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As Lesko leaves 'broken' D.C., heated Az congressional race likely for open seat tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Declaring Washington “broken,” four-term Arizona Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Peoria, made the surprise announcement Tuesday that she will serve out her current term but will not seek reelection next year, opening the door to what will likely be a crowded, and costly, GOP primary.

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GOP split on gambit to empower interim House speaker tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
After a disastrous week for Congress which saw Republicans fail twice to coalesce around their chosen candidate for the vacant House speakership, the caucus is considering stopgap measures to buy some time — but not all GOP lawmakers are on board.

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Whatton, Ross & Simon combine for 37 kills as Pima volleyball wins tiebreaker over Mesa tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College volleyball team (10-15, 6-7 in ACCAC) picked up a huge ACCAC conference victory on the road on Wednesday at Mesa Community College (10-13, 6-7).

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An Arizona Supreme Court justice openly opposes abortion. He’ll hear a case deciding its legality anyway. tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A justice on the Arizona Supreme Court — which this winter could decide whether the state can enforce a near total ban on abortion — has repeatedly expressed his opposition to the procedure and received campaign support from a prominent state anti-abortion activist.

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Az is 2nd worst in nation for teacher pay gap tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Teachers in the Grand Canyon State face the second-worst pay gap in the country, earning a third less than other college-educated employees - a jump from 2021, when Arizona ranked 4th worst and the cause has a lot to do with the economy.

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Arizona’s presidential election timeline doesn’t work. Election officials want a quick fix. tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Election officials in Arizona are pushing Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs and state lawmakers to hold a special legislative session to correct what they see as a potentially impossible timeline for next year’s presidential election resulting from new federal and state laws.

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The GOP’s secret to protecting gerrymandered electoral maps? Claim privilege. tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Through new and expansive assertions of privilege, Republican legislatures in Arizona and around the country are shielding their work on allegedly discriminatory voting maps to prevent the public from finding out how and why they made their decisions.

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Arizona is 2nd worst in nation for teacher pay gap tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Teachers in the Grand Canyon State face the second-worst pay gap in the country, earning a third less than other college-educated employees - a jump from 2021, when Arizona ranked 4th worst and the cause has a lot to do with the economy.

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Gangsters are the villains in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ but the biggest thief of Native wealth was the U.S. gov't tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Martin Scorsese's “Killers of the Flower Moon,” tells the true story of a string of murders on the Osage Nation’s land in the 1920s, and delves into racial and family dynamics that rocked Oklahoma to the core when oil was discovered — but this crime is just the tip of the iceberg.

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Tucson Terrorfest brings 4 days of horror with convention & film festival tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The Tucson Terrorfest Horror Convention hits 191 Toole for the fourth year and the Horror Film Festival takes over the Screening Room for its 13th year, bringing experiences and vendors to local genre fans.

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Conover to run for re-election as Pima County attorney tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Laura Conover, in her first term as the top prosecutor and chief lawyer for Pima County, is seeking to hold onto her office. She announced her re-election bid Wednesday, months after she made her intentions clear during an April interview.

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Appeals court: Counties can’t conduct full hand-count audits of Arizona elections tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona counties do not have the legal authority to order hand counts of all their ballots in an election, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.

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Memorial set for Tucson broadcast legend John C. Scott tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Family and friends of legendary local talk show host John C. Scott will come together at a memorial service Saturday, Oct. 21.

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ICE agent wounded in drive-by shooting on Tucson's Southeast Side tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
An agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was wounded in a drive-by shooting Tuesday evening in Tucson's Southeast Side, officials said.

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Hobbs revamps Rio Nuevo board, removes some longtime directors tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The board that oversees Tucson's Rio Nuevo business district was shaken up this week, with Gov. Katie Hobbs exercising her power to replace members. The Democrat removed four directors, replacing them with new members. She reappointed Fletcher McCusker, the longtime chairman.

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Photo: Sweetwater Preserve burn tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Smoke rises from the Sweetwater Wetlands, where Tucson Water and the Tucson Fire Department held a controlled burn on Wednesday morning.

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Juan and done: Ciscomani must go after defying his oath by voting for Jim Jordan tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
It's time to stop differentiating between insurrectionists and the moderates who love and enable them. Never forget that U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani voted, twice, to elevate an enemy of the Constitution as speaker of the House.

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U.S. House stalled again after rejecting Jim Jordan as speaker for second time tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan in his second bid for U.S. House speaker on Wednesday failed to win enough support from his fellow Republicans, leaving the party deadlocked with no clear path to govern the chamber.

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Kelly named to Senate Intelligence Committee tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Sen. Mark Kelly was appointed to the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, replacing the late Sen. Diane Feinstein.

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Texas strings concertina wire along New Mexico border to deter migrants tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Texas National Guard in recent weeks has deployed miles of concertina wire along the New Mexico-Texas border through an urban area west of I-10 as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security initiative launched in early 2021.

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