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Top House Republican remains noncommittal as lawmakers expand crusade against federal judges tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
GOP lawmakers - including Az Rep. Eli Crane - are eyeing impeachments against as many as a dozen judges who have issued temporary holds on some of President Donald Trump’s ambitious executive actions - but it remains unclear whether House leadership is on board.

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Fight to rein in U.S. guns goes international at SCOTUS tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Next week, Mexico will become the latest litigant to challenge the gun industry at the Supreme Court, as the United States' neighbor claims that American gun manufacturers are aiding and abetting cartel violence and drug trafficking by knowingly selling firearms to red-flag dealers.

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Grijalva sets up portal to report impact of federal fund freezes tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva's office announced Thursday that he is collecting reports about how the loss of federal funding is affecting Southern Arizona organizations and companies.

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How early voting on campuses can boost election turnout for students — and for residents tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Expanding on-campus early-voting sites can boost turnout in U.S. elections by making voting more convenient – not only for students but for residents of surrounding communities too.

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Researchers: 1 in 10 abortions provided by online-only clinics one year after Roe overturned tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Researchers found an estimated 1 in 10 abortions were provided by online-only clinics in the first year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and in the majority of states without total abortion bans, most people are terminating with abortion pills.

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Chief Justice Roberts lets U.S. foreign aid bills go unpaid as SCOTUS considers Trump appeal tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Chief Justice John Roberts gave the Trump administration a temporary win Wednesday night, letting U.S. foreign aid bills go unpaid as the Supreme Court considers whether a White House funding freeze was unlawful.

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How early voting on campuses can boost election turnout for students but for residents tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Expanding on-campus early-voting sites can boost turnout in U.S. elections by making voting more convenient – not only for students but for residents of surrounding communities too.

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Arizona drafts plan to conserve water, boost housing development tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona’s Department of Water Resources released a draft proposal that it says will conserve water and promote new housing construction by converting farmland into urban developments.

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USDA rolls out $1 billion plan to combat bird flu after egg prices rise tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it plans to spend up to $1 billion in Commodity Credit Corporation funds to try to reduce the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry.

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Political standoff threatens services for thousands of disabled Arizonans tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Gov. Katie Hobbs and Republicans who control the Arizona legislature have spent weeks trading barbs over who’s at fault for an impending lapse in funding for disabled services. Meanwhile, people with disabilities are caught in the middle.

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GOP bill targets Arizona schools that restrict immigration agents on campus tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Senate gave preliminary approval to Senate Bill 1164, which would force public schools to open their doors to ICE agents, amid a growing wave of school officials issuing guidance or passing rules against doing so.

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Where to drop off your Prop. 414 ballot; Council candidates at DGT on Monday tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A roundup of political activity in the coming weeks, including the culmination of the Prop. 414 election.

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Trump demands plans for large-scale layoffs of more federal employees tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Trump administration ordered all federal departments and agencies to submit reorganization plans outlining how they would implement large-scale layoffs before March 13, following an sent from OPM to more than 2 million federal employees late last week.

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Immigrant rights groups threaten to oust Az Dem for voting to increase border funding tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Progressive groups that helped a moderate Tucson Democrat win a state House seat in a Republican district castigated the freshman lawmaker as “racist” for backing a bill to give money to local police to enforce immigration law and said they may work to defeat him in 2026.

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Barta has 4 RBIs, Grenert scores 5 as Pima baseball sweeps Glendale tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College baseball team (18-4, 8-4 in ACCAC) got two ACCAC conference wins on Tuesday as they played on the road at Glendale Community College (8-14, 1-9).

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That $5,000 DOGE check from Elon Musk? Don’t spend it quite yet. tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, claims American taxpayers could receive a $5,000 refund from the federal government — despite no apparent support in Congress, which controls the nation’s purse strings.

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Pinal County Attorney joins Trump’s push to police teachers over 'radical indoctrination' tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pinal County Attorney Brad Miller has pledged to work with the Justice Department to monitor Arizona teachers for what it considers “radical indoctrination,” while Pima County Attorney Laura Conover said her office would not pre-comply, calling the order unconstitutional.

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Court blocks Arizona’s laws requiring proof of citizenship to vote for president tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Two Arizona laws that restrict voting by people who don’t prove their U.S. citizenship are “unlawful measures of voter suppression,” a win for voting rights group that banded together to challenge the Gov. Doug Ducey-era laws.

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Ciscomani votes to advance federal budget with deep Medicaid cuts; Grijalva absent tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After signaling he was uncomfortable with cuts to Medicaid last week, U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani voted Tuesday in favor of advancing a House budget that reduces spending for the federal program by as much as $880 billion dollars over the next decade.

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Marx has 4 RBIs but Pima softball has 19-game win streak snapped by Phoenix College tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College softball team (19-1, 13-1 in ACCAC) faced a tough test on Tuesday as it hosted Phoenix College in an ACCAC conference doubleheader at the West Campus Aztec Softball Field.

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