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Phoenix ranked top in the nation for build-to-rent homes
Key Points: Phoenix is the leading market for build-to-rent homes Some legislators are concerned the homes benefit from loopholes in water policy Supporters say the homes fill a niche in […]
Highway projects funded for fast-growing Maricopa and Buckeye
Key Points: The state budget allows for the expansion of major corridors in Maricopa and Buckeye The two cities are among the fastest growing in the Phoenix area An increase […]
Marana prison may be used as ICE detention facility, says town manager
Key Point: Arizona’s first private prison sold back to original builder Management & Training Corp. paid $15M for the 500-bed prison Town of Marana lost over 200 jobs with prison’s […]
Commerce Authority defends film tax credits from critics
Key Points: Arizona defends $125 million annual film tax credits as constitutional Critics argue the credits violate the Gift Clause, lack revenue return State claims tax credits aren’t “gifts” under […]
Axon gets approval for Scottsdale headquarters from Senate
Editor’s note: This article was expanded to include voices from Scottsdale community organizations on April 18. Key Points SB1543 would allow a massive multifamily residential headquarters for Axon The legislation […]
Environmental, business leaders weigh in on all-GOP Corporation Commission
In 2025, Republicans will fill all five seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission, but clean energy advocates, environmentalists and business leaders aren’t sounding a death knell for their causes. Rachel […]
Arizona union workers weigh 2024 presidential choices as Harris and Trump vie for support
About 10,000 votes would have tipped the last presidential contest in Arizona. The state has about 133,000 union members so, like other slivers of the electorate, these and their issues […]
Water authority has been unofficial rainy-day fund
For the upcoming legislative session, the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority hopes to avoid further cuts and prove the agency’s worth to lawmakers after the Legislature cut the agency’s funding by […]
Backers of Prop. 479 raise $3M for transportation tax
Maricopa County voters will decide whether to extend a half-cent sales tax for transportation projects in November and a bipartisan campaign is spending $3 million to ensure they vote “yes.” […]
Senate committee to vote to hold Steward Health Care CEO in contempt
BOSTON (AP) — Members of a Senate committee looking into the Steward Health Care bankruptcy said they plan to adopt two resolutions next week to hold Steward CEO Ralph de […]
Arizona minimum wage to increase 35 cents to $14.70
What would you buy if you had an extra $14 a week? A couple of meals at a fast food restaurant? An extra four gallons of gas? Or, perhaps, two […]
The Grand Canyon main water line has broken dozens of times. Why is it getting a major fix only now?
A single pipeline at the Grand Canyon delivers water to millions of visitors annually at the South Rim. Some visitors were surprised recently when they were shut out of hotels […]
