Earlier this spring, the We the People Team from Tempe's Marcos de Niza High School earned a spot to represent Arizona at the national competition in Washington, D.C.

Tempe moviegoers got more than they bargained for Saturday night when rain caused part of the theater ceiling to fall on them.

Economists who advise Arizona's independent legislative budget analysts said Thursday that residents who have hunkered down through years of tough economic times may finally have reason to be a little more perky this year, but the economy won't meet Gov. Jan Brewer's expectations.

A valuable piece of the region’s economic impact puzzle came through a simple conversation between then Tempe Mayor Harry Mitchell, local homebuilder Brad Curtis and a group of businessmen from Chase Bank a number of years ago.

A Phoenix-area business group is expressing concern about the prospect of US Airways relocating its headquarters from Tempe to Texas if it merges with American Airlines.

Tempe's Changing Hands Bookstore is set up for customers browsing its shelves in search of a good read, co-owner Gayle Shanks said.

East Valley resident and developer Michael Pollack was honored last week by Goodwill of Central Arizona as the organization’s 2012 ‘business partner of the year.’

His voicemail is still on my cell phone from a couple of months ago.

Homeowners giddy about the current double-digit increases in values should not count on the trend continuing, a pair of economists said Thursday.

After getting a cautious report on a Valley economy “a little weaker than we hoped for,” the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted Monday to keep the property tax rate the same.

Christine Ellis and her sister, Shella Michel, realize they may not be unique on this front. They love shoes.

The Phoenix City Council sped up job creation by months by passing a comprehensive policy cutting red tape on the private sector. By an 8-1 vote, city leaders said no more to delays, lines and bureaucratic red tape — and yes to faster job creation.

The tone was upbeat. Confident. Focused. It was inspired and inspiring.

The Gilbert Mayor’s 2012 Ambassador Forum will provide an update on local and regional economic trends, with an emphasis on Gilbert-specific economic development. The forum is 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at Gilbert Municipal Center, 50 E. Civic Center Drive.

Fresh home from the war, newly married and needing to better recover from malaria and rheumatic fever he caught from a mosquito bite on a PT boat in the south Pacific, Peter Grant packed his car and trailer and left his home city of Indianapolis for the desert town of Phoenix.

Fresh home from the war, newly married and needing to better recover from malaria and rheumatic fever he caught from a mosquito bite on a PT boat in the south Pacific, Peter Grant packed his car and trailer and left his home city of Indianapolis for the desert town of Phoenix.

A bill working its way through the Arizona Legislature is hoping to make retail fairer by forcing Amazon.com and other online retailers that have a presence in Arizona to charge a state sales tax.

Lackluster hiring by private companies last month left the state's seasonally adjusted jobless rate for December unchanged at 8.7 percent.

Arizonans waiting for that long-promised economic recovery are going to have to cool their heels for a few more years.

Arizonans waiting for that long-promised economic recovery are going to have to cool their heels for a few more years.

Maricopa County's economy is recovering, but at an anemic pace, economist Elliott D. Pollack said Monday.

A Mesa eyesore is coming back to life. The vacant retail center on the northeast corner of University Drive and Greenfield Road once housed a Fry’s grocery, but the 100,000-square-foot site has been vacant and quiet for years. Come Nov. 4, the corner will be home to a new 38,000-square-foot Goodwill thrift store.

A group of business executive and educators is crafting plans to ask voters to accept a new sales tax to keep the state from falling off a financial “cliff” in two years.