Salt River Project enjoyed a "solid" year financially, reporting $112.2 million in net revenue, or profit, in the fiscal year ended April 30.

Chandler City Manager Mark Pentz is settling into his position and is already preparing to pinch pennies with city staff in every department over the next year to keep the city’s budget balanced.

An internal investigation has confirmed that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services threatened to fire Medicare’s chief actuary if he told Congress that the estimated cost of the prescription drug bill was far higher than the White House was letting on.

Chandler is facing no tax increases and a better budget year in 2004-05 than in 2003-04.

NEW YORK — Forget about the "fiscal cliff."

November 10, 2004

Arizona’s next governor said she’s prepared to do what she believes the incumbent has not done: say “no.”

As an investor, you can sometimes still feel you’re at the mercy of forces beyond your control. This may be especially true today, when the Federal Reserve has warned of an approaching “fiscal cliff.” What can you do in the face of such a dire prediction?

Arizona’s projected budget deficit for fiscal year 2012 is $1 billion, Gov. Jan Brewer told an economic forum hosted by the Mesa Chamber of Commerce on Thursday.

The fight to expand Medicaid in Arizona continues as Gov. Brewer pushes the Legislature to pursue legislation to expand coverage to include folks up to 133 percent of poverty guidelines.

State lawmakers are trying to figure out who will patrol the highways, guard the prisoners, run the universities, care for nursing home patients and open the gates to the parks on July 1.

Gov. Janet Napolitano wants to use photo radar, jail inmates and borrowing to help balance the state budget for the coming year, which is projected to be even more out of whack than the current one.

WASHINGTON — Efforts to save the nation from going over a year-end "fiscal cliff" were in disarray as lawmakers fled the Capitol for their Christmas break. "God only knows" how a deal can be reached now, House Speaker John Boehner declared.

Washington’s self-created “fiscal cliff” crisis has been somewhat resolved, which means we can continue ignoring the real fiscal crises that are dead ahead.

I'll admit it. My heart sank when I read recently that unemployment fell to 8.3 percent. Yes, long-term unemployment and climbing poverty rates are devastating too many families. But we can't afford a cyclical uptick just now if it would mean that Barack Obama might be president for four more years.

I'll admit it. My heart sank when I read recently that unemployment fell to 8.3 percent. Yes, long-term unemployment and climbing poverty rates are devastating too many families. But we can't afford a cyclical uptick just now if it would mean that Barack Obama might be president for four more years.

December 21, 2004

Fifteen minutes was all it took for Keenan DiRoberts to stop breathing last Christmas — after he ate a gingerbread cookie that touched a peanut butter treat on the same platter.

Hugh Hallman: Arizona’s fiscal situation is in an unprecedented state of crisis. Budget deficits are skyrocketing as tax revenues plummet. Drastic cuts to budget are not just being considered, they are necessary.

The $20 million “Museum of Tolerance” proposed at Chandler’s East Valley Jewish Community Center could bring more than $16 million a year in tourism to the local economy, city officials say.

Arizona is in danger of going down the same financial path as our neighbor to the west, a new report says.

GRAND CANYON - Gov. Janet Napolitano proposed to link new programs with specific sources of money, to revive the "rainy day" savings fund and to create a single tax revenue forecast office during a speech Monday at the biannual Arizona Town Hall.

Austin Hill: Arizona’s leadership could be pointing the way to America’s future. Or it could be about to find its place in America’s messy, reckless, and undisciplined present.