Entrapment-prone City Hall elevators could soon be rehabilitated
After multiple instances of city employees being trapped in City Hall elevators, a subcommittee has approved a replacement plan for the elevators to go before the full council.
Phoenix Rising: Zoning for inclusivity
In the wild weeds of city of Phoenix zoning ordinances, a great debate is igniting over a zoning ordinance text amendment.
Z-TA-22-08’s now-delayed vote in...
Arizona Humanities holds policing discussion with state lawmakers
Community group AZ Humanities held a discussion on policing with an ASU criminology professor and several state lawmakers on Tuesday.
Preservationists say tax incentive protects historic buildings
Photo and data courtesy of Renee Kuhlman from the National Trust for Historic Preservation (Craig Johnson/DD)
National threats to the Historic Tax Credit has local...
Phoenix Rising: D.C. and downtown housing
Amidst a seemingly endless parade of development debates involving luxury apartment complexes and special incentives, the much more subtle issue of federal housing policy...
Council members hold special meeting for update on transparency website
Some city council members took issue with Mayor Stanton trying to send a vote on a new transparency website to a subcommittee.
Recently-declared sanctuary church preparing for undocumented arrivals
A downtown church is preparing rooms and accepting donations for individuals and families threatened by deportation after church leaders declared it a sanctuary space last...
Roosevelt Growhouse finds temporary new home at historic Knipe House
The city council voted unanimously on Wednesday to allow Growhouse to temporarily move to the historic Knipe House lot.
Students, community members share post-inauguration thoughts
Just shy of two weeks after Donald Trump was inaugurated as the president of the United States, ASU’s Center for the Study of Race...
GPLET reform bill moves forward in house
The controversial Government Property Lease Excise Tax, or GPLET, took another step toward reforms Wednesday, when a state house committee voted in favor of...