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Antenori blows off Olbermann snub
Antenori last week caught the attention of liberal commentator Keith Olbermann, who ridiculed comments the senator made to The Hill about why he was exploring a run against Giffords.
Pima County to begin taking comments on mine
The Pima County Department of Environmental Quality will soon begin taking comments on a permit for a new copper mine south of Tucson.
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.
Old Main: No Running on the Balcony
During the first session of the Arizona Territorial Legislature in 1864 — when not a single public school existed in the newly formed territory — lawmakers authorized a university and wrote a constitution to guide its affairs.
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.
Initial Arizona redistricting hearings scheduled
Arizona's redistricting commission has released a 2 A?-week schedule of hearings for public comment on how the panel should draw new legislative and congressional districts.
Drive to limit marijuana penalties goes to pot
A move aimed at reducing the penalties for minor possession of marijuana in Tucson has been nipped in the bud, at least temporarily.
Collaboration is key strength for southern Arizona lawmakers
Not long ago, southern Arizona legislators worked together to serve the needs of their communities, regardless of their political affiliations. Today, the willingness to collaborate is gone.
Redistricting panel considers mapping aides
Arizona's redistricting commission is on the verge on making another key staff choice.
Obama nominates two for federal judgeships in Arizona
President Barack Obama is nominating two Tucson lawyers to serve as U.S. District Court judges.
TUSD: Huppenthal’s assessment weak
Tucson Unified School District fired back Wednesday at state schools chief John Huppenthal, saying in an appeal that his findings that the district’s Mexican American Studies program is unlawful are thin.
Huppenthal: Tucson ethnic studies program violates state law
Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal has declared the Tucson Unified School District’s Mexican American Studies Program is illegal, citing an audit of the program his office commissioned earlier this year.
