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Nation's Top Census Bureau Official Urges Arizonans To Complete 2020 Census

By • Sep 17, 2020

By Howard Fischer
Capitol Media Services
 

PHOENIX -- The nation's top Census Bureau official came to Arizona Thursday in a last-minute push to get people to respond to the decennial count.
But time is running out. And Arizona is lagging. 

Arizona Unemployment Rate Drops To 5.9%

By • Sep 17, 2020
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By Howard Fischer
Capitol Media Services

PHOENIX -- The state's jobless rate shrank by close to 45 percent last month.
At a press conference Thursday, Gov. Doug Ducey called the announcement of a 5.9 percent seasonally adjusted employment rate ``a really good sign that people are getting back to work.''
But there may be less there than meets the eye.

Report: Arizona Schools Still Face Teacher Vacancy Issues

By • Sep 17, 2020

By Howard Fischer
Capitol Media Services

PHOENIX -- An average 20% boost in teacher salaries in the past four years has apparently done little to entice people into the classroom and keep experienced staffers there.

City of San Luis Implements Census Truck to Increase Response Rate

By • Sep 17, 2020
City of San Luis

 

Parts of Yuma County are falling behind in their 2020 Census response rates and risking a significant loss in funding for things like healthcare, schools, and roads.  

 

But in South County, along the Arizona - Mexico border, a white pickup truck is driving through San Luis with a loudspeaker and playing an audio recording that encourages residents to fill out the Census questionnaire.  

 

City of Yuma Enters Partnership with Israel To Boost Agricultural Cooperation

By & • Sep 17, 2020
Brandon Mejia

The City of Yuma and the Regional Council of Ramat HaNegev, Israel signed an official Memorandum of Understanding Wednesday to establish a partnership for agricultural collaboration, amongst other future points of interest.

Arizona's opening of the Arizona-Israel and Investment Office in Tel Aviv made the partnership possible. 

Through a Zoom video conference between Yuma and Israel, Mayor Doug Nicholls and Ramat HaNegev Mayor Eran Doron signed the memorandum between the two desert regions. 

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