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Are unstaffed ballot drop boxes allowed in Arizona? Final rulebook offers little clarity tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona voters have long relied on unstaffed ballot drop boxes to conveniently cast their ballots, but challenges to their use persist and a new state rulebook does little to clarify their legal status.

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7 stories high: Tucson keeps growing up around UA; Supes get border update tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Capstone Collegiate Communities wants to build 144 apartments on 1.45 acres at East Speedway and North Euclid Avenue. That's a lot of homes on not a lot of area but Tucson should get used to that, plus more in local government meetings this week.

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This rain & cold, it will continue: Tucson hard freeze warning Mon night tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Temperatures will drop as low as 18 degrees across much of the Tucson region Monday night, with a freeze warning in effect from midnight-10 a.m. for the metro area and parts of the Tohono O'odham Nation and Pinal County.

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Gov. Hobbs: 'We will not shirk our responsibilities and we will not kick the can down the road' tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The text of Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs' annual address, delivered Tuesday before the state Legislature, as released by her office.

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Photos: Gabby Giffords joins others at 'Embrace' to mark 13th anniversary of Tucson shooting tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
During an informal event Monday morning, victims of the Jan. 8, 2011 shooting — including former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords — met at a memorial in Downtown Tucson.

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Ron Barber: A dozen years after Tucson’s mass shooting, Congress is still failing to address gun violence tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
From Ron Barber, who was wounded that day, a remembrance of the Jan. 8, 2011, mass shooting in Tucson, at U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' Congress on Your Corner event.

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Supreme Court agrees to decide Trump ballot eligibility tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court said it will decide if Donald Trump should be disqualified from 2024 ballots for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, after two states disqualified the former president from their ballots under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.

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2024 Arizona legislative session begins: Will year bring more collaboration or partisan fighting? tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Arizona lawmakers are returning to the Capitol today to begin their annual session, but whether this year will be dominated by more of the same intransigence that marked last year’s session remains to be seen.

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Ex-staffers of Rep. Gosar have voiced racism, antisemitism & homophobia on social media tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Staffers who worked previously for Arizona Republican Congressman Paul Gosar in his congressional office since 2021 have expressed deeply racist, homophobic and antisemitic beliefs. Both have claimed to be "incels" and one fully embraces neo-Nazi ideology

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No Labels Party asks judge to block Arizona candidates from using its name to run for office tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The No Labels Party of Arizona asked a federal judge to bar political candidates from using the newly established party to run for state-level offices after five people filed notices of interest to run under the No Labels party in non-presidential races.

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Respiratory illnesses increasing as new COVID variant emerges tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Nationally, a sharp uptick in emergency room visits and hospitalizations for COVID-19, influenza, and RSV began in mid-December and appears to be gaining momentum as a new version of the COVID virus is rapidly spreading.

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Gardening helps protect threatened bees in Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona is home to the second-most diverse bee population in the country, and though the key pollinators in the state faced a rough summer, community efforts can help them thrive.

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Ron Barber: A dozen years after Tucson’s mass shooting, Congress is still failing to address gun violence tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
From Ron Barber, who was wounded that day, a remembrance of the Jan. 8, 2011, mass shooting in Tucson, at U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' Congress on Your Corner event.

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NASA won’t scrap launch sending cremated remains to moon, despite Navajo complaints tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After learning that an upcoming mission to the moon will include cremated human remains, Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation and NASA voicing concerns of the Navajo people over placement of human remains on the moon.

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Kozachik: More questions about review of UA budget mess tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The Arizona Board of Regents recently brought in John Arnold to serve on an interim basis as chief financial officer at the University of Arizona. He's a numbers guy so if he's allowed free rein and he asks the right questions he could offer some good counsel.

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Benson scores 15 of 21 in final 7:21 as Pima men outlast Cochise for 6th straight win tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team (14-1, 6-1 in ACCAC) won a sixth straight game on Saturday as they took a big ACCAC conference road game.

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Aztec women drop game to Cochise despite 16-6 closing run tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (11-4, 6-2 in ACCAC) faced a tough test on the road at Cochise College (9-5, 4-3) on Saturday in Douglas.

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This rain & cold, it will continue: Tucson hard freeze warning Sun & Mon nights tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Temperatures will drop as low as 22 degrees across much of the Tucson region Sunday and Monday nights, with a freeze warning in effect from 1-9 a.m. for the metro area and parts of the Tohono O'odham Nation and Pinal County.

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States expand health coverage for immigrants as GOP hits Biden over border crossings tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A growing number of states are opening taxpayer-funded health insurance programs to immigrants, including those living in the U.S. without authorization, even as Republicans assail President Joe Biden over a dramatic increase in illegal crossings of the southern border.

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Jan. 6 was an example of the danger of political violence orchestrated over social media tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Networked incitement involves insurgents communicating across multiple social media platforms to command and coordinate mobilized social movements in the moment of action, such as the social media and cellphones that connected President Trump to the Jan. 6 insurrectionists.

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