Proposition 207, also known as the “Smart and Safe Arizona Act,” was approved by voters during the November 2020 election. The new law, which, among other things, legalized recreational marijuana in Arizona, will impact those charged for most marijuana-related crimes. Those eligible, whether they’ve been arrested, on probation, or with a prior record, can...
Read MoreThe metro Phoenix area will soon have another casino. The Gila River Indian Community says plans are underway to build its fourth casino. The plans include a new casino that will be built near Hunt Highway and Gilbert Road, just south of Chandler. The historic bill that Gov. Doug Ducey signed legalizing sports betting in...
Read MoreFamilies will begin getting monthly child tax credit payments on Thursday, benefiting a majority of the country’s children and thousands in Arizona. Eligible families will receive a payment of up to $300 per month for each child under age 6 and up to $250 per month for each child age 6 and above, officials...
Read MoreThe $300 a week in supplemental jobless pay Arizonans have enjoyed for months are coming to an end after payments go out this week, meaning anyone collecting benefits — and there are about 143,000 such people — will go back to receiving just $240 a week maximum. Congress authorized the bonus weekly benefits to...
Read MoreWells Fargo will no longer offer personal lines of credit to customers and will shut down existing ones in the coming weeks, according to a CNBC report. Revolving lines of credit had been a popular consumer lending product, which typically gave users $3,000 to $100,000 in revolving credit lines and was pitched as a...
Read MoreThe Tokyo Olympics were postponed a full year and just as the world is ready to cheer on their country’s athletes, officials have declared that there will be no fans at the Olympics. The announcement Thursday followed the declaration of a new state of emergency, which takes effect Monday and goes through Aug. 22. The...
Read MoreOn Thursday, Attorney General Mark Brnovich joined a bipartisan coalition of 37 states to file an antitrust lawsuit against Google over alleged illegal, anticompetitive, and unfair business practices relating to the Google Play Store for Android mobile devices and Google Billing. The States accuse Google of using its dominance to unfairly restrict competition with...
Read MoreTyson Foods Inc. is recalling approximately 8,492,832 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) chicken products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The frozen, fully cooked chicken products were produced between December 26, 2020 and April 13, 2021. The products that are subject to...
Read MoreMicrosoft is urging Windows users to install an update immediately after security researchers found a serious vulnerability in their operating system. The security flaw, known as PrintNightmare, affects the Windows Print Spooler service. Apparently, researchers accidentally published a how-to guide for exploiting it. Microsoft warned that hackers that exploit the vulnerability could install programs, view...
Read MoreOn Wednesday, Governor Doug Ducey signed Arizona’s budget for Fiscal Year 2022, which cuts taxes for all taxpayers while investing in education, transportation, public safety, public health, water security and more key areas that matter to Arizonans. “Today I’m proud to sign a budget that delivers for Arizonans,” said Governor Ducey. “Each and every...
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