Scottsdale, business owners look to improve downtown safety

Scottsdale Mayor Jim Lane will deliver his State of the City address Thursday morning.

Section of highway collapses near Page

U.S. 89 in northern Arizona has been closed until further notice due to a sizable section of the highway which has buckled and collapsed about 25 miles south of Page.

Winter weather affecting Arizona travel

Winter weather has prompted transportation officials to close sections of U.S. 60 just east of the Valley.

The struggle for arts funding in Arizona

Arts companies in the Valley and the state have struggled to find enough financial support--corporate and otherwise--to stay in business.

Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton

Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton came to the studio to talk about Proposition 201, which would reform the city's pension system, and when Phoenix will repeal its food tax.

Homebuilder survey shows nationwide confidence unchanged

Builder confidence in the national market for newly built, single-family homes was virtually unchanged in February.

Arizona nabs European software company

A European-based software development company has selected Arizona for its U.S. headquarters.

Maricopa County faces multi-million dollar budget crunch

Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies are underpaid. A 5 percent cut could force the justice courts to close two courtrooms. That’s what Maricopa County supervisors heard at the last of many budget hearings Tuesday morning.

Arizona senate to vote on changing initiative petition deadline

The Arizona Senate is scheduled to vote Monday on whether to give voters a chance to re-think a decision they made less than three years ago.

Scientology link in Phoenix charter school

At-risk students at the Career Success charter school district have been exposed to teaching methods that have ties to the Church of Scientology, according to former teachers and administrators.


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