HONOLULU - Mesa Air Group Inc. said Monday it has fired Chief Financial Officer Peter Murnane, who deleted key evidence from his computers related to a lawsuit filed by Hawaiian Airlines Inc.

In the midst of trying to sort out an underestimation of uncollectible payments from years past, Scottsdalebased Rural/Metro Corp. has hired a new chief financial officer.

Pinal County now has a certified fraud examiner on its staff. The county’s chief financial officer, Victoria Prins, has completed hours of study and test-taking to help the county restore public trust after taxpayers were defrauded out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by then-County Manager Stanley Griffis.

Avnet, a Phoenix-based distributor of semiconductor and electronics products, experienced a dramatic financial comeback during its fiscal year 2004.

Thursday is anticipated to bring one of the most difficult public revelations for anyone with an interest in Mesa. That's when the City Council will get an official picture of the revised financial forecast in light of revenue shortfall and how the city management plans to deal with it.

A Gilbert priest will not be criminally charged for financial irregularities at his parish, a spokesman for the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office said Friday.

A Gilbert priest will not be criminally charged for financial irregularities at his parish, a spokesman for the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office said Friday.

What was once a credit union that served only schoolteachers has become a financial services force to be reckoned with that regularly steals customers from community and regional banks.

Banks and other financial institutions will have a powerful new tool starting later this month to combat identity theft across Arizona.

WASHINGTON - Hurricane Katrina has brought into focus the financial plight of many blacks along the Gulf Coast as well as illustrating the differences in how minorities and whites use and are treated by banks.

Mesa needs to start planning now -- and finding ways to pay for -- new police officers, equipment and facilities if it hopes to keep up with rapid population growth and an influx of new businesses.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office is back in the black, again, despite a $3 million dollar deficit last year. Wouldn’t it be nice if our governor could accomplish the same thing?

The tallest building in Mesa, known by most residents simply as the Bank of America building, has been purchased for $39 million by a Denver-based property investment firm.

A special agent in Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard’s office is gathering financial records on state Treasurer Dean Martin — the chief witness in a separate criminal probe of Goddard’s agency, according to e-mails obtained by the Tribune.

Banks and other financial institutions will have a powerful new tool starting later this month to combat identity theft across Arizona.

Tempe Elementary School District was able to cut nearly $4 million from its expenses this year, which officials say is enough to balance its budget and give teachers raises.

After a lengthy delay that drew negative reaction from investors, creditors and NASDAQ, Rural/Metro Corp. released its financial results Wednesday for the first quarter of its fiscal 2008 and full fiscal 2007.

When it comes to achieving his goals, Dwight Spence isn’t afraid to get down and dirty. Spence worked 18 months in a copper mine and spent a summer on an oil rig 100 miles off the coast of Louisiana in order to pay his Northern Arizona University tuition.

CHICAGO - Finding financial aid for college this year promises to be tougher than any final exam. The quest for money that begins for students and parents every January has taken on new urgency in 2009 amid fears that loans and grants will be scarcer than in the past due to the recession.

I have been asked many times what the duties are of the mayor’s chief of staff. The answer is a simple one. I don’t know.

Apache Junction’s police chief was under investigation by a private law firm due to a complaint that he created a hostile work environment, according to a report released to the Tribune on Friday.

WASHINGTON - National Public Radio's chief executive is stepping down, the network's board of directors announced Thursday.

For the first time in two decades, Maricopa County is going to have a new superintendent of schools.

Superintendent Barbara Erwin submitted her resignation Tuesday, leaving the Scottsdale Unified School District community debating the state of schools she’ll leave behind in June.