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Liberal justices balk at criminalization of certain speech linked to illegal immigration tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A law under review by the Supreme Court makes it a crime to encourage unlawful immigration into the U.S., but there are questions about how government prosecutors would distinguish between scams targeting vulnerable migrants and commonplace discussions.

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Glendale breaks ground on first complex to use state affordable housing tax credit tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Construction is underway in Glendale on an affordable housing complex funded in part by a state low-income housing tax credit that allows people to come on at any income level sponsored below 60 percent of the median and only pay 30 percent of their rent.

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Biden, Hobbs order flags to half-=staff to honor victims of Nashville school shooting tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
President Joe Biden and Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs have ordered that flags be flown at half-staff through sunset on Friday to honor the victims of Monday's school shooting in Nashville.

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Autism rates rise in U.S., along with awareness in communities of color tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Autism in Arizona and across the U.S. is on the rise, as awareness has led to earlier detection in communities of color, and research revealed that autism spectrum disorder is not based so much on “biological differences” as on socioeconomic circumstances.

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An Arizona veteran’s ballot rejection story went viral. Here’s what really happened. tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
It was an alarming claim that didn’t take long to go viral: Maricopa County had incorrectly rejected a ballot from an Arizona veteran in the November election, disenfranchising him - but was a registered voter in Navajo County, and was not registered to vote in Maricopa County.

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TUSD seeks to set new advanced learning enrollment goals tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Tucson Unified School District will propose a strategy to get 40 percent of enrolled students to take at least some advanced learning by 2027. Plus more in local government meetings this week.

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Pima golfer Maria Harrouch claims 4th straight individual title tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s golf team completed play in its fifth regular season tournament on Sunday as part of the Chandler-Gilbert CC Invitational. The Aztecs took third place and finished with a season-best score of 635.

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Luis Garcia goes 5-6 with seven RBIs as Aztec baseball wins 10th straight tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College baseball team (28-8, 15-5 in ACCAC) continued its offensive onslaught as it scored double figure runs for the sixth straight game on Friday as it swept GateWay Community College (14-17, 7-13) in Mesa.

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AG Mayes seeks community beefs on Albertsons-Kroger merger tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A "community listening session" hosted by Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes on Tuesday in Tucson will focus on the proposed $25 billion merger between grocery giants Albertsons and Kroger — owners of stores such as Safeway and Fry's.

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Bill would require Arizona students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
An Arizona bill that requires students’ to recite the Pledge of Allegiance has continued to make its way toward becoming law, though it doesn't include any penalties, leaving an open question as to what would happen to a student, teacher or school that refuses to participate.

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Antisemitism continued to rise in 2022, with one homicide in Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The United States saw a rise in antisemitism in 2022 and Arizona continued to see more antisemitic vandalism and more incidents of racism than in some previous years.

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Press rights in crosshairs as justices tackle those who aid illegal immigration tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Biden administration will head to the Supreme Court to defend a federal law that criminalizes certain speech - while the law is aimed at those who would encourage people crossing the border to skirt law enforcement, it has been used by the government to surveil journalists.

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Trump attorney testifies in classified document probe tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
As a lawyer for former President Donald Trump appeared in front of a grand jury for one of multiple criminal investigations he faces — this one Trump's handling of classified documents — legal experts watching the sealed process remarked on the speed of the proceedings.

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GOP bill establishing a federal parental bill of rights passed in U.S. House tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. House Republicans on Friday passed a bill designed to empower parents to inspect books and other teaching materials in local public schools, but Democrats sharply criticized the measure, saying it would censor teachers and ban books.

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Texas Observer, legendary crusading magazine, is laying off staff, closing after nearly 7 decades tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Texas Observer, the storied progressive publication known for its feisty, combative and often humorous investigative journalism, is shutting down and will lay off its 17-person staff, including 13 journalists, several members of its board said Sunday.

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Arizona sex crimes survivors want 'lifetime probation' to look more like a lifetime tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Some victims of sex crimes want their perpetrators to spend more time being closely monitored and receiving treatment before they can petition for release from lifetime probation.

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Arizona survivors of sex crimes want 'lifetime probation' to look more like a lifetime tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Some victims of sex crimes want their perpetrators to spend more time being closely monitored and receiving treatment before they can petition for release from lifetime probation.

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Az Republicans hope to expand religious exemption protections tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Businesses in Arizona would be fined if they deny their employees religious exemptions for the flu vaccine and any vaccine with emergency authorization under a GOP proposal on its way to the governor’s desk.

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Survivors of sex crimes want 'lifetime probation' to look more like a lifetime tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Some victims of sex crimes want their perpetrators to spend more time being closely monitored and receiving treatment before they can petition for release from lifetime probation.

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Settlement will wipe $6 billion in student loan debt — but not for these borrowers tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal judge ruled that former students from more than 150 colleges who had filed a borrower defense to repayment claim were entitled to automatic loan cancellation - but when the final legal hurdle was cleared, tens of thousands of private-loan borrowers were left out.

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