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As COVID protections end, patients classified as 'medically needy' fear new barriers to care tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
As pandemic-era benefits end, some 600,000 Arizonans are set to be removed from the Medicaid rolls next year - a situation causing distress to many who are certainly at risk of being disenrolled and also those who may fall just over the income threshold to qualify for Medicaid.

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Arizona fight of Biden vaccine mandate gets 9th Circuit treatment tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Ninth Circuit panel took up the question of whether the Biden administration's COVID vaccine mandate exceeded the executive branch's authority after then-Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich sued the Biden administration over rules regulating private employers.

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'Anybody with a set of clippers': Pet groomers are totally unregulated in Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In Arizona, and in the rest of the country, there are no no licensing requirements on who can become a pet groomer and no regulatory boards that oversee pet grooming businesses - now, owners are fighting are fighting to ensure their pet's health and safety.

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West’s forests are struggling to recover from wildfires – altering how fires burn could help tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Wildfires and severe drought are killing trees at an alarming rate across the West, and forests are struggling to recover as the planet warms - however, new research shows there are ways to improve forests’ chances of recovery – by altering how wildfires burn.

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West’s forests are increasingly struggling to recover from wildfires – altering how fires burn could help tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Wildfires and severe drought are killing trees at an alarming rate across the West, and forests are struggling to recover as the planet warms - however, new research shows there are ways to improve forests’ chances of recovery – by altering how wildfires burn.

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Arizona GOP proposal that would make fentanyl deaths first-degree murder moves forward tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Fentanyl dealers linked to an overdose death could face the death penalty under a Arizona Republican proposal that critics say will also sweep up drug addicts and send them to death row.

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Phoenix City Council bans 'source of income' discrimination for renters, home buyers tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Joining Tucson, the Phoenix City Council has also given overwhelming approval to a measure that would prevent landlords and property owners from discriminating against renters or buyers who rely on public assistance for income.

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This International Women’s Day, U.S. anti-abortion laws violate human rights tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Ahead of International Women’s Day, hundreds of U.S. and global human rights groups have asked the United Nations to intervene on behalf of the millions of women in the U.S. who have been left without access to legal abortion and vital forms of reproductive health care.

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Why Arizona’s attorney general is suing Cochise County for giving its recorder control over elections tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is suing Cochise County for giving its recorder near-full control over the county’s elections, arguing county supervisors weren’t clear enough that they still have the final say over certain decisions.

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Don’t let the Right’s dangerous attacks on trans people go unchallenged tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The right-wing war on transgender and gender non-conforming people has escalated to a new, very dangerous level. Last weekend at CPAC, Michael Knowles railed against transgender people, telling the crowd, “For the good of society, transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely.” The people in attendance applauded as he smirked.

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Pima Supes appoint Holocaust denier as Libertarian Party official tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In a split vote Tuesday, the Pima County Board of Supervisors approved the Libertarian Party's request to appoint a perennial fringe political candidate and outspoken Holocaust denier as a precinct committeeman.

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Pima Supes appoint Holocaust denier as Libertarian Party official tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In a split vote Tuesday, the Pima County Board of Supervisors approved the Libertarian Party's request to appoint a perennial fringe political candidate and outspoken Holocaust denier as a precinct committeeman.

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Arizona AG suing Cochise County to stop it from giving recorder full authority over elections tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has filed a lawsuit against Cochise County, the members of its board of supervisors and its county recorder over a plan approved last month that gives the recorder full authority over all election matters.

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New proposal seeks to extend transition services for Arizona inmates tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona prisoners hoping to access a transition program that has sharply reduced recidivism would have longer to do so under a new proposal working its way through the state legislature.

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Doctors’ biased behavior toward autistic adults taints treatment tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Doctors often show bias toward autistic adults, showing skepticism about their autistic identity, using ableist language or failing to recognize autistic people may react differently to sensory stimuli like pain, and this leads to distinct challenges for autistic adults.

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Pac-12 marks Title IX anniversary with first all-female Hall of Honor class tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Arizona softball great Susie Parra earned the nod as the University of Arizona Wildcats’ representative in the 2023 Pac-12 Hall of Honor class - part of the Hall of Honor’s first-ever all-female class of inductees.

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How an anti-abortion law firm teamed up with a disgraced Kansas attorney to dispute the 2020 election tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
For decades, lawyers at the Thomas More Society have backed provocateurs and long shot causes in hopes of winning severe restrictions on abortion in the U.S. - now, the organization has embraced relentlessly questioning the integrity of elections.

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Rockies' snowy winter may not mean enough runoff to replenish the Colorado tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Recent data show a snowy start to 2023 for the Colorado River basin, with heavy winter precipitation in the Rocky Mountains projected to boost spring spring runoff - but not enough to fix the Southwest’s long-term supply-demand imbalance.

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Arizona Dems call for censure, file ethics complaint against Liz Harris over 'defamatory' hearing tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Democrats called for a censure of Arizona GOP Rep. Liz Harris as Republicans distanced themselves from the legislator and the day-long hearing she arranged, that included wild conspiracy theories about a host of elected officials being bought off by a Mexican drug cartel.

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Mark Finchem sanctioned in 'groundless' lawsuit to overturn the 2022 election tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A trial court judge has said Arizona Republican secretary of state nominee Mark Finchem will be forced to pay attorney’s fees in what the judge called a “groundless” lawsuit that aimed to overturn his election loss to Adrian Fontes.

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