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 […]

Business as Usual Between Canada and Arizona

By Nick Esquer for Chamber Business News Last year, Maricopa County saw the largest population increase of any county in the United States, adding another 81,244 residents to its desert clutches. That makes eight straight years of population gains, according to the Census Bureau. This impressive bump doesn’t account for the temporary residents who make […]

ABC: Nonresidential Spending Up Slightly in Oct.

Source: Associated Builders and Contractors National nonresidential spending increased 0.1 percent in October, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data released. Total nonresidential spending for the month stood at $763.8B on a seasonally adjusted annualized rate, which represents a 7.3 percent increase over the same time last year. Thirteen […]

$1.5T Plan Could Create 2.6M Const. Jobs. So What?

By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange From the time President Donald Trump first proposed his $1.5T infrastructure package before the 2016 election, it has been swarmed by more “ifs” than answers. The most recent “if” is also one of the biggest: If it’s ever enacted, it could create 2.6 million construction jobs. A May […]