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Arizona School for the Deaf & Blind extension bill passes, amid acrimony & hostility tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After an acrimonious, and at times openly hostile debate, the Arizona Senate approved a bill that would continue the existence of the Arizona School for the Blind and Deaf for the next four years.

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Why is Tax Day on April 18 this year - and how did early spring become tax season? tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The tax deadline has been pushed back to April 18 this year, giving those leaving it to the last minute a few extra days - but why is Tax Day in April anyway?

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El programa Nosotros de Tucson ayuda a identificar enfermedades hepáticas con fibroscans gratuitos tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Un programa de Tucson está tomando medidas para combatir los crecientes casos de enfermedad hepática en la comunidad hispana al trabajar para identificar la enfermedad y promover hábitos saludables que prevengan otros problemas de salud.

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More health coverage for 'Dreamers' in Biden proposal tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Joe Biden announced a plan Thursday to expand federal health care coverage for undocumented immigrants who have been allowed to work in the U.S., among other protections, through their participation in the policy known as DACA.

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Horne, GOP lawmakers call for more police on Arizona school campuses tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Flanked by GOP lawmakers, Arizona Superintendent Tom Horne urged schools across the state to add school resource officers to their staff, calling them a critical defense in a time when the country is roiling from an unprecedented surge in mass shootings.

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Horne, GOP lawmakers call for more police on Arizona campuses as gun violence in schools surges tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Flanked by GOP lawmakers, Arizona Superintendent Tom Horne urged schools across the state to add school resource officers to their staff, calling them a critical defense in a time when the country is roiling from an unprecedented surge in mass shootings.

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Horne, GOP lawmakers call for more police on campuses as gun violence in schools surges tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Flanked by GOP lawmakers, Arizona Superintendent Tom Horne urged schools across the state to add school resource officers to their staff, calling them a critical defense in a time when the country is roiling from an unprecedented surge in mass shootings.

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New ethics report on Thomas says justice failed to disclose property sale to GOP megadonor tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Justice Clarence Thomas spent the last decade ignoring his duty to disclose that he made a six-figure property sale to Republican megadonor Harlan Crow, according to new reporting Thursday that compounds calls for the conservative justice to face an ethics inquiry.

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Justice Dep't to ask Supreme Court to reject limits on access to abortion pill tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday it will ask the Supreme Court on an emergency basis to keep access to the abortion medication mifepristone exactly as it is now, amid the appeals process in a much-watched case out of Texas.

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States seek to protect tribes' rights in child custody cases tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Worried about a pending U.S. Supreme Court case, Arizona and other states aim to pass new laws ensuring American Indian children can stay in their tribal communities even if they’re placed in the child welfare system.

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Arizona providers confident abortions will continue despite court challenges tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona health care providers are confident they will be able to continue providing safe abortions, even as courts tangle over an order that could halt distribution of a key abortion medication.

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Rex Scott: Schools owe a special duty to trans kids, who are too often taught to despise themselves tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
"Every adult owes every child the right to feel protected and cherished. If we do anything less, we are harming these kids. We must show that we have learned from a painful past that 'otherizing' any child is dangerous, shameful and wrong." — Pima County Supervisor Rex Scott

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Tucson Zine Fest, a space for 'overlooked artists,' happening this weekend tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Local independent artists and writers will exhibit their work at the fourth annual Tucson Zine Fest on Saturday, April 15. ""The ethos of the fest is supporting overlooked artists."

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Tormentas acaban con sequía, benefician a algunos agricultores y afectan a otros tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Una corriente de tormentas empapó tanto a California como a Arizona, y la intensidad y frecuencia de la lluvia que azota una de las regiones agrícolas más productivas del país ha bendecido a algunos agricultores después de años de sequía, mientras que ha devastado a otros.

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Flood or feast: Drought-busting storms create winners and losers among farmers tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A stream of storms drenched both California and Arizona, and the intensity and frequency of rain marching through one of the most productive agricultural regions of the nation has blessed some farmers after years of drought, while devastating others.

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Teachers at Tucson's BASIS charter school overwhelmingly vote to form union tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: By a 2-1 margin, teachers at Tucson's acclaimed BASIS Tucson North school voted to unionize Wednesday evening, making the Northeast Side charter the first in Arizona to have staff organize.

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Hobbs vetoes bills to bar ranked-choice voting, criminalize immigrant aid groups tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Republican proposals to ban ranked-choice voting and criminalize immigrant aid organizations were blocked on Wednesday by Gov. Katie Hobbs, who wielded her veto stamp to add five more vetoes to her growing tally, bringing the total bills vetoed to 48 this year.

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Texas judge’s abortion pill ruling supported by 69 Republicans in Congress tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A group of 69 congressional Republicans is backing a federal judge’s ruling that would overturn the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s two-decade-old approval of the abortion pill mifepristone.

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Federal judge blocks Biden administration definition of 'waterway' under Clean Water Act tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal judge paused a new Biden administration rule which sought to redefine what constitutes a waterway under the Clean Water Act, though the court found no urgency to implement the new rule before the Supreme Court has the opportunity to rule in another wetlands case.

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Voting to raise their own pay puts state lawmakers in a bind tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Persistently low salaries discourage everyday citizens from serving in state legislatures, say legislators who face an uphill battle to raise pay, and unless salaries are raised, there is a possibility of only wealthy or retired lawmakers.

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