Scottsdale Progress

Scottsdale Progress

Scottsdale Progress is a free weekly newspaper that serves the Scottsdale, Arizona area. This publication features a diverse range of local news, community topics, exciting events, and stories that resonate with the residents. Our main focus includes civic news, local businesses, neighborhood updates, entertainment, sports, and information about local government and school districts. We also offer a platform for expressing opinions through editorials and letters from our readers. In addition, Scottsdale Progress acts as a marketplace for local businesses, allowing them to promote their products and services both in print and online.

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  • 6 days ago | scottsdale.org | Tom Scanlon

    Even as they prepare to put a City Council-approved $2.2 billion budget into effect, Scottsdale leaders are anxiously watching a key court case with a potential billion-dollar ramification. At the same June 10 meeting in which it formally approved the budget, Council also signed off on spending up to $90,000 for an outside law firm to fight a Goldwater Institute lawsuit challenging the voter-approved 0.15% sales tax.

  • 1 week ago | scottsdale.org | Tom Scanlon

    The June 10 Scottsdale Unified School District Governing Board meeting was highlighted by approval of a $400 million 2025-26 school year budget – and $17,500 in “performance pay” to Superintendent Scott Menzel. In August, though he achieved less than half of his goals, Menzel had his 2023-24 salary of $216,000 topped with a $15,768 bonus. Last year’s board, with three different members, gave him a raise to $225,000.

  • 1 week ago | scottsdale.org | Tom Scanlon

    A month after Scottsdale Unified School District’s Governing Board approved a new high school social studies curriculum, a surprise attack by Arizona Superintendent Tom Horne slammed the books as “DEI.”In emails and a June 11 news conference, Horne warned the “woke Scottsdale Unified board majority” risks losing federal funding for using books that encourage diversity, equity and inclusion.

  • 1 week ago | scottsdale.org | Tom Scanlon

    Even while he was studying at Chaparral High, Rick Smith was obsessed with science fiction and space. Years after founding a company with a “flagship” product based on Capt. Kirk’s phasers, Smith unveiled a plan to build a spaceship-themed Axon corporate office in North Scottsdale. Last year, his pay went into orbit.

  • 1 week ago | scottsdale.org | Tom Scanlon

    What could be more boring than the formal blessing of a city budget? Perhaps for the “only in Scottsdale” file, City Council’s final approval of a budget that was months in the making was far more dramatic than dull.

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