Fourteen of Arizona's 15 counties are now subject to work requirements, compared to just one last year, said Joseph Palomino, director of the Arizona Center for Economic Progress.
Those changes, as well as the new demands for documentation, are making it harder for people to get timely access to benefits, he said, and they’re “falling through the cracks."
A sharp increase in federal immigration arrests may have cost the U.S. hundreds of thousands of jobs last year, with economic consequences reaching far beyond the people taken into custody. New research from the Brookings…
What happens to Arizona’s economy when thousands of workers, consumers, and business owners face the threat of being pushed out of their communities? The consequences don’t stop with the families directly affected....
Measure provides no teacher raises or new school funding, leaves critical rules undefined and could lead to cuts in teacher-pay funding Children’s Action Alliance and the Arizona Center for Economic Progress today announced…
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