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Mayor Gallego: Semiconductor investment, medical school and city policies aimed at advancing women in Phoenix
Summary
Mayor Kate Gallego highlighted recent city policies and private investment at the SheMatters Equity Forum, citing a large semiconductor project, a planned ASU medical school, a city equal pay ordinance and 12 weeks paid family leave.
Mayor Kate Gallego said at the Phoenix Women’s Commission SheMatters Equity Forum at the Phoenix Convention Center that the city is pursuing large economic and policy steps intended to benefit Phoenix families and women specifically.
“We passed unanimously a equal pay ordinance of the city,” Mayor Kate Gallego said, adding that the city “have invested in paid family leave at 12 weeks” and is working to make public spaces more mother‑friendly.
Those policy items were presented alongside economic developments Gallego described as transforming local opportunity. Gallego said the city originally reported a…
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