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How shifting U.S. policies led to one of the deadliest incidents involving immigrants in Mexico’s history tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Forty men were killed and more than two dozen were injured in one of the deadliest incidents involving immigrants in Mexico’s history, the foreseen and foreseeable result of landmark shifts in U.S. border policies over the last decade.

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Lobbying by automotive companies increases as electric vehicle sales soar tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
As electric vehicle sales reached an all-time high last year, the automotive industry’s spending on federal lobbying hit a record of nearly $85.8 million after a steady increase since 2020, and in the first quarter of 2024, the industry’s federal lobbying spending topped $23.1 million.

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Border Patrol agent in Yuma indicted for producing & distributing child porn tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A 41-year-old Border Patrol agent based in Yuma was indicted by a grand jury Tuesday for child pornography, including production and distribution of materials online.

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Az GOP’s ‘Secure the Border’ plan will cost at least $325 million a year: report tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Republican-backed plan to convince voters to duplicate federal immigration enforcement by letting police officers arrest migrants and Arizona judges deport them could end up costing the state at least $325 million every year.

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Medical residents increasingly avoiding states with abortion restrictions tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
For the second year in a row, students graduating from U.S. medical schools were less likely to apply this year for residency positions in states with abortion bans and other significant abortion restrictions.

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Indigenous advocates work to combat fake sober living homes in Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Thousands of individuals have fallen victim to a Medicaid scheme primarily affecting Indigenous communities, and after legislation tackling the problem failed to pass this session, individuals are taking the issue into their own hands to protect vulnerable members of the community.

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Biden administration invests in Az’s semiconductor industry ahead of 2024 election tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
As the standoff between Chinese and U.S. trade continues, President Joe Biden’s administration is seizing the opportunity to invest in a key battleground state ahead of the 2024 election by granting direct funding and loans to advance the production of semiconductor chips in Arizona.

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Asylum seekers with criminal records would be removed more quickly under Biden proposal tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Biden administration announced it’s proposing changes to the asylum system that would allow immigration officials to reject asylum seekers who have a criminal record that poses a threat to national security or public safety and quickly remove them.

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Stahl Hamilton: Arizonans depend on the Affordable Care Act; we must protect it from repeal tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
"We cannot dismiss Donald Trump’s promise to destroy the ACA as an empty threat." — Ariz. Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton

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Photos: Police dash University of Arizona protest over Gaza with gas, pepper balls, rubber bullets tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
For the second time in two weeks, protesters took over a small corner of the olive grove on the University of Arizona campus and refused to leave until police used rubber bullets, pepper balls and gas to force them out.

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Forest Service begins enviro review of South32 manganese & zinc mine in Patagonia Mtns tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Forest Service will begin accepting public comments Friday as it considers whether to approve South32's Hermosa Mine, a manganese and zinc project tucked into the Patagonia Mountains in Southern Arizona.

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Cheers to Mom! Some ideas for Mother's Day weekend in Tucson tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Mother's Day in Tucson does not have to be ordinary. Here are some things to do this weekend, ranging from baking to dancing.

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Newest known So. Ariz. jaguar named by Tohono O'odham students, elders tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Hundreds of people from the Tohono O’odham Nation—including students, elders and tribal members—voted to name the latest wild jaguar recently recorded in Southern Arizona, the Center for Biological Diversity announced Thursday.

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Fiebre del valle impacta a poblaciones minoritarias en Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
La fiebre del Valle es una infección causada por esporas de hongos que viven en el suelo y el polvo en algunas áreas del suroeste de EE. UU., y en Arizona, los hispanos, nativos americanos y negros tienen más probabilidades de tener fiebre del Valle grave que los blancos.

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Drop off old papers, paint & more at Tucson collection event Saturday tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Get rid of your old paint, computers and sensitive documents this Saturday at the city of Tucson’s monthly household hazardous waste collection event.

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Forest Service begins enviro review of South32 maganese & zinc mine in Patagonia Mtns tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Forest Service will begin accepting public comments Friday as it considers whether to approve South32's Hermosa Mine, a manganese and zinc project tucked into the Patagonia Mountains in Southern Arizona.

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Still much unknown on how marijuana policies would change in states under Biden plan tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has proposed loosening the illegal status of marijuana at the federal level – but that doesn’t mean the federal government now condones recreational or medicinal use in the many states - such as Arizona - that have legalized the drug.

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LGBTQ anti-discrimination laws have broad public support. So why doesn’t Arizona have one? tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The fight to pass an anti-discrimination bill is now more than twenty years old in Arizona, and though twenty-two states now have comprehensive LGBTQ+ civil rights laws on the books, Arizona is not one of them.

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As Democrats push to help ‘Dreamers,’ GOP immigration priorities lie elsewhere tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Democrats on Capitol Hill have long called for a pathway to permanent residency for Dreamers, but Republicans contend that now is not the time to consider an effort to protect undocumented youth, pointing to what they said is a more urgent need to crack down on illegal immigration.

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Deaf community is divided over how cochlear implants affect deaf identity & culture tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Cochlear implants have been available in the U.S. since 1961, but the deaf community is divided over whether getting a cochlear implant undermines deaf identity and culture.

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