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Tribes help boost Lake Mead water supply, hope for lame duck passage of $5B federal water act tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Since 2021, a handful of Colorado River Basin tribes have significantly boosted water supply in Lake Mead through voluntary contributions, and new investments build on other historic water-saving agreements with Colorado River Basin tribes in recent years.

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Cozy holiday hearth might be health hazard, Pima County warns tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
As the holiday season roars on, Pima County cautions about using fireplaces — which can be festive, but also potentially harmful to your health.

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Jury finds ex-PCSD Sgt. Ricky Garcia not guilty of sexual assault, but guilty of 2 lesser charges tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A jury on Friday found former Pima Sheriff's Sgt. Ricardo “Ricky” Garcia not guilty of the sexual assault of a coworker in 2022, but guilty of the lesser charges of two counts of attempted sexual assault and two counts of sexual abuse.

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Resources expanding for older adults on their own tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
There are several resources that address seniors’ need to connect with other people, prevent isolation, and prepare for a future when they might need more assistance.

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Expanden los recursos para las personas mayores que viven solas tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Existen varios recursos que abordan la necesidad de las personas mayores de conectarse con otras personas, evitar el aislamiento y prepararse para un futuro en el que puedan necesitar más ayuda.

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Despite Trump’s claim, deportations likely wouldn’t ease housing crisis tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The mass deportations of immigrants that President-elect Donald Trump has promised aren’t likely to make a dent in the nation’s housing crisis, and large-scale deportation plans could cripple an already strained construction labor industry heavily reliant on low-wage workers.

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BP agents involved in fatal shooting of Tohono O'odham man named in lawsuit tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Three Border Patrol agents involved in the fatal shooting of a Tohono O'odham man in front of his home in 2023 were identified in legal filings on Friday.

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Arizonans who need health insurance in 2025 face Sunday deadline to buy ACA policy tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizonans who are seeking to purchase health insurance coverage via the Affordable Care Act must choose a policy by Sunday, Dec. 15, if they want coverage to begin on Jan. 1.

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Biden commutes nearly 1,500 sentences, pledges more tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Joe Biden will commute the sentences of 1,499 people who were released from prison on home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic, he announced on Thursday, and pardon 39 people convicted of nonviolent crimes.

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Inmate knocked unconscious by Pima Jail officer files civil suit; CO faces charges tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
An inmate punched multiple times by a corrections officer at the Pima County jail in August has filed a lawsuit against Sheriff Chris Nanos and the five officers involved.

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Biden grants commutes nearly 1,500 sentences, pledges more tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Joe Biden will commute the sentences of 1,499 people who were released from prison on home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic, he announced on Thursday, and pardon 39 people convicted of nonviolent crimes.

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'I've never been so excited': Inmate-led program preserves endangered languages behind Az bars tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Thomas Steres, an inmate in Arizona, founded the Linguistic Legacies Initiative to teach endangered languages such as Welsh, Nahuatl and Guosa while incarcerated in a state prison in Buckeye, Ariz.

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Tucson sues Davis-Monthan AFB over PFAS contamination tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
City of Tucson officials filed a lawsuit against the federal government, arguing Davis-Monthan Air Force Base has "taken inadequate action" to stop PFAS "forever chemicals" from contaminating Tucson's water.

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AI enters Congress: Sexually explicit deepfakes target women lawmakers tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
More than two dozen members of Congress have been the victims of sexually explicit deepfakes — and an overwhelming majority of those impacted are women, and there is currently limited policy to restrict its creation and spread.

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Feds obtain $215 million in Backpage.com forfeiture settlement tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Federal prosecutors announced that they obtained $215 million in assets linked Backpage.com profits as part of a settlement of a forfeiture lawsuit against the now-defunct website that ran ads for prostitutes.

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Groundbreaking development: Mosaic Quarter set to transform Tucson sports scene with 2027 opening tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Tucson’s newest sports and recreational complex - which is being developed on the south side of Interstate 10, directly across from Pima County-owned Kino Sports Complex - is under construction after the recent official groundbreaking ceremony on Nov. 20.

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U.S. Senate GOP wants mass deportations to ‘start early’ next year, Graham says tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A top Republican on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee said that when Donald Trump takes office and the GOP takes control of the Senate, lawmakers’ first priority will be to pass a border security package through a complex process known as budget reconciliation.

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After Republican electoral victories, Az GOP anti-trans student bills are back tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The ability of trans kids in Arizona to be who they are at school is once again under attack, as Republican lawmakers, buoyed by November’s electoral wins, revive bills restricting preferred pronouns and prohibiting the use of school facilities based on gender identity.

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Wildland firefighter pay raises could vanish without action by Congress within days tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The $20,000 salary increase for wildland firefighters in the 2021 infrastructure law could be coming to an end next week if Congress doesn’t act, and Firefighters, their advocates and some members of Congress are now pushing to have the pay raise made permanent.

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Union for federal immigration judges fights for survival, right to speak tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
With a second Trump administration on the horizon, the union representing U.S. immigration judges is engaged in two separate legal fights this week.

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