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Tucson voters to decide on new half-cent sales tax in Prop. 414 vote tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The city of Tucson is asking voters to increase the local sales tax by a half-cent per dollar to boost funding for the police and fire departments and offer programs to reduce homelessness, assist with childcare costs and otherwise aid low-income Tucsonans.

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Weatherspoon breaks 41-year Pima record in long jump tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s track & field team opened the 2025 season on Saturday as they hosted the Jim Mielke Multi’s and the Al Shirley Memorial Invitational.

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History echoes: Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision meets Trump’s America tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
On Monday, Donald Trump will be sworn in for a second time as president after running a racist and misogynist campaign supported by half of American voters - while the day marks a very different legacy, as well, that of Martin Luther King Jr.

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U.S.-Mexico border takes spotlight as Trump presidency nears tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
No other region in the nation was more politicized during the 2024 elections than the U.S.-Mexico border, and in the days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, a nation grasps at defining its southern border.

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The women who stood with Martin Luther King Jr. & sustained a movement for social change tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Many African American women were out-front organizers for civil rights - but it is no less important to remember those who assumed less visible, but indispensable, roles behind the scenes, sustaining the movement over time.The Conversation

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Secret jars in a prison fridge hold Az’s lethal injection drugs, and they may be expired tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A retired judge looking into executions is skeptical about Arizona prison officials’ claims the state pentobarbital stockpile - stored in unmarked glass containers and used to execute Arizona Death Row prisoners - won’t ever expire.

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The American Climate Corps is over. What even was it? tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The American Climate Corps, an initiative started by President Joe Biden to get young people working in jobs that reduce carbon dioxide emissions and protect communities from weather disasters. was never what it seemed. Now it's shutting down before Trump takes office.

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Immigration advocates prep for Trump mass deportations, vow legal challenges tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
As President-elect Donald Trump is set to be sworn in for a second term, immigration advocates said they are prepared to combat the incoming president’s campaign promise of enacting mass deportations of undocumented people.

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PCC's Danhof breaks own school record in 800 meters tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s track & field team opened the 2025 season on Friday and Saturday as they hosted the Jim Mielke Multi’s and the Al Shirley Memorial Invitational.

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KVOA losing local TV weathercasters as chain owner cuts stations across U.S. tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Broadcast TV chain Allen Media — which owns Tucson's Channel 4 KVOA — is cutting the ranks of local weathercasters across the country to consolidate operations at the company's Weather Channel hub in Atlanta.

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Sours-Miller & Buffill-Gutierrez take over as Pima women beat Chandler-Gilbert to win 6th straight tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (15-3, 7-1 in ACCAC) was back at the West Campus Aztec Gymnasium on Saturday for an afternoon matchup with Chandler-Gilbert Community College (5-12, 1-7).

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Benson scores game-high 18 as Aztec men hit 20-0 on season tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team (20-0, 8-0 in ACCAC) earned their 20th straight win as the top two teams in ACCAC Division II locked up on Saturday at the West Campus Aztec Gymnasium.

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Pima County wants public to weigh-in on floodplain, watershed management tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County officials are asking the public to comment on the management of future flood hazards, offering up two plans that will identify new problems and help to develop mitigation efforts.

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Hobbs targets ‘entitlement’ vouchers in $17.7B Arizona budget plan tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Gov. Katie Hobbs’ proposed $17.7 billion state budget includes $886 million in one-time spending - an increase of more than $1 billion over last year’s bipartisan state budget of $16.1 billion - though Republicans say they have “a long way to go” on a serious and responsible budget.

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Tucson’s top pinball players prepare for state championship amid game’s revival tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
John Finnegan and Ben Clement, two of the world's best pinball players, will be representing Tucson at the Arizona State Pinball Championship on Saturday in Tempe.

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Dahl: 'Toilet to tap' plan is good, but more water conservation is even better tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Tucson must continue to expand our commitment to water conservation and reduce our consumption.

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Biden declares Equal Rights Amendment is the ‘law of the land,’ contradicting nat'l archivist tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Joe Biden released a statement Friday saying he believes the Equal Rights Amendment should be added as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution, despite a statement from the archivist of the United States that it cannot.

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Tucson MLK march to take place Monday; What's open & what's closed tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Tucson's Martin Luther King, Jr. Day will kick off with a march and celebration at Reid Park, but residents should remember most government services will close for the holiday.

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Pima County election: Rex Scott improved vote margin in most District 1 precincts tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County Supervisor Rex Scott will take up the chair’s gavel at the five-member board’s January 21 meeting, but he could also receive an award for “most improved margin of victory in the 2024 election.”

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Tucson's coalition against Prop. 414 sales tax reveals why civilization is so completely screwed tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
When everyone plays "my way or the highway," the good becomes a mortal enemy of the perfect and nothing gets done as we continue to ask why nothing gets done.

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