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
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