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Polls close at 7 pm in Arizona primary election tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Voters have until 7 p.m. Tuesday to cast a ballot in the Arizona's July 30 primary election.

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Az restaurants sue to keep $18 minimum wage off November ballot tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Restaurant Association is suing to block a ballot initiative that would raise the state’s minimum wage to $18, claiming the union-backed group behind it failed to gather enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot.

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Extreme heat is making schools hotter — and learning harder tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Children have a harder time thermo-regulating and take longer to produce sweat, making them more vulnerable than adults to heat exhaustion and illness, and now the effect extreme heat is having on schools and child care is starting to get the attention of policymakers and researchers.

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Restaurants sue to keep $18 AZ minimum wage measure off the November ballot tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Restaurant Association is suing to block a ballot initiative that would raise the state’s minimum wage to $18, claiming the union-backed group behind it failed to gather enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot.

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Life-saving method: Medevac helicopters start carrying blood, but what about ambulances? tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Quick access to blood, whether at the hospital or at the scene, is often the difference between life and death, but many aren’t so lucky as not all emergency units carry blood on board - something not common in ground transportation ambulances in Arizona.

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Data privacy after Dobbs: Is period tracking safe? tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
As more states move to restrict and criminalize reproductive choices around pregnancy, wearable devices that track biometric data and period tracking apps could become digital evidence in court cases.

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Wanted: Poll workers — Must love democracy tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
This week, a coalition of election officials, businesses, and civic engagement, religious and veterans groups will make a national push to encourage hundreds of thousands of Americans to serve as poll workers in November’s presidential election.

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Polls open 6 am-7 pm for Arizona primary election tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Voters have until 7 p.m. Tuesday to cast a ballot in the Arizona's July 30 primary election.

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Rogue Theatre has staged 20 years of classical & contemporary works tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The Rogue Theatre is a 'theatrical home' for Tucson actors and audience alike, enlivening their home stage just north of Downtown with performances that pack houses and earn critical nods.

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Apprentice program seeks to fix Arizona's 'legal desert' by boosting those who narrowly failed bar exam tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In many rural areas, it's hard for Arizonans to find legal representation. A new program will allow aspiring lawyers who narrowly miss a passing score on the bar exam to work as apprentices in rural communities before becoming licensed to practice on their own.

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Proposed federal commission would investigate abuses at Native boarding schools tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A move is underway in Congress to bring accountability to the federal government for promoting policies that led to hundreds of thousands of Native American children being forcibly removed from their homes and sent to boarding schools.

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Proposed federal commission would investigate abuses at Native American boarding schools that operated until the 1970s tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A move is underway in Congress to bring accountability to the federal government for promoting policies that led to hundreds of thousands of Native American children being forcibly removed from their homes and sent to boarding schools.

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Az GOP lawmakers spread debunked ‘body double’ conspiracies tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Two Arizona Republican state lawmakers have shared a debunked conspiracy theory that alleges, in part, that President Joe Biden is using body doubles.

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Biden calls for Supreme Court reform tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Joe Biden called for Supreme Court term limits, an enforceable ethics code and a constitutional amendment limiting presidential immunity, to counter waning public faith in the institution.

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Speech, book signing, more: Kari Lake prominent at RNC after modeling campaign after Donald Trump tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake shrugged aside calls for politicians to soften rhetoric and refrain from stoking divisions as she lashed out at the news media and reiterated claims that she won the 2022 election for Arizona governor

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Federal judge floats sanctions to resolve backlog of Arizona sheriff misconduct complaints tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A federal judge considered harsh sanctions against the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona if it doesn’t soon resolve a backlog of misconduct complaints stemming from the days of former Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

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Vaccines tell a success story that RFK Jr. & Trump forget: Some key reminders tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Vaccinations have provided significant protection for the public against infectious diseases, but there was a decrease in support in 2023 nationwide for vaccine requirements for children to attend public schools, and top political candidates are among those critical of childhood vaccination.

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Arizonans left off voter rolls just before primary because of paperwork problems tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Many Arizona residents seeking to register to vote ahead of Tuesday’s primary were blocked from the voter rolls because of problems with the paper registration forms they used, according to an analysis of longstanding issues with the forms.

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How could Project 2025 change education? tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The proposals in the 2025 Presidential Transition Project — known as Project 2025 and designed for Donald Trump — would reshape the American education system, early education through college, from start to finish.

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Kids Online Safety Act could pass U.S. Senate soon amid calls to protect minors online tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Congress hasn’t passed a law protecting children online since 1998, but a bill currently pending the Senate would require tech companies to protect minors from bullying, sexual exploitation, and material that promotes suicide and eating disorders.

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