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Az GOP senator proudly flies flag adopted by 'fringe' far-right extremists tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Republican state Sen. Janae Shamp proudly displays a flag tied to Christian nationalism and other extremist movements on her desk at the Arizona Senate, and says she embraced the symbol for its historical meaning and doesn’t care that “fringe groups” have adopted it.

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Why top abortion rights groups could sit out Arizona’s key 2024 Senate race tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Abortion is set to be a major issue in 2024’s most competitive Senate races, but abortion rights groups could stay on the sidelines in Arizona after a party switch by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, whose seat is up next year.

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Arizona advocates push back against 'feral' classification of historic horses tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Roughly 500 horses inhabit an area along the Black River through Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in eastern Arizona, and while some say the herd descends from Spanish colonial horses, others say the herd is more recent and doesn’t belong on the land it now grazes.

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No rules for Maricopa as it replaces faulty ballot printers, spends $8 million tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After relying on retail-grade printers to print hundreds of thousands of ballots on the spot and then experiencing a countywide Election Day breakdown, Maricopa County is planning on spending millions to buy much larger, high-performance printers for each of its 2024 polling places.

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AI is used widely, but lawmakers have set few rules tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Artificial intelligence tools - defined broadly as technologies that can perform complex analysis and problem-solving tasks - frequently determine many aspects of Americans' lives, but federal legislation on the technology has stalled, creating a patchwork of state and municipal laws.

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FactCheck: Debt limit agreement breakdown tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Joe Biden signed a two-year agreement - a compromise between Republicans, who wanted larger spending reductions, and the White House, which wanted no spending cuts - to suspend the debt limit until Jan. 1, 2025, with both cuts and increases in federal spending.

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Arizona Republic reporters to strike for 2 days to protest low pay, unfair working conditions tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: For two days, unionized reporters at the Arizona Republic and 24 other newsrooms and across the country will walk off the job in order to send a message to parent company Gannett about unfair working conditions.

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Pop-punks Meet Me At The Altar reflect on 'Past, Present and Future' tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
In a genre dominated by angry white men, this all-female trio of POC, 20-something pop-punk divas — with their brash attitude, ferocious guitar riffs, earworm melodies, and innate badassery — are blazing trails through a new frontier. They'll rock Tucson's 191 Toole on Tuesday.

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Arizona AG Mayes sues 3M & Raytheon over production of 'forever chemical' PFAS tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
While Arizona wrestles with the future of its water, state Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a lawsuit against dozens of companies — including manufacturing giant 3M and the defense contractor Raytheon — for producing products containing PFAS or forever chemicals, causing "widespread" groundwater pollution.

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Arizona AG Mayes sues 3M & Raytheon over production of 'forever chemical' PFAS tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
While Arizona wrestles with the future of its water, state Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a lawsuit against dozens of companies — including manufacturing giant 3M and the defense contractor Raytheon — for producing products containing PFAS or forever chemicals, causing "widespread" groundwater pollution.

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Arizona AG Mayes sues 3M & Raytheon over production of 'forever chemical' PFAS tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
While Arizona wrestles with the future of its water, state Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a lawsuit against dozens of companies — including manufacturing giant 3M and the defense contractor Raytheon — for producing products containing PFAS or forever chemicals, causing "widespread" groundwater pollution.

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Arizona Republic reporters to strike for 2 days to protest low pay, unfair working conditions tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
For two days, unionized reporters at the Arizona Republic and 24 other newsrooms and across the country will walk off the job in order to send a message to parent company Gannett about unfair working conditions.

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Pima animal shelter limits intakes to stem distemper outbreak tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima Animal Care Center is limiting the intake of new pets to emergencies only for one week to manage stem the spread of infectious diseases among dogs which endanger the entire shelter population.

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ASU plans new medical school among efforts to address gaps in state health care tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona State University announced ambitious plans to open a medical school focused on medical engineering and technology as part of a new “ASU Health” initiative that addresses the state’s long-term health needs.

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As migrant busing continues, advocates push for long-term solutions tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
At least 9,400 Latin American migrants have been voluntarily bused to Washington, D.C. - where they hoped to prosper - from Texas and Arizona in the past year, but instead have struggled to access quality food, stable and clean housing, work opportunities and affordable health care.

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Arizona Sen. Sinema sides with GOP on bill blocking student debt relief plan tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema joined two Democrats and all Senate Republicans Thursday to narrowly approve a bill overturning a federal program that would provide student debt relief to 16 million people, including more than 300,000 in Arizona.

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Environmentalists argue against livestock grazing in Sonoran Desert National Monument tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A federal judge heard arguments for competing summary judgment motions in a fight over the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s 2020 decision to allow cattle grazing on the Sonoran Desert National Monument.

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Gov. Hobbs flies LGBTQ pride flags on the Az executive tower for first time ever tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Gov. Katie Hobbs decorated the Ninth Floor balcony with four pride flags to kick off the start of the official month-long celebration of LGBTQ communities across the country, the first time pride flags are flying from Arizona’s executive tower.

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Arizona resident Edward Vallejo gets 3 years for his role in Jan. 6 attack tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona resident Edward Vallejo was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison and three years of supervised release, a fraction of the sentence prosecutors sought for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

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U.S. Senate sends Biden debt limit legislation ahead of Monday default deadline tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The bipartisan debt limit bill is on its way to President Joe Biden after the U.S. Senate voted Thursday to clear the measure for his signature, though many senators said the legislation was far from perfect, and opted to support it despite their reservations over some of its provisions.

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