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** Jobs Growth Continues To Soar 📈
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NEW: Arizona’s Booming Job Growth Ranks Second In The Nation ([link removed])
Arizona added 84,400 jobs between December 2018 and December 2019 for 2.8 percent job growth — the second-fastest job growth in the nation. Job growth in 2019 was driven largely by employment gains in sectors including trade, transportation, and utilities, education and health services, and professional and business services.
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Governor Ducey Proclaims Arizona School Choice Week ([link removed])
Governor Doug Ducey declared this week, January 26 through February 1, 2020, Arizona School Choice Week to highlight the importance of providing effective education options for all Arizona students and families.
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Arizona Republic: Arizona Can Solve Its Teacher Shortage With Ideas Like Project Rocket ([link removed])
"... we cannot overlook Project Rocket, which would infuse roughly $44 million a year for three years into efforts to better prepare and support teachers, particularly in lower-performing schools. Ducey’s budget earmarks $44 million – enough to give every F-, D- and qualifying C-rated school in the state $150 per student – to pilot this or other similarly innovative programs."
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3TV: Sitting Down With Governor Ducey At The Phoenix Open ([link removed])
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Governor Ducey’s Statement On USMCA Signing ([link removed])
“Today’s historic signing ushers in a new era of trade for Arizona, our nation and North America. The USMCA means more jobs and trade for Arizona and closer ties with Canada and Mexico, where the state exports nearly $10 billion in Arizona-made goods already."
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BRIEF: Leading The Charge In Civics Education ([link removed])
In his State of the State Address, Governor Ducey proposed building on the state's leadership in civics education by allowing students to take the citizenship test before high school. He also called for legislation creating Sandra Day O'Connor Civics Celebration Day — a day when classroom instruction can be devoted entirely to civics.
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BRIEF: One Year Later: Arizona’s Drought Contingency Plan ([link removed])
Last year, Governor Ducey issued an Executive Order creating the Water Augmentation, Innovation, and Conservation Council to recommend opportunities for expanding and protecting Arizona’s water supplies long-term. Since then, the Council has met every quarter and created four committees to develop, evaluate and prioritize recommendations.
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BRIEF: Two Years Later: Arizona Continues To Tackle Opioid Epidemic ([link removed])
In January 2018, Governor Doug Ducey signed the Arizona Opioid Epidemic Act in response to the alarming increase in opioid use, overdoses and deaths nationwide and in Arizona. Since then, Arizona has seen a 13 percent decrease in opioid prescriptions filled. Additionally, the number of opioid-naive patients receiving opioid prescriptions has dropped by 95 percent.
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NEXT WEEK: Executive Budget Briefings In Prescott And Flagstaff ([link removed])
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