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Arizona Senate passes anti-drag bills tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Two anti-drag bills passed the state Senate with GOP support despite promises from Gov. Katie Hobbs of a future veto and ongoing threats of violence toward the drag community in Arizona.

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Western water wars at high court focus on Navajo Nation tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The fight for water in the West heads to the Supreme Court next week where the justices will decide if Arizona has a duty to give the Navajo Nation a share of the region's most precious resource - recognition of their water rights to the Colorado River.

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Hobbs: Arizona not ready to execute Gunches by April 6; court urged to step in tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
With just three weeks until convicted murderer Aaron Gunches is scheduled to be put to death, a court battle continues to rage over whether Arizona will be ready to execute him by lethal injection on April 6.

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Tucson's new climate plan gives City Council ... sigh ... a 'roadmap' tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Tucson's "Resilient Together" draft plan is buzz-word rich, takes 36 pages to get to the introduction and could have been dictated by Siri in 2021 or done by ChatGPT today. It's also a good start that may well prove the savvy of Regina Romero.

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Man linked to deadly gunfight on Tucson Amtrak train pleads to guilty drug, weapons crimes tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
One of the men involved in a 2021 drug-smuggling attempt that turned into a bloody gunfight at the Amtrak station in Downtown Tucson pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy and carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime.

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Man linked to deadly gunflight on Tucson Amtrak train pleads guilty drug, gun crimes tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
One of the men involved in a 2021 drug-smuggling attempt that turned into a bloody gunfight at the Amtrak station in Downtown Tucson pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy and carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime.

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Advocacy groups call on Speaker Toma to stop 'bullying' by GOP critics in Legislature tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A group of advocacy organizations that say they want more respect for their members who speak in front of Arizona legislative committees have asked Republican House Speaker Ben Toma to “address the bullying, angry, and intimidating behavior” of some legislators.

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Arizona teachers rally against complaint hotline, call for its end tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Dozens of teachers took to the street on Wednesday afternoon to demand that Arizona Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne’s newly established parental complaint hotline be dismantled.

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The truth about St. Patrick’s Day tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The Festival of St. Patrick began in the 17th century as a religious and cultural commemoration of the bishop who brought Christianity to Ireland. In Ireland, there’s still an important religious and cultural component to the holiday, even as it has simply become an excuse to wear green and heavily drink in the rest of the world.

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Bill to protect 'Big Lie' lawyers from punishment advances with GOP support tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A bill that would punish the State Bar of Arizona and the Arizona Supreme Court if they discipline attorneys for bringing baseless election fraud complaints in Arizona courts has continued to make its way towards becoming law.

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Teachers rally against complaint hotline, call for its end tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Dozens of teachers took to the street on Wednesday afternoon to demand that Arizona Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne’s newly established parental complaint hotline be dismantled.

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Arizona Republican legislators announce formal opposition to ranked choice voting tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Freedom Caucus wants to preemptively prohibit any use of ranked choice voting to decide city, state, county or federal elections, claiming "it disenfranchises voters and allows marginal candidates not supported by a majority of the voters to win elections.”

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Dementia’s dangerous rise leads legislators to ask up to $500,000 for Alzheimer’s tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
State legislators are pushing a bill to build a state dementia plan and put up to $500,000 toward new jobs focused on Alzheimer’s disease, a common type of dementia that is rising especially fast in Arizona.

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Arizona Republicans move to regulate drag shows tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Senate Republicans voted Wednesday to support two bills aimed at regulating drag shows and related performances, despite concerns that the bills are intended only to regulate and ostracize LGBTQ people and content.

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Rio Verde Foothills poised to sue Maricopa County over water woes tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Residents of Rio Verde Foothills will likely sue Maricopa County over its inaction in solving the community’s ongoing water crisis after the county Board of Supervisors rejected a proposal which would have seen Scottsdale sell water to the county for distribution to the subdivision.

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Lift a glass & sing along: St. Patrick's Day playlist tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Whether it's the lilting strains of a classic folk song or the pounding of three-chord punk rock — or the omnipresent U2 — the music of the small island of Ireland has influenced artists throughout the world. So raise a glass of Guinness, tap your toe or even get up and dance a bit as we celebrate St. Patrick's Day with song.

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States to receive $2.5B from feds for electric vehicle charging infrastructure tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The federal government will send $2.5 billion over the next five years to states, local governments and tribes to build electric vehicle charging infrastructure as part of the new Charging and Fueling Infrastructure grant program.

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Arizona agencies possibly exposed in LastPass data breach tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Multiple state agencies, including the Arizona Department of Homeland Security and state’s Medicaid provider, may have had their passwords and login credentials exposed in a breach of the popular password management software LastPass.

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Hobbs, Fontes, Maricopa County clap back at Lake’s appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Maricopa County, Adrian Fontes and Katie Hobbs filed biting responses to failed gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s petition asking the Arizona Supreme Court to take up her election case, and Hobbs and Fontes asked for sanction for bringing a suit based on frivolous claims.

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Sweeping bill to address Arizona’s housing crisis shot down tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In a rare show of bipartisan agreement, the Arizona state Senate voted down a bill aimed at addressing the housing crisis on the grounds it doesn’t actually increase affordable housing and strips away powers from cities and towns to guide development to meet local needs.

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