Tempe City Councilman Len Copple is casting doubts on a city proposal to give more than $7 million in incentives for a development on the north side of Tempe Town Lake.

A former Arizona legislator will be sentenced Wednesday for felony convictions for seeking and accepting bribes while he was a Tempe city councilman and misleading donors about a scholarship fund that benefited his relatives.

A Tempe city councilman said Wednesday that he leaked the confidential tax statements of a mayoral candidate, a move that has launched an investigation of City Hall.

October 24, 2004

Speak up. That’s what residents will be able to do more of beginning at the Tempe City Council’s Nov. 4 meeting.

Even if you don't live in Tempe, the donnybrook to succeed Mayor Neil Giuliano will be well worth watching. So far, Councilman Dennis Cahill and former Councilman Hugh Hallman have tossed their hats in the ring.

A Tempe city councilman is pressing Arizona State University to snatch the Insight Bowl from Phoenix in exchange for $6 million to expand its main campus.

December 10, 2004

The Tempe City Council will meet tonight to discuss whether to bail the Mill Avenue Merchants Association out.

The Tempe City Council could tell street vendors to hit the road.

With the Tempe Union High School District denied funding to have police officers on campus, the city is stepping in to help.

A representative for the Tempe Supervisors Council said the group would fight any attempts at another round of widespread job cuts as the city looks to trim its budget.

January 26, 2005

Hut Hutson fended off political newcomer Augustus Shaw for the final seat on the Tempe City Council in Tuesday's election.

By day, he audits Tempe’s books.

Some Tempe high school students may say goodbye to yellow school buses and take a free ride on city buses.

Owning a home near ASU in Tempe has carried a steep price for years. College students crammed into houses. All-night parties. Two-foot tall weeds in the front yard.

Tempe restricts business signs and billboards more than just about any community in the Valley, though people might not realize that, considering a recent building boom of signs.

City Councilman Leonard Copple on Monday apologized to Tempe residents for supplying a mayoral candidate with the confidential tax records of his political opponent.

November 24, 2004

For 20 years, a charitable organization founded and led by Tempe City Councilman Johnny G. "Hut" Hutson has been soliciting money from the public without registering with the state as required by law.

Hugh Hallman got a reputation as a rabble-rouser in his four years as a Tempe city councilman.

Former Chandler City Councilman Martin Sepulveda has joined the competitive race for the U.S. House of Representatives in the East Valley’s Congressional District 9. The Republican, two-term councilman said in a news release that he will promote a balanced budget amendment and cut spending.

September 1, 2004