1 HR AGO - Republican nominee Blake Masters, Libertarian Marc Victor and Democratic incumbent Sen. Mark Kelly answered questions during an Oct. 6 televised debate and traded verbal jabs for nearly an hour in their quest to win one of Arizona's US Senate seats in November. Collapse

6 HRS AGO - The reverberations are echoing across Arizona, and across the whole nation – the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office announced last week that teachers unions’ last-ditch effort to overturn the state’s landmark universal school choice reform has failed. Now, America can look to Arizona’s first-in-the-nation model of a groundbreaking, statewide expansion of school choice to any family that wants it.   Collapse

7 HRS AGO - At the Phoenix Business Journal's Salt River Project 2023 Economic Forecast panel, economist Andrew Busch said that the war in Ukraine and the Covid-19 pandemic, among other global events, have been some of the largest drivers of inflation and supply chain issues. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, consumers spent a lot less on services and increased spending on goods such as appliances, he said. Collapse

8 HRS AGO - Macerich plans to have the interior renovations finished by the holidays at the end of 2023. The exterior renovations will be complete in the first quarter of 2024. Click through to see renderings of the planned renovations. Collapse

11 HRS AGO - The Kyrene Water Reclamation Facility, built in the late 1980s and closed by budget cuts in 2010, is being brought back online as a part of Tempe’s response to the ongoing drought. The plant will collect and recycle wastewater, used mainly to recharge aquifers beneath the city. The move comes as Arizona experiences abnormally dry conditions, with 23% of the state in severe drought, a term used to describe conditions where water and feed are inadequate for livestock, fire danger is high and little… Collapse

14 HRS AGO - The weekend closure is not religious in nature like with Chick-Fil-A or a staffing issue, but rather, according to the owner of the company, it is designed to give his employees a break when their families and friends have time off. Collapse

17 HRS AGO - The city of Tempe has issued permits for commercial addition/alteration work at Tempe Marketplace in two separate suites that are next to one another. Signage also suggests the major sports apparel retailer is making plans to open. Collapse

1 DAY AGO - California water agencies that rely on the parched Colorado River said Wednesday they can reduce their use by one-tenth starting in 2023 in response to calls for cuts from the federal government. Collapse

1 DAY AGO - The Arizona Commerce Authority has selected 30 semifinalists to compete in this year's Arizona Innovation Challenge. See who made the cut. Collapse