Arizona’s university system comprising of only three public universities is insufficient and broken. One consequence of this is the expansion of the Arizona State University empire with the satellite campuses now charging the same tuition rate as the overcrowded main campus.

According to a prominent new study, Arizona is winning a race, not to the top but to the bottom. We are about to lead the nation in jobs for high school dropouts.

The Bowl Championship Series exhibited several glaring shortcomings this year. A couple of them will be on display right here in the East Valley today when Utah plays Pittsburgh in the Fiesta Bowl.

 The Valley’s health care industry is no longer immune to the ravages of the economic meltdown.

WASHINGTON - In defense of his war policy, President Bush will highlight U.S. efforts to help Iraqis overhaul their economy and rebuild their shattered infrastructure - an endeavor continually undermined by unrelenting violence.

May 11, 2005

Hispanics made their economic clout known Tuesday by walking out of jobs and stores and protesting throughout the Valley.

The “Great Recession” cost Arizona 300,000 jobs and cast a shadow long after it was declared over, but the outlook for the East Valley in 2011 is looking gradually, if tentatively, brighter.

The “Great Recession” cost Arizona 300,000 jobs and cast a shadow long after it was declared over, but the outlook for the East Valley in 2011 is looking gradually, if tentatively, brighter.

Austin Hill: Why don’t faith-based Americans concern themselves with economics? Does that seem like a strange question? You may be wondering what I mean by “faith-based Americans.”

In a more fair world, Franklin Raines and Jim Johnson would be doing a perp walk. After all, the CEOs of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac committed the same white-collar crimes that brought down Enron and WorldCom, among others.

In what at times seemed a dizzying display of global knowledge and detailed plans for the future, Maricopa’s senior economic development consultant simultaneously wooed the Maricopa City Council and out-of-state developers with information on Maricopa’s potential and promise.

Gov. Janet Napolitano challenged state legislators Monday to keep moving forward in the face of an economic downturn, putting forth proposals to increase health coverage, offer free college tuition, crack down on human smugglers and improve substance abuse treatment for parents who need it.

The budget challenge facing Arizona schools today is like nothing that’s happened before in Superintendent Debra Duvall’s nearly 27 years with the Mesa Unified School District.

We are hearing a lot these days from tea party advocates about the need to restore free enterprise, an implication that it has been taken away. We are told that democracy is built only upon the free enterprise system.

With the $35 it now costs to fill her truck’s gas tank, Scottsdale City Councilwoman Betty Drake is convinced the city is on the right track with plans to develop an extensive bicycleoriented environment.

April 25, 2005

Bruce Wenzlau and his wife Susan stood in the sand of a kiddie play area in Mesa’s Riverview Park watching two of their six grandchildren play.

NEW YORK - Wall Street recoiled again Thursday, sending stocks lower for a second day after Cisco Systems Inc. reported slumping demand and retailers turned in generally weak sales for October.

We in the conservative movement are still licking our wounds from the last election. As we do some soul-searching, it should be easy to answer one question: Do we side with those who think no tax is high enough, or are we on the side of America’s entrepreneurs, professionals, farmers, ranchers and small business owners?

The planners behind Tempe’s streetcar are unveiling how and where the line will run — and if you’re envisioning a shrunken-down light-rail system, think again.

Poor neighborhoods grew less poor in the 1990s, according to two newly released reports, and important lessons reside in the fact. One is that it was a politically dangerous fiction that the booming economy was a boon to some but not to the really poor.

PARIS - The idea is ambitious: World leaders joined by aides to the new U.S. president-elect would gather before the year's end in New York and attempt to forge a new vision for the global economy.

With the state facing a significant budget deficit, Arizona is at a crossroads. The decisions our elected officials make to get us out of this fiscal crisis will determine whether Arizona improves its competitive position in the global economy by encouraging enterprise and a healthy business environment. The alternative is stifled economic development and perpetuated financial strain.