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Retired court justice O’Connor urges civility
TUCSON ai??i?? When Sandra Day O'Connor was a member of the Arizona Senate in the 1970s and needed to get business done, she would bring folks from both sides of the aisle to the adobe house she and her husband built, serve Mexican food and beer and work things out, civilly. Sadly, politicians in Arizona and the U.S. are struggling with the concept of civil discussion ai??i?? unfortunate, becau[...]
Giffords’ spokesman takes job at community college
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' chief spokesman has accepted a job as an administrator at a community college in southern Arizona.
The Tucson shootings: no lessons learned?
Even the most traumatic events fade with time. As the months pass since Jan. 8, our attention is increasingly captured by the remarkable recuperation of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the approaching trial of accused shooter Jared Loughner. It’s natural to want to let go of disturbing memories, both of the violence itself and of the troublesome questions that it raised.
Hundreds come out for Ariz. girl’s funeral
As the funeral for the youngest victim of the mass shooting in Arizona was set to begin Thursday, the largest flag recovered from Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center was raised by two fire trucks with ladders extended, and several hundred people lined a road near the church to show support.
Shooting suspect’s nihilism rose with isolation
At an event roughly three years ago, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords took a question from Jared Loughner, the man accused of trying to assassinate her and killing six other people. According to two of his high school friends the question was essentially this: "What is government if words have no meaning?"
Suspect in attack on congresswoman acted alone
Federal prosecutors brought charges Sunday against the gunman accused of attempting to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killing six people at a political event in Arizona.
Brewer touts new law streamlining process of transferring college credit
Gov. Jan Brewer, who is seeking election to a full term, visited ASU’s West campus Wednesday to hold a ceremonial signing for a law that took effect earlier this year, which aims to eliminate confusion on campus by requiring common course numbers for all 100- and 200-level classes. It applies to all public universities and community colleges.
