FROM KJZZ REPORTERS| Wayne Schutsky and Camryn Sanchez, July 3rd, 2025 Arizona’s state government will not shut down next week after Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a bipartisan state budget approved by the Arizona House and Senate. The $17.6 billion budget was the product of negotiations between Hobbs, Democratic [...]
Securing the Lifeline: A Sustainable Economic Plan for the Colorado River| July 4th, 2025 The Colorado River, once a mighty artery of the American West, now faces historic overuse and depletion. Spanning seven U.S. states and Mexico, the river supplies water to nearly 40 million people, supports a $1.4 [...]
REPRINTED FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL | July 3rd, 2025 By Alex Janin Dan Jones liked his job as a quality-control inspector and loved his hobby even more: playing in a local bagpipe band. Then he started making mistakes in the pieces he played. He found himself having to write [...]
Sonoran Sue Dishing Retirement Life with a Side of Prickly Pear Dear Sonoran Sue, Help! It’s 112 degrees in the shade, and my normally sweet, brownie baking wife has turned into a heatwave harpy. She won’t let me open the blinds (“the sunlight’s attacking me”), and threw an entire chicken salad [...]
The following data is based on homes that sold and were for sale during the month of May, 2025. For May, 2025, there were 26 homes sold, compared to 37 that were sold in April, 2025. In May, 2024, there were 36 homes sold. -The median sales price for [...]
SBINSIDER NEWS\ANALYSIS | June 28th, 2025 In the 1930's communism was on the rise as a legitimate form of government due to epic excesses of unregulated capitalism in the West. By 1932, all of the major western economic powers, England, Germany, the US and others were suffering extremely high [...]
SBINSIDER EXCLUSIVE REPORTING| 6\21\2025 As May approaches, about 30% of SaddleBrooke residents exit for cooler climes. Many of us have a 2nd home in the northern plains of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa etc. Another popular 2nd residence is the greater northwest of Washington, Oregon and even that soon to be [...]
REPRINTED FROM PINAL CENTRAL| June 19th, 2025 By MARK COWLING Staff Writer FLORENCE — Pinal County’s primary property tax rate will be cut by almost nine cents in the new fiscal year according to a tentative budget of nearly $1.23 billion approved Wednesday by the Pinal Board of Supervisors. [...]
PROVIDED BY USA FACTS, NUMBERS FROM OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET FY 2023 The numbers on the Social Security Administration, Please watch the video by former President of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer. The Social Security Administration (SSA) is an independent agency that plays a central role in the lives of [...]
Sonoran Sue: Dishing Retirement Life with a Side of Prickly Pear Dear Sonoran Sue, Yesterday I was at the self-checkout lane at Walmart when the man next to me—who I now refer to as “Avocado Apocalypse Guy”—completely lost it. He apparently rang up too many avocados, insisted the machine [...]
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