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Donald Trump referred for criminal prosecution by House Jan. 6 committee tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
House lawmakers who have been investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol voted on Monday to have the Department of Justice prosecute former President Donald Trump for inciting the insurrection - the first time that a former president has faced such a referral.

Trump referred for criminal prosecution by House Jan. 6 committee tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
House lawmakers who have been investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol voted on Monday to have the Department of Justice prosecute former President Donald Trump for inciting the insurrection - the first time that a former president has faced such a referral.

How Medicare Advantage plans dodged auditors and overcharged taxpayers millions tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A review of 90 government audits reveals that health insurers that issue Medicare Advantage plans have repeatedly tried to sidestep regulations requiring them to document medical conditions the government paid them to treat.

Could Arizona elect an Indigenous candidate for Congress in 2024? tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona has never elected an Indigenous person to Congress, but the demographics of Congressional District 2 lends itself to the possibility of electing the first Indigenous person to represent Arizona in Congress in 2024.

Drawing Studio buys next-door convenience store to expand space tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The Drawing Studio is expanding to an adjacent Midtown building to create more studios and a venue for art exhibits.

As fentanyl use spikes, feds urge states to ease methadone rules tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Federal government and some states are redoubling efforts to curb the epidemic of overdoses from opioid painkillers, heroin and fentanyl by making medication-assisted treatment more accessible to the estimated 9.5 million people with an opioid use disorder.

State Farm accused of making it harder for Black customers to get insurance payouts tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Black home insurance policyholders brought a federal class action against State Farm, alleging the multibillion-dollar company subjects their claims to greater scrutiny than it does those of white clients.

Debt collectors, reform advocates spar in court over fate of Arizona's Prop. 209 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A fight over voter-approved medical debt reforms in Prop 209 pits a group of debt collectors and lenders who argue that the language the proposition is unclear and the state of Arizona and Healthcare Rising Arizona, which ran the ballot measure’s campaign.

Planning for dry times: The West considers more reservoirs & aquifers tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Western states can no longer rely on snowmelt and rain to supply their communities in a drier, more arid landscape caused by climate change, and some local water officials across the West see a massive opportunity in storing rainwater in reservoirs and groundwater aquifers.

Gift article from the Washington Post: “A guide to getting started with Twitter alternative Mastodon.”

wapo.st/3HLOF3e

Today for #FollowFriday, we'll start by shouting out @TucsonSentinel and @restofworld, two other publications that created their own Mastodon instances. We think this is a great model for other outlets (and also #nonprofit orgs) to follow, creating authenticity and allowing full control over what we post.

#Journalism #media

Every news outlet should stand up a Mastondon instance for their reporters & staff.

It’ll be great to see GivennameFamilyname@mastodon.famousnewspaper.com or whatever domain they want to use.

Built in verification. Every reporter for the Washington Post on a washpo domain. Every reporter for the New York Times on an NYTimes domain. Etc, etc.

Plus the “local” feed for each instance becomes a feed of all the posts from that institution mixed together — providing extra discovery.

Mark Finchem’s ‘frivolous’ bid to overturn Sec. State election gets booted by Az judge tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Maricopa County judge rejected Mark Finchem’s attempt to overturn his election loss by more than 120,000 votes, ruling Friday that opened the door for possible sanctions against the Republican’s attorney.

Az judge dismisses Sen. Borrelli election suit for failure to serve defendants tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
An election lawsuit brought by Lake Havasu Republican Sonny Borrelli that challenged the election of Katie Hobbs as Arizona governor was dismissed late Friday afternoon.

Pima County set to end COVID-era rental assistance by February, shutters online application tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In February, Pima County will end the eviction prevention program that they started alongside the city of Tucson in 2021, but already stopped taking new applications this week, officials said.

Ducey sends $9M to help build new commerical border crossing in Douglas tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Gov Doug Ducey is allocating $8.9 million in federal funding to help build a new port of entry in Douglas, adding funds from the American Rescue Plan to develop wastewater and groundwater infrastructure.

It would absolutely wonderful if news outlets hosted their own Mastodon instances.

A few news orgs that have done that:
@TexasObserver
@sfstandard
@TucsonSentinel

And several others that have created official Mastodon accounts on general instances:
@ProPublica
@texastribune
@damemagazine
@COTimesRecorder
@rferl
@msfreepress
@Chron
@themarkup
@sfchronicle
@sfgate

Not sure if this one is official:
@msnbc

If anyone knows of any others, please let me know.

#News #FollowFriday

Kari Lake might get to inspect small number of ballots tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Kari Lake might get a chance next week to inspect a small number of ballots cast in Maricopa County in the 2022 midterm election, a judge ordered Friday.

Scientists find newborn stars hiding in first Webb image tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
NASA scientists announced Thursday that they had discovered evidence of two dozen previously unknown protostars wrapped within the gasses of a distant nebula. The starlets had long hidden in plain sight, only recently identified via close examination of one of the first images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope.

Green Valley to host free COVID-19 & flu shot clinics tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Green Valley will host a series of four free COVID-19 and flu vaccination events to make sure adults 65 years and older get protected against a worse-than-normal spread of respiratory diseases.

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