If the nation is struggling with a housing affordability crisis, and it is, Scottsdale is one of its cauldrons. Few columnists have better described the costs and predicament than Jamelle Bouie in the New York Times. Bouie offers a key observation contributing to the crisis:  “onerous burdens on new housing development.” While Scottsdale’s new City Council majority proudly touts caution … Read More

Throughout the pandemic, liberal City of Phoenix leadership has constantly sniped at Arizona Governor Doug Ducey for just about everything.  “Where are masks?” “Don’t open up too early!”  It quickly devolved from understandable concerns to gratuitous political grandstanding. Though surely tempting to fire back, Governor Ducey has maintained his decorum and decency.  Has he done everything great?  Of course not.  … Read More

By Mark Brnovich, Arizona Attorney General With April now upon us, it’s time to reflect on the Spring season and its classic themes of rejuvenation and renewal. Over the course of the past year, the Attorney General’s Office has never wavered in protecting and serving Arizona citizens through the challenges we’ve all faced, and we will certainly continue in our … Read More

By Connie Wilhelm Chief Executive Officer, Home Builders Association of Central Arizona

By The Office of Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego The ongoing pandemic has generated a lot of speculation about what the future of our workforce looks like in Phoenix. That’s why we are so excited that after years of negotiating and planning, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (TSMC) has given us the answer: higher wages and advanced manufacturing jobs. Fortune recently covered Mayor … Read More

By Alexander Lomax You’ll have to pardon my extreme cynicism when it comes to Governor Ducey’s recent visit with Florida Senator Rick Scott to the southern border to bring federal attention to (read: get national attention for) the recent uptick in migrants attempting to cross the border. After all, we were told that what we needed was a big, beautiful … Read More

By Don Henninger, The SCOTT Perspective Scottsdale’s leaders are proud to proclaim that we are a Golden Rule City. We’ve been one for a couple of years now. The city adopted the One Community Unity Pledge a few years before that. That also was a nice gesture and a good way to talk about how much the city values fairness … Read More

By Alexander Lomax A few weeks back I wrote about how Senator Kyrsten Sinema had ticked off a good portion of the Arizona Democratic electorate. Now we have an idea of how much she self-immolated with the Dem voter base. OH Predictive Insights conducted a poll recently which showed what voters thought about her. The findings? 30% of Democrats had … Read More

Newest Arizona Law helps people date smarter and save them from a date with the fraud department By Valley Girl Dating during the time of advancing technology can be a challenge for most individuals to find their next whirlwind romance. But then add in the fact that anyone can sign up on dating sites, even under an alias, creates a … Read More

By Alexander Lomax ICYMI earlier this month Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick announced that she will not be running for re-election. She carved her path to Washington like numerous Arizona Democrats have: through the middle. Not one to make waves and more inclined to stick to issues closer to home rather than party-affiliated bombast, it might be easy for us in the … Read More