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Pima women have 11-game streak snapped at Eastern Az; Aztecs lock up No. 2 seed for regionals tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (23-7, 18-5 in ACCAC) closed out the regular season on Monday with a loss to Eastern Arizona College (27-3, 20-3) in Thatcher.

Arizona Senate committee approves bill to ban voting centers tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
An Arizona Senate committee voted to advance a bill that would ban countries from using widely available voting centers for all elections, instead returning to precinct-based voting that serves no more than 1,000 registered voters per location.

Super Tuesday voters turn out to select parties’ presidential nominee tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Former President Donald Trump is campaigning against his former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley for a third of the Republican Party’s primary delegates as voters in 16 states and American Samoa select nominees for president. Incumbent President Joe Biden has few challengers.

If trees could talk: Tree rings show recent decades warmest in 500 years tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A new study that looked at tree rings to track changing temperatures going back to 1553 found the current Western megadrought is unlike any other dry period the region has experienced over the past 500 years and human-fueled climate change is driving temperatures higher.

Pima County sheriff faces posse of lawmen in re-election bid tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
As he seeks reelection to the post he first won in 2020, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has four former or current members of the Sheriff’s Department gunning for his job.

Hobbs vetoes GOP bill to usurp enforcement of federal immigration laws tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Gov. Katie Hobbs issued a stinging rebuke to Arizona Republicans on Monday, wielding her veto stamp to reject a GOP priority proposal that sought to give the state the power to arrest and deport migrants.

Pima track athletes Moseley & Necaise each earn 4th-place finishes at NJCAA Indoor Nationals tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s track & field team closed out competition at the NJCAA Indoor National Championships on Saturday at the Alachua Sports and Events Center in Gainesville, Fla.

Valenzuela & 4x800 relay team break school records as Pima men's track takes 6th at Nationals tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s track & field team entered the final day of competition at the NJCAA Indoor National Championships sitting atop the team standings.

Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas SB1070-style immigration law, reversing 5th Circuit ruling tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Supreme Court halted a new state law until March 13 on Monday evening allowing Texas police to arrest people suspected of crossing the Texas-Mexico border illegally from going into effect, while the court considers whether it will allow the state to enforce Senate Bill 4.

Tucson mulls return of transit fees, OV looks at water rates tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The Tucson City Council will consider a return to charging bus fares, along with a plan to stick it to the University of Arizona with Sun Link tickets; Pima Supe Rex Scott wants lost guns reported, plus more from meetings around Tucson this week.

ADEQ holds final public hearing on water permit for proposed Copper World mine tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality will hold a public hearing over the proposed Copper World copper mine on Tuesday evening.

Pima high jumper Tyler Rogers captures national title as men's team leads after 1st day of tourney tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s track & field team completed the first day of competition on Friday at the NJCAA Indoor National Championships held at the Alachua County Sports and Events Center in Gainesville, Fla.

Pima's Maylee Thompson takes 5th in pentathlon after 1st day at NJCAA Indoor Nationals tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s track & field team closed out the first day of competition at the NJCAA Indoor National Championships on Friday at the Alachua County Sports and Events Center in Gainesville, Fla.

Pima County Attorney race will be referendum on Conover's policies tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A look at the Pima County Attorney's race as Democrat Laura Conover faces a primary challenge from Mike Jette

Pima softball falls to Phoenix College in home opener tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College softball team (9-8, 0-2 in ACCAC) hosted their home and ACCAC conference opener on Saturday against No. 14 Phoenix College.

Herd & Kragel hit walk-offs as Pima baseball sweeps South Mountain tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College baseball team (17-5, 5-3 in ACCAC) picked up a doubleheader sweep on Saturday at home against South Mountain Community College.

Air quality in Az is already bad, but Republicans want to end most vehicle emissions testing tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona House Republicans passed a bill that would change state law to exempt all vehicles made after 2018 from emissions testing, a proposal critics say would worsen the state’s already substandard air quality regulations and run afoul of federal environmental protection laws.

Abortion opponents rally at Capitol during ‘crucial time in Arizona’ tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Abortion opponents packed the plaza outside the Arizona Capitol on Friday in an impassioned display of anti-abortion advocacy at what one advocate called “a crucial time in Arizona” for the abortion fight.

Amid rise in student homelessness, federal funding set to expire tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A large portion of the $800 million from the 2021 U.S. Department of Education effort to support homeless students remains unspent, with the funds expire in September, and advocates urge a one-year extension as numbers of homeless students rise again.

Under new law, Az cities & town clerks must open on weekend before election. No one knows why. tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona lawmakers last month rushed to enact an emergency fix to a looming crisis with the state’s election timeline - but now, city and town clerks across Arizona say the legislation passed to fix that problem has created a new one that will unnecessarily cost taxpayers.

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