In a higher education landscape defined by soaring tuition bills and graduates drowning in debt, Scottsdale Community College made history this month. On May 14, SCC held its first-ever commencement ceremony conferring Bachelor of Business Administration degrees, graduating a pioneering cohort from a program that launched just one year ago. The ceremony took place at Salt River Fields at Talking … Read More
America’s Tourism Slump: Scottsdale Is Starting to Feel It
The numbers looked fine last year. More than 11 million visitors came to Scottsdale in 2024, generating a record $3.7 billion in economic impact and supporting over 36,000 local jobs. City officials were justifiably proud. That baseline matters now, because what is happening in 2025 and 2026 cuts directly against it. The United States recorded roughly 4 million fewer international … Read More
Opponents of Axon Law In Arizona To File Challenge In Court of Appeals
TAAAZE To Defend Voters’ Rights Opposition Will Appeal Superior Court Ruling That Upheld Controversial “Axon Law” That Enabled Wildly Unpopular Apartment Megaplex (Scottsdale, Ariz.) An appeal will be filed that challenges Arizona’s controversial Axon Law, Senate Bill 1543, which shields unpopular zoning decisions from the ballot box. The appeal will be filed on or before June 15th. SB 1543 prevents voters from challenging certain … Read More
Does Anyone Actually Care That Carroll Barely Voted?
By Ronald Sampson A Facebook exchange has been circulating in Scottsdale political circles this week. Crystal Carroll, the Old Town business owner running for City Council, was challenged publicly over having voted only once in the past decade. She responded with candor: four kids, multiple businesses, a cancer hospitalization in 2024. The critics pounced. But here is the question worth … Read More
Julio Jones and Nelly Bring New Atlanta Ballers Franchise to Big League Wiffle Ball’s Opening Day June 7 at Atlanta’s Assembly Studios
America’s First Professional Wiffle Ball League Launches 2026 Season With Celebrity Owners, Select Games on ESPN+ and Expanded TV Coverage; Tickets On Sale Now Big League Wiffle Ball heads to Atlanta next weekend with celebrity owners, nationally streamed games and a new hometown franchise led by two names sports and music fans know well: Julio Jones and Nelly. Fans can … Read More
AP&G Travel Review: Spain
By Bedouin Bourdain Some destinations earn their reputation. Spain’s Costa del Sol is one of them. Marbella greeted us the way it greets everyone who comes properly recommended: with perfect weather, blooming jacarandas, and the quiet confidence of a place that has never needed to try too hard. The Marbella Club set the tone immediately. Think Beverly Hills Hotel transplanted … Read More
Op-Ed: Re-Elect Solange Whitehead
By Steve Coluccio I have known Solange Whitehead since 2017, when we worked together to defeat the proposed Desert Discovery Center in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve. We worked together again in 2024 on Prop 490, which voters approved to fund maintenance and public safety in the parks and Preserve. As a supporter of the Preserve, I value Solange’s steadfast, long-term … Read More
Consequences for Political Parties Run Amok: the Recent Firing of a Democratic Party Staffer Implies Fault (and Change)
A Recap of the Allegations In late April, the Arizona Progress & Gazette reported on allegations that the Arizona Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee had quietly routed money to benefit one candidate over another in a contested primary: specifically, that $15,000 moved from the Navajo County Democratic Committee to Arizona List, which then paid $10,000 to a consulting firm whose services … Read More
Breaking News: Axon Is Polling to Purchase a Scottsdale City Council
By Alexander Lomax The corporate playbook for buying local influence is not new. Scottsdale has seen it before. But the scale and audacity of what appears to be unfolding ahead of the July 21st primary deserves the full attention of every resident who cares about who actually governs this city. Several sources say Axon Enterprise is conducting active polling in … Read More