Now US Airways says it has broken off those talks with United about merging. A couple of weeks ago the WSJ and NYT scooped the Republic on the talks, which made front-page news across the country.


No word still on whether Brewer will sign the immigration bill. Meantime, former Mesa police chief Gascon is continuing his opposition to the bill. Today in the Republic, various business leaders whack it:

Tourism executives say the bill doesn’t help their cause in luring business and leisure travelers, and their dollars, to the state.

“I don’t see anything good for tourism in this,” said Bruce Lange, managing director of the Westin Kierland Resort and Spa and former chairman of the Valley Hotel & Resort Association.

“It’s just one of those issues that makes people uncomfortable. When people get uncomfortable, it’s a lot easier to say, ‘I don’t want to go there,’ ” he added.

Diane Enos, president of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, which last week opened the 400-room Talking Stick Resort and casino east of Scottsdale, said the bill is not good for Arizona.

“It does not put our best face forward to visitors, particularly to international travelers,” she said in a statement.

Well duh. The story also notes this:

Several key organizations, including the Arizona Office of Tourism and the Greater Phoenix Economic Council, have so far remained silent, at least publicly, on the political hot potato.