Strengthening The Arizona-Mexico Relationship

Phoenix, Arizona - In 2019, Arizona continued to strengthen collaboration, economic growth and trade with its neighbors in Mexico, especially Sonora.

Arizona Reducing Barriers To Work

Phoenix, Arizona - Arizona this year knocked down barriers for Arizonans to get to work including becoming the first state to recognize out of state occupational licenses and removing excessive requirements to blow dry hair. With the third-highest rate of growth in the nation, Arizona’s welcoming atmosphere and efforts to cut red tape are getting results.

Jobs On The Rise

Phoenix, Arizona - This year, Arizona surpassed 300,000 new private-sector jobs added since 2015. Arizona also ranked in the top five for economic momentum as well as growth in population, jobs and personal income by State Policy Reports.

Ophthalmologist and Eye Surgeon Arrested and Accused of Defrauding Government by Falsifying Patient Records for Cataract Surgeries

Prescott Valley, Arizona - Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced today that Dr. Michael Lee Ham, Ophthalmologist and eye surgeon at Kokopelli Eye Institute, has been indicted by a State Grand Jury for charges of Conspiracy, Fraudulent Schemes and Artifices, Illegal Control of an Enterprise, Theft, and Money Laundering violations for allegedly defrauding Medicare, the United States Department of Veterans’ Affairs, and the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), as well as several private health insurers.

Kaibeto Man Sentenced to Three Years in Federal Prison for Domestic Assault

Phoenix, Arizona - Last week, Dustin Tso, of Kaibeto, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dominic W. Lanza to three years of imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release.  The three years of imprisonment imposed will be served in addition to six months of imprisonment previously served in tribal custody.