KTAR News reported that pay for teachers in Arizona is trending upward.

“Arizona has traditionally been towards the bottom of teacher pay,” said Dan Hunting, a senior policy analyst at Arizona State University’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy.

KPHO 3TV Phoenix reported that the Trump Administration's new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Mexico, Canada and the European Union will affect Arizona businesses and consumers.

Mexico and Canada, Arizona’s largest foreign trading partners, quickly announced plans to impose retaliatory tariffs, which could put pressure on exports.

An editorial in The Arizona Republic promoted the third New Arizona Prize that will offer awards of $50,000 to the top five teams chosen in competition to “develop temporary public art projects that build connectivity between cultures through creative expression” – as announced by the Arizona Community Foundation.

The Guardian reported that Arizona, with its growing population of young Hispanic voters, has long seemed a tempting prize for Democrats. Year after year, electoral success has eluded them. As the 2018 midterms approach, with Arizona one of the biggest political battlegrounds, Democrats are indefatigably optimistic.

The Kyl Center for Water Policy at Morrison Institute welcomes Arizona water leader Susan Craig as a Water Policy Analyst. Having worked for Arizona’s three primary state water agencies and led state water programs for 20 years, Craig has extensive knowledge of the state’s water issues, policies and players.

Sarah Porter, director of Morrison Institute’s Kyl Center for Water Policy at ASU, was a guest on Arizona Horizon and spoke about the Gila adjudication water rights to pump and divert water, not only from the Gila River, but all of its tributaries as well.

KPHO 3TV Phoenix reported that calls into the Department of Child Safety hotline are increasing, as vital community services are getting reduced because of budget cuts.

Seattle teacher Darrin Hoop wrote an analysis for SocialistWorker.org on how an initially small network of rank-and-file educators built a group that eventually spread across the Grand Canyon State and led the walkout of some 60,000 Arizona educators:

In a guest commentary for CNN.com, Arizona State University President Michael Crow wrote that NAFTA and Mexico have been beneficial to the United States, but that the Trump administration has been counterproductive by perpetuating negative stereotypes about its southern neighbor.