Arizona’s new governor made an extensive tour of Southern Arizona Tuesday, trying to learn more about what our area needs.
Governor Hobbs spent a few quiet moments at the January 8th Memorial. It remembers the mass shooting 12 years ago that killed six people and wounded 13, including then Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.
They talked with the Governor about border crime, and the legal cross border trade that means so much to Arizona’s economy. Coalition member and Pima County Supervisor Sharon Bronson wants to know what counties can do with programs to help asylum seekers when millions of dollars in Federal money stops.KGUN 9 Reporter Craig Smith asked: “What are you gonna do?”
“She feels that it's really important to understand trade with Mexico drives Arizona economy, something that a lot of people even in Pima County and especially in Maricopa County, don't really appreciate how important the border is to the economy of the state of Arizona. And you have 110 manufacturing plants in Sonora. And those offices and those businesses are all based in Maricopa and Pima County. They wouldn't be there if it wasn't for Sonora.
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