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November 2018
Scottsdale voters last week overwhelmingly approved Proposition 420. The measure requires a public vote for development projects inside the McDowell Sonoran Preserve.
Nov. 15, 2018
Democrat Sandra Kennedy has secured a seat on the Arizona Corporation Commission. It will be Kennedy’s second time on the powerful public utilities commission.
Nov. 15, 2018
An international team of researchers announced Wednesday that it has found a large meteorite crater buried beneath the Greenland ice sheet.
Nov. 14, 2018
ASU plans to sell the remaining acres of the former Thunderbird location for development, as well as the 20 acres acquired in northeast Phoenix.
Nov. 14, 2018
The Trump administration is proposing changes to what’s called the “public charge rule,” which affects legal immigrants to the United States who are using public benefits.
Nov. 14, 2018
How many restaurants do you think you’ve eaten at in the Valley? However many, it's probably not as much as Dominic Armato, the dining critic for The Arizona Republic. Now he's out with a new list — not of the top five or top 10 Phoenix restaurants — but of the top 100!
Nov. 14, 2018
Dan Buettner has been studying that topic for nearly 20 years and came to focus on five locations in the world where people live the longest and are feeling well. They’re dubbed “blue zones.”
Nov. 14, 2018
Sears announced earlier this month it was closing its store at the Paradise Valley Mall. That’s added to the roughly 40 Sears and Kmart stores that’ll be shutting their doors across the country.
Nov. 14, 2018
Arizona voters overwhelmingly approved proposition 126 last week. It amends the state Constitution to bar lawmakers and voters from implementing any new taxes on services.
Nov. 14, 2018
It used to be that if a woman suffered a miscarriage, it just wasn’t something you talked about, especially not in a public way. But, today, that’s changing.
Nov. 14, 2018