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September 9, 1992
YOU CALL THIS A REVITALIZED DOWNTOWN?
WAIT 'TIL SQUARE ONE BECOMES A PARKING LOT
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November 16, 1995
Flashes
WAIT 'TIL SQUARE ONE BECOMES A PARKING LOT
Culture
February 22, 1996
Webb Design
The good, the bad and the boring of Del Webb's New River development
News
May 30, 1996
Time to Burn
Is the Lone Fire a preview of California-style infernos to come?
News
August 22, 1996
Road Kill
An innocuous road near Sedona is all that remains of Ken Parker's dream of a grand resort. Now Yavapai County is joining megadeveloper SunCor to take that away, too--with the county providing condemnation powers and SunCor paying the bills.
News
April 24, 1997
Letters
An innocuous road near Sedona is all that remains of Ken Parker's dream of a grand resort. Now Yavapai County is joining megadeveloper SunCor to take that away, too--with the county providing condemnation powers and SunCor paying the bills.
News
May 15, 1997
Art Attack!
To George Zraket, it's an evil zoning plot by old Sscottsdale cronies; to Janie Ellis, it's the only way her timeworn art colony can survive.
News
June 5, 1997
Toll Road Kill?
Contract for South Mountain tollway may depend on company's dumping of its president
News
October 9, 1997
Fife's Myth
Symington's tax cuts had little or nothing to do with Arizona's economic boom, which isn't as robust as it's made out to be
News
October 23, 1997
Distaff Is Restless
A resident gets cut from Maricopa Medical Center's surgical training program. She says it's discrimination. It's just the latest problem facing the center's taxpayer-funded contractor, Medpro.
News
July 9, 1998
Unions Struggle for a Foothold
A resident gets cut from Maricopa Medical Center's surgical training program. She says it's discrimination. It's just the latest problem facing the center's taxpayer-funded contractor, Medpro.
News
April 12, 2001
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December 30, 2008
Jan Brewer: Herbert Hoover in High Heels and a Pantsuit
Separated at birth? According to economist Paul Krugman, it's possible. Will soon-to-be Arizona Governor Jan Brewer repeat the mistakes of Republicans in the midst of the Great Depression, specifically those of President Herbert Hoover?It seems likely. With a GOP-led legislature intent on "starv ... More >>
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February 18, 2009
Obama Says Plan Will Shore Up Foreclosures, Create Incentives in Housing Market
President Barack Obama told a cheering crowd at Dobson High School in Mesa that the $787 billion stimulus act he signed into law yesterday will create jobs and restore the housing market to stability.Though the speech was loaded with vague rhetoric, Obama focused on a few of the details he said ... More >>
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November 13, 2008
Mr. Ambassador: The Life and Times of Raul H. Castro
President Barack Obama told a cheering crowd at Dobson High School in Mesa that the $787 billion stimulus act he signed into law yesterday will create jobs and restore the housing market to stability.Though the speech was loaded with vague rhetoric, Obama focused on a few of the details he said ... More >>
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November 30, 2006
Phoenix Rising?
A peek at the future cityscape
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April 23, 2009
Society Ball
Gallery reopening benefits downtown arts community
News
October 2, 2003
Creative Class Act
Richard Florida knows exactly what's wrong with Phoenix
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March 14, 2002
Heard Mentality
How much longer will the city allow the acclaimed museum to disrupt a historic neighborhood's peace and quiet?
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February 7, 2002
Furious George
Is Scottsdale ready for four more years of political scrutiny from George Zraket? It all depends on who you ask.
News
January 31, 2002
Un-Urban Development
Proposed downtown site draws criticism from residents, urban planners
News
February 22, 2001
Power Trip
Plant near Kingman may be a foreboding sign for the rest of the state
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March 30, 2000
'Hood Winked
Phoenix neighborhoods revitalization efforts run into trouble at City Hall
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February 24, 2000
The Last Man in Cactus
City zoning rules make it tough for Larry Jany to sell his property and retire
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April 10, 1997
"I've Been Had"
Councilwoman Frances Barwood, facing a recall over her vote on the Sumitomo plant zoning, now claims she was misled by the mayor
News
August 23, 1995
PENSION APPREHENSION
RETIREES ARE SPOOKED BY THE THOUGHT OF STATE EMPLOYEES MANAGING $1 BILLION OF THEIR NEST EGG
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July 7, 1993
GOVERNOR'S FINGERPRINTS LEAVE GREASY TRAILSCREWED PENSION FUND IN '91
RETIREES ARE SPOOKED BY THE THOUGHT OF STATE EMPLOYEES MANAGING $1 BILLION OF THEIR NEST EGG
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April 29, 2009
Arizona Voters Reject Education Cuts in New Poll, Open to Temporary Sales Tax Hike to Heal Budget
Most Arizona voters hate the idea of cutting education to help balance the state's budget, says a new poll by KAET-TV and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism. Sixty-nine percent of respondents answered "education" to the question, "The one area in which I think cu ... More >>
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July 1, 2009
Happy Campers and Hikers: State Parks Open After Employees Told to Report to Work Despite Lack of Budget
Image: Wikimedia Commons The state parks department sent out the following news release this morning, announcing that "closed" signs were being taken down at state parks. The Arizona Republic's Casey Newton reports that some campers had already been evicted as a state government shutdown loomed. But ... More >>
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July 16, 2009
Robots to do Battle at MetroCenter; Youths From Maricopa Skill Center Showcasing Summer Project
Image: Wikimedia Commons The rip of metal skin, the smell of electric motors overheating, the excited faces of young nerds in button-down, short-sleeve shirts... If you love a good robot fight like we do, tread on down to Metrocenter this Friday from 10 a.m. to noon. It may not be as exciting as a ... More >>
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August 16, 2009
Billionaires for Wealthcare Befuddle Far Right Wackjobs On Healthcare Reform
The billionaires join ranks with the Obama-haters in this new Dennis Gilman video. In the tradition of Michael Moore and the stunts he regularly pulled in his TV show The Awful Truth (and continues to pull in his films), come the Billionaires for Wealthcare, a crew of wannabe-Warren Buffets w ... More >>
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September 9, 2009
Recession To End September 17, According to Valley Businesses That Have Absolutely No Authority to End Recessions
Congratulations America, the recession is almost unofficially over!Well, if you believe Valley businesses that have declared September 17 the official end of our current national economic woes.If it was that easy, why the hell didn't they do this six months ago? Not only are all of our e ... More >>
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September 18, 2009
Former Chandler Economic Development Director Pleads Guilty to Disorderly Conduct
Richard Mulligan, former director of economic development for the city of ChandlerIt seems the only thing separating Richard Mulligan, Chandler's former director of economic development, from the dysfunctional hillbillies gracing the Jerry Springer Show is the number of teeth in h ... More >>
Film
October 1, 2009
Capitalism: A Love Story Shows Michael Moore Is a Marxist, But He’s Still Selling the Same Old Shtick
Richard Mulligan, former director of economic development for the city of ChandlerIt seems the only thing separating Richard Mulligan, Chandler's former director of economic development, from the dysfunctional hillbillies gracing the Jerry Springer Show is the number of teeth in h ... More >>
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October 12, 2009
ASU Professor Elinor Ostram Wins Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences
ASU professor Elinor Ostram, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.Forget President Obama -- one of Arizona's own won a 2009 Nobel Prize (and there's no doubt that she earned it). Elinor Ostram, a faculty member at both Arizona State University and Indiana University, wo ... More >>
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November 25, 2009
Hot Links: MVD Closures, Job Losses, and Kiddy Porn
Based on the most recent job-loss data, Arizona may have been hit harder by the recession than Michigan, a state infamous for job losses in the past. The most recent data shows that Arizona, since the start of the recession, shows the highest percentage of job losses. Arizona, according to th ... More >>
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March 31, 2010
Glendale Assails El Mirage for Not Bending Over "In All Ways" to Luke Air Force Base
El Mirage just can't catch a break.For decades, the small West Valley community has been steamrolled, dismissed, and mocked by neighboring cities, mostly because they believe that El Mirage and its policies pose a threat to Luke Air Force Base.The city was recently assailed by Glendale over d ... More >>
Music
July 8, 2010
Five Reasons Phoenix Shouldn't Miss Lilith Fair
El Mirage just can't catch a break.For decades, the small West Valley community has been steamrolled, dismissed, and mocked by neighboring cities, mostly because they believe that El Mirage and its policies pose a threat to Luke Air Force Base.The city was recently assailed by Glendale over d ... More >>
News
July 8, 2010
Gold Rush: Soaring Prices, Unscrupulous Precious-Metals Dealers, Right-Wing Paranoia -- We've Been Down This Yellow-Brick Road Before
El Mirage just can't catch a break.For decades, the small West Valley community has been steamrolled, dismissed, and mocked by neighboring cities, mostly because they believe that El Mirage and its policies pose a threat to Luke Air Force Base.The city was recently assailed by Glendale over d ... More >>
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July 23, 2010
Tohono O'odham Nation's West Valley Land Closer to Becoming Part of the Tribe's Reservation, Feds Decide
After a long battle, the Tohono O'odham Nation emerged victorious today when the feds accepted the tribe's West Valley land into "trust."This isn't the final step, but it is a major one for the Indian tribe. It means the Tohono O'odham Nation is closer to building its proposed $600 million resort-st ... More >>
Film
October 28, 2010
Inside Job Will Make You Seethe
After a long battle, the Tohono O'odham Nation emerged victorious today when the feds accepted the tribe's West Valley land into "trust."This isn't the final step, but it is a major one for the Indian tribe. It means the Tohono O'odham Nation is closer to building its proposed $600 million resort-st ... More >>
News
December 2, 2010
Sidebar: Mexican Macroeconomics
After a long battle, the Tohono O'odham Nation emerged victorious today when the feds accepted the tribe's West Valley land into "trust."This isn't the final step, but it is a major one for the Indian tribe. It means the Tohono O'odham Nation is closer to building its proposed $600 million resort-st ... More >>
Blogs
December 10, 2010
Megan Griego, Fired Surprise Employee, Sues Over Claim That City Violated Her Right to Free Speech
A woman who was fired by the city of Surprise after arguing against budget cuts in a public hearing is suing in federal court over the alleged violation of her free-speech rights. Megan Griego had been working as an economic development coordinator for about three years when s ... More >>
Blogs
February 4, 2011
Arizona Republican's Abortion Bill is "Assault [on] Woman's Dignity," Pro-Choice Group Says
www.demotivateus.comThere are several abortion bills making their way through the Arizona Legislature at the moment. None of them seem to make a whole lot of sense, considering the other, more-pressing issues the state currently faces (namely a pesky $2 billion budget shortfall), but o ... More >>
News
February 24, 2011
Will El Mirage Ever Be Able to Emerge From the Shadow of Luke Air Force Base?
www.demotivateus.comThere are several abortion bills making their way through the Arizona Legislature at the moment. None of them seem to make a whole lot of sense, considering the other, more-pressing issues the state currently faces (namely a pesky $2 billion budget shortfall), but o ... More >>
Blogs
March 10, 2011
Forbes Reminds Arizona (and the World) that Billionaires Still Exist
scrapetv.com In case anyone in the Valley needed a reminder that you don't make enough money and the recession put your retirement fund in the crapper, Forbes reminds us that five of the world's 1,210 billionaires are Arizonans. Forbes put out their annual list of worldwide billionaires W ... More >>
Blogs
April 19, 2011
Phoenix Councilman Claude Mattox, Other Public Officials Enjoying Concerts, Suns Games in Arena Suite; Incomplete Records Mask How Often
Public officials living the suite life at the U.S. Airways Center.Phoenix officials have not kept track of who's been kicking back in the city-owned suite at the U.S. Airways Center watching Phoenix Suns games or rocking out to legends like Elton John. But they're supposed to, according to their ... More >>
Blogs
September 14, 2011
Retired Arizona Public Officials Sue to Keep "Hundreds of Millions" in Pension Payouts Being Denied Because of New Law
Image: Ray SternColin Campbell, retired Maricopa County Superior Court judge, is representing a group of retired judges suing a state pension plan in an attempt to reverse a law that shrinks pensioners' cost-of-living adjustments. Retired judges are fighting a new law that reduces their pensi ... More >>
News
September 29, 2011
Mayor Gordon May Be Remembered Most for Compromising His Ethics for the Woman He Loved
Image: Ray SternColin Campbell, retired Maricopa County Superior Court judge, is representing a group of retired judges suing a state pension plan in an attempt to reverse a law that shrinks pensioners' cost-of-living adjustments. Retired judges are fighting a new law that reduces their pensi ... More >>
Blogs
November 10, 2011
Phoenix Mayor-Elect Greg Stanton Taps Community and Economic Development Director Paul Blue As Chief of Staff
Paul BluePhoenix Mayor-elect Greg Stanton, who beat his challenger with a commanding 14-point lead on November 8, has tapped Community and Economic Development Director Paul Blue as his first chief of staff.Stanton won't be sworn into office until January 3, but in the meantime, Blue will help ma ... More >>
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