Features
Students Win Awards
Congratulations to the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication students who won the Society of Professional Journalism’s most prestigious Mark of Excellence Awards. To those who won—and all those who competed—these awards celebrate your work excellence at Arizona State University.
Dearest Mothers
For most moms, May 9 won’t be about decadent spa treatments or gift bags filled with designer goods. It’ll be about taking a break from work, opening from-the-heart homemade gifts and spending time with their most favorite people—their children. Here, some of our favorite local moms and their kids share their most cherished memories, the joys (and challenges) of motherhood and their Mother’s Day plans.

The Quiet Giant
In a town as fast-growing as ours, sometimes history gets lost in the shuffle. Or more accurately, history gets overshadowed by a shiny new structure or hidden under a new coat of paint—which is the ultimate catch-22 for a successful construction company. After all, when your entire reason for being is building new, innovative buildings, can you really be surprised when your past accomplishments—no matter how landmark at the time—are eclipsed by the new?

Mother's Day Gift Guide
Proposition 200: Stimulating Scottsdale’s Economy
With Scottsdale’s March 9 elections just around the corner, many residents are still educating themselves on the most recent propositions, including Prop 200 which, if passed, could spur some much-needed job growth.