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Az regulators consider conversion therapy 'unprofessional conduct,' but have not prevented it tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Though there is no law prohibiting conversion therapy in Arizona, the state licensing board considers it to be unprofessional conduct and grounds for disciplinary action - but due to a shortage of resources, conversion therapists have operated with relative impunity in the state.

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How abortion ban rulings in Arizona & Florida are shaking up November elections tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Two recent state supreme court decisions upholding stringent abortion bans in Arizona and Florida have the potential to shake up the November elections.

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PFAS ‘forever chemicals’: Why EPA set federal drinking water limits for these health-harming contaminants tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
New national drinking water standards by the Environmental Protection Agency for PFAS chemicals acknowledge that very low concentrations of PFAS present human health risks - though they haven’t been regulated at the federal level in the United States until now.

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Vice President Harris tells Tucson crowd that Trump is to blame for Az abortion ban tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Vice President Kamala Harris laid the blame for the Arizona Supreme Court’s decision to uphold an 1864 abortion ban squarely on former president and presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump during a Tucson visit Friday

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Drop off old papers, paint & more at Tucson collection event Saturday tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Get rid of your old paint, computers and sensitive documents this Saturday at the city of Tucson’s monthly household hazardous waste collection event.

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Tucson man pleads guilty to threatening mass shooting at University of Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A 27-year-old man pleaded guilty this week to threatening a mass shooting on the University of Arizona campus last year, officials said. Michael Pengchung Lee will be sentenced for committing interstate threats in July.

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Hobbs: Flags to half-staff Sunday in memory of Flagstaff's Paul Babbitt Jr. tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Gov. Katie Hobbs has ordered flags at all state buildings to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Sunday in memory of Army veteran and former Flagstaff Mayor Paul Babbitt Jr., who died on April 4.

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Data shows LGBTQ+ Arizonans are more at risk with upcoming abortion ban tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Supreme Court’s decision to reinstate a 160-year-old territorial law is expected to have dramatic consequences on the state’s LGBTQ+ community, specifically lesbian and bisexual women, as well as transgender people.

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Nearly 1 in 4 adults dumped from Medicaid now uninsured tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Nearly a quarter of adults disenrolled from Medicaid in the past year say they are now uninsured, and tens of millions of Americans have struggled to retain coverage in the government insurance program for low-income people after pandemic-era protections began expiring.

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Black people have highest opioid fatality rate among all other races/ethnicities in Az tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Black people in Arizona die from opioid overdoses more than any other race or ethnicity, and fear of legal consequences can discourage people of color from seeking help for their addictions.

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U.S. Senate Dems step up Supreme Court ethics probe with subpoena to Leonard Leo tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Following through on months of threats, Senate Democrats served legal advocate and conservative megadonor Leonard Leo with a congressional subpoena compelling him to turn over information about his relationships with Supreme Court justices.

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Az House speaker: Republicans might put their own abortion measure on ballot tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Republicans in the Arizona legislature are considering sending their own abortion measure to the ballot this November to compete with a citizen-led one that’s already in the works, after legislative Republicans voted to recess rather than vote on a bill repealing the 1864 ban.

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Katie Hobbs vetoed a trio of Republican election bills tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed her first Republican election bills this year, only a few of the numerous election-related bills proposed in the state legislature, with many of them failing to make it to a vote in both chambers.

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New Az law creates confusion on how counties must track dropped-off mail ballots tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Poll workers in Maricopa and Pinal counties will do an on-site count of how many mail ballots are dropped off at their voting locations on election day, but there’s debate among election officials and lawmakers over whether a new law requires them to do it at the polling place.

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Former Councilmember Uhlich applies for Tucson City Council vacancy tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Karin Uhlich, who formerly represented Ward 3 on the Tucson City Council, told the Tucson Sentinel she has applied to finish the term of Steve Kozachik, who stepped down from the job on March 31.

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Just stop: Kari Lake's newest abortion stance is worse than a flip-flop tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Kari Lake, you just lit my fuse with your new video released to do damage control after flip-flopping on abortion. And every bit of it is either sheer ignorance, or the work of a lying liar who lies a lot.

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Outgoing Pima County Treasurer tells Supes that one applicant for her job is unqualified tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
As the two applicants for Pima County treasurer prepare to meet in an online forum Thursday, outgoing county banker Beth Ford is saying one of them is unqualified for the office.

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Az's pre-statehood laws banning abortion also made gay sex punishable by up to life in prison tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
We looked at Arizona's territorial laws and found one that would criminalize LGBTQ+ people, with a potential life sentence for having consensual sex.

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Az appeals court rejects Abe Hamadeh’s third challenge to his 2022 AG loss tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Nearly a year-and-a-half after the election, an Arizona appeals court agreed with a trial court judge that Abe Hamadeh’s third challenge to the results of the 2022 election should not move forward.

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Former Councilmember Uhlich applies for Tucson City Council vacancy tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Karin Uhlich, who formerly represented Ward 3 on the Tucson City Council, told the Tucson Sentinel she has applied to finish the term of Steve Kozachik, who stepped down from the job on March 31.

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