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By exploring these key factors, we can better understand why Tucson has struggled to match the economic success seen elsewhere in Arizona – and what needs to change for the city to thrive.

As a result, human prosperity began to rise rapidly, particularly in those places that embraced this new system. Global GDP grew about as much between 1700 and 1850 as it had over the prior 2,000 years. And

The rapid “catch-up” growth in the ESA program is coming to an end. Going forward, program growth will probably be much slower, and new enrollments will increasingly reduce the cost of other publicly-funded

Arizona gained 4,100 nonfarm jobs in November (+0.12%, +1.85% year-over-year) – putting Arizona in the middle (26th) among all states in monthly job growth.