Frank Smith III chose to not run for what would've have been a record-making third term as downtown student government president, leaving Corina Tapscott unopposed in her successful run for the position. We take a look back at the work done in his two terms and how Smith changed as a leader.
City officials eliminated 162 general fund positions, approved labor contracts that cut employee benefits and pay and reformed the City of Phoenix Employees Retirement System as part of a balanced budget proposal last Tuesday.
City officials said at a meeting Wednesday that they will keep trying to revert Sky Harbor flight paths that were switched last fall. The changes have elicited many complaints from Phoenix residents who say the noise too loud.
The presidents of the three major state universities lobbied for performance-based funding for their schools Thursday at the state Legislature. This comes just days after Gov. Doug Ducey’s State of the State address, where he proposed a budget plan that included reducing funding to Arizona universities by $75 million starting in 2016.
