AZ Briefing: High-tech jobs fuel Phoenix growth

June 13, 2025
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AZ Briefing

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Fri Jun 13 2025

Lorenzino Estrada | Digital Producer

Good morning, Arizona. Here’s what our reporters are working on and what you should know about what’s happening across the state before you start your day.

Northwest Phoenix, a once-vast expanse of desert scrub, has transformed into a hub of industrial development and employment growth in the city, making it the world’s next high-tech mecca.

More on that job growth and the challenges Phoenix faces to keeping its white-hot momentum going.

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Today in history

Here are just some of the historic events on this date in the past.

•	On this day in 1966: In Miranda v. Arizona, the U.S. Supreme Court decided any person whom officers suspect committed a crime and take into custody must be advised they have rights before police interrogation. These include the right to hire an attorney or have a court appoint one, as well as “the right to remain silent.”
•	In 1967: President Lyndon Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall, who was confirmed by the Senate a couple months later and became the first Black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
•	In 1971: The New York Times published the first leaked excerpts in a series of investigative stories with the headline that read “Vietnam Archive: Pentagon Study Traces Three Decades of Growing US Involvement.” Portions of the classified Defense Department report – later called the Pentagon Papers – had been leaked to the Times and Washington Post. On the 40th anniversary of the leak, the National Archives posted the fully declassified report with no redactions and separate PDFs for each volume on its website.
•	In 2002: As President George W. Bush previously announced, the U.S. pulled out of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty that it and the USSR had signed in 1972. Bush said the treaty’s limits on missile defense impeded the U.S. from defending against terrorists in the wake of 9/11.
•	In 2005: A California jury found pop musician Michael Jackson not guilty of all child molestation charges. Lawsuits – filed against Jackson-owned companies after his death by two men who allege Jackson sexually abused them when they were boys – twice have been revived after dismissals.
•	In 2020: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released joint COVID-19 testing guidelines for nursing homes, long-term care facilities and critical infrastructure workplaces such as food production plants.

— Charlie White, USA TODAY Network

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AZ Briefing: High-tech jobs fuel Phoenix growth

AZ Briefing: High-tech jobs fuel Phoenix growth

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Lorenzino Estrada | Digital Producer

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Lorenzino Estrada | Digital Producer

Other big stories

Best Phoenix restaurants 2025: 100 essential places to eat

Today in history

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North Phoenix construction worker rescued from trench

Election feud: Maricopa County recorder sues Supervisors

Here’s who got arrested at Tucson protests against ICE

What golf, yoga and football have in common at Higley HS

These Mexican restaurant chains closed AZ stores

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