Maricopa County Board Approved $3B Budget
Source: Maricopa County Maricopa County is putting hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funds to immediate use helping people impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic while also pulling back on discretionary spending unrelated to the crisis. The Board of Supervisors approved the final $3.071B budget for fiscal year 2021. The bulk of spending is focused on core responsibilities like public […]
Maricopa County Building Permits Up
Source: Maricopa County Planning and Development There’s not a lot of good economic news out there these days, but data from Maricopa County Planning and Development Department shows some encouraging signs for the nation’s fastest-growing county. Building permit submissions are up substantially year-over-year, with a greater percentage of these being completed online. Planning and Development reports 1,371 permit applications were submitted in April 2020 compared to 1,141 in April […]