Opinion

Some people regarded Brian Simmons as the town nuisance, and he certainly did have a history of bizarre behavior around Maricopa. This month in our...

OPINION By Vincent Manfredi, Maricopa City Councilmember I have heard a quote by Ronald Reagan from 1964 (six years before I was born) that still rings...

In the early to mid 1960s, more than half the deaths in the U.S. were caused by cardiovascular disease. To heighten awareness, the first American...

By Rich Nickel and Ron Butler Rather than staying laser-focused on academics, superintendents, principals and teachers across Arizona – including Maricopa Unified School District –...

State Route 347: The bane of all Maricopans’ existence, yet a constant in our lives. After failure of Proposition 469 in November pushing solutions farther...

After hitting a rate of nearly 7.5 percent in November, it appears that mortgage rates might be softening as we head into 2023. Most people...

Seldom does a routine first-quarter play in a Monday Night Football game hold the nation spellbound the way the cardiac-arrest incident involving Buffalo Bills...

This past June, American Association of Retired Persons and National Geographic published results of their joint “Second Half of Life Study” in the AARP...

By Bob Batche Who likes to pay any sort of tax? I can assure you I don’t, but we do need services supplied by our community...

The holidays are upon us. With the chaos of running back and forth getting ready to celebrate, it is important for us to remember...

The vast majority of Maricopans appear to be impressed with the credentials of new police chief Mark Goodman and welcome him. In our unscientific readers’...

Christmas is almost here. This magical time of year means so many things as it brings people together. It’s a celebration with family and friends,...

It’s that time of year again, when we give thanks with pumpkin and squash on the holiday table. Cucurbita, Latin for gourd, is among the...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR This is an open letter to the people of Maricopa who knew Brian Simmons or who followed his story. I am Ralph...

I live on the corner of Carlisle and Jameson in Glennwilde, which is right at the Porter Road and Alan Stephens Parkway walk light. This...

As the new mayor of the City of Maricopa, I remain concerned about an old problem that needs to be addressed. Roads and freeways...

I’ve always loved November. The crisp days of autumn and the smell of burning leaves — it was legal then — are pleasant memories from...

We can improve the quality of life in Pinal County for years to come by voting YES on Proposition 469. Among many other projects, the...

Are you judicious with a buck? Results of our InMaricopa reader poll indicate that Maricopans are. Our question this week was, “A $320,000 Fantasy 5 winning...

Education has been a hot-button issue in Arizona in recent years, and Gov. Doug Ducey has been at the heart of much of it. Ducey...

When it comes to decisions regarding housing at the time of retirement, most everyone is simply trying to decide where they want to live....

Hello, Maricopa! This is my first direct message to you as the new InMaricopa editorial director, and I have to say I am so impressed...

Readers of InMaricopa are highly intelligent, a fact evidenced by the results of this week’s reader poll. Nearly 67 percent of the 145 voters this...

Pinal County and many of our communities are once again leading Arizona in the rate of population growth, growing living-wage jobs and becoming a...

Real estate market inventory in Maricopa continues to climb as home sellers drop prices to attract fewer buyers. In fact, inventory — the number of...

Every 11 minutes, a person dies by suicide. In 2020, 45,979 individuals took their own life. Almost as many people who live in the...

InMaricopa readers voted in droves in this week’s poll, with 717 answering the question, “Is PHX Surf Park, proposed in Maricopa, a good idea?” A...

Color our poll respondents cynical this week. A majority of voters in our weekly unscientific poll, 53.29% – said they thought the $739 billion “Inflation...

Seven days after the Aug. 2 primary election the winners in the Maricopa City Council race became clear. But the multiple election mistakes by...

By Christian Price Election time is here again. And today I write to you as a private citizen. I understand that politics elicits very strong feelings...