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Finchem revives election conspiracies in Arizona Senate committee tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona’s Senate Judiciary and Elections Committee advanced three bills Republican state Senator Mark Finchem says will improve election security, though his reasoning for the bills includes unproven and widely debunked theories of mass voter fraud.

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Prop. 414 shortchanges community needs, hurts working class tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
As organizers with Community Care Tucson, we are devoted to ensuring that Tucsonans have basic human needs met. It is this mission that led us to join the coalition against Prop. 414, a tax hike that would vastly shortchange critical community needs.

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Trump orders Education Dep't to guide states on use of federal funds for school choice tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump signed executive orders that prioritize school choice funding and seek to end what the administration sees as “radical indoctrination in K-12 schooling.”

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Trump orders Education Department to guide states on use of federal funds for school choice tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump signed executive orders that prioritize school choice funding and seek to end what the administration sees as “radical indoctrination in K-12 schooling.”

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Trump vows to build migrant detention center at Guantanamo Bay as he signs Laken Riley bill tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Trump signed into law the first bill of his second term, a measure that would require immigration officials to detain immigrants arrested or charged with property crimes, among others, and give broad legal authority to state attorneys general to challenge federal immigration law.

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‘They don’t care about us’: Tribal town fights uranium mill’s expanding operations tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The White Mesa Uranium Mill is located on the ancestral homelands of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, and now the White Mesa community has an additional concern: A mining company in Arizona will be hauling its uranium ore through their community to be processed at that mill.

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Arizona House supports mandate to follow federal immigration orders tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
An Arizona House committee advanced a bill that would require the state’s top elected officials to cooperate with federal immigration actions regardless of the state’s interests or the constitutionality of any federal action.

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State senator revives election conspiracies in Arizona Senate committee tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona’s Senate Judiciary and Elections Committee advanced three bills Republican state Senator Mark Finchem says will improve election security, though his reasoning for the bills includes unproven and widely debunked theories of mass voter fraud.

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Navajo Nation reaches agreement with mining company over uranium ore transport tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After months of negotiation, the Navajo Nation and Energy Fuels Inc. have signed an agreement allowing the transport of uranium ore along federal and state highways throughout the Navajo Nation, with transportation set to resume in February.

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DOJ drops appeal in Trump classified documents case, ending Jack Smith’s cases tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Justice Department moved to drop former special counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents case against two of President Donald Trump’s co-defendants, and acting the U.S. Attorney for D.C. ordered an internal review of his office’s handling of the Jan. 6 prosecutions.

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Az Republicans advance strict online porn age verification bill amid privacy concerns tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Republican-backed proposal to require Arizonans to prove they are at least 18 years old before accessing online pornography moved forward, but advocates are concerned about more than just how kids might bypass the law.

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Lawmakers rush to fix flaw in Az trafficking law that could send victims to prison for life tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona GOP legislators are trying to tighten up the language in voter-approved Proposition 313, after being told their proposal to require life sentences for anyone convicted of child sex trafficking could be applied to the victims themselves.

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Pick up a furry friend at the BLM's Burro Palooza in Marana & Willcox tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Interested parties can bring home their own wild burro, trained by an inmate from the Arizona Department of Corrections, in a Mad Libs-brought-to-life at the Bureau of Land Management’s Burro Palooza beginning March 1.

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Plasschaert's 4 RBIs & Valenzuela's 10 strikeouts spark Pima in sweep over Eastern Az tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College baseball team (6-0) hosted a non-conference doubleheader against Eastern Arizona College (3-2) on Tuesday at the West Campus Aztec Baseball Field.

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Native writer Kimberly Blaeser to give Thursday reading at UA Poetry Center tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Kimberly Blaeser, an Ojibwe writer and photographer, will give a poetry reading at the University of Arizona this week. The former Wisconsin poet laureate's latest book, "Ancient Light," was published by the UA Press.

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Most violent crime rates have fallen back to pre-pandemic levels tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The number of homicides across the United States declined by 16% in 2024, continuing a recent downward trajectory, according to a nonpartisan think tank - but perceptions of crime are heavily influenced by political affiliation.

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TUSD will demand warrants, IDs from ICE officials attempting to remove students, but can't 'stand in the way' tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Despite the potential for "more aggressive immigration enforcement," the policies of Tucson's largest school district have not changed under the law, said Supt. Trujillo, and schools will require judicial warrants from federal law enforcement agents to come onto campus or demand student information.

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White House rescinds controversial federal aid freeze memo tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The White House Office of Management and Budget has rescinded a memo outlining President Donald Trump’s freeze on federal aid after the document caused widespread panic and confusion.

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Amid deportation arrests, Conover says Pima officials should request papers from feds seeking access tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
As the Trump administration makes a show of force against migrants, Pima County officials should ask for a copy of any warrants and identification from federal agents seeking access to county facilities and employees, County Attorney Laura Conover advised this week.

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