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Homeless levels rise, and more to come when eviction moratoriums lift

Phoenix homeless shelters and service providers are experiencing their first large increase of new residents in the past ten months as the eviction moratorium...

The City of Phoenix allots $10.5 million to help homeless vets

Phoenix City Council unanimously agreed to give $10.5 million to support homeless veterans after U.S. Vets Phoenix Executive Director Michelle Jameson said her organization...

DTPHX Inc. plans to keep momentum with new programs during a pandemic

Downtown Phoenix Inc. recently extended its "Buy and Fly" program to last until the end of the year. Downtown Phoenix Inc., a downtown activities coordinator...

Fry’s grocery have stopped sanitizing grocery carts after use, store managers say

Managers from Fry’s Grocery have said that stores are no longer sanitizing shopping carts for their customers. Although there is no official statement about the...

Downtown Digest: Languages, Voting and Classes

Hi there! Thanks for stopping by, I hope you’re all taking some time to go outside! BUT of course, social distancing. Here's what's happening...

Phoenix City Council making headway on Latino Cultural Center

The Phoenix Latino Cultural Center has been years in the making, but the Phoenix City Council recently took the next steps to build a...

How COVID-19 has changed voting and what you need to know before casting your...

Thousands of voters in Maricopa County are already voting in large numbers, either through mail-in ballots or in-person voting. This year voters have several...

Pedestrian, bicycle safety upgrades could be coming to 3rd Street by 2022

Biking and walking along Third Street are about to become safer in the next year, Phoenix officials said Thursday, as they unveiled the final...

Phoenix mom feared eviction after final notice, but never received others

When a letter from the Phoenix Housing Department arrived in Esther Sánchez's mailbox informing her she might lose her housing voucher, she feared she...

Food banks respond to coronavirus with new safety protocols

Food banks all over the country have had trouble dealing with the pandemic, and downtown Phoenix has been busy keeping their food banks afloat...