A week after the Phoenix City Council unanimously passed a budget that focuses on affordability, and days before Phoenicians celebrate 602 day, a June 2 event where more than 350 organizations offer events or deals like 6.02% discounts or items as low as $6.02, Mayor Kate Gallego graciously interviewed with Blog for Arizona and discussed … Read more
With the unanimous passage of its city budget, Mayor Kate Gallego and the Phoenix City Council have signaled that, after 12 public hearings, they are listening to the people’s concerns about affordability and have built a fiscal plan focused on food assistance, childcare, housing opportunities, and combating extreme heat. Among the budget provisions that achieve … Read more
Saying Phoenix’s best days have arrived and the future is here, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego delivered her annual State of the City Address before a packed house of the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce at the Sheraton Hotel on Third Street. In her usual mix of optimism, policy wonkiness, and forward vision, Mayor Gallego summarized … Read more
Not wanting to go down the road of major United States cities besieged by ICE agents running rampant, like Chicago and Minneapolis, the Phoenix City Council approved the formation of the Community Transparency Initiative (CTI) on March 25, 2026. This initiative, when fully in place, would “document federal immigration enforcement activities within Phoenix and assess … Read more
Despite an apparent bipartisan deal that would have funded the Department of Homeland Security, Donald Trump, because of his insistence on passing the Voter Suppression SAVE Act, and his apparent adherence to the Project 2025 goal to privatize the TSA, has sent ill-trained and poorly regarded ICE agents to complement security in 13 of the … Read more