Government

State Sen. Steve Smith (R-Maricopa) will kick off his 2012 re-election campaign for Arizona’s Legislative District 23 at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, at...

Former candidate Rosalin Sanhadja has decided to run again for a seat on the Maricopa City Council.Like returning candidate Bridger Kimball, Sandhadja lost in...

State Sen. Steve Smith’s (R-Maricopa) efforts to build a fence along the border have put him in the national spotlight and a spot at...

The Obama administration announced last week there would be a shift in its immigration policy. The policy pushes for deportation for individuals with criminal...

Gerald L. Smith Sr. was appointed interim director of the Pinal County Attorney’s Office Family Advocacy Center and he will continue to serve as...

Former mayoral candidate Leon Potter announced he will run in 2012 for a seat on the Maricopa City Council.Potter lost in the March 2010...

Demonstrating a “spirit of full disclosure,” the Government Finance Officers Association once again awarded Pinal County with its Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in...

Supervisor David Snider will be holding his monthly office hours in Maricopa on Tuesday, Sept. 5. “There are some very exciting prospects for developments...

In its last action Tuesday night, Maricopa City Council approved a resolution to adopt a set of general concepts to be considered by the...

Maricopa City Council approved a $96,000 contract with Nexxus Consulting LLC, a federal lobbyist firm, to pursue federal transportation funding for a grade separation...

The Maricopa City Council tabled action on an agreement between the city and the Maricopa Unified School District to allow public use of middle...

We swat, put on repellant, wear long-sleeved clothing and yet we still seem to get bitten. Its monsoon season in Arizona, and yes, that...

The city council will discuss and possibly take action on an agreement between the city and the Maricopa Unified School District to allow the...

AzSourcing and its affiliates have selected Casa Grande in Pinal County to build the nation’s first global product sourcing center.“In the very near future,...

U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-7th District) has released an iPhone application that will allow constituents and those who follow the Progressive Caucus to get...

Republicans State Sen. Steve Smith and Pinal County District 2 Supervisor Bryan Martyn met with about 25 Maricopa Tea Party members last Thursday at...

A public hearing was held by the Arizona Independent Redistricting Committee last Wednesday via video conference at the Maricopa Unified School District offices.The meeting...

Pinal County Environmental Health Services announced today adult mosquito fogging will be conducted in Maricopa tomorrow through Thursday from 1 to 5 a.m. Mosquitoes...

The Maricopa City Council will discuss and possibly take action Tuesday to award a contract to Interim Public Management to hire an interim finance/administrative...

With monsoon season upon us, we can expect great bursts of rainfall at a moment’s notice.In Maricopa, most of this water does not run...

John “Jack” McLain announced last night he is running for Maricopa City Council. McLain is a Vietnam veteran and the current commander of the Maricopa Veterans...

Pinal County Supervisor David Snider will hold his monthly office hours in Maricopa on Tuesday.Snider will be at the Interim Maricopa City Hall, 45145...

Bridger Kimball will again run for a seat on the Maricopa City Council.Kimball ran and lost for a council seat in 2010, but said...

Though convenient, mobile phone technology has its tradeoffs. To provide faster service and greater Internet capabilities, phone companies are constantly building new towers to...

City Council unanimously approved at its regular meeting Tuesday a $104,000 five-year lease agreement with Maricopa Manor Business Center for 990 square feet of office...

To be eligible for competitive federal and state grants, city council on Tuesday passed resolutions to designate three of Maricopa’s older neighborhoods as colonias.A...

Sen. Steve Smith (R-Maricopa) kicked off the launch of the website www.BuildTheBorderFence.com at Tommy’s Bistro in Casa Grande last night.At the event, prominent state Republicans...

Sen. Steve Smith’s (R-Maricopa) much-anticipated website to solicit donations for construction of a fence along the Arizona-Mexico border is now up and running. Visitors...

The Maricopa City Council will discuss three resolutions to designate the Heritage District, Seven Ranches and Saddleback Vista areas as colonias.According the U.S. Department of Housing and...

When city council and staff went to their budget retreat in early May, a budget deficit of almost $300,000 was on the table.The retreat...