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Regents ask Brewer to veto bill taking away their authority over university hospital
University regents are asking Gov. Jan Brewer to reject a proposal that aims to wrestle away their direct authority over the University Medical Center in Tucson.
Ariz. cuts for education, health care face hearing
The state Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday holds a hearing likely to center on controversial funding cuts proposed by Gov. Jan Brewer to help balance the next state budget.
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords flown to Houston for rehab
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords got a dramatic send-off from her hometown Friday as throngs of sign-carrying well-wishers lined the streets to wave at the ambulance taking the wounded congresswoman from the hospital to the airport, where she was flown to Houston just two weeks after she was shot.
Giffords able to stand up as she readies for rehab
In the latest milestone in Gabrielle Giffords' recovery from a bullet wound to the brain, the congresswoman stood up and looked out a window even as preparations got under way for a move to Houston, where she'll undergo extensive mental and physical rehabilitation.
Giffords to relearn basic skills in Houston rehab
Less than two weeks after surviving a bullet through the brain, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is to be moved to Houston to begin an arduous journey of intensive mental and physical rehabilitation.
Family: Giffords will move to Houston rehab center
The family of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords says they plan to move the wounded congresswoman to a rehabilitation hospital in Houston to begin the next phase of her recovery from a gunshot wound.
Lawmakers to review Brewer’s budget plan Tuesday
Gov. Jan Brewer's budget proposal gets its first formal review at the Legislature on Tuesday.
Balancing the budget on a loan and a prayer
Brewer's budget proposal, which was released this afternoon, essentially hinges on the feds giving the state a waiver to make a $541 million cut to AHCCCS and a novel new budget gimmick that would see a one-day loan from First Things First every year for the foreseeable future.
At Giffords’ bedside, good news keeps coming
Doctors say Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is moving both legs and both arms, has opened both eyes and is responding to friends and family.
Obama: Giffords opened eyes for first time
President Barack Obama says that Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has opened her eyes for the first time since being shot through the head on Saturday.
Healing, hope at Tucson memorial
Reflection and remembrance capped with a message of hope marked Wednesday’s memorial at the University of Arizona to pay homage to the six people killed and 13 wounded in the Jan. 8 attempted assassination of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
Ariz. congresswoman less sedated, more responsive
U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is less sedated and more responsive four days after being shot in the head.
