By Al Simms There is something refreshingly old-fashioned about a candidate simply sitting down, taking questions and answering them. That is what Raoul Zubia did on Sunday Square Off. No hiding behind a press release. No anonymous blog post. No surrogate going to bat for him. Zubia sat across from Brahm Resnik and discussed the issues Scottsdale’s next City Council … Read More
Banner Health’s Union Vote Is Part of a Pattern Worth Watching
A Vote Rooted in Real Concerns Roughly 250 doctors, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants at Arizona Banner Medical Group voted better than two-to-one to unionize with the Union of American Physicians and Dentists. The concerns behind that vote are specific and worth taking seriously on their own terms. Clinicians have described no cap on how many primary care patients they’re … Read More
New Survey: Nearly 8 in 10 Arizona Voters Support Updating Early Childhood Funding Model to Include Vaping and Nicotine Products
From Data Orbital Nearly eight in ten Arizona voters support updating the state’s existing tobacco-based funding model for early childhood programs to include vaping and other nicotine products, according to a new statewide survey of likely 2026 General Election voters conducted by Data Orbital. The survey found 79.5% of voters support updating the existing funding model, compared with just 15.4% … Read More
Fennemore and Gallagher & Kennedy to Combine, Creating One of Arizona’s Largest Business Law Firms
Fennemore and Gallagher & Kennedy (G&K) will join forces Dec. 1, 2026. This landmark law firm combination will provide clients across Arizona and New Mexico access to a broader bench of lawyers and legal services, including Fennemore’s proprietary technology and innovation platforms through Project BlueWave AI. Together, and operating under the Fennemore name, these two firms will unite their deep … Read More
Letters to the Editor: Peanut Gallery Can’t Pick A Narrative On Zubia
By Janice H. The Arizona Progress Gazette has discovered a troubling new problem for Raoul Zubia: apparently he has gone silent. There is just one small problem. Someone should tell the Arizona Progress Gazette. Its latest column claims Zubia has failed to offer voters “a competing version of his own” and has left an empty chair for his opponents to … Read More
Bob Parsons Brings His Innovator’s Instinct to Psychedelic Medicine
The Same Playbook That Built GoDaddy and PXG Scottsdale resident and city’s Hall of Famer Bob Parsons has spent his entire career betting on things other people weren’t ready to take seriously yet. A hosting and domain company nobody thought could scale into a household name. A premium golf equipment brand launched in a crowded, brand-loyal market. Both became empires … Read More
Op-Ed from BASIS Student – If They Could Vote It Would Be for Zubia
By Priya Curley Councilmember Barry Graham’s vote for the controversial Brown Avenue parking garage raises legitimate questions about the appearance of a conflict of interest. In 2019, Legacy Gallery owner Jinger Richardson was specifically identified among gallery owners who had pushed City Hall to address downtown parking shortages. Fast forward to April 14, 2026. Graham voted to approve a $3.8 million first-phase … Read More
Which City Council candidate will best protect the Preserve?
By Jason Alexander Raoul Zubia has the strongest track record of supporting the Preserve. Raoul Zubia was Vice Chair of the Protect & Preserve Task Force that helped write Prop 490 two years ago, and guaranteed future funding and maintenance for our parks and Preserve. Zubia also supported Prop 420 in 2018, which put the proposed Desert Discovery Center to … Read More
What’s Happening to Saguaro Football Is What’s Happening to All of SUSD
Fourteen Banners and a Decade of Fear For most of the last thirty years, Saguaro was not just Scottsdale’s football team, it was Arizona’s. Fourteen state championships since 1995, with a run under Jason Mohns from 2011 through 2018 that turned the Sabercats into arguably the most recruited program in state history. The alumni list reads like an NFL scouting … Read More