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Scottsdale, business owners look to improve downtown safety

Scottsdale Mayor Jim Lane will deliver his State of the City address Thursday morning.

Winter weather affecting Arizona travel

Winter weather has prompted transportation officials to close sections of U.S. 60 just east of the Valley.

The struggle for arts funding in Arizona

Arts companies in the Valley and the state have struggled to find enough financial support--corporate and otherwise--to stay in business.

Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton

Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton came to the studio to talk about Proposition 201, which would reform the city's pension system, and when Phoenix will repeal its food tax.

Homebuilder survey shows nationwide confidence unchanged

Builder confidence in the national market for newly built, single-family homes was virtually unchanged in February.

Arizona nabs European software company

A European-based software development company has selected Arizona for its U.S. headquarters.

Maricopa County faces multi-million dollar budget crunch

Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies are underpaid. A 5 percent cut could force the justice courts to close two courtrooms. That’s what Maricopa County supervisors heard at the last of many budget hearings Tuesday morning.

Scientology link in Phoenix charter school

At-risk students at the Career Success charter school district have been exposed to teaching methods that have ties to the Church of Scientology, according to former teachers and administrators.

Arizona senate to vote on changing initiative petition deadline

The Arizona Senate is scheduled to vote Monday on whether to give voters a chance to re-think a decision they made less than three years ago.

Restaurants help develop Phoenix neighborhood

Several local restaurants have clustered in a central Phoenix neighborhood.

Former flower shop could serve as impromptu morgue

In the wake of Sept. 11, the Centers for Disease Control has been encouraging counties across the country to prepare for disasters with mass fatalities. In depopulated areas, however, it’s not always easy.

Mergers of airlines, large and small, is nothing new

The announced merger of US Airways and American Airlines is the latest in a series of such moves over the last decade.

Grijalva, others oppose land exchange

There is another effort to exchange federal land for environmentally sensitive land in eastern Arizona.

US-American merger long in the making, but far from done

After more than a year of speculation and negotiation, the merger between US Airways and American Airlines is official. The new airline will keep American’s name and be worth about $11 billion. As KJZZ’s Nick Blumberg reports, the merger creates the largest carrier in the world.