Spring training baseball is an iconic part of Arizona. Every February to the end of March, people descend from around the country to escape winter and watch their favorite teams in a relaxed atmosphere, and us locals have ourselves a good reason to go see an inexpensive ballgame in beautiful weather. Even if we don’t care about the outcome, that’s … Read More
Axon Wants You to Subsidize It? Seriously?
Our readers know the deal about Axon by now; it is threatening to take their ball (in this case, their headquarters) and go to a new home if it doesn’t get what it wants, in this case nearly 2,000 apartments plopped right into North Scottsdale. Perhaps you read our piece related to its more recent threats during its quarterly financial … Read More
Guest Editorial: Tammy Caputi Submits Over 1300 Petition Signatures for Her Scottsdale City Council Reelection Campaign
Councilwoman Caputi becomes first candidate to file in a crowded field with 30% more signatures than the minimum threshold. Yesterday, incumbent Scottsdale City Councilwoman Tammy Caputi filed nomination petitions with the Scottsdale City Clerk to officially place her name on the ballot for the Primary Election in July and the General Election in November. Caputi worked with her team of … Read More
Artlink Announces Honorees to be Recognized at the Signature ‘Art d’Core Gala’ on Saturday, March 16th at Phoenix Art Museum
The Arts and Culture Party of The Year Returns for Its 11th Year As the highlight of Art Detour’s month-long celebration, an impactful event in support of a growing Arizona arts scene, the 11th Annual Art d’Core Gala returns on Saturday, March 16th, 2024 at Phoenix Art Museum. That night, Artlink – the non-profit that developed Downtown Phoenix’s First Fridays and now connecting artists and organizations throughout the Valley … Read More
The Intersection of Water and Industry in Arizona: How New Jobs Also Equals New Challenges
Two issues have taken a lot of real estate at the Arizona Progress & Gazette are water and industry. Usually they end up being separated because they are nuanced-enough subjects in their own right, but occasionally they merge, and in one particular case it spells out the massive potential challenges that await our state. For those of you who use … Read More
Illegal Immigration is Likely to Go On the Ballot: What It Means for the 2024 Elections
Nearly everyone engaged in current events enough to read our content understands that the state legislature passes laws in Arizona. However, not everyone is aware that the legislature can also pass bills for the sake of putting them to a public vote on your election ballot. And it is precisely through this mechanism that Arizona Republicans are making a bet … Read More
Who is the Real Kari Lake?
By Alexander Lomax Moderating one’s self is a time-honored tradition in politics; candidates will typically position themselves more towards a political wing in order to win a primary election, and then move towards the middle for the general election. But Kari Lake has routinely broken any normal conventions in her brief time in politics, and this is no different. Lake … Read More
Is the Phoenix Open Too Much of a Drain on Public Resources?
The WM Phoenix Open recently made headlines around the world as the golf tournament known for a touch of rowdiness and bacchanalia went overboard this year. While the overboard partying that this year was known for is difficult to quantify, we did recently hear of a piece of data that has us rethinking the Open in a very real way. … Read More
Don’t Let the Door Hit You…
We have spoken at length about Axon’s unwanted attempts to shoehorn a staggering nearly 2,000 apartments into North Scottsdale; about the apparent bait-and-switch that it pulled with both the city and the Arizona State Land Department, and its aggressive dismissal of the concerns of the area (get up to date here). Well Axon recently announced its quarterly financial results, and … Read More
A Thank You From Arizona Progress & Gazette
We don’t like to brag about ourselves too much, but every once in a while we need to take a victory lap and remind you, the readers, of what you’ve meant to this blog. What started as a simple venue to give our thoughts about local politics, a humble little blog, has turned into something significant. Last year we had … Read More