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Harris has vowed to increase the available housing supply by three million homes and to provide lower-income first-time homebuyers with up to $25,000 in down payment support. Trump, on the other hand, has offered no specific plans for addressing the housing crisis.

The announcement from the Federal Reserve will lower mortgage rates and encourage more building of apartments, which could lower rental costs. 

A message from LUCHA to Washington, DC: an economy that doesn’t work for everyone, doesn’t work. As a mother of two and a community advocate in Arizona, I’ve seen firsthand how hard-working families struggle to balance their responsibilities—especially when it comes to caregiving. I’ve experienced these hardships myself.  Like many Arizonans, I have to juggle…

The vice president has said that she will call on Congress to pass a federal ban on price gouging and give the Federal Trade Commission more authority to prevent consolidation in the food industry.

Harris has proposed expanding a tax deduction for costs that are incurred while starting a business, creating a new fund that would allow the country’s smallest banks to cover the interest accrued on loans to new businesses, and more. 

After years of a worsening housing crisis in Arizona, Kamala Harris’ proposals seek to create three million homes by 2028, provide down payment assistance to first-time home buyers, and crack down on price fixing among corporate landlords. 

The IRS’ Direct File program was rolled out on a limited basis in 12 states this past tax-filing season and saved 140,000 taxpayers who used it an estimated $5.6 million in filing costs. Now, the agency is looking to expand it nationwide.

Senate Democrats joined their House counterparts in calling for an industry-wide investigation into Big Oil collusion and price-fixing allegations, which they say cost US consumers at the pump while driving up corporate profits. 

The lawsuit is backed by attorneys general for 29 states plus Washington, D.C., and alleges that Live Nation leveraged its power as a venue owner, concert promoter, and ticket seller in order to lessen consumer choice, raise prices, and eliminate its rivals.

Training programs have popped up across the Valley to help the workforce meet demand brought on by the state’s blossoming electric vehicle manufacturing sector.