While there’s much to celebrate in the gastronomic world of Tucson lately, there’s also a lot of work to do and that doesn’t just mean giving money to your new favorite restaurant. After all, many of those pioneering autonomous organizations...
Adequate access to healthy food has become a more pressing societal issue due to factors such as the recent recession and continued challenges with un- and under-employment depressing income in many areas. More than 14% of American households (17.5 million)...
In 2014, the Tucson MSA’s median household income was $46,233, while the poverty rate was 19.0%. Compared to peer metropolitan regions, Tucson’s income is low and its poverty rate is high. Both measures tell us about the financial resources available...
Today the Star launches a new monthly feature, a roundup and analysis of local economic data from the MAP (Making Action Possible) Dashboard. The MAP Dashboard is a project of the University of Arizona Eller College of Management , in...
Increasingly, city and county leaders are developing regionally specific strategies and programs for alleviating poverty. As federal and state funding for antipoverty efforts continue to diminish, local stakeholders representing a broad set of municipal sectors are looking for ways to...
With some 130 classrooms in the Tucson area being led by substitute teachers who often lack professional training, there is little school districts aren’t willing to do to get qualified teachers in the door. As of Dec. 4, 84 Arizona...
In 2015, the Tucson Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) posted a slight increase in population, but growth lagged behind the state and nation. Tucson’s population increased to 1,009,371, representing an annual growth rate of 0.2%, the slowest since the Great Recession...
Elementary, middle, and secondary school teachers in the Tucson MSA all earn significantly less than their peers in the state and nation. In this article, we will focus on secondary school teacher wages. To learn more about the wages for...
Arizona is a relatively young state, but it is also an old one. A basic way to track how balanced populations are age-wise is by using an age dependency ratio, which measures the proportion of young and older individuals in...
