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U.S. Senate to examine AI’s wide-ranging impact, Schumer & Rounds say tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A bipartisan and private-sector consensus is needed about government oversight of artificial intelligence on a range of issues - including elections, defense and health care - and the U.S. Senate is off to a “a great start” in establishing a legislative approach to AI, according to legislators.

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Judge denies 2 mistrial motions in Backpage case tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Defense attorneys for former executives of Backpage.com may be attempting to replicate an 2021 mistrial, making two two separate motions during the federal prostitution-facilitation and money laundering trial Thursday.

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Ranked choice voting grows in popularity - and so have efforts to ban it tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Ranked choice voting has the potential to make voting more representative of the majority, ease intense conflicts between political parties and make gerrymandering nearly impossible - but despite the upsides and successes, bans continue throughout the country.

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Community has always been at the heart of the Jewish High Holidays tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Starting the evening of Sept. 15, 2023, and again the evening of Sept. 24, Jews around the world will be marking the High Holidays of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur — a time when the focus is on the entire Jewish community, and its collective relationship with God and history.

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Phx Sky Harbor workers vote to strike over dangerous conditions & low wages tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Two groups of airport workers are speaking out about what they say are dangerous working conditions and low wages at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport after concession workers voted to authorize a strike - though currently there are no plans for workers to walk out.

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Barber & Henninger: Arizonans love their state & trust each other tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The Arizona Democracy Resilience Network’s mission is to bolster confidence and trust in our elections and to push back against false statements that are causing voters to question the fairness, security and safety of our elections. — Ron Barber & Don Henninger

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A democracy lost: Tom Volgy watched Hungarian freedom born & has seen it die tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
In 1990, Tom Volgy traveled to his native Hungary to help usher in democracy. Viktor Orban and his party, Fidesz, have since turned it into an empty husk. The press and the market are no longer free. Elections are rigged. Corruption is rampant. It could happen here.

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Gerrymandering in college towns will suppress student vote tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Many state legislatures make it intentionally difficult for college students to vote by gerrymandering their districts, creating polling places miles away from campus that can disincentivize casting a ballot.

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Arizona’s 'election bible’ set for update, but not without controversy tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes expects to complete the state’s Election Procedures Manual by the end of the month, although there are still some legal wrinkles to sort out. The Democrat said conspiracist claims about ballot checks could result in "cruelty" to some voters.

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CBP releasing migrants on Bisbee & Casa Grande streets as border crossings spike tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
U.S. Customs and Border Protection released migrants on the streets of Bisbee and Casa Grande after an influx of people along Arizona's border pushed federal facilities beyond capacity. Pima County officials said they are in "standby mode" to deal with unsheltered releases in Tucson.

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Supreme Court temporarily blocks limits on White House communication with social media firms tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked an appeals court ruling that the Biden administration suppressed protected speech it considered misinformation.

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Hunter Biden indicted on gun charges tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Marking the first prosecution of a child of a sitting president, Hunter Biden was indicted Thursday on felony gun charges, following the collapse of his plea with federal prosecutors for both tax and gun crimes this past June.

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Jim Love leaves Flowing Wells school board after 23 years tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Longtime Flowing Wells School Board member Jim Love stepped down on Wednesday. Love said he worked to help underserved kids because “as a young man, I had a really rough, bad childhood.”

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¡Agua es Vida! events promote water sustainability with fun Saturday tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
An event titled ¡Agua es Vida! - Water is Life - dedicated to water sustainability in the desert will take place on Saturday, Sept. 16, hosted and organized by Sustainable Tucson. There will be experiences at the Watershed Management Group and The Loft Cinema.

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Partisan Washington argues over migrants tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Democrat-controlled Senate and the GOP-led House held hearings on if the flow of migrants will “grow our workforce, our productivity, and our economy” or is “unchecked, unfettered, illegal immigration” that depresses wages and takes jobs - and came to very different conclusions.

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FactCheck: McCarthy’s impeachment inquiry claims tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced on Sept. 12 that he would direct the House to open a formal impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden - despite no proof Biden was involved in the business deals of his son, Hunter, or that the president ever benefited from those deals.

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Narcan now available at Arizona pharmacies, libraries – and in high demand tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Naloxone became available over the counter with no prescription needed at thousands of pharmacies across the United States last week – though some Arizona pharmacies aren’t able to keep up with demand based on allocations.

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Freedom Caucus Republicans in Congress balk at short-term funding patch that would avert gov't shutdown tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The most conservative Republicans in the U.S. House announced they won’t support the short-term spending bill that’s needed to stop a partial government shutdown from beginning on Oct. 1.

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Judge sets rules for handling national secrets in Mar-a-Lago case tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Defense attorneys for Donald Trump will have to follow strict rules for handling the classified documents under the Classified Information Procedures Act as the former president stands accused of hiding at his Florida resort.

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Arizona snail found only in Quitobaquito Springs may be listed as endangered tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing that a snail found in a 700-foot human-made concrete channel at Arizona's Quitobaquito Springs be listed as an endangered species after effects of drought and border wall construction have reduced populations.

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