Arizona lawmakers convened Monday for the first day of the 2024 session. Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs delivered her State of the State address, laying out her policy priorities for the year to a narrowly divided Legislature. The session comes ahead of pivotal elections in which Hobbs is leading a fundraising effort to topple Republicans’ one-seat…
PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs delivered her second State of the State speech in Phoenix on Monday. Here’s the transcript of Hobbs’ speech: Speaker Toma, President Petersen, members of the House and Senate, Attorney General Mayes, Secretary Fontes, Treasurer Yee, Superintendent Horne, State Mine Inspector Marsh, Corporation Commissioners, Chief Justice Brutinel and members of…
[embedded content] Based on the trends we can see after the start of the year, I’ll project 2024 will see about 15% home sales growth over 2023. Home prices will be up this year by a few percentage points, also. These are very clear trends as we start the new year. 2022 started insanely strong…
It is possible to run a profitable restaurant — and some people can actually make a lot of money doing it — but it isn’t easy.Restaurant profit margins are notoriously thin, and a recent report found that the cost of operating a restaurant in Arizona is one of the highest in the country. The new…
HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DXP Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: DXPE) today announced that is has completed the acquisitions of Hennesy Mechanical Sales LLC. DXP funded the acquisitions with cash on the balance sheet. Hennesy is a leading manufacturers representative in the municipal water and wastewater treatment market and provides industrial pump sales, service, and repair in the states of…
Bureau of Land Management announced on Dec. 20 that it plans to gather and relocate 1,000 wild burros near Kingman due to overpopulation concerns.The burros lived in the Black Mountain Herd Management Area in Mohave County, and the herd grew to three times the appropriate size, according to a news release from the Bureau of…
BOCA RATON, Fla., January 05, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MedMen Enterprises Inc. (“MedMen” or the “Company”) (CSE: MMEN) (OTCQX: MMNFF), a premier cannabis company with operations across the United States, today announced that the Company has completed the previously announced sale of its non-core business operations in Arizona to an affiliate of Mint Cannabis (“MINT Cannabis”). The pending…
Listen to this article It’s taken four decades, Saudi cows munching on alfalfa grown with Arizona water and national headlines about whether Arizona is finally drying up. But state lawmakers appear to finally be ready to update the 1980 Groundwater Act to plug the holes it left, even as Gov. Katie Hobbs considers a recommendation…
Liquidity Services Inc., a Bethesda e-commerce company that brokers sales of surplus goods for corporations and government agencies, has kicked off the new year by acquiring an Arizona auction house that specializes in helping local governments sell off seized or forfeited assets.The deal for Phoenix-based Sierra Auction, announced Wednesday, accelerates Liquidity Services’ expansion in the…
Meritage Homes today announced two new communities, totaling 219 new homes, coming to market in Smyrna this spring.The Tennessee branch of the Arizona-based company is the fourth-largest home builder in the region, according to Business Journal research, with 550 permits issued in 2022.Meritage broke ground on the two communities — Helmsley Place and Woodmont —…