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Pima County residents will see changes in voting system for CD7 special election tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County voters will see several changes in the upcoming congressional election as Pima County Recorder Gabriella Cazares-Kelly rolls out new vote-by-mail envelopes, 24-hour drop boxes and a new online dashboard for the July 15 primary election in CD 7.

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With only 8% built, Texas quietly defunds state border wall program tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Four years after Gov. Greg Abbott announced Texas would be the first state to build its own border wall, lawmakers have quietly stopped funding the project, leaving only scattered segments covering a small fraction of the border.

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In Arizona, other states where voters enshrined abortion rights, legislative tussles persist tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Voters approved measures protecting abortion rights in seven states last fall, while similar measures failed in three others - but lawmakers in those states, including Arizona, filed at least 168 bills in the last few months, some to expand abortion access, some to set new restrictions.

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‘They’re taking Shirly’: An Army sergeant thought his family was safe. Then ICE deported his wife tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
There is no guaranteed path to citizenship for undocumented military family members - and no guaranteed protections against deportation - for the estimated 80,000 undocumented spouses or parents of military members are living in the U.S.

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ICE arrests at L.A. churches stoke fear in Arizona that migrant raids at houses of worship are ramping up tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Immigration raids at houses of worship remain infrequent. But arrests at two Los Angeles-area churches have stoked fear among migrants and an uproar among advocates, and although no reports have surfaced of churches in Arizona being targeted, many were already on edge.

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Velazquez: Solar changed my life; Congress shouldn’t make it harder for others to follow tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The U.S. House recently advanced legislation to eliminate solar federal tax credits at the end of 2025, though the credits are often the difference between dreaming of solar and being able to afford it.

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U.S. Senate GOP wants to hike debt limit by $5 trillion in mega-bill tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. Senate Republicans unveiled that they plan to raise the country’s debt limit by $5 trillion in the “big, beautiful bill,” a full $1 trillion more than House GOP lawmakers proposed in their version.

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Az Senate introduces bipartisan budget after House goes solo with its ‘fantasyland’ plan tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Senate Republicans introduced their budget proposal Monday, which they spent weeks negotiating with Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, though they have a long way to go to come to a consensus with Republicans who lead the Arizona House of Representatives.

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Potential Pell Grant changes could unfairly impact Native college students tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
June has brought significant challenges for the future of tribal colleges and universities across the nation. In addition to harsh potential funding cuts, many students may no longer be eligible for crucial grants.

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First-ever Pride Film Fest in Nogales screens this weekend tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The first Nogales Pride Film Fest will take place this Sunday at the Gok arts center, with seven short films and two features showing through the afternoon and evening.

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Ortega hire means Tucson is running out of excuses to bail on RTA Next tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
In hiring Mike Ortega — the ex-city manager of Tucson — to run things, the RTA Board offers another supplication to the City Council, which has had a lengthy list of grievances.

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PACC offering free microchips to dogs & cats ahead of 4th of July tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Each year on July 4, hundreds of dogs get spooked by fireworks and run away from home, ending up in shelters. To prepare for the holiday this year, Pima Animal Care Center is offering free microchips for both dogs and cats at the shelter each day through July 3.

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Former Tucson city manager Ortega tapped to run RTA tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Regional Transportation Authority wasn't without a boss for long: Just 11 days after narrowly voting to fire longtime chief Farhad Moghimi, the members of the RTA Board unanimously agreed to hire Mike Ortega, who stepped down as Tucson's city manager last year.

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Trump orders ‘largest mass deportation program,’ raids on NYC, LA & Chicago tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump announced he was directing U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement officers to conduct immigration raids in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago - the nation’s three most populous cities - are all led by elected Democrats, in heavily Democratic states.

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Elias: Beyond the raids: Reclaiming dignity in U.S. immigration policy tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
What we are witnessing is a campaign that casts suspicion not on the guilty, but on the innocent; a campaign that confuses enforcement with intimidation, security with separation. Our immigrant families are not the villains in this story. — Hispanic Chamber of Commerce President Rob Elias

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Elias: Beyond the raids: Reclaiming dignity in U.S. immigration policy tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
What we are witnessing is a campaign that casts suspicion not on the guilty, but on the innocent; a campaign that confuses enforcement with intimidation, security with separation. Our immigrant families are not the villains in this story. — Hispanic Chamber of Commerce President Rob Elias

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Arizona clinic wins legal victory in federal case blocking Trump-era funding cuts tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction - brought by Prisma Community Care and eight other nonprofits - blocking the enforcement of executive orders which aimed to limit recognition of transgender identities, restrict advocacy efforts, and cut funding for DEIA programs.

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Vance Boelter, accused of assassination of Dem House leader Melissa Hortman, apprehended tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Law enforcement officers on Sunday night arrested Vance Boelter, who is accused of assassinating Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband at their home in Brooklyn Park as part of a larger plot to kill Democratic elected officials and other advocates of abortion rights.

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Trump’s birthday parade marking Army’s 250 years draws cheers & backlash tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
With protesters nationwide accusing President Donald Trump of staging an authoritarian-style military parade, spectators gathered Saturday near the White House were treated to a display of tanks, aircraft, precision skydiving and fireworks.

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Anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ rallies draw massive crowds, despite Arizona’s sweltering summer heat tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Across Arizona, tens of thousands of people braved the sweltering summer heat to gather in parks, on street corners and at the state Capitol for a national day of protest aimed at countering President Trump, who was celebrating his birthday with a military parade in Washington D.C.

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