Many local businesses have closed and many more are laying off workers or cutting hours. YumaSun.com wants to know how you've been affected in these tough times. Have you lost a job? Going through foreclosure? What are you...
With the economy in a downward spiral, some parents are sniffing out savings by jettisoning disposable diapers and switching to reusable cloth diapers for their kids. Danielle Tassin of Covington, La., has two kids in diapers, and the costs were...
Nearly a year ago, the keynote speaker for the Greater Yuma Economic Development Corp. quarterly luncheon stunned the audience with his pronouncement that the county was in a recession - one he forecast would be "long and painful." Those...
Amid the turmoil and job losses of the economic downturn, some have found opportunities.While Spherion closed its call center in Yuma, the ACT call center in San Luis, Ariz., is hoping to hire an additional hundred people, said Patrick Goetz, who...
Amid the economic downturn, lost wages or lack of money can become an added stress in people's lives. And stress can lead to domestic violence or child abuse.According to figures furnished by Amberly's Place, during the first quarter of 2009 there...
PHOENIX — Efforts to enact a new state budget just a day before the deadline stalled Monday as some Republican lawmakers pushed to send Gov. Jan Brewer a spending plan she doesn't like — and essentially dare her to veto it and shut down...
PHOENIX -- Stung by the veto of key elements of the Republican budget plan, Senate President Bob Burns on Thursday said Gov. Jan Brewer is incompetent. "It appears the governor is having problems managing the level of responsibility to which she...
District 24 State Senator Amanda Aguirre said she hopes lawmakers will restore some of the money to the state budget cut last month by the Legislature in Monday's special session called by Gov. Jan Brewer. Aguirre said it was her understanding...
State tourism officials are trying to figure out how to convince people that travel isn't a luxury but a necessity. If they do, that would be welcome news to Yuma-area hoteliers who are facing a decline in occupancy coupled with increased...
A year ago, economist Jim Rounds stunned the audience at a Greater Yuma Economic Development Corp. lunch with the use of the "R" word, announcing that the country was in a recession and had been for some time. For his return engagement this week,...
The city of Yuma had anticipated that revenue for the coming year would be down, but even so, the figures for the first quarter of the new fiscal year were disappointing. Revenue for the general fund received by the city for July, August and...
PHOENIX -- Arizona voters need to give lawmakers permission to raid some special funds to get the state out of its immediate financial hole, the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee said Thursday. And they need to do it soon. The...
PHOENIX — Arizonans could find themselves with few places to register their vehicles or get a new licenses — and nowhere along state roads to take a pit stop — if lawmakers take more money from the Department of Transportation...
PHOENIX — State senators voted to cut nearly $300 million in spending Wednesday in an effort to start dealing with an anticipated $2 billion deficit. The preliminary voice vote came over objections from both legislative Democrats as well as...
PHOENIX - Efforts to start plugging the $2 billion hole in the state budget came to a screeching halt Thursday when two Republican lawmakers refused to support the plan. Sen. Ron Gould, R-Lake Havasu City, said he actually supports the main piece...