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Residential protest bill worries 1st Amendment advocates in Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Republican bill aimed at stopping protests outside of Arizona residential properties has some First Amendment advocates worried, but lawmakers say it is needed in the currently heated political environment.

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Supreme Court fails to unmask leak after months-long probe tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court reported that it has been unable to identify a culprit behind the biggest leak in its history, a draft of the landmark ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade last year.

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Solar plant northwest of Flagstaff expected to offset 1 billion pounds of CO2 each year tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Salt River Project has partnered with Clēnera, a private renewable energy company, to bring Arizona its largest solar plant on 2,400 acres of private land northwest of Flagstaff by 2024.

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U.S. hits debt limit & Treasury Department begins ‘extraordinary measures’ tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The nation reached its debt limit Thursday, beginning the uncertain process known as extraordinary measures, in which the U.S. Treasury Department uses accounting maneuvers to avoid defaulting on the debt.

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Timeline of Biden’s classified documents tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Four months after criticizing former President Trump for classified documents found in his home at Mar-a-Lago, President Biden now finds himself ensnared in his own classified documents investigation - and while there are differences in the case, events continue to unfold.

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Tucson public housing & Section 8 waitlists close Monday tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The city of Tucson will close the pre-application period for public housing and Section 8 voucher waitlists Monday night, giving people a final weekend to submit applications.

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PACC extends shutdown through Monday to limit disease spread in animal shelter tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima Animal Care Center will stay closed to the public through Monday as officials work to stem the contagious respiratory disease strep zoo. Two dogs were euthanized because of the infection, and several more have contracted it.

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Photos: Hundreds of campers stranded in Catalina State Park by high water tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Around 300 people were stuck inside Catalina State Park north of Tucson after flooding blocked access to the single entrance road. State officials had to wait until the water receded before they began clearing debris with a front-loader this week.

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Websites selling abortion pills are sharing sensitive data with Google tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Some sites selling abortion pills use technology that shares information with third parties like Google - and law enforcement can potentially use this data to prosecute people who end their pregnancies with medication.

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Education cmte OKs Arizona Senate bill banning unapproved use of pronouns in classrooms tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
An Arizona Senate bill would prohibit school employees and contractors from referring to students younger than 18 by pronouns not aligned with their biological sex and calling students names that aren’t their given name or a derivative nickname without permission from parents.

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FactCheck: What to know about the special counsels investigating Trump & Biden tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Special counsels have been appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland for investigations into how classified documents ended up in the homes of President Joe Biden and former President Trump - but who are the counsels and what can they actually do?

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Jury could get case of Arizona Oath Keeper charged in Jan. 6 insurrection tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A second group of Oath Keepers - including Arizonan Edward Vallejo - to be tried for seditious conspiracy and other charges for actions during the Jan. 6 insurrection could soon see their case handed over to a jury.

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Pair of proposed bills would criminalize homelessness in Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A pair of bills proposed by Fountain Hills Republican John Kavanagh that would criminalize common activities for people experiencing homelessness had their first hearings in the Arizona Senate Wednesday, although their path to becoming law remains unclear.

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Kavanagh wants Arizona AG to defend all state laws, after Brnovich wouldn’t defend his tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After the Arizona attorney general last year refused to defend a new law making it a crime to take video of police officers in some situations, the law’s author is back with a proposal that would require the state’s top attorney to defend every law.

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Dreamer scholarship would benefit thousands of Arizona's undocumented students tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
More than 3,000 undocumented Arizona students could see their dreams of a college degree come true under a new $40 million dollar investment proposed by Gov. Katie Hobbs, aimed at supporting Dreamers who’ve attended a high school in the state for at least two years.

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Allegations that the charity George Santos claims to have run was fake highlight how scams divert money from worthy causes tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
As reports of Rep. George Santos extensive lies grow amidst reports he claimed to have founded and run a fake nonprofit animal rescue group, they highlight the serious problem of fake charities - scams that divert donations that would otherwise support legitimate causes.

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Az Republicans are already talking about a state gov't shutdown in July tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Legislature has been in session for barely a week, and already Republican lawmakers are saying bipartisanship appears firmly out of reach and the state is headed for a government shutdown this summer.

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U.S. urges Mexico to open up lithium production to private sector tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. is urging Mexico to open up lithium exploitation to the private sector in order to make the critical mineral cheaper - though lithium rights are nationalized in Mexico and the technology to extract lithium from the Sonoran Desert does not yet exist commercially.

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Az Democrats propose rent control bills amid ongoing housing crisis tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Democratic lawmakers in the Arizona House of Representatives are looking to pass a suite of housing bills that aim to help renters weather the ongoing housing crisis, but their proposals have detractors in the state’s powerful landlord lobby.

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Representation on police force builds trust with LGBTQ people tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Out to Protect works to support LGBTQ police officers and trains departments on better ways to treat people who are LGBTQ in an effort to reach communities that struggle with a relationship with law enforcement.

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