's economy as a whole.

Flagstaff Council Walks Back City Minimum Wage Hike Requirement

Mar 22, 2017 It originally required the city minimum wage to be $2 higher than the state's.
Border wall in Arizona separating the United States and Mexico.

Mexican Senator to Border Wall Builders: We Don't Want Your Business

Mar 17, 2017 Proposal would prohibit the companies from doing business with the Mexican government.

Tucson Job Growth Will Lag Rest of Arizona, State Agency Says

Mar 17, 2017 Forecast from Office of Economic Opportunity predicts 1.3 percent job growth for Tucson.

Arizona Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Minimum Wage Increase

Mar 15, 2017 Business groups brought the challenge to voter-approved Prop. 206 to the state's top court.
Tucson's Greyhound Bus Station sits at the corner of Broadway Boulevard and Euclid Avenue.

Tucson's Greyhound Station Finds Forever Home

Mar 15, 2017 Intercity bus terminal is in permanent home east of downtown after 15 years in a temporary space.
Tucson International Airport.

Tech Sector Could Get Boost From New Tucson-San Jose Flight

Mar 14, 2017 Flight gives access to companies and investors in Silicon Valley.
A new house.

Tucson House Flipping Down in 2016

Mar 10, 2017 Lack of foreclosures, lack of inventory hurts flippers' ability to 'buy low.'
A graph of Arizona and US unemployment rates over the past two years.

Arizona Unemployment Flat at 5%; Seasonal Job Loss High

Mar 9, 2017 Post-holiday season job losses were higher than normal, but monthly report contains silver lining.

Is Arizona's Minimum Wage Increase Constitutional?

Mar 9, 2017 State Supreme Court hears pro-con arguments; businesses opposed.
U.S. Senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), April 2012.

Sen. Flake: A Border Tax Is Bad For Business

Mar 9, 2017 The proposed 20 percent increase has been met with resistance from some Republicans.

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