http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/category/politics politics news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2013 2013-05-20T13:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051913_potter/potter-obamacare-myths-and-realities/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051913_potter/potter-obamacare-myths-and-realities/ 01:34:00Z Wendell Potter The House of Representatives is expected to vote for the 40th time this week to repeal Obamacare, not because anyone believes the 40th time will be the charm, but because the exercise will enable Republican freshmen to vote for repeal and brag about it during their campaigns next year. 2013-05-20T01:34:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051913_syrian_opposition/the-structure-and-organization-syrian-opposition/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051913_syrian_opposition/the-structure-and-organization-syrian-opposition/ 01:26:00Z Ken Sofer As President Barack Obama and his national security advisors continue to weigh the costs and benefits of providing greater financial and materiel support for elements of the Syrian opposition—potentially including lethal aid—it is important to understand the structure of the Syrian opposition, which remains plagued by many divisions. 2013-05-20T01:26:34+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051913_chems_of_concern/chemicals-concern-list-still-wrapped-omb-red-tape/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051913_chems_of_concern/chemicals-concern-list-still-wrapped-omb-red-tape/ 01:17:00Z Jim Morris For anyone anxious about toxic chemicals in the environment, Sunday marked a dubious milestone. 2013-05-20T01:17:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051913_brewer_responders_op/brewer-arizona-mourning-first-responders-killed-overnight/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051913_brewer_responders_op/brewer-arizona-mourning-first-responders-killed-overnight/ 19:21:00Z Jan Brewer Arizonans awoke to tragedy this morning with the news that two of our state’s brave first responders — a Phoenix firefighter and police officer — died overnight following separate incidents in the line of duty. Both men were killed while in service to the community they loved; both leave behind a family that grieves; both are to be honored and remembered for the boundless sacrifice they have made. 2013-05-19T19:21:35+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/roadhazards/report-road-hazards-graffiti-other-issues/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/roadhazards/report-road-hazards-graffiti-other-issues/ 12:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Is your drive home less than smooth? Use our mapping tool from SeeClickFix to report everything from potholes and graffiti to broken streetlights and overgrown weeds and keep watch over your neighborhood 2013-05-19T12:14:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051713_johncscottshow/jc-scott-az-senate-budget-includes-medicaid-expansion/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051713_johncscottshow/jc-scott-az-senate-budget-includes-medicaid-expansion/ 02:52:00Z John C. Scott Show Interviews with Rep. Bruce Wheeler D-LD28, Sen. Linda Lopez D-LD2, Sen. Steve Farley D-LD9, Ben Buehler-Garcia Ward 3 Tucson City Council Candidate, Reporter Ben Giles Arizona Capitol Times, Jesse Lugo Civic Leader, Middle East Expert Prof. Stephen Zunes 2013-05-18T02:52:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051713_carlos_slim/slim-comes-2nd-mexicos-president-monopoly-buster/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051713_carlos_slim/slim-comes-2nd-mexicos-president-monopoly-buster/ 23:13:00Z Dudley Althaus Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto vows big changes with the economic reforms he’s pushing and they’ve already taken more than a little change from the pockets of mega-mogul Carlos Slim, who lost the title of the world’s richest man. 2013-05-17T23:13:52+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051713_tx_fertilizer/cause-west-explosion-remains-unclear/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051713_tx_fertilizer/cause-west-explosion-remains-unclear/ 23:00:00Z Reeve Hamilton The cause of a fertilizer plant explosion here that killed 15 people on April 17 has been ruled “undetermined,” officials announced at a press conference in the town’s high school parking lot on Thursday. 2013-05-17T23:00:10+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051713_irs_nonprofit/how-irss-nonprofit-division-got-so-dysfunctional/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051713_irs_nonprofit/how-irss-nonprofit-division-got-so-dysfunctional/ 22:50:00Z Kim Barker The IRS division responsible for flagging Tea Party groups has long been an agency afterthought, beset by mismanagement, financial constraints and an unwillingness to spell out just what it expects from social welfare nonprofits, former officials and experts say. 2013-05-17T22:50:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051713_buckmaster/buckmaster-kozachik-el-rio-city-budget/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051713_buckmaster/buckmaster-kozachik-el-rio-city-budget/ 22:01:00Z Buckmaster Show The Friday Focus spotlighted Steve Kozachik, Ward 6 Tucson City Councilman. Then, it’s the Reporters’ Roundtable featuring Mari Herreras, writer for the Tucson Weekly, and Dylan Smith, editor and publisher of TucsonSentinel.com. Plus, Matt Russell with Weekend Watch. 2013-05-17T22:01:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051713_pcc_chancellor/pima-college-pay-new-chancellor-290k/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051713_pcc_chancellor/pima-college-pay-new-chancellor-290k/#When: 15:42:000 Dylan Smith Updated: The new chancellor of Pima Community College, Lee Lambert, will be paid $290,000 per year. The Governing Board approved a 3-year-contract with the new college CEO on Friday morning, as it voted unanimously to hire him. 2013-05-17T15:42:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051613_city_council/2-council-challengers-file-nominating-petitions/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051613_city_council/2-council-challengers-file-nominating-petitions/ 16:42:00Z Dylan Smith Two Republican candidates for City Council filed nominating papers on Tuesday. Both repeat candidate Ben Buehler-Garcia and newcomer Mike Polak turned in the maximum number of signatures to earn a place on the ballot. No GOP candidate has filed to contest the seat of Councilman Steve Kozachik. 2013-05-17T16:42:29+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_irs_tea_party/irs-office-that-targeted-tea-party-also-disclosed-confidential-docs-from-conservative-groups/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_irs_tea_party/irs-office-that-targeted-tea-party-also-disclosed-confidential-docs-from-conservative-groups/ 01:39:00Z Kim Barker The same IRS office that deliberately targeted conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status in the run-up to the 2012 election released nine pending confidential applications of conservative groups to ProPublica late last year. 2013-05-17T01:39:20+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051613_think_again/think-again-worse-than-watergate/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051613_think_again/think-again-worse-than-watergate/ 01:33:00Z Eric Alterman In a new poll from Public Policy Polling, 74 percent of Republicans polled said they think the actions of the Obama administration during the crisis in Benghazi were worse than Watergate. The results, however, might be taken with a grain of salt as half of that 74 percent appear to have no idea whatsoever where—or even what—Benghazi is. 2013-05-17T01:33:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_catch_a_dictator/lessons-from-guatemala-how-catch-dictator/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_catch_a_dictator/lessons-from-guatemala-how-catch-dictator/ 01:26:00Z Mike McDonald Guatemala’s US-backed former ruler Efrain Rios Montt was found guilty of genocide and war crimes against indigenous villagers. But will his 80-year jail sentence stand? 2013-05-17T01:26:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_military_rape/the-most-important-muckreads-rape-military/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_military_rape/the-most-important-muckreads-rape-military/ 01:13:00Z Christie Thompson The Pentagon announced this week that a sergeant working in the military’s sexual assault prevention office had been charged with — you guessed it — sexual assault. This news came just a week after the officer in charge of the Air Force’s rape prevention program was arrested for sexual battery. 2013-05-17T01:13:31+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_biden_piffle/joe-bidens-productivity-piffle/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_biden_piffle/joe-bidens-productivity-piffle/ 01:08:00Z Eugene Kiely Vice President Joe Biden falsely claimed that U.S. workers “are three times as productive as any worker in the world.” He’s not even close. By the standard measure for productivity, American workers ranked third in the world behind Norway and Ireland in 2011. 2013-05-17T01:08:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_attack_ads/lax-state-rules-provide-cover-sponsors-attack-ads/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_attack_ads/lax-state-rules-provide-cover-sponsors-attack-ads/ 00:55:00Z Alan Sunderman While much criticism has been lobbed at the federal system for failing to adequately identify who is spending money to influence campaigns, 35 states have independent spending disclosure laws that are less stringent than federal election law. 2013-05-17T00:55:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_soldier_debt/on-victory-drive-soldiers-defeated-by-debt/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_soldier_debt/on-victory-drive-soldiers-defeated-by-debt/ 00:45:00Z Paul Kiel Seven years after Congress banned payday-loan companies from charging exorbitant interest rates to service members, many of the nation’s military bases are surrounded by storefront lenders who charge high annual percentage rates, sometimes exceeding 400 percent. 2013-05-17T00:45:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_irs/irs-not-so-independent/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_irs/irs-not-so-independent/ 00:37:00Z D'Angelo Gore The Internal Revenue Service is not exactly an “independent agency,” as President Obama claimed during a May 13 press conference. In fact, it is a bureau of the Treasury Department, an executive agency within the federal government. 2013-05-17T00:37:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_benghazi_revisited/benghazi-attack-revisited/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051613_benghazi_revisited/benghazi-attack-revisited/ 00:30:00Z Eugene Kiely President Obama says the May 8 House hearing on Benghazi and subsequent reporting about it produced no new information. That’s largely the case, but the president misrepresented some facts at his May 13 press conference in dismissing the House investigation as a “political circus.” 2013-05-17T00:30:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051613_johncscottshow/jc-scott-rest-print-tucson-citizen-journalism-past-future/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051613_johncscottshow/jc-scott-rest-print-tucson-citizen-journalism-past-future/ 00:03:00Z John C. Scott Show Interviews with the Tucson Weekly’s Dan Gibson, AEA President Andrew Morrill, Councilman Steve Kozachik, Mark B. Evans of Tucsoncitizen.com, Sentinel Editor Dylan Smith, veteran reporter Daniel Buckley, Rep. Ethan Orr, and Jim DeGrood of the RTA. 2013-05-17T00:03:00+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051613_tusd_op_ed/teacher-tusd-wrong-headed-treat-educators-as-expendable/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051613_tusd_op_ed/teacher-tusd-wrong-headed-treat-educators-as-expendable/ 21:30:00Z Nancy McCallion It’s springtime; the desert is in bloom, the new season of Dexter is beginning on Showtime, and Tucson Unified School District teachers are once again facing job uncertainty and loss of healthcare insurance.  Layoffs are a spring tradition in the world of public education, but this year’s cuts have been deep and numerous, and the policy for deciding who to pink slip is questionable. 2013-05-16T21:30:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051613_buckmaster/buckmaster-animal-saves-up-10-pima-pound/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051613_buckmaster/buckmaster-animal-saves-up-10-pima-pound/ 20:19:00Z Buckmaster Show Interviews included a legislative update from state Rep. Ethan Orr (R-LD9). Then we talked with Ellie Beaubien, new adoption coordinator at the Pima Animal Care Center. Also, Kevin Burnett, CFO of Sundt Companies, Inc., and nutrition reporter Jack Challem. 2013-05-16T20:19:17+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051613_pcc_chancellor/pima-college-select-new-chancellor-friday/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051613_pcc_chancellor/pima-college-select-new-chancellor-friday/#When: 11:42:000 Dylan Smith Updated: After nearly a year without a permanent chief, Pima Community College will have a new chancellor soon. The school’s Governing Board announced that a vote to pick a new college CEO will be held Friday morning. The leading choice is Lee Lambert, now the head of a Washington community college. 2013-05-16T11:42:18+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051513_johncscottshow/jc-scott-budget-expected-pass-az-senate-thursday/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051513_johncscottshow/jc-scott-budget-expected-pass-az-senate-thursday/ 00:29:00Z John C. Scott Show Interviews with activist Miguel Ortega, TucsonsSentinel.com’s Dylan Smith, DUI defense attorney Jim Nesci, Ward 2 Tucson City Councilman Paul Cunningham, financial advisor Shelly Fishman, and Arizona Capitol Times reporter Hank Stephenson. 2013-05-16T00:29:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051513_buckmaster/buckmaster-youth-crime-decline/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051513_buckmaster/buckmaster-youth-crime-decline/ 20:48:00Z Buckmaster Show Karen Adam, presiding judge of the Pima County Juvenile Court Center, talked about declining juvenile crime rates. Also, comet discover Dr. David Levy with a night sky update, plus Dr. Dimitri Brown, director of emergency services at Veterinary Specialty Center of Tucson, and an interview with District 1 Pima County Supervisor Ally Miller. 2013-05-15T20:48:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051513_townhall_water_rates/final-water-rate-town-hall-wednesday-night/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051513_townhall_water_rates/final-water-rate-town-hall-wednesday-night/ 18:51:00Z Michelle Cook Tucson Water will host a final town hall Wednesday evening to present options for a proposed increase in water rates. The increases would bump monthly bills between $2.91 to $3.68 for average residential users. 2013-05-15T18:51:16+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051413_farley_budget_op/farley-budget-bills-will-include-medicaid-expansion/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051413_farley_budget_op/farley-budget-bills-will-include-medicaid-expansion/ 06:16:00Z Steve Farley I believe I previously shared with you my analogy of the legislature as a middle school. That analogy is particularly apt as we approach approving a budget, as we began to do this morning. The Medicaid restoration has heightened the stakes dramatically this year, so this next couple of weeks are really gonna be something to witness. 2013-05-15T06:16:20+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051413_pima_chancellor/pima-points-quick-chancellor-hire/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051413_pima_chancellor/pima-points-quick-chancellor-hire/#When: 20:36:000 Dylan Smith Updated: Even as a delegation from Pima Community College paid a site visit to Washington to vet a candidate to lead the embattled school, the PCC Governing Board scheduled a special meeting for Wednesday afternoon to discuss contract negotiations.  All signs point to Lee Lambert being tapped to become the school’s next chancellor. 2013-05-14T20:36:41-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051413_johncscottshow/jc-scott-farley-predicts-quick-state-budget-deal/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051413_johncscottshow/jc-scott-farley-predicts-quick-state-budget-deal/ 01:26:00Z John C. Scott Show Interviews with Terry Dee of Habitat for Humanity’s Habistore, Mark B. Evans of Tucsoncitizen.com, TucsonSentinel.com columnist Jimmy Zuma, GOP Rep. Ethan Orr and Democrat Sen. Steve Farley predicted a deal on the state budget will happen quickly — including an expansion of Medicaid. 2013-05-15T01:26:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051413_irs_scrutiny/overworked-irs-accused-singling-out-conservative-groups/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051413_irs_scrutiny/overworked-irs-accused-singling-out-conservative-groups/ 00:23:00Z David Levinthal Amid withering accusations the Internal Revenue Service targeted Tea Party and other conservative groups with enhanced scrutiny, the agency faces another problem: it’s drowning in paperwork. Applications for nonprofit status had a banner year in 2012, while staffing was cut. 2013-05-15T00:23:00+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051413_buckmaster/buckmaster-wheeler-reports-budget-showdown/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051413_buckmaster/buckmaster-wheeler-reports-budget-showdown/ 22:40:00Z Buckmaster Show State Rep. Bruce Wheeler (D-LD10), minority whip for the Arizona House of Representatives, plus financial planner Shelly Fishman with the Tuesday Money Maker Report, and Justin Debolt, finance director for the new Tucson hotel project known as Aloft. Plus, Linda Ray of the Tucson Weekly with the Buckmaster bi-monthly arts report. 2013-05-14T22:40:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051413_economy_gamble_gw_op/goldwater-economic-horse-race-govt-terrible-gambler/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051413_economy_gamble_gw_op/goldwater-economic-horse-race-govt-terrible-gambler/ 16:05:00Z Stephen Slivinski Recently the very fashionable turned out to bet on their favorites in the Kentucky Derby. But betting on horse races – economic horse races – has been all the rage in legislatures across the country for decades. Unfortunately, legislators are more like problem gamblers than successful high-dollar poker stars. 2013-05-14T16:05:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051313_johncscottshow/jc-scott-chuck-huckelberry-taxes-new-pima-county-courthouse/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051313_johncscottshow/jc-scott-chuck-huckelberry-taxes-new-pima-county-courthouse/ 00:32:00Z John C. Scott Show Interviews with Jim Kuliesh, president of the Alliance of Construction Trades, developer Richard Studwell, Republican strategist Sam Stone, and Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry, along with Central Arizona Project GM David Modeer, and Jim Small of the Arizona Capitol Times. 2013-05-14T00:32:43+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051313_liz_miller/liz-miller-deputy-city-manager-stepping-down/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051313_liz_miller/liz-miller-deputy-city-manager-stepping-down/ 00:00:00Z Dylan Smith Tucson’s deputy city manager, Liz Miller, announced Monday that she is resigning at the end of the month. “I am returning to my life as a regular citizen of Tucson to spend more time with my family,” she wrote to City Manager Richard Miranda. 2013-05-14T00:00:28+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051313_el_rio_gcu_op/el-rio-all-not-for-sale/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051313_el_rio_gcu_op/el-rio-all-not-for-sale/ 22:58:00Z Miguel Ortega An open letter to Councilmember Romero, Mayor and Council: I am strongly opposed to your proposal to sell or lease the El Rio Golf Course to the private Grand Canyon University. It appears that you and the Mayor and Council are rushing to discuss this drastically different vision for our community during a hastily planed executive session tomorrow. 2013-05-13T22:58:12+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051313_buckmaster/buckmaster-should-azs-top-school-official-educator/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051313_buckmaster/buckmaster-should-azs-top-school-official-educator/ 20:27:00Z Buckmaster Show The Monday Political Face-Off featured John Munger and Vince Rabago. Also, we talked with ASU Education Prof. David Garcia, who is considering a run for state superintendent of public instruction. Plus, a fun summer is planned at Tucson’s Reid Park Zoo and we get a preview from Kristen Metzger, the zoo’s education supervisor. 2013-05-13T20:27:35+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051313_obama_drugs/is-obama-delivering-promise-21st-century-drug-policy/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051313_obama_drugs/is-obama-delivering-promise-21st-century-drug-policy/ 19:51:00Z Christie Thompson Many public health experts say the administration deserves credit for increasing access to drug treatment. But others say despite an increase in funding for rehab, the administration has continued to push programs and policies built to punish drug users. As the administration lays out its latest plan on a new approach to drugs, here’s look at what’s in it, and what they’ve done so far. 2013-05-13T19:51:43+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051313_9-11-visas/factcheck-9-11-hijackers-and-student-visas/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051313_9-11-visas/factcheck-9-11-hijackers-and-student-visas/ 19:45:00Z Robert Farley Lawmakers on both sides of the immigration debate have falsely claimed that “some” or “all” of the 9/11 hijackers were in the U.S. on student visas. Only one of the 19 hijackers came to the U.S. on a student visa. The rest arrived here on tourist or business visas. 2013-05-13T19:45:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051313_saguaro_expansion/az-dems-backing-expansion-saguaro-national-park/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051313_saguaro_expansion/az-dems-backing-expansion-saguaro-national-park/ 19:36:00Z Dylan Smith Both the eastern and western portions of Tucson’s Saguaro National Park would grow under a bill introduced last week by U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, who was joined by Democrats Ron Barber and Ann Kirkpatrick in backing the measure. 2013-05-13T19:36:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051313_budget_kozachik/kozachik-holding-town-hall-city-budget/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051313_budget_kozachik/kozachik-holding-town-hall-city-budget/ 19:15:00Z Dylan Smith A discussion on Tucson’s city budget will be held Monday evening at the Ward 6 Council Office. 2013-05-13T19:15:38+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051313_installment_loans/the-182-loan-installment-lenders-put-borrowers-world-hurt/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051313_installment_loans/the-182-loan-installment-lenders-put-borrowers-world-hurt/ 19:01:00Z Paul Kiel Installment loans have been around for decades. While payday loans are usually due in a matter of weeks, installment loans get paid back in installments over time — a few months to a few years. Both types of loans are marketed to the same low-income consumers, and both can trap borrowers in a cycle of recurring, deceptively expensive loans. 2013-05-13T19:01:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051313_kansas_guns/kansas-gov-insists-its-ok-ignore-federal-gun-laws/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051313_kansas_guns/kansas-gov-insists-its-ok-ignore-federal-gun-laws/ 16:57:00Z Lois Beckett As we detailed earlier this month, dozens of states are considering bills that attempt to nullify federal gun laws. One such bill became a law last month in Kansas. It exempts “Made in Kansas” guns from federal regulation and makes it a crime for federal agents to enforce federal law.  2013-05-13T16:57:28+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051013_pcc_chancellor/pcc-board-picks-leading-candidate-chancellor/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051013_pcc_chancellor/pcc-board-picks-leading-candidate-chancellor/ 23:28:00Z Dylan Smith In a special meeting Friday, Pima Community College announced that Lee D. Lambert of Washington’s Shoreline Community College is the “leading candidate” to become PCC’s new permanent chancellor. Whoever is appointed by the Board will take on a college in administrative turmoil. 2013-05-10T23:28:36+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051013_johncscottshow/jc-scott-sheriff-estrada-drug-war-cant-won-without-strategy-change/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051013_johncscottshow/jc-scott-sheriff-estrada-drug-war-cant-won-without-strategy-change/ 21:52:00Z John C. Scott Show Interviews with Patrick McNamara of Inside Tucson Business, Arizona Education Association President Andrew Morrill, former Arizona Clean Election Commission Director Todd Lang, GOP state Rep. Paul Boyer, Santa Cruz Sheriff Tony Estrada, and TucsonSentinel.com’s Dylan Smith broke news about a PCC chancellor candidate. 2013-05-10T21:52:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051013_buckmaster/buckmaster-rocky-road-new-state-budget/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051013_buckmaster/buckmaster-rocky-road-new-state-budget/ 20:37:00Z Buckmaster Show An interview with state Sen Steve Farley (D-LD 9). Then, it’s the Reporters’ Roundtable with Mark B. Evans, administrator of TucsonCitizen.com, and Sarah Garrecht Gassen, editorial writer and columnist at the Arizona Daily Star, along with Weekend Watch with Matt Russell. 2013-05-10T20:37:38+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051013_mex_mothers/mexicos-mamas-dont-want-let-babies-grow-up-gangsters/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051013_mex_mothers/mexicos-mamas-dont-want-let-babies-grow-up-gangsters/ 20:30:00Z Dudley Althaus Friday marks arguably the most important day on a Mexican calendar, celebrated countrywide with patriotic parades, patron saint parties and local lark. Mexico’s Mother’s Day honors the touchstones of a nation in which family matters above all. So why are so many moms protesting? 2013-05-10T20:30:55+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050913_drug_wars/long-borders-long-odds-winning-drug-wars/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050913_drug_wars/long-borders-long-odds-winning-drug-wars/ 01:13:00Z David Robles In 2012, U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized 1.1 million pounds of narcotics in the state of Arizona. According to a CBP Fact Sheet, Arizona seizures account for half of all drugs seized in the United States. The same goes for apprehensions of people attempting to illegally immigrate. 2013-05-10T01:13:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050913_drone_farming/swords-plowshares-experts-see-farming-as-next-big-use-drones/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050913_drone_farming/swords-plowshares-experts-see-farming-as-next-big-use-drones/ 01:08:00Z Mary Shinn Drones numbering in the tens of thousands will be in the skies by 2030, the FAA predicts. But where some may fear precision weapons or flying spy cameras, Steve Markofski sees flying tractors. 2013-05-10T01:08:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050913_drone_degrees/uav-degree-colleges-offering-courses-drone-design/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050913_drone_degrees/uav-degree-colleges-offering-courses-drone-design/ 01:01:00Z Mary Shinn The drone minor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott aims to prepare students to build and fly unmanned aerial vehicles – UAVs, or drones – for a commercial market that doesn’t yet exist. 2013-05-10T01:01:13+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050913_early_ballots/advocates-officials-spar-over-handling-early-ballots-arizona/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050913_early_ballots/advocates-officials-spar-over-handling-early-ballots-arizona/ 00:54:00Z AJ Vicens In the run-up to last year’s general election, several political action groups worked to get residents of low-income and high-minority neighborhoods on Maricopa County’s permanent early voting list. As Nov. 6 approached, those groups had thousands of volunteers knocking on doors to encourage people to mail back those ballots and, if voters couldn’t for any reason, offering to deliver ballots to the county. 2013-05-10T00:54:19+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050913_early_voting/county-analysis-impact-early-voting-list-plan-distributed/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050913_early_voting/county-analysis-impact-early-voting-list-plan-distributed/ 00:48:00Z AJ Vicens Maricopa County officials say that about 20,000 registered voters would be removed from the permanent early voting list under proposed legislation aimed at reducing the number of provisional ballots. 2013-05-10T00:48:46+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050913_border_access/analysts-weigh-impact-mexicos-open-access-decision/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050913_border_access/analysts-weigh-impact-mexicos-open-access-decision/ 00:33:00Z Julian Aguilar The Mexican government’s decision to limit the access that U.S. law enforcement agents had under the previous administration should be seen more as an effort to streamline enforcement and not as an affront to its northern neighbor, analysts and lawmakers say. 2013-05-10T00:33:46+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050913_homeland_security/is-congress-failing-homeland-security-oversight/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050913_homeland_security/is-congress-failing-homeland-security-oversight/ 00:25:00Z Sarah Laskow There’s likely to be plenty of finger-pointing and grandstanding today as the House Homeland Security Committee does a post-mortem on law enforcement coordination before and after the Boston Marathon bombings. Post-9/11 reforms were supposed to help investigative agencies “connect the dots” in tracking terrorism leads and preventing attacks, and while most concede that progress has been made, new questions have emerged in light of contacts and database entries regarding bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. 2013-05-10T00:25:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050913_johncscottshow/jc-scott-stamp-out-hunger-this-saturday/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050913_johncscottshow/jc-scott-stamp-out-hunger-this-saturday/ 00:17:00Z John C. Scott Show Interviews with Sen. Linda Lopez, Dr. Kieth Boesen of the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center, Tucson Weekly’s Jim Nintzel, TUSD Boardmember Mark Stegeman, Bill Carnegie of the Community Food Bank of Arizona and Dan Turrentine of the Letter Carriers Association, plus Councilman Paul Cunningham 2013-05-10T00:17:58+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050913_buckmaster/buckmaster-rebranding-tucson-tourism/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050913_buckmaster/buckmaster-rebranding-tucson-tourism/ 22:27:00Z Buckmaster Show Interviews with Allison Cooper, vice president of marketing at the Metropolitan Tucson Convention and Visitors Bureau, plus Councilwoman Karin Uhlich and historian Ken Scoville on the 6th Annual Historic Miracle Mile Open House, and a preview of this Saturday’s “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive with Community Food Bank President/CEO Bill Carnegie and Dan Turrentine of the National Association of Letter Carriers. 2013-05-09T22:27:55+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050813_buckmaster/buckmaster-tucson-summer-air-travel-preview/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050813_buckmaster/buckmaster-tucson-summer-air-travel-preview/ 21:27:00Z Buckmaster Show Ready for another cup of coffee? Coffee is on our agenda with Victoria Maizes, MD, executive director of the UA Center for Integrative Medicine. Also, a preview of the summer air travel season with Richard Gruntzel, CFO of the Tucson Airport Authority. Plus, Dr. Robert Hendricks, Buckmaster education contributor, on a cheating scandal that is rocking the education world. 2013-05-09T21:27:00+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050813_johncscottshow/jc-scott-arizonas-economy-showing-signs-recovery/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050813_johncscottshow/jc-scott-arizonas-economy-showing-signs-recovery/ 22:29:00Z John C. Scott Show Inteviews with economist Jim Rounds, VP Elliott D. Pollack & Co.; Steve Kozachik Ward 6 Tucson City councilman; Mark B. Evans, administrator of Tucsoncitizen.com; financial advisor Shelly Fishman; and Ken Strobeck, executive director of the Arizona League of Cities and Towns. 2013-05-08T22:29:32+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050713_johncscottshow/jc-scott-candidates-buehler-garcia-montenegro/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050713_johncscottshow/jc-scott-candidates-buehler-garcia-montenegro/ 16:17:00Z John C. Scott Show Interviews with Hank Stephenson of the Arizona Capitol Times, Jesse Lugo, and TucsonSentinel.com columnist Jimmy Zuma; plus Ben Buehler-Garcia, Republican Ward 3 Tucson City Council candidate, and Rep. Steve Montenegro, who’s seeking the Republican nomination for Arizona secretary of state. 2013-05-08T16:17:55+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050813_medicaid_guest_op/gw-institute-medicaid-expansion-would-line-hospitals-pockets/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050813_medicaid_guest_op/gw-institute-medicaid-expansion-would-line-hospitals-pockets/ 15:54:00Z Christina Corieri In the debate over expanding Medicaid to cover more low-income Arizonans, we are being told that the costs for uncompensated care at Arizona hospitals are soaring, making Medicaid expansion necessary to prevent financial disaster from befalling our hospitals. A closer look reveals that this claim is simply untrue. 2013-05-08T15:54:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050713_buckmaster/buckmaster-why-it-so-hard-get-anything-done-american-govt/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050713_buckmaster/buckmaster-why-it-so-hard-get-anything-done-american-govt/ 22:49:00Z Buckmaster Show An update from Terry Bracy, Buckmaster contributor from Washington, D.C., plus certified financial planner Shelly Fishman with the Tuesday Money Maker Report, and the Regional Transportation Authority’s Jim DeGrood talks about the organization’s upcoming seventh anniversary. 2013-05-07T22:49:36+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050613_johncscottshow/jc-scott-restaurants-get-cookin-downtown/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050613_johncscottshow/jc-scott-restaurants-get-cookin-downtown/ 22:09:00Z John C. Scott Show Sami Hamed of the National Federation of the Blind, PCC alum Kelly Ponzio and student Joe McGrath, Carlos de Leon of the city Department of Transportation, developer Richard Studwell, Downtown Tucson Partnership’s Michael Keith, and Prof. Stephen Zunes. 2013-05-07T22:09:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050713_drones_az/drone-business-lifting-off-az-heightening-concerns/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050713_drones_az/drone-business-lifting-off-az-heightening-concerns/ 21:47:00Z Mary Shinn After the high-profile shooting of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in 2010, Scott Rollefstad felt he had to do something to help keep other agents safe. So the Tucson resident headed to his garage and, after several months of tinkering, emerged with a backpack-sized surveillance drone. 2013-05-07T21:47:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050713_immig_visas/farmers-fieldhands-look-fix-flawed-visas/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050713_immig_visas/farmers-fieldhands-look-fix-flawed-visas/#When: 11:08:000 Michelle Peirano Updated: Francisco Duarte stood in the sun with little shade or water for hours, waiting to pick lemons. But he never complained, because he was afraid he would be replaced by an undocumented worker willing to work longer hours for lower pay. He is among the hundreds of thousands silenced by a visa program that pits citizens, guest workers and the undocumented against one another. 2013-05-10T11:08:32+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050713_border_deaths/pima-county-humane-borders-mapping-migrant-deaths/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050713_border_deaths/pima-county-humane-borders-mapping-migrant-deaths/ 20:25:00Z Paul Ingram Each year, hundreds of people go missing in the Sonoran Desert and many are never identified. Since 2001, of the nearly 2,100 remains found in the desert, about 700 remain unidentified. A new search tool available to the public will combine data sets to help name the dead. 2013-05-07T20:25:52+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050713_mccain_gitmo/mccains-gitmo-exaggeration/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050713_mccain_gitmo/mccains-gitmo-exaggeration/ 16:51:00Z Brooks Jackson Sen. John McCain exaggerated when he claimed that about 25 percent of prisoners released from Guantanamo have returned to terrorist activities in “leadership positions.” 2013-05-07T16:51:20+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050313_johncscottshow/jc-scott-rep-ron-barber-with-update-from-congress/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050313_johncscottshow/jc-scott-rep-ron-barber-with-update-from-congress/ 21:59:00Z John C. Scott Show Interviews with Patrick McNamara of Inside Tucson Business, Penelope Jacks of the Children’s Action Alliance, state Sen. David Bradley (D-LD10), along with U.S. Rep. Ron Barber (D-CD2), Councilman Paul Cunningham, and ‘Ace’ Thakore of Pointguardu.com. 2013-05-06T21:59:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050613_buckmaster/buckmaster-us-military-involvement-coming-syria/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050613_buckmaster/buckmaster-us-military-involvement-coming-syria/ 20:36:00Z Buckmaster Show The Monday Political Face-Off featured commentators Bruce Ash and Paul Eckerstrom. Then, our monthly conversation with Gen. John A. Wickham, Jr., former U.S. Army chief of staff, on whether the U.S. will intervene in the Syrian conflict. 2013-05-06T20:36:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050613_bike_cmte/county-seeks-volunteers-saddle-up-bike-committee/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050613_bike_cmte/county-seeks-volunteers-saddle-up-bike-committee/ 19:59:00Z Dylan Smith Pima County is looking for volunteers to serve on the Tucson-Pima Bicycle Advisory Committee, which advises city and county officials on transportation, recreation and safety issues. 2013-05-06T19:59:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050613_english_immersion/state-school-board-wade-into-english-immersion-program-fight/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050613_english_immersion/state-school-board-wade-into-english-immersion-program-fight/ 19:43:00Z Connor Radnovich Vince Yanez understands what the Arizona Board of Education could be getting in to this year when it begins a “systematic review” of the state’s English Language Learner program, Structured English Immersion, a state-mandated program that puts non-English-speaking students into English class for four hours a day. 2013-05-06T19:43:13+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050613_mex_journalist/2-sons-mexican-journalists-killed-chihuahua/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050613_mex_journalist/2-sons-mexican-journalists-killed-chihuahua/ 19:05:00Z Allison Jackson Two sons of two prominent Mexican journalists were shot dead in the northern state of Chihuahua over the weekend, in the latest violence in Mexico. 2013-05-06T19:05:37+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050613_two_borders/immigration-reform-poses-challenges-along-two-borders/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050613_two_borders/immigration-reform-poses-challenges-along-two-borders/ 18:15:00Z Molly J. Smith Whether on a Bisbee ranch or 2,200 miles away in an apple orchard near the Canadian border, many U.S. farmers are on the front lines if a new immigration reform act authorizes more access to private property for patrols, more boots on the ground, more surveillance drones in the air and more regulation of agricultural workers in the fields. 2013-05-06T18:15:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050613_syria_chemical_un/un-no-conclusive-proof-chemical-weapons-syria/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050613_syria_chemical_un/un-no-conclusive-proof-chemical-weapons-syria/ 18:05:00Z Priyanka Boghani A UN commission investigating the use of chemical weapons in Syria said it has “not reached conclusive findings” on the issue, contradicting an earlier claim by UN human rights investigator Carla del Ponte. The White House weighed in on Monday afternoon, with spokesman Jay Carney saying there was evidence that chemical weapons have been used in Syria, but not conclusive proof. 2013-05-06T18:05:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050613_tomski_transpo_horne/tom-horne-fumbles-case-star-blames-city-council/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050613_tomski_transpo_horne/tom-horne-fumbles-case-star-blames-city-council/ 17:33:00Z Tom Prezelski Last week, there was a settlement in the State of Arizona’s case against two Tucson Transportation Department supervisors who misappropriated at least $83,000 in public resources for personal gain. They will each have to pay just $5,000 to the city. This result is a failing by state, rather than city, officials 2013-05-06T17:33:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050413_fertilizer_safety/retail-exemption-shields-fertilizer-facilities-from-safety-inspections/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050413_fertilizer_safety/retail-exemption-shields-fertilizer-facilities-from-safety-inspections/ 00:56:00Z Chris Hamby The West, Texas fertilizer plant that blew up on April 17, killing at least 15 people, appears to have been claiming an arcane exemption that allowed it to avoid targeted workplace inspections and safety requirements and enter a “streamlined prevention program” with environmental regulators. 2013-05-05T00:56:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050413_jeb_bush_jobs/jeb-bushs-manufacturing-claim-falls-down-jobs/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050413_jeb_bush_jobs/jeb-bushs-manufacturing-claim-falls-down-jobs/ 00:50:00Z Eugene Kiely In touting conservative policies in Republican-controlled states, Jeb Bush claimed, “The Southeast is leading a renaissance in American manufacturing.” Not so. The Midwest has experienced a 9 percent increase in manufacturing jobs since the sector began its recovery in February 2010. That’s double the growth rate of the nine states in the Southeast. 2013-05-05T00:50:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050313_older_hispanics/advocates-reach-out-older-hispanics-as-health-law-takes-effect/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050313_older_hispanics/advocates-reach-out-older-hispanics-as-health-law-takes-effect/ 01:14:00Z Kirsten Adams With the health insurance marketplace created by the federal Affordable Care Act set to open in October, advocates are out to make sure that the message reaches Arizonans who are older or Spanish-speaking. 2013-05-04T01:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050313_epa_safeguards/epa-adds-safeguards-spotlight-conflicts-scientific-panels/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050313_epa_safeguards/epa-adds-safeguards-spotlight-conflicts-scientific-panels/ 01:05:00Z David Heath The Environmental Protection Agency announced new safeguards Friday to prevent conflicts of interest or bias from tainting its science, including efforts to assess the dangers of toxic chemicals. 2013-05-04T01:05:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050313_afghan_security/govt-auditor-challenges-white-house-account-afghan-security/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050313_afghan_security/govt-auditor-challenges-white-house-account-afghan-security/ 00:53:00Z Richard H.P. Sia Since the United States first sent troops to Afghanistan in 2001, a signature goal of the war has been to increase the capability of Afghan national security forces. But estimates of the size of the Afghan force trained to take over this lead security role have suddenly grown fuzzy and possibly unreliable. 2013-05-04T00:53:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050313_buckmaster/buckmaster-huckelberry-county-property-taxes/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050313_buckmaster/buckmaster-huckelberry-county-property-taxes/ 21:49:00Z Buckmaster Show An interview with Chuck Huckelberry, Pima County administrator, on property taxes. Then, it’s the Reporters’ Roundtable featuring Dan Shearer, editor of the Green Valley News, and Dylan Smith, editor and publisher of TucsonSentinel.com. Also, Weekend Watch with Matt Russell. 2013-05-03T21:49:58+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050213_johncscottshow/jc-scott-dui-laws-and-mmj/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050213_johncscottshow/jc-scott-dui-laws-and-mmj/ 21:38:00Z John C. Scott Show Interviews with defense attorney Jim Nesci on how DUI laws and medical marijuana intersect, plus the president of the Arizona Parent Education Network, Ann-Eve Pederson, along with Jim Nintzel from the Tucson Weekly and Arizona Capitol Times Editor Jim Small. 2013-05-03T21:38:36+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050313_teen_substance_abuse/azs-high-ranking-among-worst-teen-substance-abuse/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050313_teen_substance_abuse/azs-high-ranking-among-worst-teen-substance-abuse/ 18:26:00Z Vivian Padilla The 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance report, covering various dimensions of substance abuse, ranked Arizona as having the nation’s highest rate (34.6 percent) of high schoolers who were offered, sold or given an illegal drug by someone on school property. Arizona also had the highest rate of binge drinking at 26.5 percent. (with video) 2013-05-03T18:26:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050313_press_freedom_day/parents-detained-journalist-james-foley-mark-world-press-freedom-day/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050313_press_freedom_day/parents-detained-journalist-james-foley-mark-world-press-freedom-day/ 18:17:00Z Charles M. Sennott John and Diane Foley know ground truth. They know it through the passion of their son, James, a talented journalist who went missing while reporting in Syria on Thanksgiving Day and has not been heard from since. 2013-05-03T18:17:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050313_tx_immig_victims/texas-crime-bill-adds-protections-immigrant-victims-witnesses/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050313_tx_immig_victims/texas-crime-bill-adds-protections-immigrant-victims-witnesses/ 17:58:00Z Julian Aguilar Texas peace officers may soon be prohibited from asking about the immigration status of a victim of or a witness to crime, under a measure the House Committee on State Affairs approved Thursday. 2013-05-03T17:58:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050313_obama_mexico/presidents-play-nice-obamas-visit-mexico/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050313_obama_mexico/presidents-play-nice-obamas-visit-mexico/ 17:51:00Z Dylan Smith Wrapping up 90 minutes of talks Thursday afternoon, Presidents Barack Obama and Enrique Peña Nieto told reporters they’ve agreed to push their countries toward greater economic consolidation while not abandoning Mexico’s bloody battle against criminal gangs. 2013-05-03T17:51:35+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050313_foley_syria/american-journalist-likely-held-by-syrian-government/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050313_foley_syria/american-journalist-likely-held-by-syrian-government/ 17:15:00Z Peter Gelling After a five-month investigation inside Syria and the wider Middle East, GlobalPost and the family of missing American journalist James Foley now believe the Syrian government is holding him in a detention center near Damascus. 2013-05-03T17:15:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050113_johncscottshow/jc-scott-legislature-closer-approving-medicaid-expansion/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050113_johncscottshow/jc-scott-legislature-closer-approving-medicaid-expansion/ 21:44:00Z John C. Scott Show Interviews with Emil Franzi of the Southern Arizona News Examiner, Tucson City Councilman Steve Kozachik, LD9 Democratic state Sen. Steve Farley, financial advisor Shelly Fishman, and LD9 Republican state Rep. Ethan Orr. 2013-05-02T21:44:55+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050213_gun_laws/how-states-are-making-it-felony-enforce-federal-gun-laws/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050213_gun_laws/how-states-are-making-it-felony-enforce-federal-gun-laws/ 21:30:00Z Lois Beckett Kansas’ “Second Amendment Protection Act” backs up its states’ rights claims with a penalty aimed at federal agents: when dealing with “Made in Kansas” guns, any attempt to enforce federal law is now a felony. Bills similar to Kansas’ law have been introduced in at least 37 other states — including Arizona. 2013-05-02T21:30:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050213_buckmaster/buckmaster-will-immigration-reform-happen-this-year/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050213_buckmaster/buckmaster-will-immigration-reform-happen-this-year/ 20:29:00Z Buckmaster Show An interview with the Goldwater Institute’s Clint Bolick, co-author with Jeb Bush of “Immigration Wars: Forging an American Solution.” Also, Mark V. Sykes, head of the Tucson-based Planetary Science Institute, and attorney Don Loose on the top legal stories of the month. 2013-05-02T20:29:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050213_pima_search_vids/pima-college-posts-videos-chancellor-forums/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050213_pima_search_vids/pima-college-posts-videos-chancellor-forums/#When: 08:38:000 Dylan Smith Updated: Videos of the employee and public forums held as part of Pima Community College’s chancellor search have been posted online by the school. The move follows a public records request for the recordings made Tuesday by TucsonSentinel.com. The school began posting the videos Thursday morning. 2013-05-03T08:38:42-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042913_quiz/the-sentinel-quiz-test-your-news-knowledge/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042913_quiz/the-sentinel-quiz-test-your-news-knowledge/ 20:00:00Z Dylan Smith How well have you been keeping up with the news? Feeling lucky? Here are eight questions - earn the highest score and you might win a pizza from Rocco’s Little Chicago. 2013-05-02T20:00:28+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050213_immig_caravan/mexican-priest-lead-immigration-reform-caravan-across-us/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050213_immig_caravan/mexican-priest-lead-immigration-reform-caravan-across-us/ 17:56:00Z Kevin Douglas Grant Father Alejandro Solalinde is known across Mexico for sheltering migrants from brutality. Kicking off a caravan of reformers that will travel across the United States and culminate in Washington, DC in late May, he held the blue-and-white Honduran flag Tuesday morning and urged the protection of all immigrants regardless of their origins — Mexico, Central America, South America and otherwise. 2013-05-02T17:56:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050213_immig_zuckerberg/zuckerberg-backed-group-spins-immigration/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050213_immig_zuckerberg/zuckerberg-backed-group-spins-immigration/ 17:01:00Z Lori Robertson A group with ties to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hijacks the credibility of news organizations in a misleading ad that supports a bipartisan immigration overhaul bill. The ad, featuring Sen. Marco Rubio, attributes several quotes to media outlets, but the quotes come from opinion pieces written by backers of the immigration bill. 2013-05-02T17:01:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032513_mccain/mccain-holding-town-hall-oro-valley-thursday/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032513_mccain/mccain-holding-town-hall-oro-valley-thursday/ 15:54:00Z Dylan Smith U.S. Sen. John McCain will hold a town hall Thursday in Oro Valley. The meeting will begin at 3 p.m. at BASIS Oro Valley, 11155 N. Oracle Rd. 2013-05-02T15:54:12+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/050113_redskins/in-debate-over-redskins-name-r-word-racism-or-respect/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/050113_redskins/in-debate-over-redskins-name-r-word-racism-or-respect/ 04:06:00Z Michelle Peirano Amanda Blackhorse is outraged when she thinks of the Washington Redskins, a team whose name and mascot are deeply offensive to the Navajo woman. But she is also saddened at the thought that in the Navajo Nation, Red Mesa High School uses the name for its sports teams as well. 2013-05-02T04:06:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050113_buckmaster/buckmaster-doug-ducey-ponders-run-az-governor/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050113_buckmaster/buckmaster-doug-ducey-ponders-run-az-governor/ 21:49:00Z Buckmaster Show An interview with Doug Ducey, Arizona state treasurer, on a run for governor. Also, Buckmaster environment contributor Mitch Tobin talks about his new website EcoWest. Plus, the launch of a new monthly segment focusing on your medication and how to take control of your healthcare with Dr. Ray Woosley, former UA College of Medicine dean and creator of CredibleMeds. 2013-05-01T21:49:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/043013_johncscottshow/jc-scott-kirkpatrick-vets-evans-bombings/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/043013_johncscottshow/jc-scott-kirkpatrick-vets-evans-bombings/ 17:51:00Z John C. Scott Show Interviews with Tucsoncitizen.com’s Mark B. Evans, Democratic U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, TUSD Superintendent John Pedicone, Tucson Hispanic Chamber President Lea Marquez Peterson, and Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne. 2013-05-01T17:51:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050113_gun_lobby/gun-lobbys-money-and-power-still-holds-sway-over-congress/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050113_gun_lobby/gun-lobbys-money-and-power-still-holds-sway-over-congress/ 16:15:00Z Alan Berlow The power of the gun lobby is rooted in multiple factors, among them the pure passion of many gun owners, the NRA’s ability to motivate its most fervent members to swarm their representatives, and the lobby’s ability to get out the vote. Lawmakers’ fear may not be justified, but recent votes reveal that it still exists. 2013-05-01T16:15:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050113_military_licenses/law-will-apply-military-experience-professional-licenses/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050113_military_licenses/law-will-apply-military-experience-professional-licenses/ 16:12:00Z Matthew Longdon Rep. Sonny Borrelli, R-Lake Havasu City, thought about leaving the Marine Corps in the ’80s to drive trucks until he learned his military license wouldn’t apply toward a commercial driver’s license. 2013-05-01T16:12:39+00:00