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Groundhog Day: Bing! tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Every Feb. 2, it's time for the obligatory Groundhog Day story. Let's just not think about doing 2020 all over again. Or 2021. Or even 2022. 2023 wasn't so bad, but let's see how we can improve in 2024.

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Az Republicans want to make it easier to challenge election results in court tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A GOP proposal that would change the rules for court challenges of election results in Arizona targets many of the issues that plagued the 2022 election suits of Republican candidates Kari Lake and Abe Hamadeh.

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Lithium liabilities: The untold threat to water in rush to mine American lithium tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. officials are encouraging the domestic expansion of lithium mines by dangling federal incentives, and now there are a surge of proposals to open mines that will need billions of gallons of water to operate at a time when much of America’s West is emerging from a megadrought.

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Hobbs joins Dem governors in asking SCOTUS to reject anti-abortion bid to limit mifepristone tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs joined nearly two dozen other Democratic governors in urging U.S. Supreme Court justices to keep the availability of mifepristone intact, warning that restrictions would result in public health emergencies.

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Synagogue ‘swatting’ prompts legislation to increase penalties in Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Following hoax calls last year that triggered police responses to Arizona synagogues, a Republican proposal would increase the penalties for “swatting” in the Grand Canyon State.

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Arizona House committee moves to make Pluto official state planet, honoring Flagstaff discovery tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona House Bill 2477 would designate Pluto as the official planet of Arizona, to “foster discussion and debate about a really cool part of Arizona history.”

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Bill to spur ‘starter home’ construction would strip Az cities of zoning authority tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona GOP “Arizona Starter Home Act” - even though there is nothing in the bill’s language that expressly advocated for the creation of so-called “starter homes” - faced intense scrutiny from GOP lawmakers and city lobbyists who worried the bill would give free rein to developers.

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Horne plan for PragerU videos for Arizona schools called ‘irresponsible’ tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Department of Education is partnering with conservative advocacy group PragerU to provide K-12 schools with the groups’ video content — content that Democratic lawmakers say is inaccurate and does not belong in public schools.

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Az GOP claims disenfranchisement in suit vs. Sec State Fontes over election rules tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Republicans filed a lawsuit seeking to throw out election rules approved by Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, alleging state law doesn’t give Fontes the authority to make rules about how election results are finalized, and even if it did, the rules are not in alignment with state law.

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Az Republicans sue secretary of state over rules on election certification, claiming disenfranchisement tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Republicans filed a lawsuit seeking to throw out election rules approved by Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, alleging state law doesn’t give Fontes the authority to make rules about how election results are finalized, and even if it did, the rules are not in alignment with state law.

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U.S. House committee advances impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas to floor tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security early Wednesday voted 18-15 along party lines to send articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the House floor. Republicans argue the charges are legitimate.

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From the head down: UA's Robbins' fishy budget talk saves own keister — for now tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The University of Arizona's new finance guy provoked more questions than he answered this week during a lackluster effort to explain the school's budget problems.

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House passes Ciscomani bill to punish drivers who flee BP, cops near border tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Smugglers who lead Border Patrol agents or aiding police officers on high-speed pursuits within 100 miles of the U.S. border could face life sentences if someone is killed during a chase, under a bill passed Tuesday by the House of Representatives.

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Facing expulsion for threatening to kill lobbyist, Rep. Leezah Sun resigns from Az Legislature tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Minutes before the Arizona House of Representatives was set to vote on expelling her in the wake of an ethics probe that found she engaged in “disorderly behavior,” including threatening to kill a lobbyist, Rep. Leezah Sun resigned.

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Former Az AG Brnovich says states can take border action; Democrats pan ‘crackpot’ theory tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Former Arizona AG Mark Brnovich told a House committee that states have a constitutional right to secure their borders if “the federal government is either unwilling or unable to do so”, during the latest in a string of immigration-focused hearings in the Republican-led House.

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Arizona looks to regulate AI and ‘deep fakes’ in elections tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Lawmakers are considering a bill that would give any Arizona resident, or candidate for public office who will be on the ballot, two years to take action against “digital impersonations” - or deep fakes - created without their consent.

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Az House Ethics Committee says legislator committed a ‘pattern of disorderly conduct’ tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona state Representative Leezah Sun committed a “pattern of disorderly behavior” that culminated in a death threat against a lobbyist, the Arizona House Ethics Committee concluded, paving the way to a possible censure or expulsion from the legislature.

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Arizona House Ethics Committee says legislator committed a ‘pattern of disorderly conduct’ tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona state Representative Leezah Sun committed a “pattern of disorderly behavior” that culminated in a death threat against a lobbyist, the Arizona House Ethics Committee concluded, paving the way to a possible censure or expulsion from the legislature.

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Az lawmakers approve $8 million to continue busing asylum seekers from border tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona legislators on Tuesday approved an additional $8 million that will let the Department of Emergency and Military Affairs keep busing migrants away from border communities, a program that has transported more than 81,000 people since 2022.

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Pima's Gonzales has 44 points & 14 3-pointers to earn ACCAC Player of the Week nod tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Pima Community College men’s basketball player Cohenj Gonzales (Mesquite HS) was a major factor in the team's two wins during the week of Jan. 21-27.

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