Despite an $11.8 billion unfunded liability owed by more than 300 Arizona municipalities, counties and state agencies, some encouraging trends have emerged for the system that provides pensions for nearly 60,000 retired first responders, corrections officers and qualifying elected officials.
The Phoenix Police Department has begun proceedings to fire the cop who fatally shot an Ahwatukee man in the back last year in the doorway of his condo.
As students prepare to return to Kyrene campuses tomorrow for the start of the 2021-22 school year and Tempe Union students prepare to do the same next Monday, the state’s former top health official has issued a warning about COVID-19.
Pet overpopulation has left animal shelters and rescues across the Valley at capacity or nearly full with pets needing homes.
Tempe Union is studying the adoption of a trimester calendar for 2023-24 that would shorten summer vacations but add three two-week breaks to a typical school year.
Lawyers for the U.S. Treasury are asking a federal judge to throw out a bid by state Attorney General Mark Brnovich to say Congress can’t tell Arizona it can’t use any of its COVID relief dollars to cut taxes for business and individuals.
Lawyers for the U.S. Treasury are asking a federal judge to throw out a bid by state Attorney General Mark Brnovich to say Congress can’t tell Arizona it can’t use any of its COVID relief dollars to cut taxes for business and individuals.
There hasn’t been enough rain yet to test it yet, but a unique engineering project to protect a portion of Warner-Elliot Loop from floods – particularly 17 homes along nearby Mandan Street – was completed without fanfare in March.
Voluntary-only masking policies are not the only thing that differentiates the new school year from 2020-21.
Phoenix area commuters got 36 hours of their lives back last year.
While the Festival of Lights Kick-Off Party may largely be relegated to the past, its reason for being will continue – at least for now.
Gov. Doug Ducey last week signed legislation putting in place an immediate $1.3 billion tax cut, set to rise to $1.9 billion, that is designed largely to benefit the wealthiest.
Waymo’s self-driving cars continue to fall victim to incidents involving harassment and physical damage more than four years after they first began circulating around Chandler’s streets.
Chandler Police have issued more than 700 citations for violators of the state’s 6-month-old distracted driving laws – more than other East Valley agencies and not far behind the 984 citations written by Phoenix officer up through June 26.
Though many are familiar with this as a party game to be played with the hand not holding a beer, cornhole has become a serious sport.
Commented