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Tucson's Felicia Konold sentenced to 45 days for 'crazed' role in Jan. 6 Capitol riot tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Konold was sentenced to 45 days in prison for her actions during the bloody Jan. 6 attack on Congress by supporters of Donald Trump. Her lawyer described her conduct that day, when she joined a group of Proud Boys fighting their way into the Capitol, as "crazed,"

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Phoenix man faces federal charges for threatening to assassinate President Biden, VP Harris tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Phoenix man was arrested by the U.S. Secret Service last month after he repeatedly threatened President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on social media and claimed he would commit a mass shooting at the University of New Mexico.

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AZGOP Chairman Jeff DeWit resigns after Kari Lake leaked a tape of him trying to ‘bribe’ her tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Jeff DeWit resigned as chairman of the Arizona Republican Party a day after Kari Lake, the front-runner to be the GOP’s nominee for the U.S. Senate, released an audio recording in which the party leader dangled a job to keep her out of the race.

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AZGOP Chairman Jeff DeWit resigns after Kare Lake leaked a tape of him trying to ‘bribe’ her tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Jeff DeWit resigned as chairman of the Arizona Republican Party a day after Kari Lake, the front-runner to be the GOP’s nominee for the U.S. Senate, released an audio recording in which the party leader dangled a job to keep her out of the race.

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‘We’re not just numbers, we’re not robots, we’re people’: Workers at Sky Harbor strike over job conditions tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Workers employed by SSP America at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport walked out on strike Tuesday morning in response to alleged labor-law violations, including paycheck delays and poor labor conditions.

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Arizona plan to extend psychedelic mushroom study takes step forward in House tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
An Arizona House panel voted to extend the deadline on Arizona’s first-in-the-nation program to research medical uses of psilocybin, or “magic mushrooms,” a hallucinogenic currently classified by the federal government as a Schedule I illegal drug.

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Feds bring unresolved Backpage charges back for 3rd trial tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Two months after Backpage.com founder Michael Lacey was convicted of money laundering, federal prosecutors indicate that they intend to retry the newspaperman with 84 prostitution and money laundering counts on which the jury deadlocked.

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No Labels Party sued over ‘right-wing agenda’ tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Real estate moguls Jody and Douglas Durst, along with the Durst Organization, sued the political advocacy group No Labels, claiming the nonprofit has "fundamentally betrayed its donors’ trust" over the possibility it will run an independent "unity ticket" in the 2024 presidential election.

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GOP bill would require an annual report on Arizona teacher turnover tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Republican proposal inspired by the conclusions of Gov. Katie Hobbs’ educator retention task force would mandate the State Board of Education put together an annual report on teacher retention, turnover and vacancies to send to the governor and legislative leaders.

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As gas-tax receipts drop, Az Republicans look to ban taxes on miles driven tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Members of the far-right Arizona Freedom Caucus want to ban any future possibility of a tax on miles driven, a measure that some states have explored to replace falling revenue from gasoline taxes as hybrid and fully electric vehicles become more common.

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Committee shoots down plan to let voters decide red light camera use in Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona voters likely won’t be deciding this fall whether to ban the use of red light and photo radar cameras after state senators on Monday rejected a plan to send the matter to the November ballot.

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Photos: Az Gov. Katie Hobbs delivers State of the State speech in Tucson tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs delivered a version of her annual "State of the State" address in Tucson on Tuesday morning.

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Man sentenced to life in prison for killing deputy U.S. marshal during 2018 ambush tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A 31-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison this week, after he was convicted for second-degree murder in the slaying of a deputy U.S. marshal during a violent confrontation in Tucson in 2018.

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Hobbs, other Democratic govs ask Congress for immigration aid to reverse years of ‘inaction’ tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Nine Democratic governors, including Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, sent a letter to President Joe Biden and congressional leaders Monday, requesting federal aid and urging changes to immigration law as their states take in an overwhelming number of asylum seekers.

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Biden,Trump win New Hampshire primaries tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Donald Trump has won the Republican New Hampshire primary, further cementing his front-runner status and handing a big defeat to Nikki Haley, his remaining rival for the nomination, while President Joe Biden won as a write-in candidate in the Democratic primary.

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Hobbs hopes new child care funding will ‘pay off’ through Az workforce tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Gov. Katie Hobbs is asking lawmakers to spend $100 million on Arizona’s Child Care Assistance program in her budget proposal, a program that is expected to help the families of more than 31,000 children find access to child care, and help bolster the state’s families and workforce.

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How the anti-CRT push unraveled local support for schools tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
In 2021, there was a sudden shift in how school board meetings were conducted, with a firestorm of anti-CRT bans, a focus on school board elections and partisan divides within local communities, causing lasting consequences for how communities view their teachers and schools.

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After 51 years of fighting, abortion in Arizona comes down to next 10 months tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In the 51 years since the U.S. Supreme Court recognized and then reversed federal abortion protections, advocates and opponents have fought constantly over the boundaries of that right - and now Arizona finds itself at the forefront of the national battle.

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Republicans regain top spot among Az's voting blocs; PPE registration deadline coming up tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Entering the 2024 presidential election cycle, the number of registered voters in Arizona has dropped by nearly 100,000 since summer 2023. As a result, registered Republicans have regained the top spot among organized voter blocs.

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Arizona tax collections down sharply in December, fueled by flat tax & business tax dips tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
State coffers continued to hemorrhage money in December, driving Arizona’s revenue shortfall to more than $480 million below what was expected just six months earlier, as income tax collections for both individuals and corporations were dismal.

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