Politics

Protesters demand strong immigration stance from Stanton

Protesters gathered in front of City Hall Thursday demanding Mayor Greg Stanton turn his words supporting illegal immigrants into action. Stanton released a statement Wednesday...

City subcommittee hears renovation plans for Burton Barr Library

Plans to remodel the children’s section at the Burton Barr Public Library were presented to the Parks, Arts, Education and Equality Subcommittee at City...

Phoenix Rising: Bills, bills, bills

Every January, a wave of protesters and power brokers descend upon the copper dome just west of downtown Phoenix in order to shape the...

Deconstructed: Voices of the Arizona Women’s March

https://soundcloud.com/downtown-devil/deconstructed-the-voices-of-womens-march-arizona Deconstructed is a downtown Phoenix podcast and collaboration between Downtown Devil and Blaze Radio, bringing downtown voices and issues to the forefront. In the first episode...

Phoenix Rising: Biking toward a better future (hopefully)

When biking, a commute is choice between swerving through angry pedestrians or braving the asphalt, where drivers seem to suffer from selective blindness.

Speakers celebrate first National Day of Racial Healing with stories of conflict, reconciliation

Storytellers and audience members gathered to tell stories of conflict and healing in order to celebrate the first National Day of Racial Healing.

Two buildings start journeys to historic status

Two downtown buildings are on the path to historic preservation status. The Historic Preservation Commission voted last Monday with no opposition to begin the process...

Phoenix to make LED streetlights warmer

The Phoenix City Council will award a contract for new LED lights to Ameresco at a lower temperature of light, after community concern was raised.

Phoenix to look into ways to prevent road erosion

As part of an effort to prevent the degradation of downtown roads, the city of Phoenix Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee unanimously approved the 2018 and 2019 citywide pavement maintenance program on Tuesday.

Deconstructed: Downtown development and the GPLET tax incentive

By Jacob McAuliffe and Kelsey Hess Deconstructed is a collaboration between Downtown Devil and Blaze Radio to bring downtown voices to the forefront. In this week’s...