Government

In 2015, Ben Bitter dispatched cops to the frontlines of a protest on the steps of a federal courthouse to tangle with Westboro Baptist...

Although today we live in a fractious political environment, there is one area of widespread agreement among people and groups across the political spectrum:...

City leaders took the first step Tuesday night to establish a 15% commission on art sold at city facilities. Proposed is a city account earmarked...

Two Pinal County candidates addressed unincorporated Maricopa residents last week in attempts to sway their votes this election cycle. Pinal County Supervisor Kevin Cavanaugh and...

Maricopa City Councilmember Rich Vitiello submitted his letter of resignation, effective April 1.  Vitiello, who has served as a city leader since 2018, said in...

Maricopa, now’s your chance to tell the Arizona Department of Transportation how you really feel. Public comment opened today for ADOT’s tentative five-year construction program,...

Dutch Bros backed out, but Maricopans may still get to fuel up at that same plot near Walmart. Circle K is looking to meet the...

Just a few weeks after announcing it will move corporate offices from Oregon to metro Phoenix, Dutch Bros Coffee changed its mind about a...

It’s not uncommon for the city to receive requests — and even demands — from citizens related to commercial development within our community. People...

As Gov. Katie Hobbs tries to claw back $67 million in funding for the only highway linking Maricopa to the rest of metro Phoenix,...

City leaders are turning up the heat on Gov. Katie Hobbs, who is considering some $67 million in budget cuts to improvements along State...

Maricopa City Council announced today intentions to cease its participation with the Maricopa Economic Development Alliance effective July 1. This decision stems from a thorough...

It would cost the city of Maricopa a quarter-million dollars to allow city employees to take Juneteenth as a holiday on June 19 this...

Dozens of Hidden Valley residents attended an open house at Ak-Chin Circle’s Elements Event Center last night to sound off about a new development...

The arrival of a major hardware retailer in Maricopa inspired one housing developer to make the city a little more walkable. Scottsdale-based developer Dominium proposed...

Pinal County elections officials are gearing up for newly passed legislation that moves the primary election date back a week. The July 30 primary replaces...

It may be time to start thinking about dusting off your favorite pair of cowboy boots. That’s because Maricopa’s city planners will formally showcase Duke’s...

By next Valentine’s Day, a date on the lake with your sweetie — without leaving Maricopa — will be a new option. City staff are...

Even during chilly January afternoons, tumbleweeds roll across the Sonoran Desert, landing just shy of the metal gate marking Oliver Anderson’s farm. Each morning, the...

The City of Maricopa this week released a feasibility study of the first phase of the so-called Green Road loop, proposed to relieve the...

Maricopa City Council will consider moving up by three months the date when Assistant City Manager Ben Bitter becomes city manager. The council has on...

If you thought Maricopa’s traffic was bad now, just wait 36 years. Maricopa’s population could more than double by 2060, according to projections from the...

Pinal County Justice of the Peace Lyle Riggs has resigned.  Riggs presided over Maricopa Municipal Court in a dual capacity for several years.  The resignation times...

If you love something, set it free. That’s how the adage goes, and the city learned it well, abruptly terminating its contract with the Maricopa...

Not even 0.5% of Maricopa’s population tuned in to tonight’s city council meeting on Facebook.   We get it. Trivia night at Cold Beers and...

It’s just the news Mayor Nancy Smith wanted: More homes are slated for Maricopa’s fast-growing east side. Phoenix developer CVL Consultants plans to build a...

Mayor Nancy Smith pitched Maricopa’s vast cornucopia of future housing subdivisions, which are driving new businesses, road projects, government growth and recreational enhancements. Delivering her...

Dan Grass, a nurse at Maricopa’s Exceptional Community Hospital, was honored for acting fast and saving the life of a Sequoia Pathway Middle School...

City leaders yesterday shared new information about roadway construction and improvement projects budgeted for the next fiscal year. Top among those was the second phase...

After a year of rolling out the cold, hard facts about State Route 347, James Singleton’s website has created a following running all the...