Tag: Phoenix City Council
City Council Recap: Street name changes, city code amendments and downtown services
On Wednesday, the Phoenix City Council met for a virtual formal meeting to discuss and vote on changes to downtown Phoenix. Residents were allowed...
Election 2020 Results: What we know so far
By Lisa Diethelm and Sara Edwards
Arizona has shattered typical voting norms this election after the state turned blue in its projected votes for former...
Wi-Fi, tech access to improve at downtown schools amidst ‘digital divide’
Wi-Fi and technology are coming to downtown schools to help address the digital divide in Arizona, the Phoenix City Council announced Tuesday at their...
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...
Homelessness rates haven’t gone up一but experts warn they might without eviction protections
Despite concerns regarding COVID-19's effects on vulnerable populations, the city of Phoenix and community advocacy groups have not yet seen an increase in homelessness....
City Council’s rejection of BLM mural meets backlash from artist
Gizette Knight, founder of Reality Dreams LLC and a community organizer, held a press conference early Monday morning in response to the denial of...
PHOTO: Black Lives Matter protest at Phoenix City Council Chambers
Black Lives Matter Phoenix Metro, Poder in Action, Semillas AZ and Art Collective AZ hosted a peaceful protest at the Phoenix City Council Chambers...
All Maricopa County residents are now required to mask in public
All residents of Maricopa County are now required to mask in public after a decision by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors on Friday...
Hundreds attend protest at City Council as officials discuss budget
“Phoenix police is a problem, they take it too far, they killed Dion Johnson for sleeping in a car,” chanted hundreds of people gathered...
Phoenix Police Department budget passes in a 7-2 vote amid controversy
Tensions between the community, protestors and Phoenix City Council surrounding the topic of police brutality and the Phoenix Police Department budget escalated at a...