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© Getty Images Arizona is on track to outpace Colorado in marijuana sales just months after it became legal for recreational use in the Copper State, with total annual sales expected to surpass $1 billion by the end of this year, according to state data.  The Arizona Department of Revenue in its latest report on marijuana revenue revealed that total sales have nearly doubled since January, when the recreational sale of marijuana to anyone 21 and older officially became legal in the state.  The state collected about $75 million in taxes this year from both medical and recreational marijuana...

President Biden has been silent on when he will reopen the border, which has been closed throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

HMA Public Relations, a Phoenix-based public relations and marketing communications agency, launched “Copper State of Mind,” a podcast focused on public relations and marketing communications strategies. The first episode was March 15. Abbie S. Fink, vice president and general manager of HMA, hosts the podcast twice a month with Dr. Adrian McIntyre of Phx.FM. Together they discuss public relations and its importance for businesses and organizations. “The money an organization spends on integrated marketing communications is an investment that helps boost your brand, break throu...

by Cole Lauterbach, The Center Square  | May 13, 2021 12:00 PM Print this article Arizona has fallen from the nation’s ranks of most competitive economic outlooks after voters enacted a new income bracket to better fund public schools. The Copper State ranks 13th for economic outlook in the U.S in the American Legislative Exchange Council Center for State Fiscal Reform's 2021 Rich States, Poor States competitive index. The state ranked 10th last year. Judged by more than a dozen metrics, Arizona received low marks on its sales tax, minimum wage and top marginal inc...

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Bolt Co. Ignored 9th Circ. Order To Rehire Worker, NLRB Says Law360 (May 10, 2021, 8:38 PM EDT) -- An Arizona-based nut and bolt manufacturer has flouted a Ninth Circuit order requiring it to rescind workplace rules and reverse a firing the National Labor Relations Board found violated federal labor law, the agency has alleged in a petition asking the court to find the company in contempt. The petition the NLRB filed with the Ninth Circuit on Friday said Copper State Bolt & Nut Co. has not complied with a June 2020 order from the appeals court enforcing a board ru...