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Parkland survivors endorsements elevates gun debate in Az Dems vs. NRA-backed Republican races tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
March For Our Lives, the group founded by survivors of a 2018 high school shooting rampage in Parkland, Florida, has thrown its weight behind Democrats in two contentious races in Arizona.

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In vitro fertilization bills from both Democrats & GOP blocked in U.S. Senate tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The closely divided U.S. Senate gridlocked over the best way to provide nationwide protections for in vitro fertilization, despite lawmakers from both political parties maintaining they want to do so.

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Havasupai Tribe continues to oppose controversial uranium mine as Energy Fuels assures safety tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Havasupai are continuing the 40-year fight against the Pinyon Plain Mine, near the Havasupai’s ancestral homelands, despite assurances from mine owner and operator Energy Fuels Inc., which has stated all mining operations are safe.

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FTC urges court to stall proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal judge in Oregon is tasked with deciding whether or not to thwart two of the country’s largest supermarket chains - Kroger and Albertsons - from merging, as attorneys from both sides presented sharply opposing closing arguments.

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Defense attacks witness credibility in FLDS child sex abuse trial tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Defense attorneys in a federal trial in Phoenix spent most of Tuesday morning questioning the honesty of a witness who said she watched two Arizona men accused of aiding and participating in a child sex abuse ring involving girls as young as 9 years old have sex with children.

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State Sen. Justine Wadsack faces October trial over Tucson speeding ticket tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Sen. Justine Wadsack, a local Republican, appeared in Tucson City Court on Tuesday for a criminal speeding ticket for allegedly driving her Tesla down Speedway at more than 70 mph.

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State Sen. Justine Wadsack faces October trial over Tucson speeding ticket tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Sen. Justine Wadsack, a local Republican, appeared in Tucson City Court on Tuesday for a criminal speeding ticket for allegedly driving her Tesla down Speedway at more than 70 mph.

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How Arizona tackles a language barrier to provide Navajo voters a ballot they can listen to tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
While the English language used to describe ballot propositions has been the subject of debate in the press, public, and courts, the translations into Navajo and other languages receive little attention or public scrutiny, even though they are covered by federal law.

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Navajos will press U.S. House to revive aid for victims of bomb fallout & uranium mines tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Survivors of nuclear testing and uranium mines - many afflicted since World War II and from the Navajo Nation - are ramping up pressure on Congress to reauthorize a federal compensation program that expired in June.

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Kari Lake has Donald Trump’s stamp of approval but Az polls show her lagging tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Kari Lake has consistently underperformed Donald Trump in Arizona, which bodes well for Democrats who would almost certainly lose control of the Senate without the Arizona seat.

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Federal judge declines jurisdiction in Arizona ‘fake elector’ case tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A federal judge Monday declined to assume jurisdiction over the state of Arizona’s criminal prosecution of former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, remanding the case to a state court in Maricopa County.

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Az Supreme Court takes back direction not to count votes for Prop 140, if it’s disqualified tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Supreme Court vacated a statement from its Aug. 23 ruling that said if a trial court determines that the Make Elections Fair Act did not collect enough voter signatures, the judge should order the Secretary of State not to count the votes for it.

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Error with tracking citizenship puts nearly 100,000 Arizona voters’ eligibility in limbo tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The eligibility of nearly 100,000 registered voters in Arizona is up in the air because of an error in state systems uncovered just before the scheduled sending of mail ballots, an error that stems from the way the MVD provides driver’s license information to the voter registration system.

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Az State Bar plans to appeal dismissal of ethics charges against attorneys for Lake, Finchem tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The State Bar of Arizona is planning to appeal the decision of an attorney discipline panel that dismissed ethics charges against the lawyers for Republican candidates Kari Lake and Mark Finchem.

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'Trojan horse for police funding': Some Tucsonans blast half-cent sales tax measure tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A new Tucson municipal sales tax proposal is drawing criticism for being a plan to fund a range of community services — including affordable housing, shelters, early childhood education, and workforce development — while allocating 65.75 percent of the revenue to first responders and law enforcement.

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'Trojan horse for more police funding': Some Tucsonans blast half-cent sales measure tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A new Tucson municipal sales tax proposal is drawing criticism for being a plan to fund a range of community services — including affordable housing, shelters, early childhood education, and workforce development — while allocating 65.75 percent of the revenue to first responders and law enforcement.

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Hobbs: Flags to half-staff Wednesday to honor slain Phoenix police officer tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has ordered flags at all state buildings to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Wednesday, Sept. 18, in remembrance of Phoenix Police Officer Zane Coolidge, who died Sept. 6 after being shot in the line of duty.

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Pima County Supes candidates Heinz & Backer to debate Tuesday tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County Supervisor Matt Heinz is facing Republican challenger John Backer in a debate this week.

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Census data hides racial diversity of US ‘Hispanics’ – to the country’s detriment tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Countries across the Americas, including the U.S., have revised their census questions to better understand their populations, enabling them to create more inclusive policies that actually address people’s needs – and to recognize the too-often hidden achievements of these groups.

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Pima County Supes to move housing solutions along tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Pima County supervisors will vote on housing items meant to help on the fringes, plus: livestock has future in Oro Valley and more from local government meetings around Tucson.

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