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New meat: Tucson, Pima County take up key replacements tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
It's appointment time at Pima County and the city of Tucson. Meanwhile neither government knows what to do with legal asylum seekers as federal money runs out to help them transit through town. Plus, South Tucson's fiery woes continue and more from government meetings around Tucson.

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Democratic senator who needs an abortion tells her colleagues about Arizona’s ‘cruel’ laws tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona’s anti-abortion laws impact women across the Grand Canyon State, and a Democratic state senator spoke out about how those laws have hurt her as she seeks to end an unviable pregnancy, urging GOP lawmakers to consider the harm caused by the restrictive laws they support.

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Maricopa County, First Place conduct mock election for voters with disabilities tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A mock election to help voters with various physical or mental disabilities was held Feb. 27 by the Maricopa County Recorder’s Elections Office and Vote The Spectrum, an initiative launched to register 10,000 individuals with autism or intellectual or developmental disabilities.

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Care to dance? Arizona, GCU prepare for 1st round of NCAA men’s basketball tournament tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
With the Arizona hosting the Final Four on April 6 and the title game April 8, both the University of Arizona and Grand Canyon University have a shot to represent the Grand Canyon State, and both find themselves nestled into the West Region of the tournament.

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Free school meals for all may reduce childhood obesity, ease financial/logistical burdens for families & schools tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Growing research is showing the benefits of universal free school meals for the health and well-being of children, including policies that may slow the rise in childhood obesity rates and improvements in academic performance and reductions in suspensions.

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Supreme Court denies review to New Mexico official barred from office for insurrection tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court declined to review a challenge on Monday brought by former New Mexico county commissioner Couy Griffin, who was removed from office for participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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Hobbs vetoes bill designed to jumpstart ‘starter home’ construction in Az, citing ‘unintended consequences’ tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A measure dubbed the “Arizona Starter Home Act” that received bipartisan support was vetoed by Gov. Katie Hobbs, citing “unintended consequences that are of great concern.”

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One of Rep. Paul Gosar’s former interns has been charged with storming the Capitol on Jan. 6 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Republican Rep. Paul Gosar hired Isabella Maria DeLuca as an intern in late 2022, well after she had already been contacted by the FBI and was currently under investigation for breaching the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, and helping others obtain impromptu weapons that day.

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Trump says he can’t get a bond to cover his $454 million fraud judgment tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Donald Trump so far has been unsuccessful in getting a bond to secure the $454 million civil fraud judgment against him, despite “diligent efforts” to do so, including approaching about 30 surety companies through four separate brokers.

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Pima baseball sweeps doubleheader vs. Langley Blaze Club; Ken Jacome at 198 wins tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College baseball team (24-8) played a non-conference doubleheader on Monday against the Langley Blaze Baseball (BC) at home.

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Pima basketball uses 21-2 run to beat Coastal Alabama North to open NJCAA Tournament tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (24-8) opened play in the NJCAA Division II Tournament on Monday at the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center in Joplin, Mo.

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Emergency voting centers open Monday for those wishing to cast ballots in Az presidential primary tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Voters can cast ballots in this year’s presidential preference election in person or turn in their sealed early ballots on Monday at several emergency voting locations around Pima County.

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Arizona Disabled Sports, High Country Adaptive Sports partner in annual ‘SkiAble’ event tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
People travel to Arizona Snowbowl each year to ski and snowboard, but for people with disabilities, it is not always possible to enjoy the snow with standard equipment. Now, High Country Adaptive Sports partners with AZ Snowbowl to provide adaptive equipment for anyone who needs it.

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Senate considers bill to prevent Arizona cities from ever being able to defund their police tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Four years after activists led calls to “defund the police” during nationwide protests of systemic racism and brutality, Arizona lawmakers are working to make sure that won’t ever happen in Arizona.

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U.S. needs wildland firefighters more than ever, but the federal government Is losing them tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Fighting wildfires has always been a dangerous occupation, but in the last decade it has become staggering in its demands, and at exactly the time when the country needs wildland firefighters more than ever, the federal government is losing them.

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Appeals court weighs implementing Arizona’s trans student athlete ban tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
GOP legislative leaders and Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne went to court again to bar two trans girls from playing on school sports teams consistent with their gender identity.

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Yet again, Az legislature hosts a COVID hearing full of misinformation tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
For the third time in less than a year, Arizona Republican lawmakers listened intently during a special hearing that was billed as examining the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic but was instead rife with conspiracy theories, misinformation and fear-mongering about vaccines.

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Will Az lawmakers tighten regulations on sober living homes in wake of massive fraud? tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Nearly a year after a crackdown on a sprawling Medicaid fraud scheme that preyed on vulnerable Indigenous people across Arizona, state lawmakers are taking steps toward ensuring something similar can’t happen in the future.

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Gila River Indian Community rejects states’ plan for Colorado, works with feds tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Gila River Indian Community said it does not support a plan backed by three states for managing the Colorado River’s shrinking water supply, and is instead working instead with federal officials to develop its own proposal for water sharing.

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Wildcats continue spring soccer tune-ups with match vs. Sun Devils tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Wildcats are working on their offensive sharpness as they face ASU in a preseason soccer match. Plus: a former FC Tucson player takes on coaching duties and former Wildcat standout Jill Aguilera is without a team.

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