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How Arizona’s system for verifying mail ballots is hurting key voters tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
With more people in Arizona and across the country voting by mail, election officials are increasingly relying on the signatures on ballot envelopes to confirm voters’ identities, but laws in Maricopa County’s signature verification process may lead to disenfranchisement.

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Social Security & Medicare: Where do Harris and Trump stand? tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Though Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and Republican candidate Donald Trump have both mentioned Social Security and Medicare, neither campaign has sought to elevate the financial stability of the two programs as a core issue.

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State supreme court races could determine abortion access in several states tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
State supreme court elections are no longer down-ballot, low-information races. Today, with the high stakes of reproductive rights on the line, these races are pivotal.

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Sheriff Nanos: Challenger Lappin helped reporter pay inmate for story tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Updated: The Republican challenger to Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos was suspended from her post at the county jail because she "colluded with a journalist" to pay an inmate for a news story, the sheriff said Tuesday.

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Sheriff Nanos: Challenger Lappin helped reporter pay inmate for story tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Updated: The Republican challenger to Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos was suspended from her post at the county jail because she "colluded with a journalist" to pay an inmate for a news story, the sheriff said Tuesday.

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Sheriff Nanos: Challenger Lappin helped reporter pay inmate for story tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Republican challenger to Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos was suspended from her post at the county jail because she "colluded with a journalist" to pay an inmate for a news story, a spokesman for the sheriff said Tuesday.

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6 tips to unlocking your pumpkin’s potential (with Arizona stencils) tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Six tips from pumpkin artist Ray Villafane for finding the potential in any Halloween pumpkin carving, and four Arizona-themed Halloween stencils.

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Tucson is for Halloween lovers: Spooky events happening in Southern Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
From terrifying haunts to family-friendly trick-or-treating, Tucson and neighboring cities have events to satisfy cravings for a spook.

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Trump’s proposed mass deportations could ‘decimate’ U.S. food supply tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s hard-line approach to immigration - with its laser focus on removing immigrants without permanent legal status - has the potential threaten the economy and disrupt the U.S. food supply chain, which is reliant on many forms of migrant labor.

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U.S. citizens aren’t guaranteed the right to vote: Just ask the people of Guam tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Neither military nor ‘abroad,’ many residents of U.S. territories — including veterans — are left out of the presidential election, an issue that highlights the fact the Constitution does not explicitly guarantee a right to vote.

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Millions of aging Americans are facing dementia alone tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
In a health care system that assumes older adults have family caregivers to help them, those facing dementia by themselves often fall through the cracks.

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Colorado rests case challenging Kroger-Albertsons merger tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Colorado attorneys on Monday rested their case challenging Kroger’s $24.6 billion purchase of Albertsons, a business deal also opposed by the FTC and several states, including Arizona.

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Pima County Sheriff Nanos puts challenger Lappin on leave, citing potential crimes tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has put Lt. Heather Lappin, his opponent in the sheriff’s race, on paid administrative leave citing possible criminal infractions, and also placed Sgt. Aaron Cross, president of the Pima County Deputy’s Organization, on paid leave.

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Nanos faces scrutiny from Pima County Supes over rape probe; Housing boom on NW Side tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Pima County Supervisor Steve Christy is pushing for action after an external investigation found the Sheriff's Department may have violated procedures in handling an alleged deputy-on-deputy sexual assault, plus more in local government meetings around Tucson this week.

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Election for little-known Corporation Commission could dictate future of renewables in Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
This November, the Arizona Corporation Commission’s actions and the responses to them will play a pivotal role in determining who will be elected to the commission, which advocates say has the potential to dictate Arizona’s climate and renewable energy future.

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Arizona has school vouchers for all, but low-income families aren’t using them tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Working-class parents have often said they’re at least initially interested in school vouchers, which in Arizona are called Empowerment Scholarship Accounts, yet when it comes to lower-income families actually choosing to use vouchers, the numbers tell a very different story.

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'Mols & Suz' revival: Susan Claassen & Molly McKasson celebrate 50 years of Invisible Theatre tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
After nearly 50 years running Tucson's Invisible Theatre, Susan Claassen has "evolved" from her position, with Betsy Kruse Craig now in the role. Claassen will return to the stage with actress Molly McKasson for a one-night performance of "Mols and Suz" this week.

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Arizona has school vouchers for all, but low-income families aren’t using to use them tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Working-class parents have often said they’re at least initially interested in school vouchers, which in Arizona are called Empowerment Scholarship Accounts, yet when it comes to lower-income families actually choosing to use vouchers, the numbers tell a very different story.

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Mailing of some Pima County early ballots delayed tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Pima County Recorder’s Office has delayed the mailing of some ballots because of a problem with the voter rolls that assigned more than 500 voters to the wrong school district.

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Hellertoon: Exploring the meaning of Columbus Day tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Monday marks the 958th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, the invasion of England by William of Normandy that changed the course of European history and arguably laid the foundation for Britain to become a world power. Some also consider it a holiday named after some other guy, too.

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