Friday, March 17, 2006

MIXED ARIZONA NEWS

Poll finds Arizonans support raising minimum wage
By Howard Fischer
CAPITOL MEDIA SERVICES
Tucson, Arizona Published: 03.15.2006

First, the good news:

The survey done by the Social Research Laboratory at Northern Arizona University shows that 62 percent of those asked said they strongly support an initiative drive to boost the base pay to $6.75 an hour next year. The same measure then would require automatic cost-of-living increases every year in the future.

Another 19 percent said they support the measure somewhat.


By contrast, only 9 percent of those questioned by the Social Research Laboratory at Northern Arizona University said they were strongly opposed to the idea, with another 5 percent somewhat in opposition.



Now, the bad news:
Q: Would you support amending the Arizona constitution to define marriage as between one man and one woman and prohibit benefits to domestic partners of government workers?
Support -- 52%
Oppose -- 40%
Don't know/depends -- 8%

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