by Edward Gately – Jul. 26, 2012 04:09 PM
The Republic | azcentral.com
Summer heat may have slowed pedestrian traffic, but new business activity continues to surface along downtown Scottsdale’s Fifth Avenue.
Near Scottsdale Road and Fifth Avenue, a Chicago-based, family-owned business that dates to 1919 has selected a storefront along the street for its first location outside of the Windy City.
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Jul. 27, 2012 12:00 AM
The Republic | azcentral.com
There is little debate on the issues among the seven Republicans running in the 9th Congressional District.
They all want to repeal “Obamacare,” balance the budget, cut taxes, reduce regulation and limit the federal role in education. With one exception, they say the key to immigration reform begins with securing the border.
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by David Madrid – Jul. 26, 2012 10:32 PM
The Republic | azcentral.com
Buses with quirky names like Zoom, Buzz, Orbit and Alex have become a critical piece of the Valley’s transit puzzle.
Neighborhood circulators — these small buses with unique names — offer localized service designed for specific purposes in their cities. They carry fewer people, are inexpensive and are more user-friendly than the larger traditional buses, officials say.
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by Laurie Roberts, columnist – Jul. 25, 2012 12:00 AM
The Republic | azcentral.com
So now, the moment you’ve been waiting for (come on, you know you have): My picks for Arizona legislators who rate a return engagement.
Yep, it turns out there are a few.
These 10 keepers are people with whom I don’t always agree — hey, who could? Every Republican in last year’s Legislature supported the “birther” bill. Every Democrat … well, I’m not sure what they did given their meager numbers.
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by Gary Nelson – Jul. 9, 2012 11:01 PM
The Republic | azcentral.com
The idea was to take a sprawling desert suburb, better known for senior-living trailer parks than for schools, and retrofit it with the kinds of colleges that sprang up in America’s older regions, decades or even centuries ago.
It may have seemed audacious, even quixotic. Ivy, after all, doesn’t do well in the heat.
But after Monday’s announcement that Wilkes University of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., is setting up shop in Mesa, the city’s downtown is on the verge of becoming, in effect, a college campus without parallel nationwide.
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