Tempe Municipal Court soon will offer a program to people with mental illnesses, a segment of the criminal population that tends to get caught in a cycle of repeat offenses.

Tempe’s two justices of the peace will get new facilities through an initiative that Maricopa County officials say will transform the county’s judicial system from "good to great."

Tempe’s two justices of the peace will get new facilities through an initiative that Maricopa County officials say will transform the county’s judicial system from "good to great."

Tempe is investigating its police chief for writing a letter intended to help a councilwoman’s son defend himself for growing marijuana.

Tempe is investigating its police chief for writing a letter intended to help a councilwoman’s son defend himself for growing marijuana.

Troubles on Wall Street have come to Mill Avenue.

Discrimination is enormously costly in human terms and, as Tempe officials have learned, it can also can be very costly in monetary terms. The city was on the losing end of a $2.4 million judgment in federal court last week in a discrimination lawsuit filed by nine current and former employees.

“A man's home is his castle,” so the old proverb goes. Behind its walls, the homeowner makes the rules — and the government must stay out, unless its minions have first obtained a search warrant that will pass muster under the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution in a court of law.

Real estate developers and city officials have reached an agreement with the largest remaining Tempe business refusing to sell its property to make way for a $200 million shopping center.

Cities and towns are banding together to stop Cox Communications from collecting millions of dollars in past sales tax levied on cable services.

Cities and towns are banding together to stop Cox Communications from collecting millions of dollars in past sales tax levied on cable services.

November 19, 2004

The Tempe City Council unanimously approved a settlement with Cox Communications that could cost the city more than $1 million to refund customers who subscribed with the cable television service between 1998 and 2002.

Tempe's case against the property owners Ninth and Ash LLC over illegal parking spots seems to be municipal minutiae. It's not.

January 5, 2005

The Institute for Justice will not defend a group of Tempe landowners fighting the city’s attempts to take their property for a planned $200 million shopping center.

Tempe’s Municipal Court is urging more than 34,000 people to pay delinquent balances before the city turns over the unpaid parking and speeding tickets to a collection agency. The fines total $10 million and some date back years. If they are not paid in full by Thursday, a collection agency will take the claims and the debtor’s credit rating could suffer. For more information on paying court-ordered fines, visit www.tempe.gov/court or call (480) 350-8800.

About a week before the body of Joann Rotz was found in a dirt lot on Lemon Street near Apache Boulevard, Rachel Hall said she argued with the homeless woman over not sleeping in her campsite area near Escalante Park.

A Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday that Tempe can’t force a group of property owners off their land to make way for a $200 million shopping center.

A Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday that Tempe can’t force a group of property owners off their land to make way for a $200 million shopping center.

Tempe is holding a public hearing to get comments on the job performance of its presiding judge, MaryAnne Majestic. The hearing is scheduled for 5 p.m. March 29, in front of the Judicial Advisory Board. After 45 minutes of comment, the board will discuss the judge’s performance and vote. The hearing will be held at the Tempe Police/Court Building, 140 E. Fifth St.

Arizona's municipal officials, who've gotten used to using eminent domain as a redevelopment tool, are blubbering over the state Supreme Court's refusal to hear Tempe's appeal of Mesa's loss in the Bailey Brake Shop case. Tempe officials wanted the Bailey ruling overturned to clear the way for their Marketplace commercial project southwest of Loops 101 and 202.

November 17, 2004

The Tempe City Council will consider allocating more than $1 million to settle a lawsuit with Cox Commun- ications charging the city wrongly taxed their customers.