Tempe Educator, a three-term Mayor, four-term State Senator, Party Chairperson, and two-term House Representative, Harry Mitchell passed away yesterday (July 29) at the age of 86. A political lion for close to 30 years, tributes for Mitchell have rolled in from Arizona’s current leaders over the last 24 hours. Governor Katie Hobbs wrote: “Harry Mitchell … Read more
by Carolyn Classen, blogger “Save the date for our Mayors Event Saturday, August 8. 💜 Join Arizona List for a conversation with women mayors and vice mayors from across Arizona about local leadership, the challenges facing our communities, and why these races matter. 🗓 Saturday, August 8 from 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM📍 In-Person in … Read more
One of the most perplexing questions facing urban and rural growth in the coming years is what to do about the seeming profileration of data centers and its consumption of vast quanties of electricity and water. In an op-ed written in Politico with Melbourne Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego unveiled “The Global … Read more
Happy 250th Birthday to the United States of America from Arizona’s Leaders. Please read below. Representative Yassamin Ansari wrote: “While Trump and his allies flock to DC for a gilded (empty) spectacle, I’ll be celebrating America’s 250th birthday by fighting for a government that serves the people, not an authoritarian and his cronies. If we … Read more
With 43 of the 55 food deserts in Maricopa County falling within the City of Phoenix boundaries, Mayor Kate Gallego and the City Council have adopted, after feedback from 2300 community members, a new 2030 Food Action Plan for the nation’s fifth-largest city, building on the successes of the 2025 one and charting a course … Read more