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Former Az Education Dept staffers indicted for defrauding the school voucher program tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Three former employees of the Arizona’s education department were indicted this week for defrauding the private school voucher program for more than $600,000, facing a litany of charges including conspiracy, forgery, money laundering and fraud.

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More than 75% of voters use early ballots. Every Az House Republican voted to take that away. tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
House Republicans have approved a bill that would upend the way that Arizonans vote, ending no-excuse early voting by mail, by far the most popular way to cast a ballot in the state.

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Congress in action, or inaction? This Congress among least productive tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Lawmakers passed a last-minute budget extension Thursday to head off a looming Friday government shutdown – just the 40th law passed by this Congress, which is on pace to be the least productive in at least a half-century.

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More wives of ex-FLDS leader take plea deals in polygamist church sex abuse case tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
As trial nears for the former Arizona polygamist church leader accused of sexually abusing 10 underage girls he took as child brides, more of his adult wives are taking plea deals instead of fighting the charges alongside him.

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Bid to stop Az dark money law is dismissed by judge, again tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
For the second time, a lawsuit asking the courts to block the state from enforcing a law Arizona voters approved in 2022 to require the disclosure of the sources of anonymous election spending has been rejected by a judge.

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GOP proposal: Az property owners could get tax breaks for renting to unhoused people tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Republicans in the Arizona legislature want municipalities to give tax breaks to owners who spend money to mitigate problems caused by encampments of unhoused people near their property. .

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Congress in action, or inaction? This Congress among least productive tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Lawmakers passed a last-minute budget extension Thursday to head off a looming Friday government shutdown – just the 40th law passed by this Congress, which is on pace to be the least productive in at least a half-century.

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Sinema, Kelly push to fund Casa Alitas migrant shelter before 'street releases' at the end of March tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
As Pima County prepares to stop sheltering asylum seekers after federal dollars are exhausted at the end of March, U.S. Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly urged Congress to provide another $752 million in funding as part of funding for Homeland Security.

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Pima County Board of Supervisors to consider requirement to report lost or stolen guns tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
At next week’s meeting, the Pima County Board of Supervisors will consider whether to require gun owners to report the theft or loss of a firearm or face a fine of up to $300.

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Biden, Trump make dueling border visits tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump appeared just hours away from each other at different towns along the U.S.-Mexico border Thursday ahead of the March 5 primary and as the immigration debate emerges as a central campaign issue.

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Judge blocks Tx law allowing police to arrest migrants suspected of being in country illegally tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal judge in Austin halted a new state law that would allow Texas police to arrest people suspected of crossing the Texas-Mexico border illegally, Texas’ latest attempt to deter people from crossing the Texas-Mexico border amid a surge in migration.

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Hacking at UnitedHealth unit cripples a swath of U.S. health system tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Change Healthcare, a company unknown to most Americans that plays a huge role in the U.S. health system, reportedly suffered a cyberattack with a wide impact that is expected to grow. Here’s what to know about the hack.

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Texas Annunciation House investigation latest attack on religious organizations aiding migrants tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Texas AG’s office sent lawyers to Annunciation House, seeking records about the migrants shelter’s clients, as right-wing advocacy groups and GOP lawmakers have targeted non-governmental organizations that shelter migrants, blaming them for incentivizing illegal immigration.

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Sandra Day O’Connor too ‘undistinguished’ to warrant a U.S. Capitol statue, Az Republicans say tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Lawmakers rejected a plan to commission a statue of Arizona icon Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, and display it in the U.S. Capitol building, with conservatives saying that the idea of honoring Republican jurist O’Connor was offensive.

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Cohenj Gonzales nets 24 as Pima men top Scottsdale for 11th straight win tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team (25-3, 17-3 in ACCAC) continued to roll as they earned an ACCAC conference win on Wednesday at Scottsdale Community College (12-14, 8-13).

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Pima women's basketball holds off Scottsdale CC for 10th straight win tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (21-6, 17-4 in ACCAC) picked up their 10th straight victory on Wednesday as they outlasted Scottsdale Community College (16-10, 12-9) in an ACCAC conference road matchup.

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Supreme Court to decide whether Trump is immune from prosecution tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court agreed to review a ruling that held Donald Trump must face criminal charges in his election subversion case after Trump asked the high court for emergency intervention to prevent the trial after the D.C. Circuit shot down his presidential immunity defense.

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Arizona House committee says no to diversity training tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
An Arizona House committee voted to advance a bill that would ban government entities from requiring or spending money on diversity, equity and inclusion programs for employees.

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Proposals allowing concealed guns on college campuses, gun shows in Az cities, advance tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
One Republican bill that would allow concealed carry on campuses and another that would ban municipalities from prohibiting gun shows both passed initial hurdles in the Arizona House of Representatives, another attempt to eliminate places where concealed weapons are illegal.

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Skipping public hearings, Az Republicans rammed through a bill to enforce federal immigration law tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Capitalizing on an election-year focus on immigration, GOP lawmakers rammed through a bill on Wednesday that would give Arizona police officers the power to arrest migrants and Arizona judges the authority to deport them — in blatant violation of federal law.

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