Arizona

While sales tax increases have proven popular, road tolls and other user fees are better methods to fund transportation improvements, says transportation expert Martin Wachs.

Stakeholders in Arizona are battling it out this election over how to handle more than 9 million acres of state trust land.

Property rights initiatives in four western states are hoping to draw in support from voters afraid of the spectre of eminent domain. But many see this as an inaccurate ploy.

Report by Seattle-based Sightline Institute documents a growing backlash against "property rights" initiatives in Oregon communities deeply affected by Oregon's Measure 37 and implications for western states.

At a Phoenix hospital, thoughtful building design creates a healing environment for patients.

As Tempe, Arizona moves ahead with plans for more urban style growth, its neighbor Phoenix is not thrilled.

A series of articles and reports addressing growth in the Western United States, including Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Oregon, Idaho and other states.

With the media captivated by the landmark "Global Warming Solutions Act", a sister-bill has gone mostly unnoticed, yet will have an almost immediate impact in changing California's energy portfolio by targeting the 20% of imported, coal-based energy.

Researchers at Arizona State University investigate landscape design and human-landscape interaction.

Libertarians are pushing ballot initiatives in six Western states to vastly reduce the government's power to regulate land uses. The initiatives seek to limit regulatory takings of land by requiring the government to compensate owners for any losses.

Arizona's rural landscapes are being taken over and obstructed by huge housing booms and development projects. Residents are supporting a ballot initiative to preserve hundreds of thousands of acres of land, while legislators side with developers.

After losing 54,000 people this decade alone in its most rapid clip ever, Philadelphia is on the verge of ceding the 'Fifth Most Populated City' title to Phoenix.

The best volunteer efforts of the Arizona Site Steward Program cannot prevent looting and other damage to the state's archeological heritage.

Phoenix and Tucson are building up, not out, but is it enough to slow desert development?

When The Biosphere was originally built in 1991, it was in the middle of nowhere in the Sonoran Desert. Today, hyper suburban development between Tucson and Phoenix threatens its very existence.

Illegal immigrants wreak havoc on the delicate desert environment in Arizona; fencing or walls only make it worse.

A riverfront project, a strong housing market, and a healthy economy mark a comeback for a city ranked No. 1 for businesses.

Another link joining the Phoenix and Tucson megalopolis is planned on Indian land near Chandler.

Ecologists in the Tucson area have put development concerns on the back burner to publicize a more pressing problem: the infestation of highly-flammable buffelgrass in the Sonora Desert.

Many suburbanites purchasing dream homes soon find that weak soil wreaks havoc on their foundations, yet with the high demand for housing, hundreds of homes are continually constructed in such areas.