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Forest Service moves to 'thin' 775 acres on Mt. Lemmon to reduce wildfire threat tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In an effort to mitigate future forest fires on Mt. Lemmon, crews with the U.S. Forest Service will cut down and pile small trees on 775 acres beginning in September, officials announced Wednesday.

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Universal ESA vouchers: Arizona’s $1 billion failed experiment tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
It’s becoming abundantly clear that Arizona’s universal voucher program is a failed $1 billion experiment that comes at the expense of over 1 million Arizona kids, and GOP legislators have done nothing to create controls for the program, or even budget to cover its ballooning costs.

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AG Mayes asks Arizona Supreme Court to reject Hamadeh’s appeal tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Supreme Court should reject Abraham Hamadeh’s insincere attempt to fast-track his appeal that aims to overturn his 2022 election loss, say lawyers for Attorney General Kris Mayes, arguing delays in the case were due to lack of action by Hamadeh’s attorneys.

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Feds won’t honor gun charge agreement with Hunter Biden, U.S. attorney says tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Though counsel for Hunter Biden told the District of Delaware Court that the government should still honor part of their client’s plea deal, the federal prosecutor investigating the case said a diversion program negotiated as part of Biden’s gun charge never actually went into effect.

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Feds ease Colorado River water cuts for thirsty Western states tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Following a winter of above-average precipitation, the Bureau of Reclamation released its Colorado River Basin plan that reduces the cuts states reliant on the river will have to shoulder, as Lakes Mead and Powell sit at a combined 36% of capacity.

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Tom Horne, Kris Mayes clash over dual-language teaching in Az classrooms tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The fight between GOP Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne and Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes over whether Arizona schools can use dual-language models to teach students who are learning English continued, with Horne again threatening to take legal action.

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Rulebook for Arizona’s 2024 elections faces criticism from multiple sides tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
As Secretary of State Adrian Fontes makes rules for how next year’s elections must be run in Arizona, Republican legislative leaders say he’s overstepping his authority - and voting rights advocates say he isn’t exerting enough authority.

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Freeze on DACA approvals leaves thousands of Arizona migrants in limbo tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
There are more than 1.1 million undocumented individuals in the U.S. eligible for DACA protection – 44,000 in the state of Arizona - but fewer than half that number actually have DACA protection, according to the latest data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

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Hellertoon: Trump indictments enter new territory tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
With Donald Trump being indicted in yet another place, it's hard to tell who will turn up next with a subpoena or fresh indictment.

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Claytoonz: Peaches & crimes tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Not only is Trump indicted in Georgia, but he has company in 18 other co-defendants, including such MAGA luminaries as Mark Meadows, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Jeffrey Clark, Jenna Ellis, and…..RUDY GIULIANI. Hot digitty dog!

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Claytoonz: Peaches & crimes tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Not only is Trump indicted in Georgia, but he has company in 18 other co-defendants, including such MAGA luminaries as Mark Meadows, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Jeffrey Clark, Jenna Ellis, and…..RUDY GIULIANI. Hot digitty dog!

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State pension fund helping a Middle Eastern firm export Arizona groundwater tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
As Arizonans face water shortages, foreign firms are sucking up vast amounts of the state’s groundwater to grow hay for Saudi Arabia and other wealthy nations - and now it turns out that a key investor in this water transfer scheme is Arizona’s own employee retirement fund.

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Trump's indictment in Georgia: A confirmation of states' rights tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Donald Trump's activities in Georgia and New York may be prosecuted independently by state prosecutors under state criminal codes, and at the same time, many of the facts could be relevant to federal criminal prosecutions - representing the essence of states' rights in action.

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Abortion impasse that has stalled military promotions fires up defense secretary tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The chief of U.S. naval operations officially stepped down Monday, bringing the total of military branches without a Senate-confirmed leader up to three as the standoff on Senate confirmation votes stretches into a fifth month.

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Student loan repayments will hit economy; how hard depends on who’s being hit tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
When federal student loan payments resume this fall, they are expected to pull as much $71 billion in otherwise disposable income out of the economy every year, $5.3 billion of which will come from Arizona.

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FactCheck: Republicans oversell testimony about Hunter & Joe Biden tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Testimony by Hunter Biden’s former business partner, Devon Archer, led to competing narratives about what Archer said, and how damaging his testimony was to President Joe Biden - but the release of a transcript of Archer’s testimony on Aug. 3 undermined some of those narratives.

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Trump, 18 others indicted in Georgia election probe tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Updated: A grand jury in Georgia indicted former President Donald Trump and 18 of his associates Monday night on charges related to interference in the state’s 2020 presidential election results.

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Georgia grand jury returns indictment in Trump election probe tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
At least one indictment was handed up by a grand jury in Georgia Monday evening that had heard evidence from prosecutors in their investigation into whether former President Donald Trump and others criminally interfered with the state's 2020 presidential election results.

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Leo W. Banks' new modern Western novel: 'The Flying Z' tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The Tucson Sentinel presents the first chapter of "The Flying Z," a modern-day Western noir, alongside an essay about writing a novel from Banks himself.

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Leo W. Banks' new modern Western novel: ''The Flying Z' tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Tucson Sentinel presents the first chapter of "The Flying Z," a modern-day Western noir, alongside an essay about writing a novel from Banks himself.

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