• Fenced out?: The Ak-Chin Indian Community seeks sovereignty for 1,000 acres of tribal land, a plan Maricopa officials say would isolate a portion of the city from the rest of the state and thwart expansion (Casa Grande Dispatch)

• Piecing together the medical marijuana puzzle (Maricopa Monitor)

• Supervisors cut $360K more from budget (Eloy Enterprise)

• Cutting up the count: Pinal begins redistricting process to go from three supervisors to five (TriValley Central)

• Elected officials: Rookie Rep. Fillmore gets feet wet in state legislature (Maricopa Monitor)

• Goddard campaigns in Florence (Florence Reminder)

• Garage fire kills goose, 4 dogs are saved (Coolidge Examiner)

• Drive-by shooting near Main Street (Coolidge Examiner)

• UA might expand to Chandler (Arizona Daily Wildcat)

New York Times Student Journalism Institute – Tucson – Jan. 2-12, 2010:

• Blog: Oh, Border Patrol? Come In, Border Patrol

• Local United Way Owes Charities $400,000

• Apartment Fire Causes $100,000 in Damage

• Far From Home, International Students Get a Crash Course in Americana

• 2 Are Injured in Shooting at Homeless Shelter

Other stories:

• Robotics program grows through foundation (Arizona Republic, Chandler section/insert)

• Reporter learns a lot by joining in Fast-a-Thon: Week of Ramadan fasting a tough time
(Arizona Daily Star)

Stories picked up by the

• Bosnian refugee finds recipe for success in Tucson (AP version)

• Concentration camp fades for Tucson chef (Arizona Daily Star version of same story)

• Tucson Dachshund racer vies for nation’s top dog (AP version)

• Dachshund racer vies for top dog (Arizona Daily Star version of same story)