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If you’re looking to throw a house party in metro Phoenix this summer, you’re best off doing so in your own home.

After recently announcing the expansion of its autonomous ride-hailing operation, Waymo is preparing to serve customers in downtown Phoenix through its “Trusted Testers” program.

After a preemptive and overzealous six-month hiring spree, Carvana quietly laid off thousands of employees at its Tempe headquarters on Tuesday morning.

The best measure of just how mobile the state of Arizona has become is seen in change-of-address data kept by the U.S. Postal Service.

If you feel like you’re spending more and more on gas, food, and other necessities, you’re not crazy – inflation in Phoenix is higher than anywhere else in the U.S., new research shows.

Waymo already operates 300 to 400 driverless vehicles in the East Valley and announced plans Wednesday to expand the service to downtown Phoenix.

“It is difficult when an online retailer tries to embed itself into a community using online algorithms,” said one Phoenix bookstore owner.

DMB Development, which designed some of Scottsdale’s most opulent planned neighborhoods, is joining Disney’s eyebrow-raising residential communities venture.

Unionization inside Starbucks stores has increased sixfold since last month. Now, a Starbucks in Phoenix is accusing the company of retaliating against its pro-union workers.

Baristas at a Starbucks in Mesa were promised they’d be the third of 9,000 corporate stores to unionize. But Starbucks attorneys used a legal trick to delay the counting of ballots.

A Phoenix mother wanted to send her children back to school after Thanksgiving break with certainty they were not infectious with COVID-19 to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. She thought she could find some peace of mind by getting the pair tested and trusted that the free testing site supported by the city of Phoenix was a good bet. She was wrong.

Local disinfectant wipes manufacturer gambled on winning big during the global health pandemic but lost its shirt and employees jobs instead.

Order gifts from Amazon? Your package won’t be delivered by the Phoenix courier that laid off its entire staff days before Christmas.

With nearly 70,000 residents and more arriving every day, the farming community once known as Rittenhouse is one of the fastest-growing cities in Arizona.

One of the newest gun stores in Phoenix has an old image for its logo. Old like “Nazi-era old.”

Special K in a new way?

Scootsdale no more?

Metro Phoenix’s economy is showing some positive signs that could help the region in its potential recovery next year.

Former staff say Bikini Beans Coffee chronically underpays its staff and cultivates a toxic work environment.

A new ruling mandates that gyms be given the opportunity to prove that they can safely reopen.

Less than $2 a gallon? One dollar?

The COVID-19 pandemic has provided some leniency, but eventually, at least 25 people in Phoenix will still lose their Section 8 housing.