Jodi Sorrell News Today

In 1985, Maricopa County voters approved a half-cent sales tax to support transportation projects for 20 years, and they renewed it another 20 years in 2004.

Mesa City Council unanimously approved spending $800,000 toward a $2 million study to identify a locally preferred route to extend Tempe’s new streetcar system into Mesa.

Uncle Sam is shelling out nearly a million dollars to help Mesa lay the foundation for a west-side streetcar line.