Rebecca Spiess

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These are your downtown-area legislators

Following the midterms on Tuesday, contentious contests, as well as landslide victories, were decided. As the dust settles, many Phoenicians are trying to figure out what this will mean for them. So who is representing you? At Downtown...

APS narrows locations for new substation downtown

Arizona Public Service Company, or APS, continued community meetings for its new downtown substation to address growing electricity consumption in the wake of increasing development downtown. There are two proposed locations for the roughly 40,000-square-foot substation: at the...

How will Phoenix fix its roads?: Five paths the city could take

The city of Phoenix is toying with new funding options to improve roadway conditions in the city, some of which could jeopardize future light rail projects. While the Council voted to continue with the controversial two-lane South Central...

Council votes to move forward with two lane South Phoenix light rail extension

The Phoenix City Council voted 6 to 2 in favor of proceeding with the two-lane configuration of the controversial South Central Light Rail extension, thus saving the entire project, at a special City Council session Wednesday. Vice Mayor...

Urbanist committee launches campaign to recall Nowakoski

The Urban Phoenix Project Political Action Committee unveiled plans to recall District 7 Councilman Michael Nowakowski Wednesday night in an unyielding statement at the committee's launch party. “Some council members have failed to uphold not just the most...

Where is the Phoenix Ethics Commission?

Due to screening errors and miscommunication, the City of Phoenix has yet to seat an ethics commission despite having nominees chosen for more than eight months and previously sending them to the mayor and council for approval. The...