The Arizona Department of Revenue is offering to refund the $82 million that local businesses paid as part of the Pinal County Road Tax. The road tax, which was supposed to help pay for major roadway projects in Pinal County, was struck down by the Arizona Supreme Court as illegal because of its two-tiered system in March.

Did you miss our Facebook live interview with Casa Grande Mayor Craig McFarland on the widening of Interstate 10? Get all of the details of on the funding needed for the project in Casa Grande reporter Jodie Newell’s story. Don’t miss the Facebook interview with McFarland further down in this email!

And more than a dozen irate residents who live near Florence angrily demanded the Board of Supervisors investigate why a local volunteer fire department was not called when their neighbor’s home caught fire.