Susan Craig

August 22, 2018

These days there's more and more talk of the possibility of reductions in Arizona's surface water supplies and whether the state will need to find additional water. We may not have to look too far.

Two housing experts and a Marine Corps veteran weigh in on the lack of affordable housing in Arizona.

Grady Gammage Jr. is a senior research fellow at Arizona State University's Morrison Institute for Public Policy and has over 40 years of experience in law and policy in Arizona.

Chamber Business News reported that Arizona home builders in the populous center of the state are worried that emerging water wars threaten the development of the Sun Corridor, the megaregion between Phoenix and Tucson.

As water interests across the state race to negotiate how to mitigate shortages, keeping development strong in Arizona will be one of their biggest challenges.

PHOENIX - Only about one in five eligible voters cast ballots in Arizona primaries, despite the fact these races often serve as the decisive election for Congress and the Legislature. Independents, who often don't know they can participate in primaries, are dramatically unrepresented.

ASU's Cronkite News reported that when Twitter announced it would delete inactive accounts, Arizona Sen. John McCain lost 210,000 followers. McCain had 3.39 million followers before the purge and 3.18 million after, a little more than 6 percent drop.

The Arizona Daily Star reported that with more than a week into the new school year, students at a school specializing in science, technology, engineering and math still don’t have enough qualified teachers. Instead, students are saddled with long-term substitutes who aren’t required to have any training in STEM education.

The U.S. and Canada share a 5,000 mile border, the longest border between two countries in the world. The U.S. and Canada also share a history as trade partners resulting in a considerable Arizona export and import trade. President Trump recently changed the equation by imposing tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. See how one local business is getting impacted by tariffs and how jobs are being affected as well.

Ethnicity shouldn't be focus of voters

An editorial in The Arizona Republic asked if Latinos should be excited or insulted that Democratic Arizona governor candidate David Garcia is touting his Hispanic heritage.

KTVK 3TV Phoenix reported that while most of the attention on Arizona's education woes has centered on the issue of teacher pay, there are other issues plaguing public schools. One of the most pressing is classroom size.