Just two years after Stephen Hanson and Danny Errico launched their hip, urban James Hotel in Scottsdale, the entrepreneurs have sold the 194-room inn. Morgans Hotel Group said it will pay $47.5 million for the property and rebrand it Mondrian, after Morgans’ own West Hollywood hotel on fabled Sunset Boulevard.

Just two years after Stephen Hanson and Danny Errico launched their hip, urban James Hotel in Scottsdale, the entrepreneurs have sold the 194-room inn. Morgans Hotel Group said it will pay $47.5 million for the property and rebrand it Mondrian, after Morgans’ own West Hollywood hotel on fabled

New York-based Morgans Hotel Group completed its $47.5 million purchase of the James Hotel in downtown Scottsdale Thursday and launched plans for a major redo.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Perhaps it's only coincidental, but since the Cavaliers visited New York on Nov. 25 and LeBron James treated Madison Square Garden as if it was his own Project Runway, Cleveland has won nine consecutive games.

In the world of sports journalism, it is often said that nothing is unprecedented.

The community can support Tempe's James Madison Preparatory School, a public charter school, 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30 by shopping at Fresh and Easy, 425 W. Baseline Road, Tempe.

Kudos to The Tribune for its reports on well-performing charter schools. However, please don’t forget to mention James Madison Preparatory School, a charter school in Tempe (7th through 12th grade located on McClintock north of Guadalupe).

I’m really getting tired of reading columnists who invoke the principles of the Founding Fathers as their touchstone, e.g. Linda Turley-Hansen, Oct. 13, 2012. Just which Founding Father is she referring to — Alexander Hamilton, who thought state governors should be appointed by Congress; James Madison, who didn’t think the Constitution needed a Bill of Rightsl; or Patrick Henry, who said he “smelt a rat” when asked why he declined to attend the Constitutional Convention?

Whether you’re familiar with Professor Higgins’ lessons or not (“the rain in Spain falls mainly in the plain”), you’ll still enjoy the classic musical, “My Fair Lady.” Tempe’s James Madison Preparatory School, a seventh- through 12th-grade public charter school, will perform the show 7 p.m. Thursday and Saturday and 8 p.m. Friday on the campus at 5815 S. McClintock Drive. Cost is $5 for adults and $2 for students. It is the ninth all-school musical. For information, see www.madisonprep.org.

The American Society of Newspaper Editors dedicate this week each year as Sunshine Week. Its purpose is to remind Americans that public officials must conduct public business openly for all to see.

The Arizona House of Representatives has tempered a divisive bill that would expand the state's religious freedom law.

Erin DeVito’s father said he’s not surprised nobody knew his daughter was in pain when she excused herself to go the restroom, where she collapsed and died this week at James Madison Preparatory charter school in Tempe.

The Gun Lobby points out, cars kill more. To save lives and property, Vehicles are registered. Insurance is required. Inspections and limit auto of use and abuse for public safety.

It is becoming increasingly apparent that our system of government, as prescribed by our Constitution, is no longer working. A handful of radical representatives of one party are able to stymie the progress of over 340 million citizens in order to further their warped ideology. I do not believe this extremism is what the writers of our Constitution envisioned in the 1780s. Something must be done.

In reply to John K. Walker’s letter concerning the Second Amendment.

Contrary to what many may believe after the past weekend, George Mason did not write “Cinderella.” The university in Fairfax, Va., that bears his name has gone on a surprising run of upset victories to reach the Final Four of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. So who was George Mason? Quite simply, he’s one of our heroes.

In 1919, the federal government wanted to make the sale of alcohol illegal. They had to first have the people approve an amendment to our Constitution to make the prohibition law legal. Later, the Constitution was amended by the people to rescind the government’s power to prohibit of the sale of alcohol. Then recently the federal government wanted to make it illegal to sell a certain kind of insurance policy. They passed a law to do this without first having the Constitution amended as they had to do in 1919. Why not? Why is it unconstitutional for the federal government to prohibit the sale of alcohol but constitutional for it to prohibit the sale of an insurance policy to a willing buyer?

September 26, 2004

Police arrested a man Tuesday in connection with the 2001 slaying of Vestel Billeter in Tempe, police said.

In reference to the guest commentary by Bob Beane in the Aug. 22 issue: What makes the opinion of the Second Amendment of a bicycle riding accountant worthy of consideration in a guest commentary? Is he an acquaintance of someone on the paper?

A popular 17-year-old Tempe charter school student died Wednesday at a Valley hospital after she was found unconscious on the floor of a school restroom.

Sophomores at James Madison Preparatory School in Tempe marched in formation Tuesday as their history teacher — dressed as a Union officer in authentic Civil War regalia — barked orders.