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GOP Senate leader sues Hobbs over agency nominations tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The head of the Arizona state Senate is taking Gov. Katie Hobbs to court over her decision to appoint agency leaders without the approval of lawmakers, as the process for approving agency heads continues to be a point of particular contention throughout Hobbs’ first year as governor.

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Az foster care advocates urge lawmakers to help resolve DCS runaway problem tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A chorus of voices at a legislative hearing on missing children to implored the five-member panel to pass more safeguards for foster kids in the care of the Arizona Department of Child Safety.

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Winter snow could help recharge the Colorado River. But what if it doesn’t? tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Snow in the mountains of Colorado is the first step to recharging the Colorado River, but this winter’s precipitation outlook is unclear, and how it unfolds will have an outsized impact on the next few years of management of the river.

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UA thrives, ASU struggles in Jerry Colangelo Classic tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The 2023 Jerry Colangelo Classic showcased the best of Arizona, as the Wildcats surged in the second half to beat Alabama, in advance of a ranked matchup Saturday with No. 14 Florida Atlantic.

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Lawyer says there are ongoing risks for migrants with temporary protected status tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A lawyer representing migrants who had their temporary protected statuses terminated under the Trump administration argued in federal court that the case should not be considered moot, even though President Biden restored his clients’ status after winning the 2020 presidential election.

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How police have undermined the promise of body cameras tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
When body-worn cameras were introduced a decade ago, they seemed to hold the promise of a revolution, but in practice, police officers have been given wide latitude to run their departments as they wish and to police — and protect — themselves.

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Photos: Vigil at Pauper's Field honors Tucson homeless people who died in 2023 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
As dusk drew near the longest night of the year Thursday, around 70 people listened as members of the Primavera Foundation read the names of 133 people who died without shelter in Pima County in 2023.

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Photos: Vigil at Tucson's Pauper's Field honors homeless people who died in 2023 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
As dusk drew near the longest night of the year Thursday, around 70 people listened as members of the Primavera Foundation read the names of 133 people who died without shelter in Pima County in 2023.

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Flood control project creates new South Side park tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva joined other local officials to tour a new detention basin that is doubling as a park on Tucson's South Side.

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Charges dropped vs. Arizona reporter arrested at Raytheon protest tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: An Arizona journalist who was arrested while covering an anti-Gaza war protest in Tucson last month had the charges against her dismissed Thursday, as the Pima County Attorney's Office exercised "prosecutorial discretion" in the case.

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Grassroots groups help Medicaid recipients regain lost coverage tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Eight months after states started dropping millions of low-income families from Medicaid rolls, grassroots groups say they are leading the push to re-enroll people denied coverage for bureaucratic reasons.

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Charges dropped vs. Arizona reporter arrested at Raytheon protest tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
An Arizona journalist who was arrested while covering an anti-Gaza war protest in Tucson last month had the charges against her dismissed Thursday, as the Pima County Attorney's Office exercised "prosecutorial discretion" in the case.

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Trump urges Supreme Court to delay review of presidential immunity defense tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Donald Trump pushed for a delay at the Supreme Court, hoping to convince the justices to slow down an appeals court fight over presidential immunity ahead of his March 2024 trial for efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

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A 'chaotic' January? Congress faces two shutdown deadlines with no action yet on spending tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Congress is staring down a funding cliff in mid-January and a second one in early February, but neither of those deadlines have inspired House and Senate leaders to broker agreement on the dozen bills that were supposed to become law by Oct. 1.

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Menagers Dam on Tohono O’odham Nation gets federal funding for replacement tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Menagers Dam, a 22-foot tall earthen structure located on the Tohono O’odham Nation, is set to be replaced as part of the Interior Department's nearly $27 million investment to protect tribal communities by repairing and upgrading clean water systems and replacing failing dams.

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Whispers of Az groundwater regulations spur surges of deeper, higher-capacity wells tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Similar scenarios have played out across Arizona in recent years alongside growing calls for new regulation: When local conversations about groundwater regulation take place, a surge of well applications follows.

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ADEQ proposes framework for converting wastewater into purified drinking water tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality released a proposed roadmap outlining plans to convert treated wastewater into purified drinking water, and explaining the technical standards to which purification technology will be held.

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Tucson author Lydia Otero's latest book, ‘L.A. Interchanges,' records history of 'Brown & Queer' activism tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Through archival documents, photographs and storytelling, the latest book by Lydia R. Otero, "L.A. Interchanges: A Brown & Queer Archival Memoir," lays out the history of LA's burgeoning queer, brown and activist scenes in the 1980s.

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Tucson community to gather Thursday to remember homeless people who died in 2023 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Members of the public are invited to a Thursday vigil to pay respects to those who died without shelter in 2023.

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Tucson author Lydia Otero's latest memior, ‘L.A. Interchanges,' records history of 'Brown & Queer' activism tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Through archival documents, photographs and storytelling, the latest book by Lydia R. Otero, "L.A. Interchanges: A Brown & Queer Archival Memoir," lays out the history of LA's burgeoning queer, brown and activist scenes in the 1980s.

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