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Arizona GOP bid to block ‘dark money’ disclosure in 2024 fails tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A judge on Friday refused a bid by Arizona Republican legislative leaders to block an anti-dark money law that voters passed in 2022, concluding that their claims that the new state law is unconstitutional don't pass muster.

Ukraine recap: As cracks appear in Western support, 2024 looks set to be a desperate fight for survival tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Winter 2023-2024 has brought with it the sense that there is now an ever-more uncertain faultline between the West and an increasingly aggressive Russia, and as cracks appear in Western support, 2024 looks set to be a desperate fight for survival for Ukraine.

Pima men net big upset over No. 5 Snow College tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team (11-1) scored one of the biggest wins of the season on Friday in the second day of the Aztec Holiday Classic.

Waugh, Niemann & Acosta combine for 53 but Pima women drop game to Eastern Wyoming tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (9-3) found itself in a battle on Friday in the second day of the Aztec Holiday Classic.

Where did the new year’s resolution come from? Well, we’ve been making them for 4,000 years tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
New year pledges or promises are not new, and most ancient cultures practiced some type of religious tradition or festival at the beginning of the new year - and people were making and breaking pledges just as they do to this day.

UFO buffs feel the R-E-S-P-E-C-T as government gets serious about research tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Researchers are encouraged by the federal government’s recent interest in explaining Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena – the new name for what used to be called UFOs.

Homeless residents face uncertainty as encampment sweeps gain steam tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
While cities and the unhoused wait for affordable housing options to emerge, elected leaders are trying to find ways to alleviate the uncomfortable visuals of countless rows of their constituents sheltered in tents - including greenlighting more sweeps and adopting city-designated camps.

Arizona court agrees to withhold grand jury transcripts in Remington case tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Attorneys representing former Tucson Police Officer Ryan Remington will not have access to transcripts from a second grand jury hearing, a state appeals court ruled. Remington was indicted in the 2021 death of a man accused of shoplifting, but that case was thrown out.

Begay scores 12 off bench as Pima women surge past Bismarck tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (9-2) returned from the holiday break and opened the Aztec Holiday Classic with a victory on Thursday at the West Campus Aztec Gymnasium.

Gonzales goes for 17pts, 7reb, 6asts as Pima men net win over Bismarck State tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team (10-1) opened play in the Aztec Holiday Classic on Thursday at the West Campus Aztec Gymnasium.

¿La mejor manera de cumplir un propósito de Año Nuevo? Haga un 'propósito de año viejo' tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Con el enfoque del “año viejo”, tal vez puedas eludir los desafíos inevitables que conllevan las resoluciones tradicionales de Año Nuevo y lograr cambios positivos y duraderos.

¿La mejor manera de cumplir un propósito de Año Nuevo? Haga un “propósito de año viejo” tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Con el enfoque del “año viejo”, tal vez puedas eludir los desafíos inevitables que conllevan las resoluciones tradicionales de Año Nuevo y lograr cambios positivos y duraderos.

Justice says it will sue if Texas enforces new law punishing illegal border crossing tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Department of Justice has threatened to sue to stop a new Texas law that allows state police to arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the border — unless Gov. Greg Abbott backs off of enforcing the law.

No ongoing risks for migrants with temporary protected status, federal judge says tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal judge dismissed with prejudice the complaint of migrants from four countries who had their temporary protected statuses terminated under the Trump administration, writing that the case was moot and there was no evidence that the Biden admin would change their status again.

Colorado Republicans bring Supreme Court into Trump ballot fight tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Colorado Republican Party said it asked the Supreme Court to put Donald Trump back on the state’s primary ballot after Colorado’s high court removed the former president from the state’s ballot using the 14th Amendment.

Trump disqualified from Maine ballot tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Former President Donald Trump has been removed from Maine's 2024 primary ballot, the second state to disqualify Trump from the upcoming presidential ballot over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Arizona budget deficit already at $400 million, growing quickly tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The budget deficit that Arizona lawmakers will be grappling with when they return to work in January will be much larger than what was expected just a couple of months ago as tax collections are down, almost entirely due to a sharp decline in individual income taxes.

GOP lawmakers grill former justice on Maricopa County ballot printer problems tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Republican state lawmakers Alexander Kolodin and Neal Carter questioned former Arizona Supreme Court Justice Ruth McGregor about an independent investigation she did into Maricopa County’s ballot printer issues during the 2022 general election.

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