Arizona Business News

Phoenix catering company is converting to an employee-owned business
Owners of the company that caters the WM Phoenix Open and other big events say full-time employees are now earning shares in the enterprise. M Culinary Concepts has launched a plan to issue stock to workers that will grow in value over time.
March 14, 2024
Controversy in Sedona over area to sleep in cars
Sedona's longtime housing crisis is coming to a head this week. Sedona’s City Council voted Tuesday to create an area where people can sleep in their cars at night legally. And not everyone is happy about it.
March 14, 2024
Saguaro Land: The Sonoran Desert is having its moment in design right now
The Show is exploring the desert season by season in the series Saguaro Land — through music, art, literature, food, drink, flora and fauna — and now through design.
March 14, 2024
Union: Educators want higher pay for themselves, other school staff
Educators with Arizona’s public school labor union say they agree with lawmakers that teachers need higher pay, but they want other staff to get raises too.
March 14, 2024
Longtime gallery celebrates enduring arts in Phoenix
Longtime Phoenix arts advocate Kimber Lanning joined The Show to talk more about iconic downtown gallery Modified Arts, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary show.
March 13, 2024
Does Phoenix still have starter homes? Realtor says yes
Housing has been one of the biggest topics of discussion at the state Capitol over the past couple of years, and the conversation about this bill got The Show thinking about the concept of starter homes and what they look like in 2024. Lauren Schellhase, a realtor with Home Smart in Phoenix, joined The Show talk about it.
March 13, 2024
Chandler to host innovation night event on Thursday
The event will include a competition where participants get five minutes to pitch their ideas. Winner will get up to $5,000 to support their venture. Booths and hands-on demonstrations will feature startups and prototypes.
March 13, 2024
Horne recommends pay raises, added discipline for teacher retention
In his annual state of education address to lawmakers, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne warned teachers are leaving schools at an alarming rate.
March 13, 2024
Future of fossilized dinosaur footprints uncertain
The Moenkopi Wash near Tuba City is home to dozens of tracks, from the Dilophosaurus to the T-Rex. And a ragtag group of Navajo guides greet tourists right off the roadside, directly across from a green-painted “turn here” sign.
March 13, 2024
AG: License required to sell certain hemp products
Attorney General Kris Mayes said Monday that it’s illegal for businesses, like convenience stores and gas stations, to sell hemp-synthesized intoxicants without a license to do so.
March 13, 2024
Is it discrimination or representation? Canceled play leaves many in debate
The play "Roosters" at Scottsdale Desert Stages Theatre was supposed to open this month. Instead, it was controversially canceled. When a white actress is accidently cast to play a Mexican-American girl, is recasting the role considered discrimination?
March 13, 2024
Phoenix prepares for 300,000 visitors during NCAA Final Four events
Phoenix is preparing for 300,000 downtown visitors in early April when the NCAA Men’s Final Four comes to the Valley.
March 12, 2024
Phoenix airport child care scholarship program accepting applications
Financial help is available for eligible Phoenix airport employees with young children.
March 12, 2024
Phoenix has an innovative new recycling microfactory, but it cant solve the plastic crisis alone
Wyatt Myskow is the Southwest correspondent for Inside Climate News and told The Show more about what this new facility is all about and what will be happening there.
March 12, 2024
Mesa wants public feedback on its annual action plan
Mesa residents can provide public comments about their city’s annual action plan now through April 6.
March 11, 2024
Phoenix to honor late activist with street signs
More than 30 years after a Phoenix activist died, she’ll be honored with a street in her name.
March 11, 2024
Survey says nursing homes dont have enough staff
A recent report from a national nursing home resident advocacy group found that a majority of residents surveyed say their facility lacked adequate staff to meet their needs.
March 11, 2024
Phoenix police launches new advertising campaign to hire officers
The Phoenix Police Department has launched a new marketing campaign in an effort to fill hundreds of positions. And that effort is are already paying off — For the first time since 2019, the Phoenix Police Department added more officers than it lost last year.
March 11, 2024
AG Mayes joins coalition pressing Meta to overhaul security
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes joined 40 other attorneys general in a coalition that calls on tech giant Meta to overhaul its security practices for Facebook and Instagram to prevent user accounts from being taken over by scammers.
March 9, 2024
Bill OKs citizens arrests in all retail theft cases
SB 1613, approved by the Senate this week on a 16-14 party-line vote, extends current laws allowing citizen's arrests in felony theft cases, where the value is more than $2,000.
March 8, 2024

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