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Tatiana Eva-Marie to bring Django jazz to Tucson stage tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
A trans-Atlantic performer with golden pipes will take the Hotel Congress Plaza stage next Wednesday as part of the 2023 Tucson Jazz Festival.

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2nd Saturdays return to the Fox with Gila Bend & Elvis night tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
2nd Saturdays at the Fox return this weekend with a screening of "King Creole" starring Elvis Presley and live music performed by Gila Bend and Classless Chaps.

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Tucson to host pro soccer preseason for 13th year tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Preseason soccer in Tucson this year will include 2 former MLS champions: Real Salt Lake, featuring Tucson native Justen Glad, and the Chicago Fire FC, featuring Swiss World Cup goal-scorer and former Liverpool player Xherdan Shaqiri, and 7 other pro teams.

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Man deemed incompetent for trial dies in Pima jail, reportedly after 'eating feces' tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: A 26-year-old Tucson man, Yunan Tutu, being held at the Pima County Jail pending restoration to "competency" to stand trial, was found dead Tuesday by a doctor after guards reported he was not eating. Sources told the Sentinel that Tutu had been "eating feces for a couple of months."

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How 6 controversies from 2022 can help Arizona fix its elections now tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Despite months of preparation for the 2022 midterms, Maricopa County couldn’t pull off a perfectly smooth election and other Arizona counties made headlines for their election woes as well, but there are lessons that could enable officials to make Arizona elections stronger.

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Buu Nygren becomes youngest Navajo president, Richelle Montoya becomes the first woman VP tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
New Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren and Vice President Richelle Montoya were sworn into office Tuesday, along with the Council delegates who were elected in November.

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Zach Yentzer to challenge Tucson Mayor Regina Romero tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
32-year-old Zack Yentzer said last week he will challenge Regina Romero for Tucson's mayor, focusing on business development, housing costs, and homelessness during the 2023 election.

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In water deficit, Arizona contemplates a future without Colorado River access tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Water from the Colorado River covers more than a third of Arizona's total water usage, but as the state is increasingly losing access to that supply, that loss, and potential future loss, is a focal point of Arizona's state legislature.

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Biden, López Obrador send mixed messages at North American Leaders’ Summit tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Although they touted common goals at the North American Leader’s Summit in Mexico City Tuesday, the presidents of Mexico and the United States revealed that their priorities are still not as aligned as their discourses try to make them appear.

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Hospitals’ use of volunteer staff runs risk of skirting labor laws tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
At hospitals across the U.S., volunteers play an integral role, and the health system benefits from potentially more than $5 billion in free labor annually - but using volunteers, particularly at for-profit institutions, provides an opportunity for facilities to run afoul of federal rules.

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How Congress finally cracked down on a massive tax scam tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The recently signed $1.7 trillion spending bill could accomplish what six years of IRS audits and DOJ prosecutions could not: shutting down “syndicated conservation easements” that exploit a charitable tax break meant to preserve open land.

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Arizona recreational marijuana sales hit new record, medical sales slip again tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
For the eighth straight month, and the eleventh time in the past year, Arizona medical marijuana sales dropped from the month prior - clocking in at about $31 million in October 2022 - while adult-use cannabis sales hit a new high in the same month, with more than $85.4 million.

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New federal student loan repayment plan aimed at low-income borrowers tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Department of Education unveiled a proposal Tuesday that would overhaul a federal student loan income-driven repayment plan, and, if implemented, could help millions of low-income borrowers - but it is unclear how the agency would be able to finance the program.

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Federal judge orders Arizona prison overhaul due to unconstitutional conditions tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A U.S. District Judge has ordered the Arizona Department of Corrections to make “substantial” changes to its staffing and facility operations after determining that prison conditions represent an “unconstitutional substantial risk of serious harm” to people in the state’s custody.

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GOP lawmakers move to criminalize Arizona drag shows that aren’t adults-only tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Republican legislators have turned their ire on drag performances in the ongoing culture wars against the LGBTQ community, proposing several new laws that would severely limit where and how often they can take place.

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Man deemed incompetent for trial dies in Pima jail, reportedly after 'eating feces' tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A 26-year-old Tucson man, Yunan Tutu, being held at the Pima County Jail pending restoration to "competency" to stand trial, was found dead Tuesday by a doctor after guards reported he was not eating. Sources told the Sentinel that Tutu had been "eating feces for a couple of months."

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Supes tap veteran Rowland to fill last Pima County constable vacancy tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Pima County Board of Supervisors appointed Daniel Rowland to fill the position of constable of Justice Precinct 1 after struggling to find candidates as officials seek to make changes in the constables' office.

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U.S. House GOP backs rules plan without disclosing deals made with hard-right members tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. House adopted rules for the 118th Congress, though several of the concessions Speaker Kevin McCarthy made with more conservative members of the Republican Party to secure the gavel weren’t included in the document, or publicly circulated ahead of the vote.

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Arizona Freedom Caucus plans to sue Hobbs over executive order protecting LGBTQ employees tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Freedom Caucus, an offshoot of the ultra-conservative Freedom Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives, said Monday that it plans to sue Gov. Katie Hobbs for executive orders she issued in her first week on the job.

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U.S. House GOP backs rules plan without disclosing deals made with hard-right members tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The U.S. House adopted rules for the 118th Congress, though several of the concessions Speaker Kevin McCarthy made with more conservative members of the Republican Party to secure the gavel weren’t included in the document, or publicly circulated ahead of the vote.

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