Archive for the ‘Arizona Government’ Category

Arizona Reactivates System Following Overwhelming Success of Pilot Program
SCOTTSDALE, AZ — (MARKET WIRE) — Scottsdale’s 101 State Highway is now significantly safer for drivers thanks to the rollout of a first-of-its-kind highway speed monitoring network from REDFLEX Traffic Systems that went into effect the end of last month. The program follows closely on the heels of a nine-month pilot project on Loop 101 that utilized speed-trip sensors to monitor and photograph drivers exceeding the stated speed limit without the need for an on-site police officer. Read the rest of this entry »

Hires Sales Veteran Robin Schlimgen to Head up Business Development in Southwest United States
PHOENIX–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Bond Logistix LLC an SEC-registered investment advisory firm that provides financial, investment and regulatory compliance services to state and local governments and non profits announced today that it has expanded its presence in the Southwest with the opening of an office in Phoenix, Arizona. Bond Logistix now has seven offices across the country. Read the rest of this entry »

Willdan to Introduce Planning Services to the High Growth Southern Arizona Market

ANAHEIM, Calif., & TUCSON, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Willdan Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:WLDN), a leading provider of outsourced services to public agencies, today announced that David Williams, AICP, has been appointed Principal Planner in the Tucson, Arizona office of Willdan, the Company’s largest subsidiary and among the largest providers of municipal engineering services in the western United States. Read the rest of this entry »

Howard Fischer
Capitol Media Services

Gov. Janet Napolitano hopes a $1.2 million infusion into the Department of Commerce will help persuade more foreign businesses to locate here.

The governor’s proposed $10.4 billion budget for 2007-08 includes financing to hire two new employees for the Commerce Department and to pay their expenses to expand the state’s Foreign Direct Investment Program. Read the rest of this entry »

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute’s (PBMI) 2007 Prescription Drug Utilization Management Conference will feature proven strategies human resource and benefit professionals can adapt for their own organizations to curb the cost of drug benefit programs. The conference will be held Feb. 21-23, 2007 at the Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort in Phoenix. Read the rest of this entry »

    FAIRFAX, Va., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a $20.7 million follow-on contract to provide live and constructive personnel training and simulation support services to the 309th Military Intelligence (MI) Army Battalion. Read the rest of this entry »

Collaboration between Ecotality, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Labs, and Airboss Aerospace Drives New Developments in Its Hydrogen Bus Program

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ecotality, Inc. (OTC BB: ETLY), a renewable energy company addressing the global energy challenge by developing eco-friendly technologies, today announced that it has engaged Airboss Aerospace, Inc., a leader in the aerospace industry, to act as consulting engineers on its Hydratus Read the rest of this entry »

Yvette Armendariz
The Arizona Republic

Businesses are bracing for what may become the most unpredictable legislative session in years.

High on their agenda are immigration reform, accelerating highway construction, education improvements and tax cuts.

How they accomplish their mission will depend largely on how well Republicans and Democrats work together this year. Read the rest of this entry »

Doug Carroll
The Arizona Republic

Got high school? Thanks to a free, Chandler-based online alternative school, 81 students can say yes. And now they’ve got diplomas, too.

Primavera Online High School, a fully accredited charter school that began three years ago and has the Web address of www.GotHighSchool.com, graduated its fall class Friday in a brief ceremony at the East Valley Institute of Technology in Mesa. Read the rest of this entry »

Sean Holstege
The Arizona Republic

Two years before the light-rail system opens, private investors are starting to pump more than $1 billion into new developments near the rail stations.

The investments promise to reshape key corners and neighborhoods along the 20-mile route, an infusion that is typical of light-rail systems but is occurring earlier in the Valley than in other cities. Read the rest of this entry »