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One of the highest-ranking officials in the Phoenix Police Department told a City Council subcommittee last week that there is no end in sight to the downward trend in staffing that he termed “alarming.”
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Friends, relatives and a local pizzeria are rallying to the side of an Ahwatukee widow of one of the people killed in a mid-air collision between a plane and a helicopter at Chandler Municipal Airport.
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A sharply divided Tempe Union Governing Board last week signaled its intention to do away with school resource officers on its six campuses by next summer.
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The grass won't greener on one part of the Foothills Community Association’s common grounds this winter.
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It’s been a long and frustrating road that Ahwatukee residents Carrie McNeish and Jill Ostendorp are traveling in their quest for a 16-court pickleball complex at Desert Foothills Park.
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The Phoenix Police Department is losing more officers than it can find to replace them as the total number of sworn personnel continues in a near freefall.
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The Phoenix Police Department is losing more officers than it can find to replace them as the total number of sworn personnel continues in a near freefall.
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Lawyers in the Ahwatukee Lakes hearing got into the weeds – and the lakes, trees, irrigation valves and sand – as owner Wilson Gee’s right-hand man said he expects nine holes on the beleaguered course to be open for play by Thanksgiving.
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Phoenix is relatively flush with cash but administration officials have warned City Council that might not last too long once they begin preparing for the 2022-23 budget.
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The Arizona Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments about whether the ban on mask mandates at public schools was legally enacted, but the mandate in Kyrene and Tempe Union school districts likely will remain throughout October at a minimum unless COVID-19 transmission levels subside.
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Phoenix officials have allocated $12 million for distribution to needy families, likely through some form of debit card that will be good for $500 to $1,000 a month for 12 months.
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Registered voters in Kyrene School District will be receiving their ballots this week for its all-mail override election.
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As if online-driven vandalism isn’t enough of a challenge, Tempe Union High School District is struggling to curb increasing discipline issues at its high schools.
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The Foothills Club West Association board hit back hard at The Edge’s claim that it has been holding up a resolution of the golf course suit and contended it has not lost the declarant rights to the course.
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Like an astronaut preparing for takeoff, Kristie Levy of Ahwatukee is checking her gear and limbering up for a ride next week into the unknown.
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A hearing on two homeowners’ request that Ahwatukee Lakes Golf Course owner Wilson Gee’s company pay at least $500,000 in penalties resumed Sept. 29 and will be entering a third day Oct. 6.
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