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Pima Supes to fill Cano's state rep seat; reclassify employees tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The Democrats' Legislative District 20 committee has submitted three names to the county board to consider, and the favorite may not stay that way. Plus TUSD's shortage of bus drivers, and more in local government meetings this week.

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Ruling on transgender athletes puts Arizona at center of debate about biology, psychology & fairness tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A federal judge in Tucson temporarily blocked the enforcement of the “Save Women’s Sports Act,” which banned transgender girls from playing on teams that align with their gender identity - a ruling Arizona school superintendent Tom Horne said he will appeal.

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Sen. Tuberville's hold on military nominees is 'not only wrong – it is dangerous,' Biden says tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Joe Biden directly criticized Sen. Tommy Tuberville in a statement over the Alabama senator’s months long blockade of 256 high-ranking military nominees in protest of the administration’s abortion policy for service members.

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Gallego raises & spends more on U.S. Senate race than still-undeclared Sinema tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema - who has not yet said whether she will run for reelection - reported raising more than $1.6 million last quarter, half as fast as the fundraising by Rep. Ruben Gallego, who reported bringing in $3.1 million, while Sheriff Mark Lamb trailed well behind.

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Gallego raises more, spends more for potential Arizona Senate run against Sinema tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema - who has not yet said whether she will run for reelection - reported raising more than $1.6 million last quarter, half as fast as the fundraising by Rep. Ruben Gallego, who reported bringing in $3.1 million, while Sheriff Mark Lamb trailed well behind.

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First legislative sessions after Roe produce patchwork of laws on abortion tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A year after the U.S. Supreme Court returned regulation of abortion to the states, the first full legislative sessions post-Roe v. Wade produced a lot of confusion and little agreement, with more extreme measures going so far as to propose criminalizing pregnant people.

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Hospices in Arizona & other states receive scrutiny over concerns of fraud, waste & abuse tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced enhanced oversight for new hospices in Arizona, California, Nevada and Texas, a change that was spurred by “numerous reports of hospice fraud, waste, and abuse” and “serious concerns about market oversaturation.”

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Bolick’s Twitter posts indicate she hasn’t moved on from past elections tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Shawnna Bolick told the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors that she had moved on from the 2020 and 2022 elections, but a review of her social media postings show a Republican who shares election misinformation as well as posts from influencers in the conspiracy theory world.

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Alabama Republicans push through controversial congressional map tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Despite a U.S. Supreme Court order requiring a second majority-minority district "or something close to it," Alabama lawmakers approved a new map with but a single Black district.

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Plagued by teacher shortages, some states turn to fast-track credentialing tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Faced with alarming teacher shortages, Arizona and other states have turned to for-profit teacher certification companies and lowered credentialing standards, to get more recruits into classrooms faster - but critics argue new paths to certification will do a disservice to young students.

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Bloom night at last: After long hurry up & wait, Queen of the Night set to flower Sunday tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Chris Kibler has been measuring cacti buds by the millimeter for weeks. It has been an unusually challenging year of predicting when the Night Blooming Cereus will flower, but on Sunday afternoon he made the call: bloom night at Tohono Chul is finally here.

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'Such Ferocious Beauty': Margo Timmins speaks about new Cowboy Junkies record tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The years of COVID-19 that brought the world to a standstill with disquieting impact, a family caring for a parent with end-stage dementia, turmoil giving rise to gratitude — the result is “Such Ferocious Beauty”, Cowboy Junkies’ 21st studio album.

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South32 president: 'Setting the record straight on mining co's plans in Rio Rico' tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
"South32 will not be mining in Rio Rico. We are not involved in the rezoning proposal. We do have an interest in locating two of our future offsite facilities at undetermined locations within Santa Cruz County." — Hermosa Project President Pat Risner

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Tucson elections: Ward 1 candidates clash over development, safety issues tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
On Aug. 1, Democratic voters in Ward 1 on Tucson's West Side will decide whether to support City Councilmember Lane Santa Cruz for a second term or replace the incumbent with a challenger, Miguel Ortega.

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21 hoarded parrots rescued by Pima Animal Care tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: 21 parrots have been rescued as part of a hoarding investigation by the Pima County Sheriff's Department. The birds have been impounded by Pima Animal Care Center.

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Ciscomani: Arizonans need copper-mining projects tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
"Arizonans deserve energy independence, lower prices, and security in their futures. Yet federal bureaucrats have forced them to forgo all of the above in favor of relying on America’s adversaries for critical resources that are right in their own backyards."

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How China is responding to U.S. sanctions – with blocking laws & other countermeasures tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Sanctions on China have been imposed for a myriad of reasons, and have harmed producers and consumers in both countries, and unfortunately, the effectiveness of the sanction and countermeasures by the Chinese government is unclear.

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Trump trial on handling of classified documents set for May tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A Trump-appointed judge imposed a five-month delay on former president Donald Trump's trial on allegations he mishandled classified documents after leaving the White House, and set the trial to begin on May 20, deep in the throes of the 2024 presidential primaries.

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Environmentalists push feds to add solar panels over U.S. canals tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Making the push for an unprecedented investment in renewable energy, more than 100 environmentalists sent a letter urging U.S. officials to consider installing solar panels above nearly 8,000 miles of federally owned and operated open-air canals and aqueducts.

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Supreme Court ethics bill sails through Senate panel against GOP headwinds tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Months of Democratic frustration about what they say is ethically dubious conduct on the Supreme Court culminated Thursday with some traction on a bill that would force the justices to adopt formal ethical standards.

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