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.

The Tempe & West Chandler Wrangler News reported that the “Invest in Education Campaign” announced that more than 270,000 signatures—almost double the number needed— were gathered over the summer to qualify for the Nov. 6 ballot.

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.

Indian Country Today reported that with less than 100 days until Election Day, there are more stories about candidates, about registration drives and about races where the Native vote can make a difference. The national media has caught on to this, with stories in The New York Times, National Public Radio, and Teen Vogue.

Voter participation is continuing to erode in the United States. The situation here in Arizona is a crisis, according to a study by Morrison Institute for Public Policy at ASU. In Arizona, only 58 percent of eligible voters turn out on average.

KTVK 3TV Phoenix reported that Arizona school teachers are returning to classrooms with many of them seeing their first significant pay raise. It took an historic protest with tens of thousands of teachers walking out of the classroom before Gov. Doug Ducey offered a better pay deal, promising a 20 percent raise over the next two years.

KVOA NBC4 News in Tucson reported that according to a new report by the Citizens Clean Elections Commission and Morrison Institute for Public Policy, Arizona ranked 43rd in the country for voter turnout in the 2016 presidential election, with 56 percent of voters going out to the polls and only 19 percent of millenni

KTAR News reported that a study done by Morrison Institute for Public Policy at ASU found that despite the fact that millennials outnumber baby boomers in Arizona by about 170,000, only 51 percent of millennials are registered to vote, compared to 74 percent of baby boomers.