Apache Junction News reported that updated figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) show that Arizona remains 49th in the nation for median elementary teacher pay and, while the gap has slightly narrowed, Arizona is still nearly $13,000 behind the national median. While Arizona teachers have seen increased pay recently, so have teachers across the country.

Cronkite News reported that Arizona’s $11.8 billion budget for fiscal 2020, which was passed only after Republican lawmakers demanded changes to child sex-abuse laws, includes money for schools, infrastructure and health care.

Mexico is Arizona’s No. 1 trading partner with over $15 billion in trade annually. The bulk of Arizona’s international commerce is with Sonora, the immediate neighbor to the south, but there are other potential economic opportunities worth exploring across Mexico. Here the focus is on Guanajuato, one of Mexico’s most economically advanced states with robust international trading ties.

Melissa Kovacs, Dan Hunting, Erica Quintana, and David Schlinkert
May 28, 2019

Background

The Arizona Republic reported that a developer came up with a plan 15 years ago to get enough drinking water to an untouched swath of desert near Lake Pleasant for a massive neighborhood it wanted to build.

The Arizona Republic reported that two-thirds of likely Arizona voters, regardless of their political affiliation, acknowledge climate change is happening and most who think it is are "extremely concerned" about its environmental impact.

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