Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is planning to visit a Phoenix middle school on Thursday to teach students about the country's justice system.

Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor continues to hear cases in U.S. appeals courts, while also playing a role in public policy issues. Her critics say she should do one or the other, but not both.

Retired Gen. Colin Powell is joining the University of Arizona's national civility institute board.

An Arizona legislator is proposing that the state board that oversees the entire public university system be eliminated and replaced with separate boards of trustees for each state university.

Judge Larry A. Burns of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California has been designated to oversee United States v. Jared Lee Loughner, in Arizona's U.S. District Court, said David Madden, a spokesman for the Ninth Circuit Office of the Circuit.

A gunman accused of shooting an Arizona congresswoman and killing six people at a political event in Tucson is scheduled to make his initial court appearance Monday in Phoenix.

The century-old Arizona Constitution will be the subject of a forum in Phoenix on Thursday.

The U.S. Department of Education has named Sandra Day O'Connor Elementary School in Mesa one of 314 Blue Ribbon Schools for 2010.

A federal appeals court has struck down a key part of Arizona's law requiring voters to prove they are citizens before registering to vote or casting ballots.

Arizona is one of a handful of states that do not have a lieutenant governor, but that could change if voters approve a proposition on the November ballot.