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Az group, U.S. task force target disparity in Black breast cancer mortality rates tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Coalition of Blacks Against Cancer hosts monthly support group sessions and provides attendees with accurate information to help guide them through their diagnoses as Arizona has high mortality rates for Black women with breast cancer and is ranked fifth-worst overall in the U.S.

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Tribes face an uphill battle to defend their sacred land against lithium mining tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Indigenous communities are on the frontlines of a push to create new, domestic sources for lithium, and while rules exist that sound as if tribes have protections, Native leaders call tribal consultation a “check-box exercise.”

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Kozachik: Admin bloat at embattled UA doesn't help reduce tuition for students tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Clearly the Board of Regents sees that they have some culpability or they wouldn’t be so quick to own these outside measures. The consultants reviewing the UA need a clear arms-length distance from both ABOR and the university

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Cummings has 3 runs & 2 RBIs, Drake throws 8 shutout innings as Pima wins 2 to open Zinger Invitational tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College baseball team (4-2) opened play in the Zinger Bats JUCO Invitational on Saturday at Sloan Park in Mesa.

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Cummings has 3 runs and 2 RBIs, Drake throws 8 shutout innings as Pima baseball wins 2 to open Zinger Invitational tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College baseball team (4-2) opened play in the Zinger Bats JUCO Invitational on Saturday at Sloan Park in Mesa.

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Pima softball suffers 2 losses in the final day of Great Western Shootout tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College softball team (4-5) closed out play in the Great Western Shootout on Saturday at the Pacific Avenue Athletic Complex in Yuma.

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Alexander's 30-point, 17-rebound effort powers Pima men over Scottsdale tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team (19-3, 11-3 in ACCAC) picked up a fifth straight win on Saturday after taking control in the second half against Scottsdale Community College (9-10, 5-9).

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Pima baseball goes 4-0 at the Zinger Bats JUCO Invitational tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College baseball team (6-2) capped off play at the Zinger Bats JUCO Invitational on Sunday at Sloan Park in Mesa, picking up two more wins and finishing 4-0 for the weekend.

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Rylei Waugh scores 27 as PCC women top Scottsdale in OT tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (16-6, 11-4 in ACCAC) won a fourth straight game on Saturday in a hard-fought battle against Scottsdale Community College (11-8, 7-7).

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Lopez goes 6 for 6 with 7 RBIs as Pima softball splits first day at Great Western Shootout tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College softball team (4-3) opened play in the Great Western Shootout on Friday at the Pacific Avenue Athletic Complex in Yuma.

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TUSD expands free breakfast & lunch program for all students across 87 schools tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
All students enrolled at schools in Tucson Unified School District can receive free breakfast and lunches without submitting any paperwork, an effort backed by the USDA.

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Reminder to independent voters: You can’t vote in Az’s upcoming 'presidential preference election' tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Independents may make up roughly one-third of Arizona’s registered voters, but they’re shut out of the approaching March 9 presidential primaries. Voters must register with the Republican or Democratic parties by Feb. 20 if they want to cast a ballot.

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Az GOP proposal would ask voters to guarantee life sentences for child sex traffickers tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Republicans are backing a push to send child sex traffickers to prison for the rest of their lives, rallying behind a cry of “Arizona’s children are not for sale,” but whether the stiff sentences they propose could accomplish that goal alone is debatable.

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Lawmakers look to ban brass knuckles in Arizona after Gilbert Goons attacks tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Some Arizona lawmakers want to make brass knuckles illegal after multiple crimes involving the weapons — some attributed to the now infamous Gilbert Goons — have been perpetrated in the Valley.

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Arizona officials combat AI election misinformation through proposed bills, security trainings tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona legislators are hoping to pave the way for political candidates to take legal action against the rising threat of deepfakes in election campaigns, and state election officials are finding new ways to combat the issue before election season is in full swing.

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Sinema’s lackluster fundraising quarter raises eyebrows over campaign hopes tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema raised a fraction of what her leading challengers brought in in the last quarter of 2023, raising new questions about her chances in what could be a bruising, three-way race.

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The latest Az GOP anti-trans strategy: Requiring ‘detransition’ services tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Republicans want hospitals and doctors to either provide or pay for the treatment of people who received gender-transitioning procedures and later regretted it, but LGBTQ advocates say the move is nothing more than an effort to further villainize trans health care.

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Az Senate Republicans opened a ‘special inquiry’ into AG Kris Mayes tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The state Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to open a special inquiry into Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes for allegations that she has failed to enforce state law and engaged in “witch hunts” against local officials.

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¿Dónde están los proveedores de atención primaria del país? La respuesta no es fácil tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Como muchos médicos deciden no seguir carreras profesionales en atención primaria porque esos trabajos implican una gran carga de trabajo y ganan menos dinero y respeto que los especialistas, los programas para aumentar la atención no parecen estar funcionando.

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Where are the nation’s primary care providers? It’s not an easy answer tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The nation is starved for primary care clinicians, and as many doctors decide against primary care career paths because those jobs entail heavy workloads and earn less money and respect than specialists, programs to increase care do not seem to be working.

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