Arizona Business News
More than 10 million acres were taken from Native American tribes to create the more than 100 so-called land-grant universities, including the University of Arizona. Recent reporting from Grist says those funds aren't used to help Native students.
March 6, 2024
Almost 22,000 animals come through the Arizona Humane Society’s doors every year. The majority of them go through its trauma hospital. But the organization’s previous locations weren’t designed with that function in mind.
March 6, 2024
When Arizona released its first-ever Extreme Heat Preparedness Plan last week, Hobbs sent a letter to members of Congress, saying Arizona hasn’t been getting its fair share of federal funding from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
March 6, 2024
Mexico first filed suit against major gun makers — which it alleges design, market and sell weapons in ways that arm cartels and fuel violence. A second suit against five Arizona gun stores argues that they systematically participate in trafficking firearms across the border.
March 6, 2024
The Arizona Legislature passed a ballot measure that would allow property owners to apply for property tax refunds if their local governments don't address illegal camping, panhandling or "public nuisances.”
March 5, 2024
When Ted Hope took over as a film executive at Amazon Studios, he got to change the conversation around what movies got made: the good, the bad and the just mediocre.
March 5, 2024
Uranium prices have been on the rise over the past several years. At the start of 2017, it was around $18 a pound. By mid-2020, uranium was about $33 a pound. Today, it’s more than $100 a pound. But is this a real uranium boom — or is it something else?
March 4, 2024
Ahead of monsoon season, Salt River Project and the city of Phoenix will begin cutting down trees too close to power lines this week.
March 3, 2024
Tucson may return to a fare collection system for its transit services. City officials first suspended the collection of fares in 2020 amid the pandemic.
March 2, 2024
A federal appeals court authorized the transfer of Oak Flat, a spiritual site nestled in the Tonto National Forest and considered sacred by Apaches, to a foreign-owned mining company on Friday.
March 1, 2024
Arizona gas prices continue to tick upward, at about 25 cents higher than a month ago.
March 1, 2024
For The Show's Chef Talk series, we sat down with Peter McQuaid in the dining room of Cala in Scottsdale. He told us more about talking his way into some of the Valley’s best kitchens before he could drive.
March 1, 2024
The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service recently announced a first-of-its-kind agribusiness trade mission to Vancouver, Canada, this summer. It’s aimed at spotlighting tribal products, and interest is mounting among agribusinesses in Arizona.
March 1, 2024
On Thursday, an overwhelmingly bipartisan resolution passed the U.S. House to help benefit tribal entrepreneurs on reservations. And one of its co-sponsors came from Arizona's congressional delegation.
March 1, 2024
A bill that would limit what zoning rules cities can set for single-family homes is a vote away from the governor’s desk. Lawmakers say the bill aims to address the lack of affordable housing.
Feb. 29, 2024
A labor union of professional football players has issued letter grades in a variety of categories to the Arizona Cardinals and other National Football League clubs. The Cardinals improved from a second-to-last overall ranking for the 2022 season.
Feb. 29, 2024
Phoenix leaders want state lawmakers to rethink some actions that are putting the city in a financial bind.
Feb. 29, 2024
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a lawsuit accusing the RealPage real estate software company of illegally colluding with nine large apartment owners to raise rents in Phoenix and Tucson.
Feb. 29, 2024
Formerly known as the McDowell Mountain Music Festival, M3F brings fans of multiple genres together to raise money for Arizona charities. This year's two-day festival opens Friday, March 1 at 1 p.m. and Saturday, March 2 at noon.
Feb. 29, 2024
Shohei Ohtani, who the Dodgers signed last year for $700 million, is bringing so much attention to springing training the Valley that the team had to expand its press box.
Feb. 28, 2024