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‘Eternally complex problems’: Bipartisan advocates talk affordable housing

PHOENIX – A bipartisan group of housing reform advocates, from current and former state lawmakers to government leaders, gathered Thursday to talk about solutions to the lack of affordable housing in Arizona.

Bipartisan housing advocates talk about affordable housing at Arizona Wilderness DTPHX Beer Garden Sept. 28. From left are Jessica Boehm, moderator and Axios Phoenix reporter; Joan Serviss, who leads the Arizona Department of Housing; Amy St. Peter, deputy executive director of the Maricopa Association of Governments; Steve Kaiser, former Republican state senator from north Phoenix; and Arizona Rep. Analise Ortiz, a Democrat who represents west Phoenix and south Glendale. (Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore)

Mesa mayor joins White House panel on hate in ‘horribly divided country’

WASHINGTON - Mesa Mayor John Giles joined local officials, Cabinet secretaries and community leaders at the White House Thursday - the 21st anniversary of the first post-9/11 hate crime, in Mesa - to call for renewed efforts to combat violent extremism and rising hate crimes.

Experts press case for forest management to head off wildfires

The science is in and the time to act on forest management is now if the government wants to avoid more catastrophic wildfires, a panel of wildfire experts told a House committee Thursday.

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Officials: IRS response to taxpayer calls down sharply, wait times up

Taxpayers are losing the ability to hold the IRS accountable because of steep declines in the “powerful” agency’s ability to respond to questions and complaints, the agency’s national taxpayer advocate said Wednesday.