The Arizona Republic

2 days ago | azcentral.com | Lorenzino Estrada

Good morning, Arizona. Here's what our reporters are working on and what you should know about what's happening across the state before you start your day. Administrators at Mesa Community College never shared concerns with school sexual harassment investigators about a theater instructor who encouraged students to strip for a midterm exam. Those investigators told a former student who had filed a written complaint that they were unaware of her emails to school officials.

2 days ago | azcentral.com | Jimmy Jenkins

Employees at the Federal Correctional Institution, Phoenix are demanding the removal of the warden and regional director due to safety concerns. The union representing the employees cites expired pepper spray and stab vests and an incident involving an officer's exposure to harmful drugs. The union has paid for a billboard near the prison calling for the officials' dismissal. Employees at the federal prison in Phoenix are calling on the warden and regional director to be fired.

2 days ago | azcentral.com | Sarah Lapidus

Cochise County will hold a new election this fall asking voters to levy a tax to fund a new jail, after a previous election was deemed invalid. The May 2023 election, which approved the tax, was challenged due to nearly 11,000 inactive voters not receiving ballots. The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled the county disenfranchised those voters, leading to the new election. Cochise County will ask voters this fall to raise a tax to fund a new jail, more than two years after voters approved that tax.

2 days ago | azcentral.com | Jimmy Jenkins

Three young men have been sentenced to prison for their involvement in a gang-related shooting in Tempe that killed a 5-year-old and left two other minors wounded, according to the Maricopa County Attorney's Office. On March 17, 2023, shots were fired from a car carrying Alfred Gary, 18, Freddy Patterson, 18, Charles Adams, 19, and Demarcus Frazier, 32, into another car with seven passengers, according to police and prosecutors.

2 days ago | azcentral.com | Sasha Hupka

Tucson Electric Power is responding to allegations that immigration officials impersonated their employees while attempting to detain a man in south Tucson. While TEP confirms employees were in the area, they deny involvement with an incident captured on video in which a resident confronted two men and accused them of being immigration authorities.