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80s-themed concert after April 6 drag races in …

3/20/2024
On Saturday, April 6, after the televised NHRA races at Firebird Motorsports Park,  Wild Horse Pass Festival Grounds will be the site of a nostalgic concert. The 80’s Rock Tour will …

Gilbert Town Council considers taking out ethics …

2/21/2024
Having been through a deluge of ethics complaints in 2023, Gilbert Town Council is considering rolling parts of its ethics handbook into its Code of Conduct for officials and eliminating the …

Legislation introduced to make mulch out of deceased …

1/20/2024
PHOENIX — It’s not quite ashes to ashes. But there’s an element of dust to dust in some new legislation to allow Arizonans to make garden mulch out of the dearly departed.

Gilbert council to look into teen violence

1/10/2024
After facing at times withering accusations during public comment, Gilbert Town Council voted Jan. 9 to form a subcommittee on teen violence.   The subcommittee will consist of council …

State prison panel tells Hobbs they need time, staff, …

12/26/2023
PHOENIX — Members of a special panel appointed by Gov. Katie Hobbs to look at the state prison system are telling her they can’t do the job she asked them to do: provide actual — and meaningful — oversight of the $1.1 billion operation where about 35,000 people are locked up.

Gilbert's new ethics complaint process getting tested

12/1/2023
The first ethics complaint filed under the town of Gilbert’s new rules for handling such incidents has hit a snag before the newly required mediation.   Complainant Maureen Hoppe has …

Landowner's concerns about Gilbert councilmember now …

11/17/2023
The last unresolved ethics complaint from a spate of seven filed against Gilbert council members during the summer has expanded since it was filed and now includes a recording of a prominent …

Top Gilbert salaries rank among best in Valley 

9/10/2023
Gilbert’s top municipal employees are among the highest paid in the Valley, data collected by the Daily Independent shows.   That’s includes Town Manager Patrick Banger, …

Gilbert council member cautioned but found not to have …

9/1/2023
Gilbert Town Council Member Jim Torgeson did not violate the town’s code of ethics, an independent investigator found, but the first-term official also was cautioned about his conduct.  

Gilbert council chooses mediation over no-confidence …

8/2/2023
The Gilbert Town Council directed top staff members at an Aug. 1 special meeting to find a mediator and set a meeting for members to work out their grievances with one another.   The move …

Gilbert council subcommittee will look at conflict of …

8/2/2023
A Gilbert Town Council subcommittee on ethics will look at more closely specifying what constitutes a conflict of interest for council members.   The subcommittee’s chair, Council …

Two more ethics complaints filed in Gilbert

7/22/2023
Two more ethics complaints were filed July 13 against a Gilbert Town Council member, bringing to four such complaints lodged against three different members.   Maricopa County island …