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Districts weigh options following election struggles
As if the budget situation for the Phoenix Union High School District was not bad enough, voters have handed the district another challenge - how to manage with an upcoming shortfall that could top $10 million.
Spokesman for 4 Phoenix mayors retiring
A spokesman for four different Phoenix mayors is retiring on Dec. 31 after 19 years on the job. Scott Phelps says he volunteered to leave the office of Mayor Phil Gordon in anticipation of further budget cuts in Phoenix, where more than 1,000 positions have been eliminated in the past year.
Dems, GOP set sights on Phoenix for 2012 conventions
Democrats and Republicans already are scoping out sites for their 2012 national conventions, and this time around Phoenix is on both parties’ short lists.
Phoenix-area cities paying retention bonuses
Cities in metro Phoenix are paying millions of dollars in retention bonuses as they lay off employees, cut pay or raise taxes amid the recession. Compensation experts question the wisdom of retention bonuses as the state's 9.3 percent unemployment rate has drastically reduced turnover. Cities defend the bonuses as an incentive to retain employees and make up for stagnant wages.
Brian Williams to get journalism award in Phoenix
Brian Williams will take a short break from delivering the nightly news to millions of people across the country to accept a journalism award in Phoenix. Williams is set to accept the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism on Nov. 18.
Cavazos named Phoenixa��s new city manager
David Cavazos was named Oct. 26 as Phoenix's new city manager and will start the job on Nov. 6. The 49-year-old Cavazos was one of four finalists for the position and had been a deputy city manager. He will replace Frank Fairbanks, who is retiring Nov. 5 at age 63 after a 37-year career including 19 as city manager.
Supreme Court hears CityNorth case; $97.4M in incentives challenged
Having heard arguments over the legality of a multimillion dollar incentive package designed to lure the development of a large shopping mall in north Phoenix, the Arizona Supreme Court is poised to decide the extent of local governments' power to boost their economies and tax revenues.
AZ Supreme Court to hear CityNorth case Sept. 30
The Arizona Supreme Court on Sept. 30 will weigh the fate of a tax rebate offered by the city of Phoenix to lure a developer that built a massive shopping... […]
Road planners look at new interstate
Interstate 11 could someday be a major thoroughfare linking Phoenix and Las Vegas. I-11 would consist of 225 miles of improved U.S. 93 with about 150 miles of new freeway around the Phoenix area.
A Call to Arts: Phoenix program unites engineers with artists
Rosemary Lonewolf made a clay model of a scarlet macaw to present her idea for an art project. It was a piece of pottery that would fit in your hand. For the New Mexico artist, this was a natural.
Obama’s western vacation turns to business in Phoenix
President Barack Obama is hardly the consummate Western outdoorsman. The Marlboro Man he's not. He's spent his adult life in big cities - New York, Chicago and, now, Washington. Basketball, golf, and bodysurfing are how this jock rolls. Indoor daily gym workouts of cardio exercise and weight training are the norm. Hunting, climbing, rafting - not so much.
Runway improvements will mean shorter wait on the tarmac
Federal stimulus dollars are giving airliners a shortcut to their terminals, in addition to putting nearly 300 people back to work, said Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon.
