A topless club has asked a federal court to overturn a new state law that’s thwarted its plans to open in Tempe.

Scottsdale voters apparently handed the city's two strip clubs a victory Tuesday by overturning a City Council decision to further regulate the businesses. Proposition 401 was losing by more than 1,300 votes, with an unknown number of early and provisional ballots left to be counted, according to preliminary results released Tuesday night.

Scottsdale voters apparently handed the city's two strip clubs a victory Tuesday by overturning a City Council decision to further regulate the businesses. Proposition 401 was losing by more than 1,300 votes, with an unknown number of early and provisional ballots left to be counted, according to preliminary results released Tuesday night.

Tom Patterson, guest commentary

Hoping to lure more movies, TV shows and commercials, state lawmakers are moving to once again provide income tax credits for those who produce them in Arizona.

PHOENIX – An obscure nonprofit that gave another $175,000 this week to the campaign against Proposition 204 is using anonymous contributors to manipulate voters, the head of a group supporting the measure said.

The state's budget crisis is putting pressure on Science Foundation Arizona to find other sources of funding for its research programs.

East Valley companies won four of five Spirit of Enterprise Awards presented Wednesday by Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of Business.

When Alexis Bristor graduates from Arizona State University in December with a degree in film and media production, she plans to pack her bags and head straight to Hollywood.

A conservative group on Friday lambasted a plan to speed light-rail construction and expand its reach.

Leaders of Arizona cities and towns are waging a desperate publicity battle against Proposition 207, the private property rights initiative that would require governments to pay landowners for unfriendly regulations that purport to decrease the immediate value of their land.

Arizona’s public universities recently stepped up to the plate to help improve our state’s sagging economy. No, they didn’t offer to defer or minimize spending since times are tough.

It’s that time of year to hand out some honors for the year’s best. So it is without further ado that I bring you the Third Annual Hammer Awards.

Sen. Jon Kyl, a key player in negotiating the Wall Street bailout/economic stabilization bill, said the time has come to break up and sell Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the nation's two largest mortgage finance lenders.

The Arizona Court of Appeals on Wednesday struck down Mesa's highly publicized attempt to use eminent domain to seize Randy Bailey's downtown brake shop.

Lobbyists for the owner of a 3,200-acre property in east Mesa pushed in the last legislative session for changes in the law that would have allowed even more lucrative tax breaks than the ones the city is offering for development of the property, according to critics of the bill.

The head of the organization that was able to convince a majority of Republican legislators to sign a "no tax" pledge gave his permission Friday for them to send a measure to the ballot asking voters to temporarily hike the state sales tax.

For whatever reason, you need cash. Pronto. Maybe there’s a hot date tomorrow night. Gotta get your hands on the new iPod Nano, “Battlestar Galactica” DVD box set or Ikea can’t-quite-pronounce-the-name-but-it’s-got-an-umlaut chair.

For whatever reason, you need cash. Pronto. Maybe there’s a hot date tomorrow night. Gotta get your hands on the new iPod Nano, “Battlestar Galactica” DVD box set or Ikea can’t-quite-pronounce-the-name-but- it’s-got-an-umlaut chair.

Scottsdale. The horse on the city seal bucks because the town can be a wild ride.

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