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Romero & Tucson Council Dems coast to wins; Vail incorporation fails tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Tucson Mayor Regina Romero and her fellow Council Democrats easily won re-election Tuesday, with blow-out victories over GOP challengers. In Vail, a move to incorporate was rejected 60-40.

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All Souls Procession to remember the dead for 34th year in Tucson tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The beloved Tucson tradition of the All Souls Procession returns for its 34th year with a weekend of art, music and honoring the dead. The events include the Procession of the Little Angels, the Dance of the Dead concert series and the main procession and ceremony.

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States lose track of thousands of foster children each year tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Agencies in Arizona and 45 other states failed to report an estimated 34,800 cases of missing foster kids, while overburdened and under-supervised caseworkers are hard-pressed to protect all the children they are responsible for monitoring.

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Biden administration, senators divided on how to move ahead on border security tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Members of Congress and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas were at odds Wednesday on how lawmakers should improve border security, as they wrestle with how to handle a White House request for emergency spending.

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Ivanka Trump pressed on involvement in key transactions at Trump Org fraud trial tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Ivanka Trump took the witness stand to give long-awaited testimony in her family’s civil fraud trial, the last witness to be called by the New York attorney general’s office, which spent the morning grilling the 42-year-old about her involvement in refinancing various Trump Org assets.

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Minnesota high court: Trump will stay on primary ballots tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Minnesota Supreme Court dismissed a petition seeking to exclude former President Donald Trump from 2024’s election ballots Wednesday, but left room for petitioners to bring the question back to the court in the future.

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2 new Arizona laws would create regular checks on voter citizenship. Will a judge let them stand? tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A federal judge will soon decide whether to allow two new Arizona laws to go into effect that would require officials to investigate the citizenship status of all voters who haven’t yet provided proof of citizenship, and to regularly check the voter rolls for noncitizens.

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Arizona Wildcats enter CFP ranks; Washington, Oregon keep Pac-12’s CFP hopes alive tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pac-12 once again shined in the newest College Football Playoff rankings, with the University of Arizona, one of the hottest teams in the conference – and the country – entering the top 25 for the first time in a long time.

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Az state Sen. Gowan, other officials go to Washington to plead for border action tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Cochise County resident and Arizona state Sen. David Gowan joined a handful of local officials and activists from across the country in Washington to share what he says is "the reality of the southern border" with members of Congress.

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State, local elections offer good news for democracy tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The big news out of Tuesday’s elections was wins for Democrats and for reproductive rights in Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky and Pennsylvania, but small “d” democracy also had a good night.

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Tom Horne says 'antisemitic' UNICEF & Amnesty International shouldn’t be in Az schools tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona’s schools chief is urging public schools to disband student clubs sponsored by UNICEF and Amnesty International after a pro-Palestine meeting at a Scottsdale high school presented content that Superintendent of Public Instruction Horne called antisemitic and despicable.

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Pima men's basketball guard Dillan Baker signs to NAU tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Pima Community College men’s basketball player Dillan Baker (Salpointe Catholic HS) signed his national letter of intent on Wednesday and will continue his collegiate career at the NCAA Division I level.

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Tucson election '23: Not-so-sweet for GOP, but local results shouldn't excite Dems tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
This was not the most important election of our lifetimes. But let's hope it's not the last. Election 2023 will be over-hyped as a harbinger of 2024 because over-hyping is what the national political media does.

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House censures U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib over remarks about Palestine tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Arizona lawmakers voted along party lines as the U.S. House issued a rebuke of Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, voting to censure the lawmaker over her support for Palestinians amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.

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House votes to censure Representative Rashida Tlaib tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Arizona reps voted along party lines as the U.S. House of Representatives issued a formal rebuke of Michigan Representative Rashida Tlaib, voting to censure the lawmaker over her support for Palestinians amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.

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Ohio voters throw their support behind abortion rights, recreational marijuana tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Voters in Ohio Tuesday enshrined the right to an abortion in the state's Constitution and approved the legalization of recreational marijuana in one of the most important - and contentious - elections in recent Ohio history..

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Ohio voters pass Issue 1 constitutional amendment to protect abortion & reproductive rights tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Ohio voters passed the Issue 1 constitutional amendment to protect abortion and reproductive rights Tuesday, in an effort to stem attempts by both state and federal officials to regulate abortion through the use of bans and/or limits.

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Zuckerberg, Meta execs ignored warnings about harmful content on social media platforms tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
As legislators look to bring the hammer down on Big Tech, an industry whistleblower told the Senate Judiciary Committee that social media titan Meta has refused to heed warnings that its services promulgate harmful content to minors.

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Judge takes up issue of asylum rights of ‘Remain in Mexico’ children tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Immigrants' rights lawyers sought to persuade a federal judge that the Biden administration can't curtail the protections for unaccompanied children arriving in the U.S. after they have been already been processed with their families under the "Remain in Mexico" program.

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Most Americans want health exceptions in abortion bans. Political infighting keeps blocking them. tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The vast majority of Americans support allowing abortions at any stage of pregnancy to protect the life or health of the pregnant person but anti-abortion groups are leading efforts to kill legislation or narrow exception language.

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