The Cincinnati Bengals are still evaluating players with the draft coming up, and most recently they were at Arizona’s pro day and put wide receiver Jacob Cowing through some workouts to see what he is able to do.According to Tony Pauline of Sportskeeda, the Bengals think highly of Cowing, who is expected to go later…
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs just proved yet again how scrambled the politics of housing are.On Monday, the Democratic leader vetoed a bipartisan bill designed to cut red tape and lower the cost of housing.The Arizona Starter Homes Act, or HB 2570, would have prohibited cities with more than 70,000 residents from requiring minimum lot and…
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs on March 18 vetoed House Bill 2570, known as the Arizona Starter Homes Act.Saying the bill is “a step too far,” Hobbs called HB 2570 unprecedented legislation that would put Arizonans at the center of a housing reform experiment with unclear outcomes, according to a letter she sent to House Speaker…
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed a controversial housing bill that won bipartisan support in the Legislature, saying the measure would put Arizona “at the center of a housing reform experiment with unclear outcomes.” Hobbs’ veto of the Arizona Starter Homes Act on Monday was her second veto of the year. Perhaps reflective of intense debate…
Updated at 1:25 p.m. ET on March 11, 2024.For days before his State of the Union address last week, there were whispers that Joe Biden would make a major push to expand the nation’s housing supply—a possibility that worried the yes-in-my-backyard activists who push for more construction in communities across the country. Political polarization in…
In 1985, Willem de Kooning’s “Woman-Ochre” painting was cut out of its frame. The painting was traced back to the home of Jerry and Rita Alter, a New Mexico couple. The question remained: If the Alters had stolen one painting, could they have stolen others?In 1985, Willem de Kooning’s “Woman-Ochre” painting was cut out of…
Bookseller Kat Ysals is helping others find books at Changing Hands on a rainy Friday afternoon. She knows the store quite well after two years of working there and even longer of being a customer — as a child, she dreamed of working at the community-based bookstore. A couple pushes a cart filled…
Justin Spears Back in Tucson for the first time since January, the Arizona Wildcats men’s golf team will host the Arizona Thunderbirds Intercollegiate at Tucson Country Club, its relatively new home for the program. The two-day tournament will feature 15 teams, including New Mexico, Nevada, Wyoming, Utah State, UTEP and Long Beach State, on Monday and…
Arizona mayors railed against a bill sitting on Gov. Katie Hobbs’ desk dubbed the Arizona Starter Homes Act, and asked her to veto it on Thursday, saying it would cut out local input and upend cities’ authorities to shape the look and feel of their communities.City mayors and vice mayors from Mesa, Phoenix, Goodyear and…
The dream of homeownership is becoming increasingly elusive for many Americans as both home prices and insurance premiums are on the rise. Over the past decade, home prices have nearly doubled, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national index. Homeowners insurance premiums are climbing too. The average cost of insuring a $300,000 property surged by…