With a growing need for skilled workforce professionals, Better Business Bureau Pacific Southwest (BBB) continues to provide innovative solutions to ensure its accredited business community can thrive. BBB is proud to announce a new partnership with Grand Canyon University (GCU) to provide tuition scholarships and access to other GCU resources. Classes are flexible and … [More]
New Arizona Mega Resort Debuts Unprecedented Live Music Venue
VAI Resort unveils the latest addition to its upcoming $1 billion destination resort in Arizona: the VAI Amphitheater. Scheduled to open in 2024, this world-class venue is designed with music and live entertainment at its core, embodying the resort’s mission to become a top destination for music lovers and performing artists. With a $40 million stage, cutting-edge design, and … [More]
New Digital ID Acceptance Enables Arizonans to Expedite Their MVD In-Person Experience
Kyndryl, the world's largest IT infrastructure services provider, and Credence ID, a leading provider of mobile biometric and credential authentication solutions, today announced the deployment of a digital ID acceptance solution that allows residents to use mobile driver's licenses as a more secure and convenient option to expedite routine, in-person transactions. The new … [More]
Target Launches Fast and Free Returns with Drive Up in Phoenix
This week, Target is expanding to include Returns with Drive Up to stores across Phoenix – making the returns process convenient, fast and free. Returns with Drive Up allows guests to return most new, unopened items within 90 days of purchase from the comfort of their car – for free. Returns with Drive Up will be available for online and in-store purchases made through … [More]
ASU to Lead New DOE Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute
The U.S. Department of Energy has selected Arizona State University to receive up to $70 million to establish a new Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute devoted to the challenge of fighting greenhouse gas emissions from industrial process heating. ASU will lead the multi-institution effort known as Electrified Processes for Industry Without Carbon, or EPIXC. “The … [More]
Voters Decline to Move Tempe Entertainment District Forward
An Arizona Coyotes hockey arena, hotels, apartments, restaurants and retail will not move forward at Priest Drive and Rio Salado Parkway now that residents have voted to decline the Tempe Entertainment District. Tempe voters have spoken and we respect their voices. The Tempe City Council's unanimous vote in November 2022 to move the Tempe Entertainment District forward, … [More]
Utah-Based University Expands to Arizona with Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program
Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences, formerly Ameritech College, announced its recent expansion of the institution's accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. The expansion now permits qualifying students from Arizona to obtain their BSN degree from Utah-based Joyce University. The accredited program is designed for career changers with an … [More]
Prescription Savings Co. Teams Up with Phoenix Mercury in Partnership Deal
BuzzRx, the only provider of free prescription discount cards benefiting nonprofits year-round, announced the company scored a partnership with the Phoenix Mercury for the 2023 season. The partnership will span in-arena activation, commercial advertising, and digital content. BuzzRx is the first prescription savings company to team up with a Women's National Basketball … [More]
National Healthcare Payments Co. Acquires Arizona Clinic on Its Path to Help Solve the Opioid Crisis
With more than 1,300 opioid overdoses in 2023, Arizona continues to struggle with how to address the opioid use disorder (OUD) epidemic. With a successful track record in building solutions for some of the most complicated public health issues, healthcare programs and payments company Nomi Health today announced its acquisition of Phoenix-based clinic I Am Wellness. The … [More]
State Cracks Down on Fraudulent Medicaid Providers
Governor Hobbs, alongside Attorney General Mayes, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community President Martin Harvier, AHCCCS Director Carmen Heredia, representatives from 13 tribal nations, and law enforcement, announced actions against over 100 Medicaid behavioral health residential and outpatient treatment service providers believed to be engaging in fraud. These providers … [More]
Fast Food Chain Invests in Phoenix Community with Six New Restaurants Slated to Open in 2023
Chick-fil-A is strengthening its investment in the Phoenix community with five new locally owned and operated Chick-fil-A® restaurants and one licensed Chick-fil-A location, all slated to open by the end of 2023. These new restaurants and the licensed location will join 37 other Chick-fil-A locations currently serving the greater Phoenix marke. Chick-fil-A introduced … [More]
Luxury Apartments and Detached Homes for Lease in Phoenix’s Growing Submarket
Mark-Taylor Residential, Arizona’s leading Investment Manager of luxury multifamily communities, proudly welcomes Harmony at Hurley Farms into its esteemed management portfolio. As their fourth asset in partnership with local development group Treger Partners, the community features rental homes designed to exceed expectations and offer residents a luxurious and convenient … [More]
Tempe Votes in Tempe Entertainment District Project Special Election Today
Voters have options for casting their ballots on Propositions 301, 302 and 303 as part of the city’s Special Election on the Tempe Entertainment District. In November, the City Council unanimously approved the resolutions/ordinances for the Tempe Entertainment District project. Three aspects of the primarily privately funded proposal from Bluebird Development, the affiliate … [More]
Phoenix Sunshine and Job Market Noted in U.S. News ‘Best Places to Live’ Ranking
U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in rankings and consumer advice, unveiled the 2023-2024 Best Places to Live in the nation. The new list ranks the country’s 150 most populous metropolitan areas based on value, desirability, job market and quality of life and Phoenix lands at number 110 on the list. Green Bay, Wisconsin, ascended two positions to … [More]
Maintenance Service Co. Makes Second Arizona-Based Acquisition
Tendit Group, a portfolio company of Osceola Capital, announced the acquisition of Tempe-based Clean D Windows. The acquisition of Clean D Windows comes after Tendit announced the acquisition of Legends Landscape Management in Phoenix, and further expands Tendit's footprint and service offering in the Arizona market. Founded in 2008, Clean D Windows has grown to … [More]
The Unequal Rewards of Peer Support at Work and How to Level the Playing Field
According to new research released in MIT Sloan Management Review, men benefit more from supporting colleagues than women do. A recent study conducted by Nancy Baym, a senior principal research manager at Microsoft Research and Constance Noonan Hadley, founder of the Institute for Life at Work and a lecturer at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business reveals that men … [More]
Crossroads Inc. Announces New Executive Director
For the first time in nearly two decades, Crossroads Inc. will have a new Executive Director. After 18 years at the helm of Arizona’s preeminent drug and alcohol rehabilitation organization, Crossroads Executive Director Lee Pioske has announced his retirement. At the same time, Chief Compliance Officer Chris Riley, has been selected to succeed his mentor of 16 years, the … [More]
The End of Federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Declaration Means Updates
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a number of updates to its COVID-19 technical assistance, “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws,” including adding a new question and answer about the end of the federal declaration of the COVID-19 public health emergency. “This installment is the capstone to … [More]
