{"id":33325,"date":"2013-01-02T21:21:32","date_gmt":"2013-01-03T04:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/?p=33325"},"modified":"2013-01-02T21:21:32","modified_gmt":"2013-01-03T04:21:32","slug":"usa-today-phoenix-convention-slump-tied-to-ariz-immigration-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/2013\/01\/02\/usa-today-phoenix-convention-slump-tied-to-ariz-immigration-law\/","title":{"rendered":"USA TODAY: Phoenix convention slump tied to Ariz. immigration law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX \u2014 Even though convention halls across the country have faced tough times because of the recession and tightening travel budgets, Phoenix officials say concerns over Arizona&#8217;s image have exacerbated its troubles.<\/p>\n<p>In a speech to about two dozen event planners from across the country, Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton touted the city&#8217;s newest assets, including a light-rail system and downtown university campus. But his speech soon shifted to an uneasy topic: Arizona Senate Bill 1070, the state&#8217;s much-debated immigration law, and perceptions of the state&#8217;s politics.<\/p>\n<p>A handful of large, national organizations publicly canceled events at the Phoenix Convention Center in the wake of the law&#8217;s passage in 2010, including Alpha Phi Alpha, the National Minority Supplier Development Council and National Council of Teachers of English. The groups cited members&#8217; concerns with the law, including that it would promote discrimination and racial profiling.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2013\/01\/02\/anti-immigration-law-conventions\/1803783\/\" title=\"Phoenix convention slump tied to Ariz. immigration law\" target=\"_blank\">here <\/a>to read the full story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX \u2014 Even though convention halls across the country have faced tough times because of the recession and tightening travel budgets, Phoenix officials say concerns over Arizona&#8217;s image have exacerbated its troubles. In a speech to about two dozen event planners from across the country, Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton touted the city&#8217;s newest assets, including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-important-news-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33325"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33326,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33325\/revisions\/33326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}