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More cold nights for Tucson: Freeze warning Fri & Sat tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Temperatures will remain near freezing across much of Southern Arizona this weekend, National Weather Service forecasters said. A freeze warning will be in effect overnight Friday and Saturday.

Republicans prioritize changes to speed up election results in 2026 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Republicans in the Arizona Legislature have resumed their efforts to make significant changes to the state’s election processes, even after Donald Trump won the presidential race and the GOP strengthened its majorities in both chambers of the state Legislature.

Women firefighters with reproductive cancers are now eligible for federal help tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A 2022 policy left cancers that disproportionately impact women firefighters out of the compensation program while granting coverage for testicular and prostate cancer, but firefighters with reproductive cancers are now eligible for federal help.

In a conservative culture war on sex and gender, queer teachers & staff seek refuge from frontlines tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
LGBTQ employees living in fear are widespread in school districts across Arizona. They are facing a reality in a more socially conservative world where they feel they can't talk openly about their marriages or relationships.

In a conservative culture war on sex and gender, queer teachers & staff seek refuge from the frontlines tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
LGBTQ employees living in fear are widespread in school districts across Arizona. They are facing a reality in a more socially conservative world where they feel they can't talk openly about their marriages or relationships.

Senate Democrats cooperate, for now, on GOP immigration bill tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A controversial immigration bill that could be the first signed into law by President-elect Donald Trump got a helping hand from Senate Democrats on Thursday — a move made in hopes that the measure could get watered down in the upper chamber.

Tribes in Arizona awarded funding to bolster climate resilience tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Five tribal nations in Arizona received funding from the U.S. Department of Interior to help their communities prepare for the most severe climate-related environmental threats to their homelands.

New GOP-led elections committee in Arizona House signals voting debate isn’t over tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Republicans in the Arizona House have created a new committee that will take a comprehensive look at how the state’s elections are run, another sign that the state’s debate over election policy didn’t end with the 2024 election.

11th Circuit rejects Trump effort to block special counsel report on federal cases tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
An 11th Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled against an effort by President-elect Donald Trump and his co-defendants in his classified documents case to block Attorney General Merrick Garland from releasing a two-volume final report by special counsel Jack Smith.

Biden administration's Title IX protections for LGBTQ+ students struck down tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Biden administration exceeded its authority when it expanded the scope of Title IX in a final rule passed by the department in April 2024 to include protections for LGBTQ+ students.

Trump gets no jail time, fines or probation as he's sentenced for NY felonies tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President-elect Donald Trump received no jail time, fines or probation at a Friday sentencing after being found guilty of 34 felony charges stemming from the falsification of business records to hide the details of an extramarital affair from voters in the lead up to the 2016 election.

Ahdiayh Chee scores 12 off bench as Aztec women roll past ACU JV tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (12-3) took to the road and picked up a non-conference victory on Thursday in Glendale.

Arizona Supreme Court to weigh fate of ‘dark money’ disclosure law tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Supreme Court agreed to hear key portions of a challenge to the state’s landmark campaign finance disclosure law aimed at ending anonymous political spending, potentially impacting rules meant to shine light on who spends money to influence voters.

PCC's Gonzales & Wes earn back-to-back ACCAC Player of the Week honors tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Pima Community College men’s basketball players Cohenj Gonzales (Mesquite HS) and Wes Ball (Marana HS) earned praise from the ACCAC conference as the standouts earned awards in two consecutive weeks.

Pima County Superior Court seeking public comments on judge applicants tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County Superior Court is asking for public comments on 14 applicants for a vacant judge spot on the court created by the retirement of Judge Kenneth Lee.

Arizona AG Mayes creates cold case homicide unit tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced the creation of a cold case homicide unit, focusing first on five unsolved murders across the Phoenix Valley dating as far back as 1992.

Another grand jury declines to indict ex-Tucson cop for killing man in wheelchair tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County prosecutors once again failed to convince a grand jury to charge former Tucson police officer Ryan Remington — who shot and killed a man in a motorized wheelchair during a confrontation over shoplifting in November 2021.

The Carter legacy - Think again tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Jimmy Carter was one of the greatest U.S. presidents of the 20th century. Really? You are probably asking yourself if I missed something.

Justice Dept sues 6 of nation’s largest landlords in effort to stop alleged price-fixing in rental markets tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Department of Justice sued six of the nation’s largest landlords, accusing them of using a pricing algorithm to improperly work together to raise rents across the country.

'We were changing lives': GV man worked years with Carter, Habitat for Humanity tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Green Valley resident Ken Bensen remembers former president Jimmy Carter as a kind, gentle and caring man, after spending years working with him and Habitat for Humanity.

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