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Tucson hopes to lure high earners to work remotely from the city

by Michel Marizco
Dec 25, 2020
A program offers professionals incentives to come live in Arizona, but they must commit to living there for a year.
The program is starting off with a pilot to relocate 10 people. They must have a job that exists elsewhere and they have to be willing to make Tucson home for at least a year.
Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
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Nike pulls a shoe, so Arizona pulls Nike subsidies

by Jack Stewart
Jul 2, 2019
Government incentives and politics don't always mix.
Nike canceled the sale of a sneaker with a Betsy Ross flag on its heel. That flag’s been co-opted by far-right groups. Above, a Nike store in 2017 in New York City.
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With the closing of controversial Southwest Key shelters, an Arizona school district faces cuts

by Matthew Casey
Nov 19, 2018
One shelter was shut down over abuse allegations, while another faces closure due to a legal dispute with the State of Arizona.
An English instruction sheet lies on a student's desk during a class for children caught trying to enter the United States illegally at the Southwest Key compound in Lakeside, California. One shelter in Phoenix, Arizona has been shut down over abuse allegations, while another faces closure over a legal dispute.
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More students push up housing costs in Flagstaff, Arizona

by Laurel Morales
Oct 22, 2018
Rents in the college town continue to climb as Northern Arizona University expands.
Developments like this one are sprouting up all over Flagstaff.
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More students push up housing costs in Flagstaff, Arizona

by Laurel Morales
Oct 22, 2018
Rents in the college town continue to climb as Northern Arizona University expands.
Developments like this one are sprouting up all over Flagstaff.
Laurel Morales/Marketplace
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Teacher uprising has roots in recession

by Amy Scott
Apr 30, 2018
In many states, education budgets haven't fully recovered.
An Arizona teacher holds up a sign in front of the state Capitol during a #REDforED rally on April 26, 2018, in Phoenix.
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Teachers still haven't recovered financially from the recession

by Eliza Mills
Apr 6, 2018
Flat or reduced spending in education has meant lower or stagnant salaries and reductions to benefits.
West Virginia teachers, students and supporters hold signs on a Morgantown street as they continue their strike on March 2.
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How the future of self-driving cars looks in Arizona

by Jon Gordon , Stephanie Hughes and Shaheen Ainpour
Mar 30, 2018
A fatal accident involving an Uber autonomous vehicle has called their safety into question.
A passenger looks on as he rides in a pilot model of an Uber self-driving car on in 2016 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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A fatal Uber accident rocks the robotics world

by Erika Beras
Mar 22, 2018
Pittsburgh, Uber’s home base, has become a center for autonomous technology.
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Water managers look to new ways to save

by Marketplace Contributor
Oct 3, 2017
Phoenix made a deal with the nearby Gila River Indian Community to share the tribe's water supply.
The Gila River Indian Community could have chosen to bank their water in underground storage systems through recharge facilities like this one on their reservation. 
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