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In 1998, a legal revolution was quietly born in Texas. It would pull America’s courts rightward. tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
With his election as Texas attorney general, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn planted the seeds of conservatism. Gov. Greg Abbott used his tenure to cultivate them into an aggressive strain of right-wing activism aimed at driving the nation’s courts and laws to the right.

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FactCheck: Indictment details Trump’s attempt to overturn swing state election outcomes tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The federal indictment against former President Donald Trump details actions Trump and his co-conspirators allegedly took to get state officials to change legitimate electoral votes, and says the pressure campaign involved knowingly making false claims of voter fraud.

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Getting Colorado River water from California farms will take more than just money tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Imperial Valley farmers are reluctant to further cut back on the amount of water they use to keep their fields green, despite pressure from policymakers looking to reduce strain on the Colorado River.

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Getting Colorado River water from California farms will take more than just money – just ask the farmers tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Imperial Valley farmers are reluctant to further cut back on the amount of water they use to keep their fields green, despite pressure from policymakers looking to reduce strain on the Colorado River.

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'August surprise': That college scholarship you earned might not count tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
August is typically the month when universities substitute outside scholarships for already-promised institutional financial aid, resulting in a zero net gain for recipients and leaving them scrambling to cover balances they didn’t think they’d have to pay.

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Friends of Aphasia helps Tucson stroke survivors & other patients process words tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Founded by ex-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the nonprofit Friends of Aphasia provides help for stroke survivors and others who struggle with processing words.

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Democrats slam asylum-seeker policy in letter to feds tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Dozens of Democratic lawmakers are calling on the White House to end expedited screening of asylum-seekers, calling it "inherently problematic" to force asylum-seekers fleeing from traumatic situations to undergo "credible fear interviews" within their first day of arriving in the U.S.

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Democrats slam Biden's asylum-seeker policy in letter to administration tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Dozens of Democratic lawmakers are calling on the White House to end expedited screening of asylum-seekers, calling it "inherently problematic" to force asylum-seekers fleeing from traumatic situations to undergo "credible fear interviews" within their first day of arriving in the U.S.

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Trump pleads not guilty to charges over role in Jan. 6 riot, push to overturn election tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Former president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty in federal court Thursday to four criminal charges stemming from his efforts to overturn the 2020 election with a fake elector scheme, and to encourage the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

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No fruit left behind': Picking pecans with Tucson's Iskashitaa Refugee Network tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Last Friday, members of the Iskashitaa Refugee Network met under the shade of a pecan tree on East Glenn Street to shell and collect nuts. One harvest at the time, the Tucson charity is tackling food waste and integrating refugees hand in hand.

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Political fighting & fireworks dominated the Az Capitol in a record-breaking 2023 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Legislature recently ended a record-breaking 204-day-long session filled with partisan fighting, resignations, expulsions and more - but not necessarily much to show for it.

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Why Arizona homes often feel warmer than thermostats suggest – and what to do about it tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Millions of Americans now live in places where cooling is the only thing preventing a mass casualty event, and the radiant heat of the Arizona sun often makes homes feel hotter inside than the thermostat suggests - but residents can take steps towards cooler temperatures.

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How fake electors in 7 states are central to Trump Jan. 6 indictment tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The federal indictment accusing Donald Trump of trying to stay in power after losing the 2020 presidential election includes detailed accusations of pressure on individual state officials, and the attempt to present dueling slates of electors to create a false controversy.

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Emmett Till’s funeral site in Chicago deemed national monument tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The church where Emmett Till's funeral took place was formally deemed a national monument, as part of the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument, which includes the Pentecostal church in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood as well as two other sites in Mississippi.

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$10 a day for 10,636 days: Backers raise funds for Arizona man freed from death row tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A campaign set up by Andrew Sowards, a retired criminal investigator who was part of Barry Jones’ defense team had raised $44,635 as of Wednesday with a goal of $106,360 – or $10 for each of the 10,636 days Jones spent “wrongfully incarcerated” in Arizona state prisons.

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Split in U.S. House GOP raises potential for government shutdown this fall tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Members of Congress jetted off for the August recess without a plan in place to avoid a partial government shutdown when the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1 — and the lawmakers who write spending bills acknowledge that it’s a real possibility, given deep divisions.

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More than 100 advocacy groups urge Congress to denounce anti-immigrant rhetoric tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
On the eve of the fourth anniversary of the mass shooting in El Paso, more than 160 religious, civil rights and immigrant advocacy groups called on congressional leaders to denounce lawmakers who use white supremacist, anti-immigrant rhetoric, arguing that it can lead to violence.

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UA professor & Chicano activist Roberto 'Cintli' Rodriguez dead at 69 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Roberto Rodriguez, award-winning Chicano activist, writer, and professor of Mexican American Studies at the University of Arizona, died Monday of heart failure in Teotihuacan, Mexico. He was 69.

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Free speech warrior Jim Larkin has died tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Larkin, 74, took his own life on Monday, just a little over a week before he was slated to stand trial for his role in running the web-classifieds platform Backpage.

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Phx New Times & Backpage founder & free speech warrior Jim Larkin has died tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Larkin, 74, took his own life on Monday, just a little over a week before he was slated to stand trial for his role in running the web-classifieds platform Backpage.

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