How Maricopa County focuses on each city’s affordable housing need

Affordable housing, or the lack thereof, continues to be a major concern across the Valley. Last month on The Show, we talked about why it's so difficult to build new affordable housing in Arizona. But today we hear from someone working to build more viable housing. Jacqueline Edwards is the director of the Maricopa County […]

Montgomery mayor meets U.S. Cabinet secretaries to discuss city’s future

In a series of strategic engagements, Montgomery Mayor Stephen L. Reed last week put the city's agenda at the center of the Biden administration, securing private talks with key U.S. cabinet members. This unusual series of one-on-one meetings with leaders such as U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and U.S. Education […]

‘This Neighborhood Is Already Really Bad’: Small Business Owners Pan Blue City’s Plan To Open Homeless Clinic

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, small business owners in San Francisco's Little Saigon neighborhood expressed concern that the homeless clinic would attract more homeless people and worsen the safety situation. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, city officials announced plans in February to open a health and information center in conjunction with the San […]

L.A. apologizes for city’s role in Zoot Suit riots

In the very same chamber where Los Angeles City Council members once debated the zoot suit ban, the city government played a role in fanning the brutal raids on Latinx, Filipino and Black Angeleno youth that unfolded across the city 80 years ago. For the role, city leaders formally apologized Friday. . The apology comes […]

Phoenix faces water shortage that may curb city’s growth, report shows

comment on this storycomment There is not enough groundwater beneath the Phoenix metropolitan area to meet the expected demand over the next 100 years, and the current shortage in suburban areas, one of the fastest growing areas in the United States. It could threaten a housing boom, the study found. Groundwater supplies were released on […]