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Pima baseball scores season-high 23 to earn split at Yavapai tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College baseball team dropped a close first game but responded with a run-rule victory on Saturday in an ACCAC conference doubleheader at Yavapai College.

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Public invited to apply for empty seats on 2 Tucson-area school boards tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Members of the public are invited to apply for two school board vacancies, in Catalina Foothills and Flowing Wells.

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Az Gov. Hobbs signs bill to allow university students to opt out of funding campus clubs tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a bill allowing students at Arizona’s universities to opt out of having their student activity fees support campus groups they don’t like, though the new law could have adverse effects on any group that represents marginalized communities or causes.

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FactCheck: Claim inflates number of new voters in Arizona, other states tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A social media claim misrepresents the number of people who have registered to vote in Arizona and two other states, and suggests they are in the country illegally - but the number of new voters is far short of the claimed amount, and there’s no evidence they are in the U.S. illegally.

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AZGOP asks the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Kari Lake’s tabulator case tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Republican Party of Arizona has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to accept Kari Lake’s tabulator case, claiming that lower courts across the country have set the bar too high for election challenge cases.

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Shaman sidelined: Chansley among more than 70 to miss signature threshold tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Jacob Angeli-Chansley, better known as the “Qanon Shaman,” will not be going back to Washington – at least not in any official capacity - one of more than 70 would-be candidates who failed to meet the deadline to turn in petition signatures needed to get their names on the ballot.

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Hobbs vetoes GOP bill aimed at barring homeless people from roadway medians tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A bill aimed at limiting the presence of pedestrians on medians and intersections was one of five bills vetoed by Gov. Katie Hobbs, after it raised concern as to how it would affect Arizona’s homeless population that makes up much of the pedestrian presence in metro areas.

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Facing charges over 2022 election, Cochise Sup. Judd feels betrayed by those who promised legal help tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Cochise Supervisor Peggy Judd - indicted for alleged conspiracy and interference with an election officer after voting to expand the county’s hand-count audit of the 2022 midterm election and delay certification - now says she was used by people who never intended to support her.

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A Cochise official’s vote for hand-counting ballots came at a cost. Will anyone help her pay it? tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Cochise Supervisor Peggy Judd - indicted for alleged conspiracy and interference with an election officer after voting to expand the county’s hand-count audit of the 2022 midterm election and delay certification - now says she was used by people who never intended to support her.

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As consumers lose millions to gift card scams, lawmakers pressure businesses tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
State attorneys general and legislatures are trying to combat gift card scams with consumer alerts, arrests and warning signs on store displays, but retailers and card manufacturers are pushing back - saying the micromanaging isn’t necessary and would hurt small businesses.

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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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