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Same-sex, interracial marriage protected under bill passed by Senate with GOP support tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Senate approved legislation Tuesday that would enshrine protections for same-sex and interracial marriages, codifying many of the rights that would disappear if the Supreme Court were to overturn those decisions the way it overturned the nationwide right to an abortion.

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University researchers in Arizona, Washington collaborate to create a Valley fever vaccine tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A new research program combining the efforts of Northern Arizona University and the University of Washington aims to create a vaccine for Valley fever, an infectious fungal disease that poses an increasing threat as the climate continues to warm and dry.

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Former top prosecutors: GOP Cochise supervisors should face charges for failing to certify the election tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Former Democratic Attorney General Terry Goddard and Republican Maricopa County Attorney Richard Romley are asking state and county prosecutors to open a criminal investigation into Republican Cochise County supervisors who have refused to certify the election results.

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Stewart Rhodes, founder of Oath Keepers, convicted of seditious conspiracy tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal jury entered a guilty verdict Tuesday against Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the extremist right-wing Oath Keepers group, the culmination of nearly three days of deliberation in a high-profile seditious conspiracy trial that lasted more than a month.

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Judge throws out Abe Hamadeh’s bid to overturn the election because it’s too early to challenge the results tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
An attempt by Abe Hamadeh, the Republican candidate for attorney general to overturn the election results in a race he lost was dismissed Tuesday afternoon because he ignored a state law requiring election challenges be filed after the election has been certified.

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Biden immigration enforcement stumps high court tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court heard over two hours of arguments Tuesday but appeared no closer to deciding if the Biden administration had the authority to impose guidelines prioritizing public safety when it deports noncitizens.

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Arizona's county supervisors face intense pressure to reject election results, but most certify anyway tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Across Arizona, from Maricopa south to Cochise and north to Mohave counties, the counties’ supervisors — mostly Republicans — have faced pressure for weeks to reject the election results - but in all but one county, the supervisors followed state law and voted to certify their election.

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After refusing to certify its election, Cochise County faces lawsuits to force it to do so tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs on Monday filed a lawsuit to force Cochise County officials to approve the results of this month’s election after Republicans on the board of supervisors failed to meet a deadline to canvass the election.

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Trial of former Border Patrol agent accused of killing 4 women opens tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A former U.S. Border Patrol agent executed four women, all sex workers, in a 2018 vigilante-inspired killing spree along the Texas/Mexico border because “he wanted to clean up the streets,” prosecutors said on the first day of Juan David Ortiz’s trial.

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Arizona Senate race was the 3rd-most expensive of 2022 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Mark Kelly’s re-election to the U.S. Senate was the third-most expensive campaign in 2022, with almost $236 million spent in the contest - the bulk of that money coming from outside groups, who spent a combined $128 million - including some $40 million aimed at defeating Kelly.

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Arizona nonprofit raises funds to help Puerto Ricans in Hurricane Fiona aftermath tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Phoenix fundraisers organized by the Puerto Rican Center of Arizona - which aims to “promote and sustain the Puerto Rican culture” through “education, services and partnerships” in Arizona - raised money to help island victims of Category 4 Hurricane Fiona.

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Abe Hamadeh’s Arizona election challenge lawsuit moves forward, for now tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Maricopa County judge gave a tentative go-ahead to a lawsuit seeking to overturn the results of the attorney general’s race, amid criticism that it lacked sufficient evidence and was filed prematurely based on statutory guidelines, though he warned he may yet dismiss the challenge.

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As cartels turn to social media to push fentanyl, Az experts teach parents how to keep kids safe tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Although drug dealers operate on many social media platforms, experts are most worried about Snapchat due to the app’s anonymity, and an Arizona effort is underway to help inform parents of the dangers of fentanyl and cartels’ use of social media to reach vulnerable youth.

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TUSD versus the Legislature: School board to discuss policies required to comply with new laws tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The governing board is now having to negotiate the culture war visited upon the state by lawmakers looking to start fights.

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Cochise County officials refuse to certify election results by legal deadline, delay until Friday tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Officials in Maricopa and Mohave counties on Monday certified their results for the Nov. 8 election, but Cochise County officials refused to certify its results by the legal deadline, voting to delay until Friday.

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Mohave, Maricopa counties certify election results as Cochise County delays tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Officials in Maricopa and Mohave counties on Monday certified their results for the Nov. 8 election, but Cochise County officials refused to certify its results by the legal deadline, voting to delay until Friday.

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Maricopa, Mohave counties certify election results as Cochise County delays tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Officials in Maricopa and Mohave counties on Monday certified their results for the Nov. 8 election, but Cochise County officials refused to certify its results by the legal deadline, voting to delay until Friday.

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Maricopa County certified the 2022 election amid controversy and complaints tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors certified its 2022 election results Monday at the close of an acrimonious meeting full of yelling and interruptions from a crowd angry about the administration of the election and what they claimed was voter disenfranchisement.

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Arizona high schoolers learn about artificial intelligence & related career paths tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
High school students from across the Phoenix metro were selected for Arizona's first artificial intelligence boot camp, a four-week development program held in October and November that taught them the basics of AI, machine learning, natural language processing and more.

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Audits — hidden until now — reveal millions in Medicare Advantage overcharges tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Newly released federal audits reveal widespread overcharges and other errors in payments to Medicare Advantage health plans for seniors, with some plans overbilling the government more than $1,000 per patient a year on average.

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