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Despite 'resignation' announcement, ex-UA finance chief Rulney continues as $500k 'senior advisor' tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The University of Arizona has continued to employ former Chief Financial Officer Lisa Rulney, keeping her on as a senior advisor weeks after UA President Robert C. Robbins told the Arizona Board of Regents she had resigned amid the college's financial imbroglio.

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African musicians Melanie Scholtz, Aaron Rimbui play Tucson Jazz Festival tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
A duo of African musicians will be playing during the Tucson Jazz Festival next Thursday — singer Melanie Scholtz and multi-instrumentalist Aaron Rimbui infuse their music with their roots and personal experiences.

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Family of slain UA Prof. Meixner settles lawsuit vs. university tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The family of Prof. Thomas Meixner reached a settlement with the University of Arizona, agreeing not to forge ahead with a $9 million lawsuit against the college and the Board of Regents over the October 2022 shooting death, attorneys said Tuesday.

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Drawing battle lines: Arizona Republicans, Democrats stake out positions for new legislative session tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Democratic leaders and members of the far-right Arizona Freedom Caucus held press conferences on the opening day of the legislative session that highlighted their diverging views.

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‘We’re running out of time’: Program for Arizonans exposed to radiation set to expire in June tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Survivors, politicians and Navajo Nation officials urge action after legislation to compensate more downwinders and uranium industry workers affected by atomic radiation exposure fails in Congress.

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Hobbs: Arizonans should be ‘outraged’ at the sober living home scandal tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Since May 2023, Arizona has shut down hundreds of providers for behavioral health, residential, and outpatient treatment services, and Gov. Hobbs said Arizonans should be “outraged” by the sober living scandal that continues to victimize people, particularly Native Americans.

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Hobbs slams school vouchers, federal immigration response in Arizona state of state speech tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs focused on education reform, water conservation and border security in her second annual state of the state address Monday afternoon, earning repeated standing ovations from Democrat lawmakers and protests from Republicans.

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National, Arizona projects aim to uncover, preserve histories of Native American boarding schools tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Department of the Interior announced a national oral history project in September that aims to document the experiences of Indigenous children who attended federal boarding schools, as part of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative.

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‘We are survivors’: National, Arizona projects aim to uncover, preserve histories of Native American boarding schools tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Department of the Interior announced a national oral history project in September that aims to document the experiences of Indigenous children who attended federal boarding schools, as part of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative.

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Supreme Court weighs time & date requirements for migrant removal hearings tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court joined the national conversation around immigration on Monday, weighing measures the government must take before removing migrants from the country.

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Are unstaffed ballot drop boxes allowed in Arizona? Final rulebook offers little clarity tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona voters have long relied on unstaffed ballot drop boxes to conveniently cast their ballots, but challenges to their use persist and a new state rulebook does little to clarify their legal status.

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7 stories high: Tucson keeps growing up around UA; Supes get border update tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Capstone Collegiate Communities wants to build 144 apartments on 1.45 acres at East Speedway and North Euclid Avenue. That's a lot of homes on not a lot of area but Tucson should get used to that, plus more in local government meetings this week.

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This rain & cold, it will continue: Tucson hard freeze warning Mon night tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Temperatures will drop as low as 18 degrees across much of the Tucson region Monday night, with a freeze warning in effect from midnight-10 a.m. for the metro area and parts of the Tohono O'odham Nation and Pinal County.

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Gov. Hobbs: 'We will not shirk our responsibilities and we will not kick the can down the road' tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The text of Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs' annual address, delivered Tuesday before the state Legislature, as released by her office.

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Photos: Gabby Giffords joins others at 'Embrace' to mark 13th anniversary of Tucson shooting tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
During an informal event Monday morning, victims of the Jan. 8, 2011 shooting — including former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords — met at a memorial in Downtown Tucson.

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Ron Barber: A dozen years after Tucson’s mass shooting, Congress is still failing to address gun violence tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
From Ron Barber, who was wounded that day, a remembrance of the Jan. 8, 2011, mass shooting in Tucson, at U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' Congress on Your Corner event.

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Supreme Court agrees to decide Trump ballot eligibility tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court said it will decide if Donald Trump should be disqualified from 2024 ballots for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, after two states disqualified the former president from their ballots under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.

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2024 Arizona legislative session begins: Will year bring more collaboration or partisan fighting? tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Arizona lawmakers are returning to the Capitol today to begin their annual session, but whether this year will be dominated by more of the same intransigence that marked last year’s session remains to be seen.

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Ex-staffers of Rep. Gosar have voiced racism, antisemitism & homophobia on social media tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Staffers who worked previously for Arizona Republican Congressman Paul Gosar in his congressional office since 2021 have expressed deeply racist, homophobic and antisemitic beliefs. Both have claimed to be "incels" and one fully embraces neo-Nazi ideology

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No Labels Party asks judge to block Arizona candidates from using its name to run for office tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The No Labels Party of Arizona asked a federal judge to bar political candidates from using the newly established party to run for state-level offices after five people filed notices of interest to run under the No Labels party in non-presidential races.

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