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Arizona comienza a sacar a miles de personas de Medicaid, enviándolas a otros tipos de atención médica tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
AHCCCS alienta a los destinatarios a verificar la información de contacto y estar atentos a la correspondencia a medida que Arizona comienza a eliminar a las personas de las listas de Medicaid este mes, un proceso que podría sacar del plan a más de 600,000 personas.

Optimism surrounds Az football as Wildcats aim for next step in coach Fisch’s 3rd season tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Optimism and confidence never run higher for college football programs than in springtime. But there were plenty of signs around Arizona’s annual spring football game to suggest Wildcats fans have good reason for high hopes in 2023.

Navajo Nation to get federal funding following disaster declaration tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Navajo Nation will receive federal emergency aid to help the tribe recover from severe winter storms in January tat resulted in heavy snow, flooding and mud that blocked and destroyed roads and isolated families from resources.

Gun deaths drive historic spike in child death rates tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
After decades of steady improvement, the death rate of America’s children and teens shot up between 2019 and 2021 — and gun-related deaths represented the largest share of the increase — by far.

U.S. House approves bill seeking more information on Chinese airborne surveillance tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. House passed a bill Monday that would require U.S. diplomats and intelligence officials to report to Congress their work with allies deterring Chinese surveillance aircraft and to provide a classified briefing on any airborne spying over the U.S. by the rival nation since 2017.

Paul Gosar promoted antisemitic website that praised him for condemning 'Jewish warmongers' tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Republican Congressman Paul Gosar promoted an antisemitic website that denies the Holocaust, praises Adolf Hitler as “a man of valor” and features a large number of admittedly false articles.

Rocket rezoning: Tucson City Council set to boost local satellite firm tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
I don't get to use the words "space rezoning" very much but thanks to the city of Tucson's Office of Economic Initiatives I get to tie two of my geekiest fascinations together: rocket ships and land use. God bless the U.S.A. Plus, more in local government meetings.

Justice Department announces charges for leaders of Sinaloa cartel tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Twenty-eight purported members of the Sinaloa drug cartel were indicted in three U.S. federal courts, charged with unleashing a campaign of violence and murder while distributing at least 56,000 kilograms of drugs and laundering tens of millions of dollars.

Can planting more saguaros help reverse climate change impact? tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Heat, drought and an invasive grass are driving wildfires killing the giant saguaros in Arizona, raising concerns about how the cactus will recover without human intervention.

States were adding lessons about Native American history - then came the anti-CRT movement tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Dozens of states that have recently adopted or introduced laws or policies that take aim at critical race theory, and anti-CRT efforts to restrict how race is taught have clashed with initiatives to teach Native American history more accurately and fully.

U.S. elections official takes part in secretive GOP conference, sparking backlash tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A federal elections agency commissioner spoke at a secretive conference of conservative voting activists and GOP secretaries of state and congressional staff — a step election experts call highly improper for an official charged with helping states administer fair and unbiased elections.

Monday deadline to register to vote in Tucson special election tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Midnight on Monday, April 17, is the deadline to register to vote in the May 16 special election in Tucson — double-check your registration online even if you're already signed up. Voters will make their determination on a franchise agreement with Tucson Electric Power.

Arizona students walk out over anti-LGBTQ bills, demand action from lawmakers & schools tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
For the second year in a row, Arizona Republicans have sought to restrict the behavior of LGBTQ students, and for the second year in a row, students across the state walked out of class to protest that hostility.

Hobbs & Fontes call for sanctions, accuse Lake of continually changing arguments tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Gov. Katie Hobbs and Secretary of State Adrian Fontes want the Arizona Supreme Court to sanction Kari Lake for peddling “frivolous conspiracy theories” in Arizona courts, while Lake keeps asking the court to reconsider her arguments that it has already dismissed.

Hobbs & Fontes call for sanctions, accuses Lake of continually changing arguments tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Gov. Katie Hobbs and Secretary of State Adrian Fontes want the Arizona Supreme Court to sanction Kari Lake for peddling “frivolous conspiracy theories” in Arizona courts, while Lake keeps asking the court to reconsider her arguments that it has already dismissed.

Orden podría detener distribución de medicamento abortivo tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Los proveedores de atención médica de Arizona confían en que podrán continuar brindando abortos seguros, incluso cuando los tribunales se enredan por una orden que podría detener la distribución de un medicamento clave para el aborto.

'I was wrongfully convicted': Exonerated Arizonan fights to change criminal justice tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Thanks to the Arizona Justice Project, which works to exonerate people who have been wrongfully convicted, Khalil Rushdan is now a free man and has become an advocate for criminal justice reform, where he helps others who have been wrongfully accused.

For Tim Butler of the Psychedelic Furs, blood is thicker than rock'n'roll tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Four decades after the Psychedelic Furs' debut, co-founding member Tim Butler reflects on the road out of Middlesex, England. Most well-known in the U.S. for the the theme for "Pretty in Pink," the band is back after a long break, and has an upcoming stop in Tucson.

Supreme Court safeguards abortion pill, for now tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court intervened Friday to ensure that medication abortion remains available to the public without restrictions while a legal battle plays out in the lower courts.

Conover looks to seek reelection as Pima County attorney tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Saying "I know the work isn't done," Pima County Attorney Laura Conover told interviewers Friday that she's inclined to seek another term as the top local prosecutor in 2024.

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