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Tucson to pilot STAR Village sanctioned camp for homeless tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
An outdoor homeless encampment sanctioned by the city of Tucson is set to serve as a temporary place to live for 25 people, starting this fall.

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What's open, what's closed around Tucson for Labor Day 2025 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Federal, Arizona state, Pima County, city of Tucson government and municipal offices in towns in Southern Arizona will be closed for Labor Day on Monday. The Pima Area Labor Federation will hold their annual holiday picnic at Reid Park.

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Pima County Recorder Cázares-Kelly joins Fontes to defend mail-in voting tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County Recorder Gabriella Cázares-Kelly defended mail-in voting last week, rejecting claims from President Donald Trump the practice is inaccurate and leads to voter fraud.

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CDC chaos prompts Senate calls for investigation into Trump health agency purge tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Bipartisan leaders of a U.S. Senate committee dealing with health policy expressed alarm with the direction of the country’s top public health agencies after President Trump fired the director of the CDC, and other high-level officials resigned.

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Fed Governor Lisa Cook sues Trump over attempted firing tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors member who President Donald Trump moved to fire on Monday, challenged her removal in a lawsuit as an “unprecedented and illegal” attack on the central bank’s independence.

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FDA approves COVID-19 vaccines with new restrictions, potentially limiting access for healthy children tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Guidance around COVID-19 vaccines has once again shifted after the Food and Drug Administration on Aug. 27, 2025, approved updated shots for the fall season, but changes raise new questions about eligibility and availability of COVID-19 vaccines for children.

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Arizona targets Hefty trash bags over 'greenwashing' recyclability tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes sued Reynolds Consumer Products, accusing the parent company behind the Hefty brand of violating consumer protections by advertising nonrecyclable garbage bags as “recyclable” and “sustainable.”

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2 Colorado residents plead guilty to $110K in Arizona school voucher fraud tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Two Coloradans who forged documents to fraudulently enroll more than 40 real and fictitious children in Arizona’s school voucher program have both pleaded guilty to felony charges.

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Teachers are spending more & more on school supplies. Here’s why. tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
While covering the cost of classroom supplies is a challenge educators face annually, the burden on them has grown as the price of many learning materials has jumped by 20 percent in roughly five years.

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Tribal radio stations wait on $9M pledged in congressional handshake deal tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Tribal radio stations that are supposed to receive millions in funding to fill the hole created when Congress eliminated funding for the CPB haven’t heard anything from the Trump administration about when it will send the money or how much in grants they’ll receive.

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Arizona suit over discontinued inhaler lobbed to state court tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A lawsuit challenging a popular pharmaceutical company’s move to discontinue a lifesaving inhaler to avoid Medicaid rebate payments will return to state court after a federal judge ruled that he has no jurisdiction over the sole Arizona Consumer Fraud Act claim.

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Watch Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Video: "I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together."

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Gospel singer's suggestion to MLK changed a good speech to a majestic sermon tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Inspired by gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, Martin Luther King Jr. cast aside his prepared remarks and ad-libbed from his heart - and an estimated 250,000 who joined the Aug. 28, 1963, March on Washington heard King deliver one of his seminal sermons.

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Power down, Tucson: Project Blue still in limbo despite electric deal before Corp Comm tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Despite the widespread protestations this week, here's what's not happening with "Project Blue," as TEP filed to seek Corporation Commission approval for a deal to supply the proposed data center with power: the project isn't getting built. At least not yet.

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Trump admin says CDC chief ousted, but her lawyer says she hasn’t resigned or been fired tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention doesn't appear inclined to leave her post, despite the Trump administration announcing Wednesday that she's no longer running one of the country's top public health agencies.

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With ballots on the way, Grijalva faces Butierez in final debate for CD7 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Just before early ballots head to voters, congressional candidates Adelita Grijalva and Daniel Butierez vied over several major issues, including immigration and border security, water policy, and the wars in Gaza and Ukraine during a debate in Tucson on Tuesday night.

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Light up your Labor Day with these Tucson events tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
There are plenty of ways to let your adventurous side shine at this week's events around Tucson:

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With ballots on the way, Grijalva faces Butierez in final debate for CD7 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Just before early ballots head to voters, Congressional candidates Adelita Grijalva and Daniel Butierez vied over several major issues, including immigration and border security, water policy, and the wars in Gaza and Ukraine during a debate in Tucson on Tuesday night.

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Club Congress Weekend back for 2nd year, replaces HOCO fest tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
This year's event lineup features new musical acts, holdovers from past HOCO fest celebrations.

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Wednesday meeting to discuss higher housing density in Tucson's Midtown tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A roundup of upcoming Tucson-area political events: Public meeting to discuss "middle housing" in Tucson; Sentinel team on the airwaves & more

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