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Arizona high school basketball underclassmen & coaches reveal early recruiting realities tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Middle school athletes receiving offers from university sports programs before ever playing a high school game is becoming more common - but support for early recruiting is mixed.

Door opens to potential predatory behavior as sportsbooks implement AI tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Sports gambling operators are using artificial intelligence to track and limit problem gambling exposure for their users, but the introduction of this technology and the use of personal data also raises questions about whether it could be used for the wrong reasons.

Arizona voters said yes to abortion rights, but old restrictions are still on the books tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizonans overwhelmingly voted to make abortion a fundamental right, but overturning the state’s current 15-week gestational ban — and multiple other anti-abortion laws still on the books — isn’t automatic.

Az budget surplus grows to $660 million after strong income tax collections in October tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
State tax collections beat forecasts in October, growing more than 25% over the prior year and swelling the budget surplus to $660 million just months before lawmakers return to the Capitol and begin crafting a spending plan for 2026.

U.S. Rep. Grijalva gives up role as top Democrat on Natural Resources Cmte tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva announced Monday that he would not seek to hang onto his position as the ranking Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee.

Mexican man gets 7 years for smuggling dozens of rifles, ammo & machine gun parts tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A 33-year-old Mexican man was sentenced to more than 7 years in prison for smuggling 67 weapons into Mexico, including a machine gun and dozens of semi-automatic assault rifles and pistols, as well as parts to make machine gun belts, dozen of magazines, and at least 20,000 rounds of ammunition.

Marana to name municipal complex after Ed Honea, Pima County plans COVID relief spending tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Honea's death could have an effect on the Regional Transportation Plan's next round of funding, which may go to voters next Fall. The Marana mayor was a reliable, if cantankerous, regional partner. Plus, Pima County is planning how to spend the last tranche of COVID relief funding, and more in local government meetings.

Man shot at Nogales border crossing indicted by grand jury for ammo smuggling tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A man shot and wounded by border officers in Nogales, Ariz., in October was indicted by a grand jury on three charges, including attempting to smuggle more than 3,000 rounds into Mexico, assault on a federal officer, and possession of ammunition by a prohibited person.

Candidates promised a bigger child tax credit. Will that actually happen? tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
In the lead up to Election Day, presidential candidates had big ambitions for the future of the child tax credit, but the feasibility of those proposals is now being tested.

Pima County considers $2M increase to jail health contract amid lawsuits & penalties tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Pima County Board of Supervisors will vote Tuesday on whether to pay $2 million more to NaphCare, Inc., the provider responsible for medical services at the Pima County Jail and the subject of more than a dozen lawsuits in the last two years.

Anti-fraud efforts meet real-world test during ACA enrollment period tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Unauthorized switching of Affordable Care Act plans appears to have tapered off in recent weeks, but will the changes curb fraud by rogue agents or brokerages without unduly slowing the process of enrolling or reducing the total number of sign-ups for 2025 coverage?

As Trump touts plans for immigrant roundup, militias are standing back but standing by tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Donald Trump has reaffirmed that once he takes office he plans to declare a national emergency and use the military to accomplish his promises to round up and deport millions of undocumented migrants, and some militia units may see it as their duty to assist with such efforts.

President Biden issues pardon to son Hunter on gun & tax charges tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Joe Biden announced Sunday night that he has pardoned his son Hunter, a reversal of a pledge that he would not exert his executive authority to clear his son of gun-related charges and tax crimes.

The next census will gather more racial, ethnic information tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Census Bureau and a growing number of states are starting to gather more detailed information about Americans’ race and ethnicity, though some respondents can now choose no race at all.

U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón unveils project in Saguaro National Park tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Poet Laureate of the United States Ada Limón will unveil a Southern Arizona installment of her signature project, "You Are Here," in Saguaro National Park on Tuesday.

Sales of birth control, Plan B & abortion drugs spike after Donald Trump’s election tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Sales of birth control and emergency contraception – morning-after pills like Plan B and Restart – have spiked since President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, despite his assurances he won’t try to roll back access.

Utah's quixotic bid to wrest millions of acres from the federal government tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Utah officials are bucking more than a century of legal rulings, and their state's own constitution, in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to transfer millions of acres of federal lands to state ownership.

Americans face a home insurance crisis due to worsening disasters – how companies set coverage tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Home insurance rates are rising in the United States, and insurers now often reduce coverage limits, cap payouts, increase deductibles and impose new conditions or even exclusions on some common perils, and coverage changes are raising alarm bells.

Winter events happening in Tucson for those with niche interests tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
For those whimsy-craving Tucsonenses who are drawn to funky holiday activities, here are some events to pencil into your calendars.

Unlikely Trump can actually eliminate Education Department, experts say tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to get rid of the U.S. Department of Education will be far easier said than done, as the complex logistics, bipartisan congressional approval and redirection of federal programs required make dismantling the department a challenging feat.

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