Ken Sain

1 week ago | chandlernews.com | Ken Sain

The City of Chandler is welcoming suggestions from college students to improve its overall sustainability. Arizona State University’s Project Cities is a university-community partnership that pairs students with a city to work on strategies for better environmental, economic and social balance. A team of students last month gave a presentation to the city’s Parks & Recreation Commission about its plan for Chuparosa Park.

1 week ago | eastvalleytribune.com | Ken Sain

A year after voters soundly rejected its request, Chandler Unified School District will ask its residents to authorize borrowing $271.5 million in a bond election this November. That number is about 56% of the $487.5 million that voters rejected by more than seven points in the November 2024 election. The CUSD Governing Board on June 11 also authorized asking voters to extend for another seven years a 15% override of its maintenance and operation budget in the same Nov. 4 election.

1 week ago | chandlernews.com | Ken Sain

The City of Chandler is moving forward on another plan that will use one-time dollars to generate ongoing savings. In this case, that savings is expected to be around $1.8 million annually. Council approved a resolution that will result in new solar arrays at city facilities at a cost of about $34 million. The expected savings will come in the amount the city must pay for energy in those buildings. The solar arrays, which the city will own, are expected to cut energy cost in half.

1 week ago | chandlernews.com | Ken Sain

Ayear after voters soundly rejected its request, Chandler Unified School District will ask its residents to authorize borrowing $271.5 million in a bond election this November. That number is about 56% of the $487.5 million that voters rejected by more than seven points in the November 2024 election. The CUSD Governing Board on June 11 also authorized asking voters to extend for another seven years a 15% override of its maintenance and operation budget in the same Nov. 4 election.

2 weeks ago | chandlernews.com | Ken Sain

Before any inventor can develop a new product, they must first figure out what is needed. So says Brad Wu, a rising senior at Arizona College Prep High School. As a result of his volunteer work with senior citizens and watching some who had difficulty with motor function, Brad invented an exoskeleton robotic device as a project for his school’s science fair.