Donald Trump tells U.S. Senate Republicans they ‘must kill’ journalist shield law https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112224_trump_journalists/donald-trump-tells-us-senate-republicans-they-must-kill-journalist-shield-law/ President-elect Donald Trump ordered congressional Republicans to block a broadly popular bill to protect press freedoms, likely ending any chance of the U.S. Senate clearing the legislation. #Tucson #Arizona

Doubling down on bathroom crusade, GOP Rep. Mace seeks federal restrictions on trans facility use https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112124_mace_trans_restrictions/doubling-down-bathroom-crusade-gop-rep-mace-seeks-federal-restrictions-trans-facility-use/ Days after she came out swinging against the first openly transgender member of Congress, South Carolina Representative Nancy Mace is pursuing a sweeping legislative crackdown on trans rights on federal property. #Tucson #Arizona

Biden admin urges Congress to sideline politics, approve $100B disaster relief package https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/111924_disaster_relief/biden-admin-urges-congress-sideline-politics-approve-100b-disaster-relief-package/ The Biden administration implored lawmakers to put public safety over politics as it unveiled a sweeping funding request aimed at supercharging federal disaster recovery efforts across the country. #Tucson #Arizona

Manufacturing already has made a comeback https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/111624_manufacturing_rebound/manufacturing-already-has-made-comeback/ President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to rebuild American manufacturing, and he won handily in most areas hollowed out by the movement of factory jobs overseas - but the rebound Trump promises has already been underway in many places. #Tucson #Arizona

Biden locks in $6.6B for huge TSMC factories in Arizona, ensuring Trump can’t rescind CHIPS Act deal https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111824_biden_chips/biden-locks-66b-huge-tsmc-factories-arizona-ensuring-trump-cant-rescind-chips-act-deal/ The Biden administration has finalized a $6.6 billion award for the Taiwan semiconductor giant that is building massive factories in Phoenix, amid concerns President-elect Donald Trump will derail subsidies aimed at fostering the domestic chip industry. #Tucson #Arizona

Ruben Gallego beats Kari Lake in Arizona’s U.S. Senate race https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111124_gallego_senate/ruben-gallego-beats-kari-lake-arizonas-us-senate-race/ U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego will be Arizona’s newest senator. Almost a week after Election Day, with more than 93% of votes counted, Marine veteran and Democrat Gallego was 72,626 votes ahead of Lake, a Trump-endorsed Republican and former Phoenix television news anchor. #Tucson #Arizona

Hoax Russian bomb threats target 4 Arizona polling sites, officials say https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110524_bomb_threat_hoax/hoax-russian-bomb-threats-target-4-arizona-polling-sites-officials-say/ Arizona is one of several states where polling places have received bomb threats - pertaining to four specific locations in Navajo County - that the FBI is saying originated from Russia. #Tucson #Arizona

Pima County vote centers open until 7 pm for presidential election https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110524_election/pima-county-vote-centers-open-until-7-pm-presidential-election/ Voters have until 7 p.m. Tuesday to cast a ballot in the presidential election, and can drop off or fill out ballots at any of 126 sites across Pima County. #Tucson #Arizona

Az taxpayers bear cost for oil & gas wells leaking methane https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/103124_orphaned_wells/az-taxpayers-bear-cost-oil-gas-wells-leaking-methane/ The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has identified roughly 200 potential orphaned oil and gas wells around the state, and in addition to the environmental impacts of the well, costs associated with remediation are also a concern. #Tucson #Arizona

Grand jury indicts man accused of shooting at DNC office in Tempe https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/103024_dnc_office_shooting/grand-jury-indicts-man-accused-shooting-dnc-office-tempe/ A man accused of shooting at a Tempe Democratic National Committee Office and putting up anti-Democratic signs with razor blades and bags of white powder attached to them has been indicted by a grand jury on terrorism charges. #Tucson #Arizona