Michael Pollack will be honored at the 12th Annual Evening of Goodwill on Saturday, Oct. 13.

After getting a cautious report on a Valley economy “a little weaker than we hoped for,” the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted Monday to keep the property tax rate the same.

The Phoenix City Council sped up job creation by months by passing a comprehensive policy cutting red tape on the private sector. By an 8-1 vote, city leaders said no more to delays, lines and bureaucratic red tape — and yes to faster job creation.

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.

A bill working its way through the Arizona Legislature is hoping to make retail fairer by forcing Amazon.com and other online retailers that have a presence in Arizona to charge a state sales tax.

Arizonans waiting for that long-promised economic recovery are going to have to cool their heels for a few more years.

Arizonans waiting for that long-promised economic recovery are going to have to cool their heels for a few more years.

A group of business executive and educators is crafting plans to ask voters to accept a new sales tax to keep the state from falling off a financial “cliff” in two years.

Scottsdale police Friday night announced an arrest in the hit-and-run death of a prominent East Valley commercial real estate tycoon's son.

A prominent East Valley commercial real estate family is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person driving the silver pickup truck involved in a hit-and-run that killed Daniel Pollack.

As the political debate raged when SB 1070 was being contemplated, Arizona’s business community figured the matter was a non-issue and largely stayed on the sidelines.

As the political debate raged when SB 1070 was being contemplated, Arizona’s business community figured the matter was a non-issue and largely stayed on the sidelines.

Arizona’s economy is on the cusp of a slow recovery after three years of decline, an Arizona State University economist said Wednesday.

Arizona’s economy is on the cusp of a slow recovery after three years of decline, an Arizona State University economist said Wednesday.

It is no secret that Arizona’s economy is struggling. During the current recession our state has lost nearly 300,000 jobs – the worst in the country. Our state budget has a $1.4 billion deficit, with another $3.2 billion facing us in fiscal year 2010. After years of population and construction growth, we’re flat in both areas with no relief in sight.

It was hard not to look for a window to jump from after Wednesday’s economic forecast briefing by leading Arizona economists.

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