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CBP helicopter pulls Australian man from snowy mountains in Cochise County tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A helicopter crew with U.S. Customs and Border Protection extricated a hiker last week from snowy conditions in the Huachuca Mountains south of Sierra Vista, officials said.

Wadsack's bill that would imprison Az drag performers is worth fighting out loud tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
GOP's Wadsack says her bill to imprison Arizona drag performers is about protecting children from "grooming." But the people actually sexualizing children are those who can't stop thinking and talking about kids and sex.

Wadsack's bill that would imprison Az drag performers is worth fighting out loud tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
GOP's Wadsack says her bill to imprison Arizona drag performers is about protecting children from "grooming." But the people actually sexualizing children are those who can't stop thinking and talking about kids and sex.

Cunningham: Az GOP pushing to remove Tucson's self-government by tossing City Charter tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
"A proposed amendment to the Arizona Constitution, if passed, would mean choices that voters have made for Tucson would be null and void and would limit our ability to govern ourselves in the future." — Tucson City Councilman Paul Cunningham

Kris Mayes investigating Trump’s 'fake electors,' focusing on threats to Az election workers tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes says she will redirect the election crimes division’s focus to prosecute election-related threats and protect voting rights - and plans to investigate multiple fake elector schemes by Republicans in support of former President Donald Trump.

Kris Mayes investigating Trump’s 'fake electors,' focusing on threats to election workers tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes says she will redirect the election crimes division’s focus to prosecute election-related threats and protect voting rights - and plans to investigate multiple fake elector schemes by Republicans in support of former President Donald Trump.

App aimed at helping Arizona schools deal with student mental health, threats tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Teens in the U.S. are facing an ongoing mental health crisis, and Arizona state legislators want to give school districts more options in dealing with student mental health issues, and threats to student safety.

Arizona Senate passes bill to cut unemployment benefits tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Senate Republicans want to slash the number of weeks Arizonans can receive unemployment payments and tie the length of benefit availability to the unemployment rate, but critics say that even if jobs are plentiful, it can still be a long process to find a good one.

Abortion foes appeal to revive Arizona’s 1864 near-total ban tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Scottsdale-based law firm is hoping to reinstate a near-total abortion ban from 1864, filing an appeal on Wednesday to overturn a court ruling that allowed limited access to the procedure.

Homeless encampments would be torn down, people charged under Arizona Senate bill tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Under Arizona SB 1413, people living outside shelters would have their homes dismantled - the bill requires cities and towns to tear down homeless encampments and charge the person or people living there with trespassing if they’re on private property.

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.

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.”

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.

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).

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).

'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.

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.

'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.

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).

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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