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Halt of CDC’s weekly scientific report stalls bird flu studies tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Trump admin has intervened in the release of important studies on the bird flu slated to appear in the official journal of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a concern because a firewall has long existed between the agency’s scientific reports and political appointees.

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Bill would give rural Arizona communities a say in how groundwater is allocated tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Gov. Katie Hobbs and a group of bipartisan state and rural leaders announced legislation that gives rural Arizona communities a say in managing local groundwater.

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Tucson voters wishing to cast ballot in Prop. 414 election must register by Feb. 10 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Tucson voters wishing to cast a ballot in the March 11 election for Prop. 414 must register to vote by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 10.

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Trump blames DEI hires, altitude in fatal DCA plane crash tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump spread unfounded claims that the midair collision that killed 67 on Wednesday night — which is in the very early stages of investigation — was the result of diversity, equity and inclusion policies that had been in place since 2013.

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5th Circuit declares age restrictions on adult handgun purchases unconstitutional tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled that a decades-old federal law banning handgun purchases by 18 to 20-year-olds violates the Second Amendment, an about-face from a prior ruling where the appeals court initially found the law constitutional in 2012.

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Az budget outlook solid, but uncertainty surrounds impact of conflicting Trump promises tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona’s budget outlook has improved since last year, but the tentatively solid future is shrouded in uncertainty because economists have no idea which of President Donald Trump’s proposed policies he’ll actually implement versus which ones were just for show.

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Tucson's 'Somos Uno' plan to give grants & residencies to local artists tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The Tucson City Council voted this week to approve the Somos Uno Cultural Heritage Strategy, a plan designed to protect and grow the city’s arts scene and cultural heritage initiatives.

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TUSD exigirá órdenes judiciales, identificaciones a oficiales de ICE tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A pesar del potencial para "una aplicación más agresiva de la ley de inmigración," las políticas del distrito escolar más grande de Tucson no han cambiado bajo la ley, dijo el Supt. Trujillo, y las escuelas requerirán órdenes judiciales de los agentes federales que entran a un recinto o exigen información de los estudiantes.

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Finchem revives election conspiracies in Arizona Senate committee tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona’s Senate Judiciary and Elections Committee advanced three bills Republican state Senator Mark Finchem says will improve election security, though his reasoning for the bills includes unproven and widely debunked theories of mass voter fraud.

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Prop. 414 shortchanges community needs, hurts working class tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
As organizers with Community Care Tucson, we are devoted to ensuring that Tucsonans have basic human needs met. It is this mission that led us to join the coalition against Prop. 414, a tax hike that would vastly shortchange critical community needs.

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Trump orders Education Dep't to guide states on use of federal funds for school choice tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump signed executive orders that prioritize school choice funding and seek to end what the administration sees as “radical indoctrination in K-12 schooling.”

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Trump orders Education Department to guide states on use of federal funds for school choice tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump signed executive orders that prioritize school choice funding and seek to end what the administration sees as “radical indoctrination in K-12 schooling.”

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Trump vows to build migrant detention center at Guantanamo Bay as he signs Laken Riley bill tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Trump signed into law the first bill of his second term, a measure that would require immigration officials to detain immigrants arrested or charged with property crimes, among others, and give broad legal authority to state attorneys general to challenge federal immigration law.

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‘They don’t care about us’: Tribal town fights uranium mill’s expanding operations tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The White Mesa Uranium Mill is located on the ancestral homelands of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, and now the White Mesa community has an additional concern: A mining company in Arizona will be hauling its uranium ore through their community to be processed at that mill.

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Arizona House supports mandate to follow federal immigration orders tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
An Arizona House committee advanced a bill that would require the state’s top elected officials to cooperate with federal immigration actions regardless of the state’s interests or the constitutionality of any federal action.

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State senator revives election conspiracies in Arizona Senate committee tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona’s Senate Judiciary and Elections Committee advanced three bills Republican state Senator Mark Finchem says will improve election security, though his reasoning for the bills includes unproven and widely debunked theories of mass voter fraud.

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Navajo Nation reaches agreement with mining company over uranium ore transport tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After months of negotiation, the Navajo Nation and Energy Fuels Inc. have signed an agreement allowing the transport of uranium ore along federal and state highways throughout the Navajo Nation, with transportation set to resume in February.

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DOJ drops appeal in Trump classified documents case, ending Jack Smith’s cases tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Justice Department moved to drop former special counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents case against two of President Donald Trump’s co-defendants, and acting the U.S. Attorney for D.C. ordered an internal review of his office’s handling of the Jan. 6 prosecutions.

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Az Republicans advance strict online porn age verification bill amid privacy concerns tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Republican-backed proposal to require Arizonans to prove they are at least 18 years old before accessing online pornography moved forward, but advocates are concerned about more than just how kids might bypass the law.

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Lawmakers rush to fix flaw in Az trafficking law that could send victims to prison for life tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona GOP legislators are trying to tighten up the language in voter-approved Proposition 313, after being told their proposal to require life sentences for anyone convicted of child sex trafficking could be applied to the victims themselves.

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