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Cruz to challenge Wolf for county assessor

by Melissa | Jan 21, 2020 | Government

Cruz to challenge Wolf for county assessor inMaricopa Maricopa resident Michael “Mike” Cruz has officially announced his candidacy for the August primary election for Pinal County assessor. Cruz was born and raised in Phoenix and has a bachelor’s degree in business...

Winter visitors bring in big bucks for Casa Grande

by Melissa | Jan 21, 2020 | Casa Grande, Economy

Winter visitors bring in big bucks for Casa Grande by Suzanne Adams-Ockrass | PinalCentral Casa Grande’s winter visitors definitely bring a bang to the city’s economy. Four years of city sales tax collections, dating from fiscal year 2015 to fiscal year 2019, show a...

Pinal breaks ground on courts, county offices in Maricopa

by Melissa | Jan 20, 2020 | Development, Maricopa

Pinal breaks ground on courts, county offices in Maricopa by Raquel Hendrickson | inMaricopa About a month later than anticipated, Pinal County broke ground on a new administrative complex in Maricopa Friday. The project expands current court facilities, which house...

Council to talk economic development ideas this week

by Melissa | Jan 20, 2020 | Development, Government, Maricopa

Council to talk economic development ideas this week by Raquel Hendrickson | inMaricopa The possibility of the City of Maricopa acquiring commercial land from a developer and a $435,000 contract for economic development services are on Tuesday’s city council agenda....

Queen Creek Town Council names Julia Wheatley vice mayor

by Melissa | Jan 20, 2020 | Government, Queen Creek

Queen Creek Town Council names Julia Wheatley vice mayor Queen Creek Independent At its Jan. 15 meeting, the Queen Creek Town Council selected Julia Wheatley to serve a one-year term as vice mayor. Responsibilities of the vice mayor include conducting meetings of the...

Bill Would Ban Water Transfers From River Communities To Central Arizona

by Melissa | Jan 19, 2020 | Government, Queen Creek

Bill Would Ban Water Transfers From River Communities To Central Arizona by Bret Jaspers | KJZZ Under a new bill in the Arizona state Legislature, some water tied to land that borders the Colorado River could not be transferred into central Arizona. It comes after...

$67M in loans sought for Queen Creek water credits, Encanterra agreement

by Melissa | Jan 17, 2020 | Development, Queen Creek

$67M in loans sought for Queen Creek water credits, Encanterra agreement by Richard Dyer | Queen Creek Independent The Town of Queen Creek has applied for a $57 million drinking water state revolving fund loan and is seeking an additional $10 million from the clean...

Former Senator Gray Announces Bid For Pinal County Supervisor

by Melissa | Jan 17, 2020 | Government

Former Senator Gray Announces Bid For Pinal County Supervisor [NEWS RELEASE] The Pinal County Board of Supervisors may soon see a new but familiar face, due to today’s announcement by former State Senator Chuck Gray to run for the San Tan Valley District 2 seat on the...

Tesla rival Lucid Motors ready to make prototypes; Pinal County production to begin later this year

by Melissa | Jan 17, 2020 | Casa Grande, Development

Tesla rival Lucid Motors ready to make prototypes; Pinal County production to begin later this year by Cromwell Schubarth | Silicon Valley Business Journal Lucid Motors Inc. on Tuesday said it is making the initial 80 prototype models of its first electric vehicle,...

Eloy ends agreement with development that never progressed

by Melissa | Jan 17, 2020 | Development, Eloy, Government

Eloy ends agreement with development that never progressed by Maria Vasquez | Eloy Enterprise The city has decided to terminate a 15-year-old development agreement for a proposed residential-commercial subdivision because no progress has been made on the project. At...