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Net cost to taxpayers of immigrants without legal status tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The millions of people living in the U.S. without documents put stress on emergency rooms and public schools, and some commit crimes - but this population also buys homes, runs businesses and provides essential labor for construction and agriculture.

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Trump administration targets Planned Parenthood grants for contraception & STI testing tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
More than 1 million people seeking care such as contraception or testing for sexually transmitted diseases and cancer could be affected by the Trump administration withholding more than $27 million in Title X funding to Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide.

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ICE admits to ‘administrative error’ in deporting Maryland man to El Salvador mega-prison tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The White House defended the deportation of a national from El Salvador to a notorious mega-prison in that country, despite Trump administration officials admitting in court filings that the removal was a mistake.

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Arizona housing advocates: GOP proposals will worsen homelessness amid record housing shortages tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona is among the 10 states with the highest rates of homelessness, but instead of working with advocates to resolve that ranking, Republican lawmakers are taking a hard-line approach that critics say will only lead to worse outcomes.

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Arizona Supreme Court approves program to allow non-lawyers to give legal advice tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Supreme Court has approved a program that allows non-lawyers to provide limited legal assistance to Arizonans who may not have access to an attorney in civil matters, the court announced.

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Suspected Tucson toddler measles case is instead rare vax reaction tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A one-year-old child in Pima County doesn't have the measles after all, health officials said Tuesday, but was instead suffering from a rare side effect of the MMR vaccination.

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Pima Supes set process to replace Grijalva in District 5 seat tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to set up the process of appointing a new District 5 representative to replace Democrat Adelita Grijalva, who resigned this week to pursue her late father’s congressional seat.

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Pima Supes set process to replace Grijalva in District 5 seat tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to set up the process of appointing a new District 5 representative to replace Democrat Adelita Grijalva, who resigned this week to pursue her late father’s congressional seat.

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BP: Man accused of smuggling 'critical' after rollover crash near Sonoita tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A U.S. citizen remains in critical condition after a rollover crash while attempting to evade U.S. Border Patrol agents on Saturday near Sonoita, Ariz., officials said.

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Support Tucson Sentinel's local independent news on Az Gives Day tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Real reporting is no joke: On Arizona Gives Day, please join with your fellow readers and support the Tucson Sentinel. We'll put your dollars to work holding politicians accountable, reporting the untold stories of the borderlands, and bringing you and the rest of Southern Arizona nonpartisan independent news without the spin.

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Arizona Freedom Caucus member Kolodin running for secretary of state in 2026 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Republican state Rep. Alexander Kolodin - an election denier and a member of the far-right Arizona Freedom Caucus - on Monday announced his plans to run for Arizona secretary of state in 2026.

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Arizona bill aims to ban ultra-processed ingredients in public schools tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A bill that aims to cut out ultra-processed foods in the state’s public schools is now moving through the Arizona Senate after passing the House with overwhelming support.

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States sue Trump administration for $11 billion cuts to public health funding tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A coalition of Democratic officials from 23 states, including Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes - and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration for slashing more than $11 billion of critical public health funding "with no advance notice or warning."

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17 states want to end an abortion privacy rule. A federal judge is questioning HIPAA itself. tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The decades-old federal law protecting the privacy of individual health information is threatened by multiple lawsuits that seek to throw out a rule restricting disclosure of information in criminal investigations, including for those seeking legal abortion and other reproductive health care.

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Virologist: Measles can ravage immune system & brain, causing long-term damage tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The measles outbreak that began in west Texas continues to grow, with over 450 confirmed cases in Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma as of March 28 - though public health experts believe the numbers are much higher, and some worry about a bigger resurgence of the disease.

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Arizona battles rising wildfire threat in as state grows hotter, drier tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona officials urged residents to take precautions as firefighters face longer hours battling more intense wildfires across the state.

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‘Getting in is easy, getting out is hard’: The recruitment tactics Mexican cartels use to lure victims tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Cartels are Mexico's fifth-largest employer, and while some are tricked into working for the cartels by a friendly face, recruitment these days can be just as duplicitous, including social media and false job advertisements that appear as from legitimate employers.

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Democrats ask congressional watchdog agency to probe Trump’s funding freezes tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Top Democrats in Congress are asking the Government Accountability Office to open an investigation into whether the Trump administration violated federal law by freezing funding for several programs.

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Judge blocks Trump bid to strip residency status from 350,000 Venezuelan migrants tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal judge blocked U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem from stripping temporary protected status from nearly 350,000 Venezuelans living in the United States, citing the potential for harm and danger should they be removed.

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Democrats in Congress rally to support Transgender Day of Visibility tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Nearly two dozen Democratic lawmakers Monday gathered on the National Mall in honor of Transgender Day of Visibility, pushing back against the Trump administration’s policies that harm the trans community.

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