The football coaches evidently can’t wait until August for their first showdown of the year.

So President Obama wants to end so-called “tax loopholes” for American oil and gas companies? Sounds like a good idea, until you learn that what the President is really asking. The “Close the Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act” essentially asks American taxpayers and businesses to shoulder the economic brunt of the administration’s ambitious green energy objectives.

Not everyone gets one, but it’s always a welcome sight — a tax refund. If you receive a refund this year, how can you best put it to work?

March of Dimes Arizona Chapter announced that Arizona business and community leader Derrick Hall has taken on the role of March for Babies Phoenix chair. Hall, president and CEO of the Arizona Diamondbacks, is also a proud father making his commitment to the good health of moms and babies personal and meaningful.

The Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce appointed Beth Amoroso, Jim Hunt, Kent Johnson, Larry North, Bruce Peterson, Liane Rouzaud and Janet Schwab to its 2013 Board of Directors.

Regarding “Keeping watch: Local school officials assure community of secure campuses in light of Conn. shooting,” Ahwatukee Foothills News, Dec. 21, 2012, page 1, we can be glad that exterior doors are being kept locked. Better yet would be for all classroom doors to be closed and automatically locked to anyone on the outside of the classroom at the beginning of each class.

Q: White type of business services or products do you provide?

Today is my favorite holiday of the year! I know as a Christian I should probably say it’s Christmas or Easter, but I have to admit it’s actually Halloween.

Lina Darnell’s daily routine is like that of most stay-at-home moms, taking care of the kids, getting lunches made, and keeping up the home.

March of Dimes Arizona Chapter, the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) and the Arizona Perinatal Trust together have partnered with the Association of State and Territorial Health Officers and other states to commit to reducing prematurity and infant mortality.

State health officials and their allies launched a campaign Monday to convince pregnant women to leave the bun in the oven a bit longer.

State health officials and their allies launched a campaign Monday to convince pregnant women to leave the bun in the oven a bit longer.

Matt Young hasn’t started a game at quarterback since Desert Vista’s final junior varsity game in 2010.

Matt Young hasn’t started a game at quarterback since Desert Vista’s final junior varsity game in 2010.

Here we go again. In 2010, desperate Americans returned control of the U.S. House back to Republicans hoping that they would do the heavy lifting necessary to avoid our looming fiscal meltdown.

Here we go again. In 2010, desperate Americans returned control of the U.S. House back to Republicans hoping that they would do the heavy lifting necessary to avoid our looming fiscal meltdown.

Greg Geryak first began volunteering for the YMCA to get exposure for his growing business but seeing the difference he could make, it became an addiction.

Fresh home from the war, newly married and needing to better recover from malaria and rheumatic fever he caught from a mosquito bite on a PT boat in the south Pacific, Peter Grant packed his car and trailer and left his home city of Indianapolis for the desert town of Phoenix.

Has a registered nurse helped to improve your life, or the life of someone you love?

In the land of dreaded exercises, only the pull-up garners more eye rolls and mumbled curse words than the push-up.

First of all, women have always been a victim of the male sex drive. That's the first reason society should pay for my birth control.

Time to shine those shoes, clip that facial hair and grease up those rippling muscles - the 57th annual Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show and Shopping Expo has begun.

It is time for Americans to get comfortable with the idea of getting mail every other day — or maybe not at all.

Arizona’s average fuel price shed 4.2 cents from last week to $3.403 per gallon on Thursday. Nationwide, prices fell by more than a dime to $3.455 per gallon.

Some small business owners want lawmakers to approve a controversial — and possibly illegal — plan to have state taxpayers guarantee loans they get from venture capitalists.