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Phoenix led the nation in inflation in 2022, but rise may slow in 2023 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After a year in which the Valley saw the nation’s highest inflation rate for metro areas, experts say consumers can expect inflation to ease in 2023 – but warn that it’s not going away entirely.

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Oro Valley considers few tools available to regulate Airbnb set tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Property owners in Oro Valley pocketing extra cash by renting to short-term customers and vacationers may face new – but limited – restrictions. Plus more in local government meetings this week.

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Conservatives tank McCarthy bid to be House speaker over 3 rounds of voting tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Republican control of the U.S. House got off to a rocky start Tuesday when the party was unable to quickly decide who should become speaker amid a sharp disagreement within the party’s more conservative faction.

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Wade McClean appointed to PCC Governing Board tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Wade McLean, a former superintendent of the Marana Unified School District, has been appointed to fill the Pima Community College board seat left vacant when Cat Ripley resigned in November.

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Congress passes legislation to stop presidential election mischief, help avoid another Jan. 6 tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Presidential elections are complicated - but in a move aimed at warding off future crises like the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, the Senate and House have passed legislation to clarify ambiguous and trouble-prone aspects of the process.

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New tools take a crack at providing health care costs in advance tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
As of Jan. 1, health insurers and employers that offer health plans must provide online calculators for patients to get detailed estimates of what they will owe — taking into account deductibles and copayments — for a range of services and drugs.

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Congress passes legislation that will close off presidential election mischief & help avoid another Jan. 6 tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Presidential elections are complicated - but in a move aimed at warding off future crises like the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, the Senate and House have passed legislation to clarify ambiguous and trouble-prone aspects of the process.

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Arizona water reductions for the new year may be just the beginning, experts say tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Few Arizona residents will notice any immediate change to the availability of water after Jan. 1 - when cuts will be imposed on the amount of water the state can draw from the Colorado River - as officials struggle to keep Lakes Powell and Mead from falling to critically low levels.

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As outdoor preschools gain traction, states work to unlock funding tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The number of nature preschools operated in the U.S. more than doubled by 2020 to 585 programs - a trend that has inspired state officials to examine how to license such schools, a move that could unlock funding to help children and programs in underserved communities.

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Katie Hobbs, Democrats take the reins of Arizona government tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Katie Hobbs and four other victors in November’s Arizona elections were sworn into office in a private ceremony Monday, ushering in a new set of priorities and vision for the state and setting the stage for contentious battles with the GOP-controlled legislature.

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Brnovich's ruling against Tucson housing law a final parting shot tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Outgoing Attorney General Mark Brnovich left me a holiday present — something to go with the snickerdoodles and cheap New Year's champagne.

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Tucson opening waitlist for public housing, Section 8 vouchers on Tuesday tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
People can apply for a spot on two city of Tucson housing waiting lists online or in person starting Tuesday at 9 a.m. Applicants will be selected with a lottery once the application window closes on Jan. 24.

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2021 counted fewest federal arrests in 2 decades tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
According to a Bureau of Justice Statistics report, federal arrests declined by 35 percent from fiscal year 2020 to 2021, ending at the lowest number of arrests in two decades - but the number of people charged with a federal offense decreased less than 1 percent.

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2021 counted fewest federal arrests in two decades tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
According to a Bureau of Justice Statistics report, federal arrests declined by 35 percent from fiscal year 2020 to 2021, ending at the lowest number of arrests in two decades - but the number of people charged with a federal offense decreased less than 1 percent.

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Hobbs chooses critic of racial disparities in child welfare to lead Arizona CPS tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs is taking the state’s child protective services agency in a radically different direction in the wake of an investigation into the racial disparities that have plagued the child welfare system here.

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Second anniversary of Jan. 6 will come at a sea change tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Two years nearly to the day that they and colleagues ran for cover from an armed mob who stormed the seat of the U.S. government, Republicans will take the majority of a chamber on Tuesday.

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Auld Lang what now? The story of a New Year's song tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The history, meaning and lyrics of "Auld Lang Syne" — just in time to impress your friends this holiday.

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Arizona's minimum wage to increase Jan. 1 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The minimum wage in Arizona is set to increase from $12.80 to $13.85 effective Jan. 1, 2023 due voter-approved Proposition 206, which tied annual pay bumps to inflation.

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Court: Arizona’s 1864 abortion ban doesn’t overrule 50 years of more recent regulations tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Abortions in Arizona are legal up to 15 weeks of pregnancy, after an appeals court ruled late Friday that the state’s Civil War-era abortion ban doesn’t overrule nearly 50 years of laws tightly regulating abortions.

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