By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings As usual, all info gathered from the website of the Arizona Legislature and subject to change without notice. Monday is expected to be a busy day at the Capitol, as there are expected to be lots of folks there to for Spring Break At The State Capitol. People … Read more
by David Safier 2,405. That's the number of people who have been shot and killed since January 8, or as the Newsweek article puts it, "since Tucson." All told, an estimated 2,405 Americans have been shot and killed since Tucson, adding to the grim toll of 400,000 felled by guns since Martin Luther King Jr. … Read more
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings All information available at the Census Bureau's American Factfinder page (watch the instructional videos, trust me 🙂 )… Census numbers for the state's 30 legislative districts – Geographic area Total population Arizona 6,392,017 LD1 (2010) 217,022 LD2 (2010) 177,904 LD3 (2010) 216,687 LD4 (2010) 294,239 LD5 (2010) 192,258 LD6 (2010) … Read more
by David Safier I didn't realize it when I first read Obama's op ed this morning, but it's a Star exclusive. Best guess is, since he spoke in Tucson after the shooting at Giffords' January 8 event, he decided to begin his campaign for gun reform here. The head is: We must seek agreement on … Read more
by David Safier If you read the Star's whole print-only article on Ethnic Studies achievement and graduation rates,beginning to end, you come away with the idea that a new TUSD study agrees that students in the program benefit academically when compared with similar students who aren't in Ethnic Studies. The only question is the size … Read more