A boastful billboard along northbound Interstate 10 has rankled some University of Phoenix officials the past few months, leaving some to wonder whether the message is meant as a jab at their institution.

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For the past five years, attendees at Mesa’s Latino Town Hall have touted the tremendous economic power of the Hispanic community.

Businesses are rallying around a Mesa flight school after protesters submitted a 30-page petition to the city outlining safety concerns surrounding the training facility.

For months, business owners along Mesa’s Main Street in the city’s downtown have watched as light-rail construction crews slowly crept toward their area.

For months, business owners along Mesa’s Main Street in the city’s downtown have watched as light-rail construction crews slowly crept toward their area.

Christine Mackay, director of the city of Chandler’s economic development office, says everywhere she goes she is asked how Chandler has been so lucky in landing job-creating businesses in recent years.

Schools must now deal with the challenge of preparing today's students for a lifetime of career changes due to ever-changing technology and a competitive global economy, a panel of education experts said at the 2011 State of the Schools Address on Wednesday.

As the state’s fastest-growing demographic group, Hispanics also are the fastest-growing market for Arizona businesses.

Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard wants to know if at least two companies that handle student loans in Arizona have broken the law.

While Chandler Mayor Jay Tibshraeney is running unopposed for a sixth term, seven people are vying for three seats on the City Council in the Aug. 28 primary election.

Debate over a controversial fire district law was put aside Wednesday as District 22 legislative candidates hit on other topics important to voters, such as the hiring of illegal immigrants and tax cuts.

Debate over a controversial fire district law was put aside Wednesday as District 22 legislative candidates hit on other topics important to voters, such as the hiring of illegal immigrants and tax cuts.

As the son of two immigrants, I watched my parents work incredibly hard. But because of good public schools and federal college aid, I was able to go from a kid whose parents didn’t speak much English to working for President Clinton in the White House and serving my country in uniform in the Navy reserve. That ladder of opportunity that is the bedrock of the American middle class is eroding and Washington isn’t doing enough to save it.

Terri Eisenhauer: The Tribune advertises itself as an “independent voice that informs people and protects their rights.” I beg to disagree. The Keep Falcon Field Safe committee is not anti-Falcon Field or anti-aviation. We have lived in harmony with Falcon Field for more than 20 years, enjoying the flights around the airports. We expected growth at the airport and hoped it would become a vital part of Mesa.

As it has for years, the Mesa Fire Department invested Thursday in the training of fire science students at the East Valley Institute of Technology by donating an item the school could not otherwise afford: a 1997 Pierce Quantum 4-door cab fire truck.

Democratic Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard and Republican Secretary of State Jan Brewer were easily beating back challenges Tuesday to win their second four-year terms.

Vernon Parker: Republicans used to be the party of less government, with an eye on shrinking government. Oddly, some now seem afraid to do so. I am not.

The commitment to build a $5.3 billion chip fabrication facility in Chandler’s Ocotillo region — expanding on an already significant presence in one of the East Valley’s benchmark cities — has certainly brought Intel its fair share of global and national recognition over the past year.

Jason Shivers is taking today off by playing in his third Arizona State-Arizona football game.

Jason Shivers is taking today off by playing in his third Arizona State-Arizona football game.

As Gangplank co-founder Derek Neighbors looks at the future of his nonprofit business incubator, a key concern is: Can the Valley’s school systems produce enough creative entrepreneurs and the talent pool to staff their businesses?

Just more than a year after building the Maricopa Chamber of Commerce into a dominant force for the business community in Maricopa, executive director Terri Kingery saw her successes celebrated as the chamber hosted its first-ever awards banquet Jan. 16.

Mesa’s long and tumultuous path toward hiring a new economic development director seems to be nearing an end.