Jeff Gifford

The nonprofit utility’s investment for this school year covers 24 projects with Arizona State University, seven with Northern Arizona University and five with the University of Arizona.

For the ninth year in a row, Arizona State University leads schools across the nation in innovation. Here are other highlights from the latest U.S. News & World Report Best College rankings, which saw ASU supplant another Arizona school in the overall rankings this year.

Five Arizona craft breweries took home a total of six medals from the prestigious Great American Beer Festival over the past weekend.

As part of a 15-year deal with Israel Aerospace Industry, a passenger-to-freight conversion company, Ascent Aviation Services will add two new wide-body hangars to its facilities in Marana, northwest of Tucson.

The DraftKings Sportsbook’s new general manager has spent more than a decade in management at multiple high-profile locations in the Phoenix metro, and its executive chef has also done high-profile work in the region.

Under a $29 million deal, Raytheon’s Tucson-based missiles and defense operation will develop a system called Gambit that the company says is more compact and efficient than conventional systems and could cut costs. Plus, see a roundup of other recent Raytheon Arizona contracts, including a new radar system.

Honeywell Aerospace, which is based in Phoenix, is playing a key role in updating the South Korean military’s aging Chinook helicopter fleet. The company says the latest order is part of a longstanding relationship with the Asian nation.

A new analysis from CommercialCafe counted the number of artificial intelligence and machine learning patents secured in metros across the nation, ranking the top 25. Here’s how Phoenix compares with other leaders in the field.

A new analysis from CommercialCafe counted the number of artificial intelligence and machine-learning patents secured in metros across the nation, ranking the top 25.

The Arizona Innovation Challenge is intended to help early-stage companies grow through resources, mentorship and potential to be chosen for ACA’s Venture Ready Accelerator program.