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Navajo Nation lifts mask mandate, fully reopening reservation to public tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Almost three years after it was instituted to curb the spread of COVID-19, the Navajo Nation has lifted its mask mandate, making mask use optional in public spaces and businesses for the general public, and is now considered fully reopened to the general public.

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Snow foolin': Hard freeze warning through Tues; Scattered snow across S Az tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Snow was falling across parts of the Tucson area Monday morning, with more flurries possible as temperatures drop below freezing overnight across much of the region.

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Legacy of Nogales Buffalo Soldiers to receive tribute this weekend tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The second annual Salute to the Nogales Buffalo Soldiers will take place Saturday, Jan. 28, honoring the lives of African Americans who joined the U.S. armed forces in the wake of the Civil War.

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Az survivors, descendants share stories of Indian boarding schools tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona indigenous people shared their stories during The Road to Healing tour, part of the Federal Indian Boarding School initiative, began in 2021 by the Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland to examine the legacy of federal Indian boarding school policies.

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Arizona poised to drop legislator age requirement from 25 to 18 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona House government committee will hear a bill this week that supporters say will increase civic engagement and voter turnout in young Arizonans by lowering the minimum age to run for both chambers of the Arizona Legislature from 25 to 18.

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Az survivors, descendants of federal Indian boarding schools share experiences with Interior Dep't listening tour tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona indigenous people shared their stories during The Road to Healing tour, part of the Federal Indian Boarding School initiative, began in 2021 by the Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland to examine the legacy of federal Indian boarding school policies.

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How I passed a test to be a grief therapist without really trying tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
With COVID-19 deaths well past 6.5 million worldwide, the demand for grief counseling has exploded, but a shortage of trained and licensed mental health professionals has created a market opportunity for people without clinical training and licenses to work as grief therapists.

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Treasury Department can't enforce American Rescue Plan tax cut rule tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A provision of the American Rescue Plan Act which would have prevented states from using pandemic relief funds to offset new tax cuts cannot be enforced and violates the spending clause of the U.S. Constitution, a unanimous panel of the 11th Circuit ruled on Friday.

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Treasury Dep't can’t enforce American Rescue Plan tax cut rule tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A provision of the American Rescue Plan Act which would have prevented states from using pandemic relief funds to offset new tax cuts cannot be enforced and violates the spending clause of the U.S. Constitution, a unanimous panel of the 11th Circuit ruled on Friday.

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Biden, Gov. Hobbs order flags to half-staff to honor victims of Monterey Park shooting tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Flags should be flown at half-staff through sunset on Thursday in honor of the victims of the mass shooting this weekend in Monterey Park, Calif, ordered President Biden and Arizona Gov. Hobbs.

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Bipartisan bill aims to use 'magic mushrooms' to help Az veterans tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
As Arizona veterans struggling with mental health want solutions, a bipartisan bill in the Arizona legislature would put $30 million in grants over three years toward clinical trials using whole-mushroom psilocybin to treat mental health conditions like depression and PTSD.

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Gallego seizes high ground in Arizona Senate race, Sinema sinking fast tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego is a former Marine Corps combat officer and it shows, as he guns the engine on his U.S. Senate campaign. He is reading the terrain well, surrounding himself with good commanders and has just seized the high ground.

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Trump fined nearly $1 million for frivolous lawsuit against Clinton tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Former President Donald Trump and one of his lawyers were fined nearly $1 million by a federal judge in Florida for bringing a frivolous lawsuit - filed more than five years after their matchup in the 2016 presidential election - against his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.

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Federal judge allows Arizona to implement genetic-abnormality abortion ban tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A ruling Thursday from a federal judge that reinstates an abortion ban from 2021 that prohibits doctors from performing abortions due to the fetus’ genetic abnormality has once again complicated the legal landscape for providers in Arizona.

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Az ranks No. 3 for water efficiency as Colorado River dwindles tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona is ranked No. 3 among the states for water efficiency and sustainability, but still has a lot of room for improvement, according to an analysis by The Alliance for Water Efficiency that ranks each state on conservation, sustainability and affordability.

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Abe Hamadeh has no new evidence and shouldn’t get a new trial, Kris Mayes says tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Abe Hamadeh’s third attempt to challenge the election he lost should be thrown out of court for ignoring state law and failing — yet again — to provide any proof of his claims, attorneys for his Democratic opponent, Kris Mayes, said.

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More federal dollars coming from climate law for Western wildfire management tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend nearly $500 million on projects to reduce wildfire risk in 11 areas in Western states, including Arizona, with funding coming from the budget, climate and taxes law that passed last year.

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10th Circuit probes Trump-era deal with Utah to ‘exchange’ Green River water tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Environmental groups asked a 10th Circuit panel to order an environmental impact statement for the plan to give Utah 52,000 acre-feet of water from a reservoir annually, arguing the plan was approved without taking into account how drastically drought would deplete the river.

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Az fentanyl bill aims to protect kids, but could mean harsher sentence for a single pill tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A bill that would establish manufacturing fentanyl around a minor younger than 12 as a dangerous crime, and, according to some, would decrease the amount in a person’s possession that could land them a charge for intent to sell, passed its first hurdle to become Arizona law.

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Az GOP pushes lifting financial penalties from parents who sue teachers & lose tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Parents who decide to sue teachers for lessons they perceive as violating their parental rights wouldn’t have to pay up if their lawsuit fails under a Republican-backed proposal that passed the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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