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A Nov. 5 election ballot won’t be asking voters for a $50 million, $65 million or $75 million bond for Maricopa Unified School District....

While many Maricopa commuters have fantasies about the stoplight on State Route 347 at Riggs Road going away and becoming an overpass, the state...

  How would you describe your first full year at MUSD? I’ve been able to meet so many great kids and great families along the way...

When the Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board approved the 2019-20 budget Wednesday, it did so without the agreement of Board Member Patti Coutré. She...

Constables are fighting with Pinal County over salaries and have now filed a lawsuit. Claiming the Board of Supervisors did not follow the law when...

The ribbon-cutting for the State Route 347 Overpass will take place from 8-10 a.m. on Saturday, July 13.What: SR 347 Overpass Ribbon Cutting When: Saturday,...

  With governing board members divided on the issue, Maricopa Unified School District is taking a tortuous route toward a bond election this fall.Estimated costs...

Westbound I-10 to close south of Loop 202 Santan Freeway this weekend   Crews replacing overhead signs for new South Mountain Freeway interchange   PHOENIX – Westbound Interstate...

A new interstate highway planned through Arizona will sweep through Hidden Valley, and residents are irate. The Federal Highway Administration is seeking feedback on the...

Democrat candidate for U.S. Senate Mark Kelly dropped in on a meeting of the Blue Star Mothers of Maricopa on Wednesday. Vero Sanchez, president...

By Christian PriceWith materials and labor costs rising as much as 40 percent in the past year alone, this carefully choreographed dance between land...

It’s not the first Maricopa subdivision to try to get out of an agreement with Orbitel Communications, but now Desert Passage Community Association is...

<!Rep. Bret Roberts Age: 46 Hometown: Bowling Green, Ohio Community of residence: Maricopa Previous occupations: Detention officer, mortgage banker, constable Committees: Regulatory Affairs (vice-chairman), Appropriations, Commerce, Judiciary Primary sponsorship: HB...

Bret Roberts (R-District 11) just completed his first session as a state representative. He shared some of his experience. How was your first legislative session?Rep....

The City of Maricopa included more than 50 potential capital improvement projects in its 2020-24 fiscal planning, some with higher priority than others. City...

A bridge over the Santa Rosa Wash will allow citizens of Santa Rosa Springs a secondary escape route if the wash is full and...

Tuesday, Maricopa City Council unanimously approved its annual budget. The total expenditures of $105.7 million are a decrease from last fiscal year by $935,103. General...

Budgeting and funds were a key theme during the MUSD Governing Boarding meeting Wednesday. Superintendent Tracey Lopeman went into the district's "Administrative Budget Recommendation." That...

The courthouse in Maricopa is off the beaten path. The average citizen may not realize the city has both a municipal and a criminal justice...

  A special Maricopa City Council meeting will take place tonight in addition to their regularly scheduled meeting to have two public hearings about their...

As Maricopa Unified School District debates seeking a bond election for the construction of a second high school, the state approved an education budget...

In an executive session planned for Tuesday at 6 p.m. before their regularly scheduled meeting, Maricopa City Council will consider the sale of property...

The City of Maricopa recently bought just under nine acres of land in the Copper Sky development area.As a rule, it is probably a...

A survey conducted in April found  58 percent of contacted Maricopans indicated they would support a $75 million bond for Maricopa Unified School District. The...

  While Maricopa might be considered small by some, in-town traffic is starting to become a problem. The City of Maricopa is looking at solving many...

The Arizona Department of Transportation has begun condemnation proceedings to take possession of the Maricopa NAPA site."We are now in condemnation proceedings to take...

  Maricopa Mayor Christian Price and the city’s first mayor Kelly Anderson took a hands-on tour over the State Route 347 overpass early Wednesday morning...

“In the middle of nowhere” is the phrase often used to describe Mobile Elementary School District. Arizona Department of Education defines Mobile Elementary as...