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Each of the nine U.S. House of Representatives members representing Arizona draws an annual salary of $174,000, according to the Congressional Research Service.

Arizona four-year public university tuition and fees went from $5,524 in 2004-05 to $11,921 in 2019-20, the fourth largest increase among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, the College Board said in a new report.

State lawmakers in Arizona now draw a base salary of $24,000 per year, in addition to travel outlays of 58 cents per mile, according to a recent study by the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Arizona two-year college tuition and fees at public institutions went from $1,887 in 2004-05 to $2,606 in 2019-20, the 29th largest increase among 49 states studied, the College Board said in a new report.

The governor of Arizona now draws a yearly salary of $95,000, the third lowest salary among the governors of the 50 states, according to recently reported financial data and media reports.

Public schools in Arizona spent an estimated $10.9 billion during the 2018-19 academic year, a 5.8 percent increase in expenditures over the previous year, according to a National Education Association report.

The number of youths in foster care in Arizona at the end of fiscal year 2018 stood at 13,360, an 11.1 percent decrease over the previous fiscal year, according to newly released data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Arizona is among the jurisdictions where sales tax collections are required for out-of-state purchases in the wake of the South Dakota v. Wayfair Supreme Court decision last year, according to an analysis by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).

Public schools in Arizona spent $8,873 per student based on average daily attendance (ADA) figures, the fourth lowest expenditure level among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to a National Education Association report.

Arizona residents living below the poverty line in 2017-18 made up 13.2 percent of the state’s population, the 14th highest rank among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to new Census Bureau data.

Policies and incentives promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency in Arizona number 76, the 17th highest rank among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to data analyzed in a federally funded database.

More than 41 percent of Arizona public education funding comes from local tax revenues, the 26th highest level among the 50 states, according to data from the National Education Association.

State tax revenues in Arizona amount to $4.8 billion in the second quarter of 2019, the 21st highest tally among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Teachers’ salaries in Arizona averaged $48,723 for the 2017-2018 school year, the seventh lowest rank among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to data analyzed by the National Education Association (NEA).

State tax revenues in Arizona amount to $3.9 billion in the first quarter of 2019, the 20th highest tally among the 50 states and Washington, D.C., according to newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

A beginning teacher’s salary in Arizona averaged $34,473 for the 2017-2018 school year, the ninth lowest rank among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to data analyzed by the National Education Association (NEA).

Taxpayer contributions to Arizona’s public pension funds in 2018 amounted to 62 percent of the total, the 36th highest ratio among the 50 states, according to newly released data by the U.S. Census Bureau.

State tax revenues in Arizona amount to $15.3 billion, the 20th highest tally among the 50 states, according to newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale metro area’s share of extreme poverty – neighborhoods where at least 40 percent of residents live below the poverty level – is the highest in Arizona, according to a new analysis from the website 24/7 Wall St.

Arizona received a grade of C on a scorecard developed by Ball State University to gauge the health of each state’s manufacturing sector.