Maricopa’s planned transit service got a boost Monday when a number of private companies responded to the city’s call for an informational meeting for potential service providers.

A report last week showing the state’s jobless rate unchanged for May is concealing some good news in private employment.

A report Thursday showing the state’s jobless rate unchanged for May is concealing some good news in private employment.

Hiring for the U.S. Census offset private sector job losses for a net gain of 3,400 jobs in Arizona in May.

Taking skills from a private sector job to a nonprofit sector position has helped Jason Corley find success during his six years with Project C.U.R.E, which ships donated medical supplies to 100 countries around the world.

Four-year community colleges are a bad idea and a risk of taxpayer money, according to a consultant hired by a major for-profit university.

NEW YORK -- U.S. manufacturing activity grew for a fourth straight month in February, but the pace of expansion slowed notably, a private industry group reported Monday.

WASHINGTON - High-tech companies are rapidly adding jobs and paying workers more than other industries in metropolitan areas stretching from New York to Seattle, according to a new study looking at the nation’s top “cybercities.”

Tom Patterson, guest commentary

NEW YORK - The U.S. manufacturing economy unexpectedly contracted in December, ending a streak of 10 consecutive months of growth and sinking to its lowest point in almost five years, a private research group said Wednesday. The decline suggests that the overall economy may be weakening faster than some economists predicted.

Arizonans will cast votes in November 2004 on a constitutional amendment that some say will lay the groundwork for a major new business sector in the state.

Gov. Janet Napolitano reached out to the business and philanthropic communities Monday to seek support and possibly money for all-day kindergartens and other education, health and family programs. The appeal came as the Arizona Legislature faces a $1 billion gap in next year's state budget and, far from considering new programs, is looking at cutting education and child-care funding.

As exciting and forward-looking as a shuttle launch can be, however, Tuesday’s liftoff of the Discovery was more about the past than the future.

John Munger: Imagine reviving Arizona's economy almost overnight. Imagine creating thousands of high-paying jobs and broad-based prosperity today in Arizona. Imagine at the same time finally having the money to solve many of our critical statewide transportation and other infrastructure problems.

Just months after the opening of Mesa’s grandest city project, new City Manager Chris Brady wants to turn its operations over to a private company or nonprofit group.

Just months after the opening of Mesa’s grandest city project, new City Manager Chris Brady wants to turn its operations over to a private company or nonprofit group.

Just months after the opening of Mesa’s grandest city project, new City Manager Chris Brady wants to turn its operations over to a private company or nonprofit group.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Unchallenged by Lebanon's army, the Iranian-backed Hezbollah routed Sunnis loyal to the U.S.-allied government and seized control of large swaths of Beirut's Muslim sector Friday in a telling demonstration of its military prowess.

Scottsdale suddenly has become a considerable player in the local real estate market.

Gilbert voters continued their history of embracing the time-honored American value of private property rights this week with approval of propositions 400 and 401, which sought to hinder or halt development of two retail centers in the town.