City of Phoenix offices will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 22 and Friday, Nov. 23 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

City of Phoenix offices will be closed on Monday, Feb. 18 in observance of the Presidents Day holiday.

The city of Phoenix offices will be closed beginning at noon on Monday, Dec. 24, for Christmas Eve and remain closed for Christmas Day, Tuesday, Dec. 25.

City of Phoenix offices will be closed on Monday, Jan. 16, in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

City of Phoenix offices will be closed on Monday, July 4 in observance of the Independence Day holiday.

City of Phoenix offices will be closed on Monday, March 30 in observance of the Memorial Day holiday.

Since the beginning of 2013 there have been some announced changes for buyers looking to obtain an FHA loan. FHA is an insurer of mortgage loans and is popular because of the low down payment option. I had the opportunity to ask Dawna Lepler of The Lending Company a few questions many of my real estate clients have asked over the past few months.

As the gun debate stirs and emotions rise higher and higher, we tend to leave ration and logic out of the subsequent efforts to address what is an important public issue. Emotionally charged solutions seldom fix anything. They simply make a lot of people feel like something positive is being done but they truly accomplish nothing. And marching out victims to use as props for your initiative is a shameless political ploy. Politicians are great at using emotional issues to push their pet plans. Most of the efforts currently in flight to answer the recent tragedies in Colorado, Arizona, Connecticut (all very liberal enclaves I might add) are labeled as “Gun Safety” and “Gun Violence” initiatives. Looking at those terms, who is not for Gun Safety? And who is not for ending Gun Violence?

City of Phoenix offices will be closed on Monday, April 1 in observance of the Cesar Chavez holiday.

Election Day is drawing near. As a citizen, you’ll want to cast your ballot for those candidates who best represent your views on a range of important issues. But as an investor, you might be wondering how the election’s outcome might affect one specific area — your financial outlook.

City of Phoenix offices will be closed on Monday, Sept. 3 in observance of the Labor Day holiday.

City of Phoenix offices will be closed on Monday, Sept. 3 in observance of the Labor Day holiday.

The city of Phoenix offices will be closed on Wednesday, July 4, to observe the Independence Day holiday.

City of Phoenix offices will be closed on Monday, May 28 in observance of the Memorial Day holiday.

City of Phoenix offices will be closed on Monday, Feb. 20 in observance of Presidents Day.

City of Phoenix offices will be closed on Monday, Dec. 26 and Jan. 2 in observance of the Christmas and New Year's.

In last month's column, I made the mistake of calling out my favorite appliance in my house: You may recall I said my Crock Pot was my "best friend forever."

City of Phoenix offices will be closed on Monday, Sept. 5 in observance of the Labor Day holiday.

Some city services will be affected as the city of Phoenix closes Monday, Feb. 21 in observance of Presidents Day.

City of Phoenix offices will be closed Thursday, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Day.

The Phoenix Zoo is now the permanent home to six American White pelicans affected by the oil spill in the Gulf.

Editor’s Note: This is the final in a two-part series that began last week. Part one, which ran Feb. 3, discussed the emerging understanding that the cardiovascular system of men and women are different due to the effects of sex hormones (especially estrogen in women).

Editor’s Note: This is the final in a two-part series that began last week. Part one, which ran Feb. 3, discussed the emerging understanding that the cardiovascular system of men and women are different due to the effects of sex hormones (especially estrogen in women).

Editor’s Note: This is the final in a two-part series that began last week. Part one, which ran Feb. 3, discussed the emerging understanding that the cardiovascular system of men and women are different due to the effects of sex hormones (especially estrogen in women).

Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part series having to do with women and heart disease or, to put a positive spin on it, heart health.