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Phoenix OKs short-term rental rule; officials warn it’s not a 'magic elixir' tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Phoenix City Council unanimously passed regulations on short-term rentals through a permitting process that would be required of property owners who want to rent out following a Sept. 6 vote that legalized backyard casitas.

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Clarence Thomas secretly participated in Koch network donor events tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Justice Thomas attended at least two donor summits of the Koch network, the political organization founded by libertarian billionaires Charles and David Koch, putting him in the position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court.

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Parents want answers about how Az's school voucher money is spent tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Parents whose children go to public schools and those whose kids attend private schools through Arizona’s universal school voucher program want more transparency about how the program uses tax money to pay student tuition at private schools.

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Texas border cities scramble to shelter thousands of newly-arrived migrants tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Thousands of migrants have crossed from Mexico to Eagle Pass and El Paso in the past few days, with both cities struggling to find shelter for the new arrivals as immigration officials process and release many of them into the border cities.

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Kari Lake’s attorney claims Az voter signatures are public record in new election trial tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Kari Lake is back in court after several failed attempts to overturn Arizona's 2022 gubernatorial election, fighting for access to voter signatures she says will help prove her claims - but Maricopa County says those signatures aren’t public record.

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Arizona abortion access initiative to begin gathering signatures tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Reproductive rights advocates gathered Thursday to urge Arizonans to support the signature-gathering effort - necessary to land the initiative on the 2024 ballot - for the Arizona Abortion Access Act, which aims to enshrine the procedure as a right in the state Constitution.

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Gov't shutdown inches closer as House GOP fails to pass defense bill, lawmakers exit D.C. tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. House Republicans were unable for a third time Thursday to begin debate on the Defense funding bill, with Arizona's Rep. Andy Biggs and Eli Crane joining in blocking debate and voting on the bill, with many lawmakers heading home for the weekend on Thursday instead of sticking around for votes.

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Play set at El Tiradito 'homegrown' story about activism, tradition in Borderlands tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
A play about the legend of El Tiradito Wishing Shrine is taking place at the shrine itself from Thursday, Sept. 21 to Sunday, Sept. 24.

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Morley border crossing in Nogales will close thru November tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Morley pedestrian crossing in Nogales will close for the next several weeks while officials in Sonora, Mexico, make improvements to the building, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said.

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Judge orders Phoenix to clear homeless encampment by November tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The city of Phoenix has until early November to finish clearing out a large downtown homeless encampment known as “the zone,” after Phoenix residents sued the city in 2022 for allowing hundreds of homeless people to set up tents along city streets.

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Tribal water infrastructure needs more than a one-time fix tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
An Arizona tribal water official joined others in testifying before Congress that the infusion of federal money for infrastructure projects is a welcome first step toward fixing deep problems with water systems on tribal lands, but it’s only a first step.

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Arizona AG says Phoenix firearm donation to Ukraine is illegal tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The City of Phoenix’s donation of more than 500 firearms to the National Police of Ukraine last month was illegal, according to Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes.

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Yuma official says cost of caring for migrants ‘not sustainable’ for county tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Yuma County cannot continue to bear the cost of caring for immigrants that are flooding across the border without help from the federal government, as CBP said 161,534 migrants crossed in the Yuma sector of the border during the first 10 months of fiscal 2023.

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As Zelenskyy visits Washington, GOP bucks Ukraine aid tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A coalition of congressional Republicans, including Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar, told the Biden admin that they would not support further financial aid for Ukraine’s defense against Russia until the White House answered their questions about U.S. involvement in the conflict.

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Former Arizona Marine pleads guilty to misdemeanor count in Jan. 6 riot tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona resident Ray Epps, who had been at the center of a debunked conservative conspiracy theory claiming undercover government agents initiated the violence during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge for participating in the riot.

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Kenna Simon has 9 kills but Pima volleyball falls flat vs. Mesa tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College volleyball team (7-8, 3-2 in ACCAC) returned to the West Campus Aztec Gymnasium on Wednesday to face off against Mesa Community College (6-7, 3-2).

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Pima Supe Rex Scott to host town halls through October tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County Supervisor Rex Scott will host five town halls through the end of October. The weekly events will be held in different locations across District 1, and will be open to the public.

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Pima County praised for efforts to shelter migrants as CBP continues 'street releases' tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
While an influx of people crossing Arizona's border with Mexico has pushed federal facilities in the Tucson Sector beyond capacity, a "heroic effort" by Pima County kept migrants from being released onto the streets of Tucson over the weekend.

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Tucson mayor & City Council candidates to meet in forums tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Voters will have an opportunity to see all the candidates for mayor and Tucson City Council at two upcoming forums ahead of the Nov. 7 election.

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A ‘disaster’ nears: Millions of federal workers’ paychecks would be on hold in a shutdown tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
More than 3.5 million federal employees and military personnel - scattered across the states and around the globe - are bracing for another partial government shutdown, as U.S. House Republicans struggle to produce a short-term plan to fund the government past the end of the month.

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