
City sales tax increased by .2% in Apache Junction
By Wendy Miller | Independent Newsmedia Inc. USA The Apache Junction City Council on Dec. 2 approved a 10-year .2 percent increase to its city

By Wendy Miller | Independent Newsmedia Inc. USA The Apache Junction City Council on Dec. 2 approved a 10-year .2 percent increase to its city

KTAR Since 2000, two Phoenix area suburbs are among the fastest-growing cities in the nation, according to data recently released by the U.S. Bureau of

Bloomberg Business Week Kitty litter, the euro, YouTube and 82 other ideas that changed the world since.

By Kris Hudson | The Wall Street Journal With the door closing on 2014, economists are starting to tout their housing forecasts for next year.

By Trey Garrison | HousingWire Home sale for the upper crust continued to grow in the third quarter, rising 9% even as sales in all

By Les Christie | CNNMoney Millions of Americans are spending too much of their monthly income on housing. Thanks to rising costs and stagnant wage

By Kelsey Snell | POLITICO The House voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to renew more than 50 expired tax breaks for individuals and businesses through the

By Ronald J. Hansen, The Republic | azcentral.com Next year is supposed to bring slight improvement to Arizona’s job growth, population gains and construction, though

By Alexander E.M. Hess, Thomas C. Frohlich, Alexander Kent and Ashley C. Allen | 24/7 Wall St. How well run is your state? Assessing a

By Bill Theobald | Arizona Republic Washington Bureau They go by an obscure title — “tax extenders” — and they always seem to get lost

By Mike Sunnucks | Phoenix Business Journal Looks like Republican-dominated red-state Arizona is more dependent on federal spending than California, New York and other more

By Joshua Holland | Moyers and Company A series of ugly economic dynamics have come together to create a serious shortage of affordable housing in

by Mike Sunnucks | Phoenix Business Journal Good-bye, US Airways Center. Hello Talking Stick Resort Arena. The Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury announced a new

By Ray Stern | Phoenix New Times Arizona could generate an additional $48 million in revenue by legalizing and taxing marijuana, an analysis by the

By Jason Marsh and Dacher Keltner | The Wall Street Journal As the holiday shopping season moves into high gear, it’s easy to get caught

By Trey Garrison | HousingWire Despite expected rises in interest rates and home prices over the next two years, housing will be affordable and, if

By Diana Olick | CNBC As home prices rise, homeowners are wasting no time making use of their newfound, or regained, home equity. In fact,

By Mayor John Lewis | Special for The Arizona Republic Gilbert recently celebrated a significant milestone in our evolution from “hay capital” to “high-wage haven.”

By Ryan Randazzo | The Republic | azcentral.com People who apply to Salt River Project to add solar to their homes after Dec. 8 could

By Sterline Fluharty | The Glendale Star Over the next couple months, the City of Glendale plans to refinance much of its nearly $1 billion

The Monday Morning Quarterback /A quick analysis of important economic data released over the last week Elliott D. Pollack & Co. With the short workweek,

Early discounting, more online shopping and a mixed economy meant fewer people shopped over Thanksgiving weekend, the National Retail Federation said Sunday as reported by

The New York Times Editorial Board (Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are published for discussions purposes only.) Since the housing bust, renting has been in and

By Ronald J. Hansen, The Republic | azcentral.com It would be easy to believe that Chris Spinella and Apriva, the Scottsdale software engineering company he

By Clea Benson | Bloomberg Fannie Mae (FNMA) and Freddie Mac (FMCC) will let borrowers who have gone through foreclosure buy back their homes at

By Nick Timiraos | The Wall Street Journal New figures released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Tuesday show that mortgage lending

By Shane Dale | Casa Grande Dispatch Harbor Freight Tools operated 13 stores throughout Arizona, with one notable gap: there were no stores in Pinal
Rose Law Group pc values “outrageous client service.” We pride ourselves on hyper-responsiveness to our clients’ needs and an extraordinary record of success in achieving our clients’ goals. We know we get results and our list of outstanding clients speaks to the quality of our work.

By Mark Carlisle | Daily Independent The NPHX Church at Central and Montebello avenues in Phoenix is planning to use 10.3 acres on the south

By Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | AZ Mirror Someone tried to burn down a Surprise warehouse that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to turn into a

By AZ Mirror A Republican lawmaker chastised Democrats on Monday for voting against increased funding for school voucher oversight, something that they’ve demanded for years.