Phoenix leaders will gather Friday to unveil a new transit center named after a former City Council member who died Tuesday.For more than 20 years, Thelda Williams represented District 1, where the former Metrocenter Mall is located and where a transit center in her name will open next year as part of the light rail extension. After Williams retired in 2021, Councilwoman Ann
The Phoenix City Council will be asked Wednesday to approve more than $2 million to create a new court for people experiencing homelessness. It’s called community court. It’s designed like other specialty courts operating in Phoenix there’s one for veterans only and one for people with behavioral health issues. The goal for all specialty courts is the same: to provide
If Arizona's largest emergency homeless shelter wants to keep getting money from Phoenix, it will need to be more transparent. On Wednesday, as the City Council discussed a $4.4 million contract to support Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS), Councilwoman Ann O’Brien said she hasn’t seen enough progress over the past two years.