Economics

At the Start of National Apprenticeship Week, Hobbs, Gallego, and TSMC Usher in New Semi Conductor Career Pathway Programs

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With the start of National Apprenticeship Week across the country, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, and Arizona Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s (TSMC’s) President Rose Castaneres announced the expansion, in partnership with Estrella Mountain Community College, Northern Arizona University, Grand Canyon University, and Western Maricopa Education Center, of its Registered Technician Apprenticeship program … Read more

Representative-Elect Yassamin Ansari Calls Out Trump Executive Branch Choices and His Goals For Mass Deportation

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Not sworn in yet but Arizona House Congressional District (CD) Three Representative-Elect Yassamin Ansari is making her views known on some of Donald Trump’s MAGA-Project 2025 choices to lead cabinet posts and other Executive Branch positions. On Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Hegseth, and Matt Gaetz, the Representative-Elect posted: On the appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. … Read more

A Masterclass in Futile Resistance

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There’s a misguided idea simmering on X/Twitter by a so-called resistance fighter and it’s about as brilliant as starving yourself to hurt the grocery store. The idea? Crash the economy by refusing to participate in it. Yep, this economic flat-liner says we can defeat the Republicans’ anointed messiah by hoarding money under the mattress.

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Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs Launches New Semiconductor Work Force Training Program

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At Gateway Community College in the Maricopa County Community College District, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs and other technology, education, and government leaders launched a new program to help train apprentices and trainees in building semiconductors. Part of the Future48 Workforce Accelerator Program, this fifth such initiative “will offer customized, hands-on training in support of the … Read more

Thank you President Biden, Vice President Harris, and the Members of the Arizona Congressional Delegation That Voted for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

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Thank you President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly, and Representatives Ann Kirkpatrick, Ruben Gallego, Raul Grijalva, Tom O’Halleran, and Greg Stanton. These true public servants, along with a bipartisan group of Senators and Representatives across the country had the foresight to pass the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law three years … Read more