"Pima County and Southern Arizona could always count on Jim Kolbe," Sharon Bronson, the Pima County Board of Supervisors chair, said Saturday in a written statement announcing his death.

Like a lot of Americans, Jim Kolbe was mournful on Jan. 6, 2021. The former GOP congressman – who bucked his party to support Joe Biden for president – was sad that Arizona tried overturning ...

Jim Kolbe was a man known not only for his convictions, work ethic, and integrity but also for a kindness, warmth, humility and generosity that illuminated all he did in life. Jim's achievements ...

PHOENIX (AP) — Jim Kolbe, a Republican congressman who represented a heavily Democratic region of Arizona for more than two decades and was a proponent of gay rights, has died. He was 80.

Who enjoys reading the obituaries — especially on New Year’s — you may wonder? I get why this strikes many as morbid. Yet, ...

“but no one could question his integrity and his love for Arizona,” said Alfonso after his husband’s death. Kolbe himself once said, “I would rather be known as ‘Jim Kolbe, the trade ...

The D.C. Council is passing some questionable legislation. I don’t question their good intentions, most of the time, but some ...

Richard Fierro is the person who tackled the shooter. Former U.S. Rep. Jim Kolbe, 80, of Arizona — the first openly-LGBTQ veteran and the second openly-gay Republican elected to Congress ...

Re: the Dec. 10 article “Jim Kolbe represented the best in all of us, and he’ll be missed.” Dear Editor, Thanks to David Fitzsimmons for his heartfelt memories of Congressman Jim Kolbe.

Jim Kolbe was a man known not only for his convictions, work ethic, and integrity but also for a kindness, warmth, humility and generosity that illuminated all he did in life. Jim’s achievements ...