The Scottsdale City Council adopting a $1.79-billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year is another indication that city officials believe the worst economic implications of the pandemic are in the rearview mirror.

Entering her third straight evening with no air conditioning, Scottsdale resident Susan Unmacht worried the June heat would send her to the hospital.

For the first time in 15 months, Scottsdale residents will be allowed back into the Kiva to attend City Council and other public meetings beginning June 22.

Senate President Karen Fann said the decision by Gov. Doug Ducey to veto bills because he hasn’t seen a budget will only make it harder to reach that goal.

WASHINGTON – Uber Eats, Postmates and DoorDash said they will no longer waive delivery fees for customers who order from Black-owned restaurants in Arizona, to settle charges by the state that the deals violated the Arizona Civil Rights Act.

Community opinion is split on Phoenix Rising’s $2.5-million proposal to build new youth soccer fields on the site of a former southern Scottsdale elementary school.

Senate President Karen Fann said the decision by Gov. Doug Ducey to veto bills because he hasn’t seen a budget will only make it harder to reach that goal.

Here are the bills that Gov. Doug Ducey vetoed because he does not yet have a budget.

WASHINGTON – Arizona and other Western states just lived through the driest year in more than a century, with no drought relief in sight in the near future, experts told a House panel last week.

The Scottsdale Unified School District continued its annual tradition of honoring outstanding graduates and other student and staff achievements at the last governing board meeting of the school year May 24.