Citizen Staff Writer
IN BRIEF
MATT LEWIS
mattl@tucsoncitizen.com
A forum on how the state should spend the money it receives if a stimulus package is approved will be from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Feb. 16 at the University of Arizona Student Union in the Tucson and Catalina rooms.
Arizona is poised to receive more than $6.5 billion from the economic recovery bill, if approved by the U.S. Senate. A bill was approved in the House.
The state faces a $1.6 billion deficit and had a jobless rate of 6.9 percent for December, the highest since 1993.
Democrat Gabrielle Giffords is hosting the forum.
The forum, one of several planned, is open to the public, but space is limited so those interested must RSVP by Feb. 11.
E-mail Gabe Zimmerman at gabe.zimmerman@mail.house. gov or call 881-3588 to RSVP.
Future dates for other forums have not been determined.