Landmark Legislation Would Provide Arizona with Drought Relief While Protecting The Colorado River And Tribal Water Rights

Senator Mark Kelly Introduces Federal Legislation That Gives Arizona Drought Relief And Empowers Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT) Enabling Federal Legislation Has Massive Support From Tribes, Local Governments, Environmental Groups, & Water Users (PARKER, AZ.) The Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT) is applauding the introduction of federal legislation that would enable CRIT to lease a portion of its federal Colorado … Read More

SUSD Takes a Risk: Schools to be Mask-Optional

As availability of Covid-19 vaccines has increased for children, schools around the country are shifting policies. Scottsdale Unified is joining them, as long with the Kyrene School District is announcing that masks will be optional after winter break. The district says that they will still strongly recommend that students wear masks while on campus, but teachers will no longer be … Read More

Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty Presents Properties with the Most Decadent Dining Rooms for this Holiday Season

See why these dining rooms from Arizona’s leader in luxury real estate are so special Arizona’s leader in luxury real estate, Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty, presents the most lavish properties with dining rooms perfect for this holiday season. Dining rooms can often be the centerpiece of a home, and these do not disappoint. The first estate on this luxury … Read More

An Innovative Solution for a New Problem

Covid has brought out the best and the worst of us. It has brought out the most ingenuous and the most intellectually lacking. But one downside that many retailers are dealing with is an ingenuous worst: using masking as a way to steal with less of a chance of repercussions. Cities such as San Francisco and Chicago have been dealing … Read More

Do Arizona Democrats Stand for Anything?

By Ronald Sampson I am loathe to draw too many conclusions from Twitter; it is generally a cesspool which is not reflective of real life in nearly any way, after all. But if volume of responses are indicative of anything, then local Dems have en masse tipped their hands as to their lack of moral and ethical rooting in the … Read More

Business As Usual At Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport Despite Strike That Attempted to Disrupt Service to Travelers

Real Motivations For Strike Now Becoming Clearer Including Asking Striking Arizona Workers To Subsidize California Counterparts   (PHOENIX) HMSHost and its valued employees continue to serve the traveling public at Sky Harbor Airport despite a strike that is both puzzling and counterproductive. Despite Unite Here Local 11’s decision to call a strike that began November 22nd at Sky Harbor, the company is proud … Read More

Religious Freedom or Ridiculous? A Satanic conference is coming to Scottsdale

How far can religious freedom go? Can it extend all the way to absurdity? Those boundaries are being tested in Scottsdale as we speak…by Satanists. The Satanic Temple of Salem announced on Instagram that it will be holding their first conference, named SatanCon, in Scottsdale next February. There likely won’t be any ritualistic sacrifices nor biting off of bats’ heads. … Read More

Preserving their Quality of Life: In Face of inaction from State, Paradise Valley Proposes Restrictions on Short-term Rentals

Short-term rentals (STRs) facilitated by Airbnb and Vrbo have been a hot-button topic in Scottsdale for a while, turning into a campaign issue during last year’s election. The relative inaction at the state level has forced the hands of municipalities to do what they can to restrict them. Paradise Valley has recently started to do the same. Town Attorney Andrew … Read More