PHOENIX — A Mesa tourism group is paying Arizona residents $150 to vacation in the East Valley city. Escape to Mesa is a vacation package designed to get residents to explore their own backyard.

Ordinance 4655 in Scottsdale was passed unanimously by the city on Nov. 28 and compliance with the decision began just days after the new year. "Under the ordinance, short-term/vacation rental owners ...

Arizona lawmakers must revisit the 2016 law in which they stripped cities of their authority to regulate vacation rentals, Gov. Katie Hobbs says. The lack of affordable rentals for residents in cities ...

Short-term vacation rentals sometimes result in raucous parties that prompt calls to the police. And they can make fewer homes available for permanent residents. But rentals also help drive economic ...