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Tucson City Council to vote next week to ban camping in washes tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Tucson City Council is set to vote next Wednesday on an ordinance that would make it illegal to sleep in city washes and watercourses, with city officials citing monsoon floods and fires to push a ban on homeless camps in those areas.

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U.S. oil & gas production surged to record highs under both Trump and Biden-Harris tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The United States is producing more oil and natural gas today than ever before, and far more than any other country, and under each of the three most recent presidencies, U.S. oil and gas production was higher at the end of the administration’s term than at the beginning.

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Hualapai Tribe fights to extend ban on lithium drilling it says jeopardizes a sacred site tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Several Haluapai tribal members testified during a preliminary injunction hearing in Phoenix, where the tribe is fighting to extend the pause on drilling for the Big Sandy Valley Lithium Exploration Project for the duration of the tribe’s lawsuit seeking to block the project entirely.

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More migrants are coming from outside the Americas, but claims of ‘military invasion’ by China are unfounded tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Republicans have been warning that “military-aged” men have been crossing the Southwest border in threatening droves, and although migration from China has generally been rising, there is no evidence Chinese and Russian citizens are crossing the border for military purposes

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Health plan floated by JD Vance could weaken ACA protections tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A health care proposal suggested by Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance could gut a popular Affordable Care Act protection, making it legal for companies to charge more for or deny coverage of expensive medical conditions, including pregnancy.

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PCC volleyballers Haylee Gilleland & Jasmin Joseph sweep Player of the Week awards tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College volleyball team swept the ACCAC Division II Player of the Week awards for the week of Sept. 8-14.

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Brandon Sanchez's 4 goals earn Player of the Week honors tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Pima Community College men’s soccer player Brandon Sanchez (Canyon del Oro HS) helped the Aztecs score a total of 14 goals for the week of Sept. 8-14, and was rewarded for his efforts.

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Safe storage & minimum age gun laws would curb violence tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Gun policy has been a topic of debate in America for decades, and its prominence has increased as gun-related deaths and mass shootings have risen nearly every year since 2014, but a new report says certain laws can make a difference.

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Az GOP Sen. Wendy Rogers used state resources to endorse Cottonwood city council candidate tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Flagstaff Republican State Sen. Wendy Rogers appears to have violated Arizona’s version of the Hatch Act, which bars the use of government resources for campaign activity, after she published a letter on official Senate letterhead endorsing a candidate for Cottonwood City Council.

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Judge overturns right-of-way for Copper World across Santa Rita Experimental Range tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A judge in Maricopa County ruled that state officials violated open meeting law when it approved the value of a right-of-way for the Copper World mine project, located about 30 miles southeast of Tucson in the Santa Rita Mountains.

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Betting boom: Arizona sports wagering poised for another record NFL season tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The sports betting industry has seen steady growth throughout its time as a legal venture in Arizona, and as football season begins, sports betting is back and bigger than ever before.

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Government shutdown deadline nearing as U.S. House stumbles on stopgap spending bill tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Congress has 12 days left to approve a short-term government funding bill before the shutdown deadline, though leaders in the Republican House and Democratic Senate haven’t felt the need to start negotiations just yet.

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Court rejects challenge to Az ‘open primaries’ measure, says votes for Prop. 140 will be counted tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge said that a ballot proposition 140 - to end partisan primaries in Arizona - will have votes cast for it counted after all, though opponents of the ballot measure will appeal the matter to the state Supreme Court.

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Tucson is in a homelessness crisis. Why is the city wasting money on false solutions? tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
"The city of Tucson has made a pattern of wasting resources and taxpayer money on expensive, inefficient, and dangerous responses to homelessness, instead of creating and funding actual models of care that would help houseless folks, neighbors, local businesses and our communities."

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Az voters can watch video debate over immigration proposition Thursday tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Voters will have a chance to hear pro and con arguments regarding Prop. 314 in a live-streamed video debate Thursday night.

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Millions in federal aid for homeless students in Arizona schools, unspent after 3 years, about to expire tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Department of Education is scrambling to urge schools to tap millions of dollars earmarked to help homeless students before the funds expire at the end of the month.

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Pima volleyball's 5-match winning streak snapped at Glendale tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College volleyball team (8-6, 5-2 in ACCAC) faced a tough test on the road at Glendale Community College (9-3, 5-2) on Wednesday in an ACCAC conference matchup between two NJCAA Division II nationally ranked programs.

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Az ‘open primaries’ ballot measure seemingly has too few signatures, but fate is unclear tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona ballot proposition to end partisan primaries appears to have thousands of duplicate signatures, putting it below the threshold to be placed on the ballot. But what that means for voters remains to be seen.

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GOP, Fontes ask AZ Supreme Court not to disenfranchise 97,000 improperly registered voters tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
GOP leaders are siding with Arizona’s Democratic secretary of state in a legal dispute over whether roughly 97,000 voters should get a full ballot this election, arguing that despite the uncertainty that those voters ever turned in proof of citizenship, they still have a right vote.

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Campaigns battle over fate of 2 Az Supreme Court justices who rebooted 1864 abortion ban tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Two campaigns are fighting to persuade voters to either retain or throw out two Arizona Supreme Court justices - at the same time voters will be considering a constitutional amendment that would essentially give judges lifetime appointments.

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