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Arizona shelters will take in 70 dogs displaced by California wildfires tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Around 70 dogs will be evacuated from animal shelters near California's wildfires and flown to Arizona as part of a coordinated effort between three animal welfare organizations, officials said.

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As climate change supercharges disease, Trump pulls U.S. from World Health Organization tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Trump signed an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing from the World Health Organization, and instructed federal health agencies to temporarily stop communicating with the public, moves that will silo public health agencies from their international counterparts.

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Arizona pushes forward with execution plan as federal government abandons same drug tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Virginia law professor filed a second “friend-of-the-court” brief asking the Arizona Supreme Court not to issue a death warrant for Aaron Gunches, because the state’s plan to execute him doesn’t meet the constitutional standard.

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By the numbers: 15 years of Citizens United tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Fifteen years ago, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and the role of money in politics changed dramatically - while the numbers over the last decade and a half tell a story.

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As states diverge on immigration, hospitals say they won’t turn patients away tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
No matter the guidelines that states issue, hospitals around the U.S. say patients won’t be turned away for care because of their immigration status.

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Hospitales dicen que no rechazarán pacientes, mientras los estados se posicionan sobre inmigración tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Independientemente de las directrices que emitan los estados, los hospitales de todo Estados Unidos dicen que los pacientes no serán rechazados para recibir atención debido a su estatus migratorio.

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U.S. House Republicans roll out bill to restrict birthright citizenship tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Falling in line with President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship, House Republicans unveiled legislation that would amend federal immigration law to narrow the scope of citizenship, although the right is enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.

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9th Circuit revives Az law limiting contact between defense attorneys & victims tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Ninth Circuit reinstated a law preventing Arizona defense attorneys from contacting crime victims without seeking permission from the state prosecutor’s office.

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Jan. 6 Az rioters celebrate Trump pardons that many denounce as a slap to democracy & police tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The “QAnon Shaman” called President Donald Trump’s pardons for him and other Jan. 6 rioters “a brilliant political move.” Another Arizona man in the mob called his pardon a relief but criticized Trump for wiping away convictions for others who attacked police.

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Az bill would ban vote centers, putting a 1,000-voter cap on precincts tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In most Arizona counties, voters can show up at any polling location to cast their ballot on Election Day - but some Republican lawmakers want to do away with that system and moved along a bill to assign every voter a neighborhood polling location.

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Bill barring LGBTQ pride flags from Az government buildings advances, despite free speech worries tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Arizona Republican bill that would bar LGBTQ pride flags on government property moved forward Wednesday, despite concerns about the bill’s free speech implications.

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2 Southern Arizona culinary artists named James Beard Award semifinalists tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Two Southern Arizona culinary artists have been named James Beard Award semifinalists: Jose Contreras from Amelia's Mexican Kitchen is a semifinalist for Best Chef in the Southwest and Jacqueline Ayd Oatman's Patisserie Jacqui is up for Outstanding Bakery.

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How Trump plans to seize power of the purse from Congress tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Donald Trump is entering his second term with vows to cut a vast array of government services and a radical plan to do so, but rather than relying on his party’s control of Congress to trim the budget, Trump and his advisers intend to test an obscure legal theory known as impoundment.

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Tucson & Pima officials unclear on impact of Trump's orders halting road & bridge funding tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Local officials are still unclear on the impact of some of the executive orders issued by President Donald Trump in the first few days of his administration, including a stoppage in funding for transportation projects passed by Congress.

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Pima County will shutter migrant shelters by Sunday as Trump admin curtails releases tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County Administrator Jan Lesher said Thursday the county will wind down its shelter efforts after federal officials stopped releasing legally-processed asylum seekers, leaving the county on the hook for expenses to support two shelters in Tucson.

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Judge grants Az’s request to temporarily block Trump’s birthright citizenship order tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship in a case brought by Arizona and three other states.

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Pima women dominate at South Mountain 85-44 to win 7th straight game tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (16-3, 8-1 in ACCAC) earned their seventh straight win on Wednesday as they played at South Mountain Community College (5-14, 0-9) in Phoenix.

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Gonzales scores 29 as Pima men's basketball moves to 21-0 tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team (21-0, 9-0 in ACCAC) trailed early but put together double-digit runs in both the first and second halves to take control on Wednesday at South Mountain Community College (7-134, 2-7).

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2 Tucson men sentenced for 2019 plot to join ISIS in Syria tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A pair of Tucson men were sentenced last week for conspiring in 2019 to join ISIS in the MIddle East. One told an undercover FBI agent that wanted to be the "beheading guy" for the terrorist group.

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Judge grants Az’s request to temporarily block Trump’s birthright citizenship order tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship in a case brought by Arizona and three other states.

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