Susan Bitter Smith has formed an exploratory committee to weigh a possible run for the state’s 5th Congressional District.

Susan Bitter Smith of Scottsdale finally jumped last week into the crowded Republican primary field to challenge Rep. Harry Mitchell, D-Ariz. And I think there’s one reason why: Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

Susan Bitter Smith conceded to David Schweikert for the Republican nomination in Arizona's 5th Congressional District on Friday.

The state’s most hotly contested congressional race was too close to call late Tuesday night, with David Schweikert and Susan Bitter Smith locked in a GOP primary battle for Arizona’s 5th Congressional District.

August 27, 2004

Special interests won the day in the race for the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) in 2012, and the Arizona public got legally swindled.

Two candidates are smearing each other right to the end of a wild and mean-spirited Republican primary in Arizona's 5th Congressional District.

Developers plan to build an all-suite hotel aimed at golf groups and families who want to visit Scottsdale for a week or so at a time on five vacant acres near the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess resort and Resort Suites of Scottsdale.

A Scottsdale homebuilder has beaten out dozens of local and national competitors to construct 700 homes at the former site of Rawhide Western Town and Steakhouse in Scottsdale.

Residents in downtown Scottsdale will not be rolling out the welcome mat for their new next-door neighbors. They say their neighborhood is quiet, and the added density of a 100-unit condo complex will create problems with traffic and noise.

Residents in downtown Scottsdale will not be rolling out the welcome mat for their new next-door neighbors. They say their neighborhood is quiet, and the added density of a 100-unit condo complex will create problems with traffic and noise.

Two prominent Scottsdale insiders are helping to launch a group that will provide support and a forum for south Scottsdale residents and business owners.

Arizona’s cell phone industry was shaken up by Phoenix’s new law banning texting while driving and is crafting its own state law that could override local ordinances.

The Government Affairs Committee of the Scottsdale Area Association of Realtors is sponsoring a forum for residents to learn both the short-term (10 to 20 years) and the long-term (40 to 50 years) availability of water in Arizona.

The aura of camaraderie is beginning to fade among the six Republican candidates vying to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Harry Mitchell.

The proposed Waterview at Scottsdale hotel and condominium project along the Arizona Canal is too massive, does not blend with the surrounding neighborhood and has not adequately addressed the relocation of an electric substation, a letter from the city states.

A vacant downtown Scottsdale apartment complex has attracted drug users, burglars and trespassers since tenants were forced to move at the end of last month to make way for a new high-end condo project.

Former City Councilwoman Susan Bitter Smith is convinced it’s time for Scottsdale to switch to a district form of government.