Cities across Arizona have denied firefighters worker’s compensation as they battle cancer believed to be caused by their jobs.
But with momentum at the state level, a handful of municipalities have started to change course.
On Tuesday, the League of Arizona Cities and Towns sent a letter to cities’ top political leaders.
They wanted to provide an update on the latest conversations that had been discussed during ad-hoc committee meetings at the Arizona State Senate.
“It’s important for us because we are the representative of those cities on this panel, that they know what the panel is doing and also the direction it’s going,” Deputy Director Tom Belshe told KTAR News 92.3 FM on Wednesday.
The League of Arizona Cities and Towns is a municipal league that provides a link among the 90 incorporated cities and towns in Arizona. The league is the only organization that connects every municipality.