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Arizonans seeking health insurance face Jan. 16 final Obamacare deadline tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizonans who want health insurance coverage in 2024 have until Tuesday, Jan. 16, to sign up for a plan on the Affordable Care Act’s online marketplace.

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Crowded PACC shelter seeks help after taking in 72 cats & dogs in 'back-to-back' hoarding cases tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After taking in dozens of animals as part of two back-to-back hoarding cases while dealing with an uptick in strays scared by New Year's fireworks, Pima Animal Care Center urgently needs people to adopt or foster dogs and cats.

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Judge denies Az schools chief Horne's request for jury in trans athlete ban case tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Republican public schools chief Tom Horne’s ongoing push to restrict which school sports teams transgender girls can join was dealt another blow last week, after a Tucson judge denied his request to convene a jury.

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2023’s billion-dollar disasters list shattered U.S. record with 28 big weather & climate disasters tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The U.S. set an unwelcome record for weather and climate disasters in 2023, with 28 that exceeded more than $1 billion in damage each - the highest number of billion-dollar storms, floods, droughts and fires of any year since counting began in 1980.

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Cannabis sales begin to settle into pattern as 3rd anniversary for recreational pot use approaches tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After nearly three years, Arizona’s recreational and medical marijuana markets seem to have found an equilibrium, with adult-use cannabis consistently making up at least twice as many sales as the more heavily regulated medical industry.

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Watershed Management Group removes invasive plants to aid in river flow, land restoration in Tucson tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Efforts to remove an invasive giant reed in Arizona rivers and lakes continue, as the River Run Network helps restore Tucson’s heritage of flowing rivers.

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D.C. Circuit skeptical Trump’s presidential immunity claim can stand tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
With the former president in attendance, a D.C. Circuit panel heard arguments on Donald Trump’s claim that his time as president affords him immunity from criminal prosecution, his latest attempt to thwart the federal election interference case.

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Will Arizona close a loophole that lets developers build without water? tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
When the new legislative session begins next week, the Republican-led chamber may actually weaken the standards that govern new development, rather than tightening them, clearing the way for thousands more homes to pop up on water-insecure outskirts of Phoenix and Tucson.

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Pima's Dillan Baker earns 3rd selection as ACCAC Division II Player of the Week tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Pima Community College men’s basketball player Dillan Baker (Salpointe Catholic HS) received his second straight selection and third overall as ACCAC Division II Player of the Week.

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Pima basketball standout Rylei Waugh earns 3rd nod as ACCAC Division II Player of the Week tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Pima Community College women’s basketball player Rylei Waugh (Westchester HS, CA) produced another standout week and the ACCAC conference took notice.

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Despite 'resignation' announcement, ex-UA finance chief Rulney continues as $500k 'senior advisor' tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The University of Arizona has continued to employ former Chief Financial Officer Lisa Rulney, keeping her on as a senior advisor weeks after UA President Robert C. Robbins told the Arizona Board of Regents she had resigned amid the college's financial imbroglio.

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African musicians Melanie Scholtz, Aaron Rimbui play Tucson Jazz Festival tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
A duo of African musicians will be playing during the Tucson Jazz Festival next Thursday — singer Melanie Scholtz and multi-instrumentalist Aaron Rimbui infuse their music with their roots and personal experiences.

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Family of slain UA Prof. Meixner settles lawsuit vs. university tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The family of Prof. Thomas Meixner reached a settlement with the University of Arizona, agreeing not to forge ahead with a $9 million lawsuit against the college and the Board of Regents over the October 2022 shooting death, attorneys said Tuesday.

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Drawing battle lines: Arizona Republicans, Democrats stake out positions for new legislative session tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Democratic leaders and members of the far-right Arizona Freedom Caucus held press conferences on the opening day of the legislative session that highlighted their diverging views.

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‘We’re running out of time’: Program for Arizonans exposed to radiation set to expire in June tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Survivors, politicians and Navajo Nation officials urge action after legislation to compensate more downwinders and uranium industry workers affected by atomic radiation exposure fails in Congress.

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Hobbs: Arizonans should be ‘outraged’ at the sober living home scandal tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Since May 2023, Arizona has shut down hundreds of providers for behavioral health, residential, and outpatient treatment services, and Gov. Hobbs said Arizonans should be “outraged” by the sober living scandal that continues to victimize people, particularly Native Americans.

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Hobbs slams school vouchers, federal immigration response in Arizona state of state speech tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs focused on education reform, water conservation and border security in her second annual state of the state address Monday afternoon, earning repeated standing ovations from Democrat lawmakers and protests from Republicans.

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National, Arizona projects aim to uncover, preserve histories of Native American boarding schools tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Department of the Interior announced a national oral history project in September that aims to document the experiences of Indigenous children who attended federal boarding schools, as part of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative.

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‘We are survivors’: National, Arizona projects aim to uncover, preserve histories of Native American boarding schools tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Department of the Interior announced a national oral history project in September that aims to document the experiences of Indigenous children who attended federal boarding schools, as part of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative.

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Supreme Court weighs time & date requirements for migrant removal hearings tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court joined the national conversation around immigration on Monday, weighing measures the government must take before removing migrants from the country.

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