Editorial on Gabby Giffords Courage and Recovery
The piece honors former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and recounts the 2011 shooting at a Tucson event that left her critically injured and six others dead. It notes her rehabilitation, support from Mike Segal, and her ongoing public service, including a 2013–14 push for gun-violence reforms and her eventual resignation from Congress to focus on recovery.
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Giffords
Mike Segal
Houston
University of Texas
Segal
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Mark Kelly
Arizona
Congress
Newtown, Conn
Is Kobach PAC conflict with Kansas ethics law?
The Kansas Senate, dominated by conservatives, barred the secretary of state from running a PAC that funds campaigns he might oversee. Kris Kobach’s Prairie Fire PAC gave about 30,000 to Senate candidates and 5,000 to a contested House race. Six of Kobach’s picks voted against the bill. the measure now awaits the House ruling. Martin Hawver notes constitutional questions and political theater.
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Kansas
Kris Kobach
Political Action Committee
PAC
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Prairie Fire Pac
Joe Patton
R-Topeka
Vicki Schmidt
Topeka
Schmidt
Patton
Secretary of State
Organized sports and the owners play a bigger game
Miami Herald spotlights team executives as elite athletes off the field. Mike Dee defends a 200 million stadium subsidy by calling unwise taxpayer risk, while Carolina Panthers push 125 million in subsidies. Garvin notes public funds totaling nearly 144 million for Bank of America Stadium. Field of Schemes links billions in state subsidies to private profits nationwide.
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Jerry Richardson
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