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Judge rejects request to reinstate TUSD class
A federal judge has rejected a request to reinstate the Tucson Unified School District's suspended ethnic studies classes.
Tucson school district to dismantle ethnic studies
A school district in Tucson voted to dismantle its ethnic studies program after more than $1 million of monthly state funding was to be cut off in response to conclusions by Arizona's public schools chief and a judge that the program violated the law.
Judge orders desegregation expert to help TUSD
A federal judge has ordered a desegregation expert to help resolve a decades-long battle to end racial disparity in the Tucson Unified School District.
Arizona to improve mental health records for gun checks
A state commission says it will use a nearly $600,000 federal grant to improve records that Arizona submits to a national criminal databank so that they include mental health matters that affect a person's ability to legally buy guns.
Giffords walking without cane, writing left-handed
A spokesman for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords says the Arizona congresswoman has been walking on her own for some time.
Defense cost in border activist trials: $951K
The total cost to defend three border activists ultimately convicted of killing a southern Arizona man and his young daughter in a 2009 home invasion was more than $951,000, making it one of the costliest in Pima County's history.
Court orders renewed federal oversight of Tucson school desegregation
A federal appeals court Tuesday ordered a lower court to renew its oversight of a decades-long desegregation order against the Tucson Unified School District.
3rd border activist convicted in Arizona killings
A third border activist has been convicted of killing a southern Arizona man and his young daughter in a 2009 home invasion.
Husband: Giffords had reunion with staff in Tucson
A weekend visit home to Tucson that included a reunion with staff members, Father's Day breakfast and Mexican takeout food was good medicine for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords as she recovers from being shot, her astronaut husband said.
Tucson school board delays vote on ethnic studies
The Tucson Unified School District board is delaying a vote on changes to the ethnic studies program until it hears from the public.
Krentz’s murder still unsolved after year
The murder of a prominent Cochise County rancher that triggered a nationwide outcry about border security remains unsolved a year later.
Obama calls for stricter enforcement of gun laws
Two months after the shooting of a U.S. congresswoman, President Barack Obama called Sunday for more stringent enforcement of existing gun laws, citing the "awful consequences" of gun violence in American society.
