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Tohono O’odham partners with wireless internet provider to connect tribal citizens tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Tohono O’odham citizens now have access to wireless internet options thanks to a partnership the Tohono O’odham Utility Authority established with Baicells Technologies to provide high-speed broadband connectivity to villages across the largely rural Native American nation.

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Will 14th Amendment bar Trump from Arizona ballot in 2024? tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Lawsuits have been filed in three states so far to attempt to keep former President Donald Trump off the ballot in the 2024 presidential election, but at this point, it’s unclear if a suit filed in Arizona will follow.

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Millions more workers would receive overtime pay under proposed Biden admin rule tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Salaried workers who have been ineligible for overtime pay would benefit from a proposed Biden administration regulation that would raise the wage threshold for the standard salary level to $55,068 annually.

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Some states back hospital mergers despite record of service cuts, price hikes tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
As supersized health care systems gobble up smaller hospitals and clinics, hospital trade groups and some states say mergers can save failing hospitals, especially rural ones - but research shows that a lack of competition often leads to fewer services at higher costs.

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Texas can keep buoys in Rio Grande while legal challenge continues, federal appeals court rules tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Nearly three months after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the deployment of the 1,000-foot line of buoys and mesh in the Rio Grande, a federal judge ordered the state to remove the barrier and stop building further obstructions in the river. One day later a higher court sided with Texas.

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Judge refuses to block exploratory mining projects in Patagonia Mountains tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A U.S. District Court judge denied an attempt to block two exploratory mining projects in Arizona’s Patagonia Mountains, ruling against a coalition of environmental groups who challenged federal permitting in the Coronado National Forest.

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Repairs slow in coming at Tucson's new affordable housing complex tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The plight of a resident of a new affordable housing complex offers lessons for city officials and nonprofit agencies as they work to build more low-income apartments in Tucson.

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Whatton's double-double helps Pima volleyball topple Yavapai in 5-set thriller tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College volleyball team (6-6, 2-0 in ACCAC) protected home court on Wednesday in a thrilling match against Yavapai College (5-7, 1-3).

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Arizona's ESA school voucher program added almost 50,000 students in past year tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona added nearly 12,000 students to the Empowerment Scholarship Account program in the last quarter, bringing total enrollment to 61,689 at the end of June and renewing debates about the costs and benefits of the program.

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Federal judge orders Texas to remove floating border barrier; Governor appeals tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Nearly three months after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the deployment of the 1,000-foot line of buoys and mesh in the Rio Grande, an Austin federal judge ordered the state to remove the barrier and stop building further obstructions in the river - a decision that was immediately appealed.

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Az schools chief Horne cancels $70M in COVID-19 funding to set up tutoring program tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona schools chief Tom Horne is canceling millions of dollars in contracts funded by COVID-19 aid in order to funnel the money into a new tutoring program for struggling students that will help only about 10% of the students who are falling behind academically.

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Paper ballots are good, but accurately hand-counting them all is next to impossible tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
There’s something of a movement among people who remain the most suspicious of the 2020 presidential election results to return to the days when ballots were counted by hand - but there are two good reasons to avoid hand-counting ballots: speed and accuracy.

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Federal judge orders Texas to remove floating border barrier; Abbott appeals tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Nearly three months after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the deployment of the 1,000-foot line of buoys and mesh in the Rio Grande, an Austin federal judge ordered the state to remove the barrier and stop building further obstructions in the river - a decision that was immediately appealed.

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Biden administration cancels Trump-era Alaskan Arctic oil & gas leases, limiting future development tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Biden administration announced the end of seven oil drilling leases in Alaska’s Arctic Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday, reversing deals under the Trump administration while promising to limit new leasing for oil development within Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve.

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Congress & nonprofit working to put women’s suffrage monument on National Mall tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
As Congress considers a bill to place a women’s suffrage monument - dedicated to the 19th and 20th century activists fighting for women’s right to vote and other rights - on the National Mall, a nonprofit is working to raise the estimated $50 million needed to build it.

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Tucson's Molly Holzschlag, known as 'the fairy godmother of the web,' dead at 60 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Molly Holzschlag, whose pioneering work in online design standards led to her being dubbed "the fairy godmother of the web," has died at age 60.

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Trial of Backpage publishing execs delayed due by COVID infection tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona trial against Michael Lacey and other former executives of Backpage.com was put on hold Tuesday morning for the second time in a month after one defendant contracted COVID-19 over the weekend.

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Shutdown clock ticking as Senate returns to Washington tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The race to avert a government shutdown is on this week, as the Senate returns to Washington to tackle the federal budget in what is sure to be bitter debate over federal spending levels.

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El Casino Ballroom was born dancing, 75 years ago tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The 75th anniversary celebration of Tucson's El Casino Ballroom is coming up this Saturday and Sunday with a free event featuring the type of music and dance events that made it Tucson's original community center.

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Millions enrolled in new student loan repayment program tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
More than 4 million federal student loan borrowers are enrolled in the Biden administration’s new repayment program, the Saving on A Valuable Education, or SAVE, plan that for some borrowers could result in no monthly payments.

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