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Arizona court orders execution of inmate state didn’t want to execute tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the execution of death-row inmate Aaron Gunches, even though state officials were moving to reverse the death warrant that had been put in motion by former Attorney General Mark Brnovich.

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Oro Valley 'gets ahead' of Airbnbs, other vacation rentals with licensing system tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Oro Valley property owners will need licenses to continue offering vacation rentals on websites such as Airbnb and VRBO. The Town Council has passed an ordinance requiring an $80 annual fee as officials begin regulating vacation rentals and hope to raise revenues from their “growing popularity.”

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PCC golfer Jay Shero claims individual crown at Pima Invitational tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s golf team closed out its third tournament of the season on Tuesday as it hosted the Pima CC Invitational held at the Randolph North Golf Course.

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Pima softball splits close doubleheader with Arizona Western tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College softball team (9-10, 6-4 in ACCAC) returned to the West Campus Softball Field on Tuesday for an ACCAC doubleheader against Arizona Western College (6-16, 5-5).

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Mestas & Cornelius lead charge as Pima sweeps No. 16 South Mountain tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College baseball team (14-5, 5-3 in ACCAC) picked up its first ACCAC conference sweep of the season as it took two from No. 16 ranked South Mountain Community College (16-6, 4-4).

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'My child, my choice': Arizona parents, children march to support school voucher program tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Parents, children and educators on Wednesday marched to the state Capitol to support an education voucher program that Gov. Katie Hobbs has said she wants to dismantle.

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GOP push to criminalize some drag shows an effort to 'other' LGBT community, performer says tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
"I’m bothered by the constant ‘othering’ of people in my community. Frankly, they’re looking for a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist," said performer Barbra Seville of Arizona GOP efforts to criminalize drag shows.

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'My child, my choice': Parents, children march to support school voucher program tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Parents, children and educators on Wednesday marched to the state Capitol to support an education voucher program that Gov. Katie Hobbs has said she wants to dismantle.

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Jackson, Alexander & Baker combine for 77 points & 74% from field as Pima men down Eastern Az tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team (24-6, 16-6 in ACCAC) closed out the regular season on a high note on Tuesday at Eastern Arizona College (21-9, 14-8).

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Immigration policy would further limit asylum access, penalize migrants tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A proposed immigration measure would all but eliminate access to asylum to those who arrive at the U.S-Mexico border without first seeking protection from their home country or in a country they travel through on their way to the United States.

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Investigation of Maricopa County’s Election Day problems costing up to $1,000 an hour tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Maricopa County is spending nearly $1,000 for each hour that a team of investigators works to find out what went wrong on Election Day in November, though it's unclear what the independent review will find that county officials don’t already know.

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Kari Lake asks Arizona Supreme Court to take up case to overturn 2022 election tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Kari Lake, the failed Republican candidate for governor, has asked the Arizona Supreme Court to review the decisions in her election contest case after the case was shot down by both the Maricopa County Superior Court and Arizona Court of Appeals.

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Investigation of Maricopa County’s Election Day problems costing up to $1,000 an hour tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Maricopa County is spending nearly $1,000 for each hour that a team of investigators works to find out what went wrong on Election Day in November, though it's unclear what the independent review will find that county officials don’t already know.

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GOP bill barring preferred pronoun use in Arizona schools passes Senate tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Republican lawmakers unanimously backed a measure that critics warn would harm trans students, ignoring pleas from parents and students to reject it, and in spite of its unconstitutionality and guaranteed veto.

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Tohono O’odham leader says lack of infrastructure, capital hinders development tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The vice chairwoman of the Tohono O’odham Nation told a House panel Wednesday that economic development on her remote reservation is hobbled by everything from a lack of basic infrastructure like roads and water to inadequate capital.

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Cochise County gives election skeptic recorder near full control of elections tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Elections in Cochise County will now be run almost entirely by Recorder David Stevens, an election skeptic who has said he does not fully trust all of his county’s election procedures and believes the county can and should move to hand-counting ballots.

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How judge who could ban abortion pill won Senate confirmation tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. District Court judge who could end more than two decades of legal access to medication abortion underwent extensive questioning about LGBTQ equality at his December 2017 confirmation hearing — and very little about his views on abortion.

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Student loan forgiveness plan on life support at Supreme Court tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The conservative majority of the Supreme Court appeared skeptical on Tuesday that President Joe Biden has the authority to forgive billions in student loan debt, but questions remain over whether the states that brought the challenge have the requisite standing to do so.

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Snow day? 1-3 inches could fall around Tucson, high winds forecast overnight tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Snow could fall across Southern Arizona overnight Wednesday, with flakes accumulating as low as 2,500 feet and the Tucson metro area seeing anything from a trace to 1-3 inches. High winds, with gusts of 55 mph or more, are forecast.

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Az Republican senators pass anti-trans school bathroom bill tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Just three states bar transgender students from using bathrooms that best fit their gender identity, and Republican lawmakers want to make Arizona the fourth - though a similar bill barring preferred pronoun use in schools was dismissed by Hobbs’ chief of staff as dead on arrival.

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