Minimum wage increase puts Arizona near top; advocates say more needed
Arizona’s minimum wage rose from $11 to $12 an hour on New Year’s Day, a move advocates said is “long overdue” but also a long way from solving the state’s…

Arizona’s minimum wage rose from $11 to $12 an hour on New Year’s Day, a move advocates said is “long overdue” but also a long way from solving the state’s…
Arizona ranked third in percentage growth rate in 2019, according to estimates released this week by U.S. Census Bureau. Arizona welcomed more than 120,000 residents from 2018 to 2019, a…
Californians have been beating a path to the Grand Canyon State and moving to Arizona for more than the last decade – but it’s not exactly been a one-way street.…
Americans are one of the most mobile nations in the world, according to a global study led by researchers at the University of Queensland, Australia. U.S. citizens ranked third in terms…
There seems to be a common consensus these days that we are due for a recession. It’s understandable why many may believe this: Over the past 40 years, the U.S.…
The United States economy added 266,000 jobs in November greatly surpassing economists’ predictions of only a 187,000 positive monthly job gain. The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) also indicated…
Mexico is Arizona’s top trading partner, accounting for about 30 percent of the state’s exports to foreign markets, according to an extensive ongoing study by the Eller College of Management…
Shoppers have one less week to work with their budgets this holiday season and Debt.com compiled an interesting forecast. Men will outspend women by twice as much and almost a…
In the mid-1960s, Mexico launched the Maquiladora Program as an assembly platform for United States manufacturing. Under the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, the program grew, and by…
Is your business interested in international trade? You’re invited to join Gilbert’s Office of Economic Development, the Gilbert Chamber of Commerce, and Gilbert Sister Cities for an International Trade Seminar…
A recent American Enterprise Institute (AEI) comparison ranked Arizona the number one inbound state in the nation. The inbound-outbound ranking is determined by the percentage of people moving to the…
Governor Doug Ducey today announced the opening of Arizona’s first trade and investment office in Israel. The new office, a part of the Arizona Commerce Authority, is located in Tel…