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Tucson Democratic candidate moves to challenge Az Sen. Justine Wadsack tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Tucson-area Democrats have found a challenger for the LD 17 Arizona Senate seat now held by controversial lawmaker Justine Wadsack.

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Az Senate votes to make it a crime to enter U.S. between official border crossings tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Senate voted to make it a crime to illegally enter the state by crossing the border between ports of entry – a proposal that Democratic opponents called both racially motivated and unconstitutional.

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FAFSA website meltdown: How to avoid additional frustration with financial aid applications tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
While the new federal student aid form – known as the FAFSA – is much shorter and requires less manual entry of tax information, there are glitches and delays. To better understand the situation and what might come next, it helps to know how the government and schools work together.

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Mayes sues IRS over decision to tax 2023 tax rebates for Az parents tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service to block the federal government from taxing an income tax rebate given to many Arizona parents last year.

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Asylum-seeking moms claim they were expelled to Mexico a day after giving birth tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal lawsuit alleges U.S. Border Patrol agents drove infants as young as one day old and their asylum-seeking mothers from a San Diego County hospital to the U.S.-Mexico border and forcefully expelled them to Tijuana in 2020.

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No fare! Free bus rides raise questions of fairness, viability tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
It’s not surprising that free rides can juice ridership numbers for systems struggling to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting shift to at-home work. The question is whether such policies are financially sustainable — or fair, given that higher-income riders benefit too.

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Az leaders take advantage of Inflation Reduction Act tax credits for sustainability projects tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Leaders of Arizona’s public, private and nonprofit sectors discussed financial incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act, explaining how they will use available federal funds for conservation efforts and renewable energy projects.

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Biden unveils latest round of student loan cancellation to aid 153,000 borrowers tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The latest round of student debt forgiveness includes nearly 153,000 borrowers and a total of $1.2 billion in debt, part of President Biden's campaign promise to address the “broken” system, bringing the total loan cancellation by the Biden admin to $138 billion for nearly 3.9 million people.

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Ak-Chin Indian Community showcases its farming & water infrastructure tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Bryan Newland and White House Senior Advisor Tom Perez visited the Ak-Chin Indian Community as part of the Biden administration’s tour to highlight how it makes historic investments in Indigenous communities.

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For 150 years, Black journalists have known what Confederate monuments really stood for tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Since the end of the Civil War, journalists at Black newspapers have said Confederate monuments were built to enshrine the myth of the “Lost Cause,” the false claim that white Southerners nobly fought for states’ rights – and not to preserve slavery.

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Feds OK Arizona plan to expand KidsCare eligibility, pay parent caregivers tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona officials said they have been given federal approval to expand income eligibility for the state’s KidsCare program, a change that could add 10,000 children to the low-cost health care program run by the state.

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Resolution to boost state park funding clears Arizona Senate committee tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona is once again a step closer to reinstating consistent state park funding after a Senate committee voted on a resolution that would annually allocate $10 million of the leftover state lottery fund to the Arizona State Parks Heritage Fund.

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Chub snub? Advocates question plan to protect threatened Colorado River fish tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Federal water managers proposed a new plan for water releases from Glen Canyon Dam to protect the native humpback chub in the Grand Canyon, but conservation groups say it does not go far enough.

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New Labor Department rule could turn many freelancers into employees tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A U.S. Labor Department regulation that takes effect on March 11 could require many businesses that treat workers as independent contractors to start paying them as employees — although it’s still unclear how much of a difference it will make in practice.

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Arizona revenues beat revised projections, but large deficit remains tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona revenues slightly beat forecasts in January, having more to do with an annual revision of economic projections than it does with sagging state tax collections turning around suddenly, and doesn’t do much to get lawmakers any closer to solving the estimated $1.7 billion deficit.

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‘It’s home’: Desireé Reed-Francois introduced as University of Arizona’s athletic director tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Less than a month after parting ways with Dave Heeke, the University of Arizona introduced alum Desireé Reed-Francois as its new director of athletics, the first female full-time AD in university history.

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Martes, fecha límite para registrarse para las elecciones 'primarias' presidenciales de Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Los votantes deben registrarse en los partidos Republicano o Demócrata antes del 20 de febrero a medianoche si desean emitir su voto en la elección de preferencia presidencial de Arizona.

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Pima County Constable Oscar Vasquez suspended for the remainder of his term tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to suspend Constable Oscar Vasquez for the remainder of his term, through the end of the year.

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Tuesday deadline to register to vote in Arizona presidential 'primary' election tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Voters must register with the Republican or Democratic parties by midnight on Feb. 20 if they want to cast a ballot in Arizona's presidential preference election.

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What is a truly safe space? A pop-up event might have an answer. tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
People within the LGBTQ+ community suffer from discrimination, hate crimes, social rejection, isolation, healthcare inequality, and everyday life challenges, and a pop-up bar modeled after San Francisco's historic Maud's could cultivate a safe space in downtown Phoenix.

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