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Pima County issues air pollution advisory for Wednesday tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Pima County Department of Environmental Quality issued a Dust Action Day for coarse particulate matter air pollution today for for all of Pima County, due to high winds and dry conditions.

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'The Desert Within' exhibit at Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum explores desert perspectives tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The opening reception for "The Desert Within" at the Ironwood Gallery is free for the public.

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Romero touts Tucson's investments in public safety, parks & roads tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Mayor Regina Romero touted her 2024 accomplishments Tuesday and said a proposed half-cent sales tax would go toward addressing some of Tucson’s biggest problems

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Lesher gets $100k raise, says she'll serve just 2 more years as Pima County admin tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A divided Board of Supervisors renewed Pima County Administrator Jan Lesher's contract, giving the top bureaucrat a 27% raise and 10% more in deferred pay. Lesher told the Sentinel she plans to retire after two more years, saying "the days of anyone serving for 30-plus years are over."

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Mayor Romero's 2024 Report to Tucsonans: 'Making a difference — together' tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The text of Tucson Mayor Regina Romero's 2024 "Report to Tucsonans" speech: "When we invest in ourselves, when we decide that we want to say yes to the quality of life improvements that make our everyday lives better - we all win."

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Rage at insurers goes beyond health coverage – ‘Delay, Deny, Defend’ author on needed reforms tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The words “delay,” “deny” and “depose” associated with the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson put Americans’ unhappiness with health insurers at the front of the national conversation.

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Non-lawyers can provide legal help to low-income Arizonans through new program tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Non-lawyers are now able to provide limited legal assistance to Arizonans who may not have access to an attorney in civil matters, under to a new program of the Arizona Supreme Court.

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Zoppé: An Italian Family Circus returns to Tucson with 'old-world' charm tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Zoppé promotes a "virtuoso collection of international acts" in an intimate setting for people of all ages.

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Republicans balk at Az child fatality report recommending no guns in households with children tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Two GOP state representatives have accused the AZDHS of coming after the Second Amendment rights of parents after the agency concluded in its annual Child Fatality Review Team report that there would be fewer children killed by guns if there were fewer firearms in homes.

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Medical debt will be erased from credit reports for all Americans under new federal rule tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Medical debt will be removed from consumer credit reports for all Americans under a final rule announced Tuesday, a rule that will affect more than 15 million Americans, raising their credit scores by an estimated average of 20 points.

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Rex Scott to take up chair's gavel on Pima County Board of Supervisors tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Supervisor Rex Scott will run the meetings of the Pima County Board of Supervisors this year, after being elected chair during Tuesday's meeting.

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When vets kill pets, Arizona’s oversight system looks the other way, distraught owners say tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
An advocacy group is trying to bring more transparency to the Arizona State Veterinary Medical Examining Board review process, a regulatory agency critics say is utterly failing because it’s essentially a situation where the fox is guarding the henhouse.

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‘Inner terror’ of lethal injection is cruel, law prof argues in bid to stop Gunches Az execution tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Virginia law professor Corinna Barrett Lain filed an amicus curiae, or 'friend of the court' brief, advocating for condemned Arizona prisoner Aaron Gunches, who doesn’t want anyone advocating for him.

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Judge rejects Donald Trump’s latest demand to delay hush money sentencing tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A New York judge on Monday shot down president-elect Donald Trump’s new effort to suspend the upcoming Jan. 10 sentencing in his New York hush money case.

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President of Navajo Nation’s first tribal college dies at age 63 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Diné College President Dr. Charles “Monty” Roessel died Monday morning in Albuquerque, New Mexico, after a long battle with cancer. He was 63.

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Maricopa County’s new leaders pledge another election audit — but not like the last one tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Maricopa County’s new leadership will move immediately to commission an independent audit of the county’s election system, but they promised that it will not be a repeat of the partisan, chaotic review of the county’s 2020 election results.

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Judge to consider restitution claims in Backpage case tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A federal judge gave victim advocates three weeks on Monday to supplement restitution claims against two former executives of Backpage.com, though advocates say additional documentation will be difficult to gather.

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4 years after Capitol riot, Congress certifies Trump reelection in quiet affair tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Lawmakers convened on Capitol Hill to certify President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in November with little fanfare: Unlike years past, no members of Congress objected to the electoral tally in any state.

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Freezing temps for Tucson on Weds & Thurs nights, with snow possible tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Temperatures will drop below freezing across much of Southern Arizona on Wednesday and Thursday nights, which will "feel like a shock" after recent warm weather, National Weather Service forecasters said. A freeze watch will be in effect.

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Gov't secrets: Lesher, Rozema up for mystery contracts, Nogales appoints secret dep't heads tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Pima County Administrator Jan Lesher is up for a new contract, but what will actually be voted on is anyone's guess. New Supervisor Jen Allen will be sworn in as local governments approve fresh housing development in a region starved for it, plus more in area gov't meetings.

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