Big Population Gains Posted Across the Valley

By Farah Eltohamy for Cronkite News  Buckeye got bumped from the top spot for population growth rate in 2019, but its 56.6 percent population increase since 2010 was still enough to make it the second-fastest growing city in the nation for the decade.  New population estimates released by the Census Bureau show Buckeye’s population grew to 79,620 in 2019, a 7.1 […]

Cities Brace for Pandemic Impacts

By Jen Fifield for The Arizona Republic  Up until this month, many Arizona cities were riding high on good times.  Populations were growing, jobs were booming, and cash was flowing in.  Cities were preparing to put a bow on the optimistic budgets they had worked on since the fall for the next fiscal year starting in July.  Then, […]