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Recount coming: Shaw pulls within 19 but falling just short of Dahl in Tucson Council primary tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Sadie Shaw picked up a majority of the ballots counted after Election Day, pulling within 19 in the Democratic primary against Tucson Councilman Kevin Dahl. A recount in the race is almost certain, but just 13 ballots remain to be added to the total tally.

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Immigrant's memoir 'Dora: A Daughter of Unforgiving Terrain' tells harrowing story of survival tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Dora Rodriguez's memoir, "Dora: A Daughter of Unforgiving Terrain," tells the story of migrants who died from exposure crossing the Arizona desert in 1980, and how some in their group survived the desperate journey.

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As the Colorado River slowly dries up, states angle for influence over future water rights tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Colorado River is in trouble: Not as much water flows into the river as people are entitled to take out of it. A new idea might change that, but complicated political and practical negotiations stand in the way.

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Tucson-area school districts update tech, abuse rules; Oro Valley to shift sales tax tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
School districts are starting to review a number of policies required by new state laws; Oro Valley to use sales taxes for operations and not just recreation; plus more from local government meetings around Tucson this week.

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Tucson Councilmember Cunningham gets into scuffle with shoplifter at East Side store tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Tucson City Councilmember Paul Cunningham got into a scuffle with a shoplifter who was trying to steal bottles of liquor from a drugstore Friday night.

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Veterans’ care at risk as hundreds of doctors & nurses reject working at VA hospitals tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Veterans hospitals are struggling to replace hundreds of doctors and nurses who have left the health care system this year as the Trump administration pursues its pledge to simultaneously slash Department of Veterans Affairs staff and improve care.

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A red meat allergy from tick bites is spreading – lone star tick isn’t the only carrier to worry about tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
An allergic reaction called alpha-gal syndrome - commonly called the “red meat allergy,” though that is misleading, because alpha-gal syndrome can cause strong reactions to many products - is rapidly spreading in the U.S. and around the globe, due to tick bites.

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Recount coming: Shaw pulls within 19 votes of Dahl in Tucson Council primary tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Sadie Shaw has picked up a majority of the ballots counted after Election Day, pulling within 19 with just a handful remaining in the Democratic primary as she seeks to knock Tucson Councilman Kevin Dahl out of his Ward 3 seat. The race will almost certainly trigger a recount.

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Recount coming: Shaw pulls within 19 votes of Dahl in Tucson Council primary tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Sadie Shaw has picked up a majority of the ballots counted after Election Day, pulling within 19 with just a handful remaining in the Democratic primary as she seeks to knock Tucson Councilman Kevin Dahl out of his Ward 3 seat. The race will almost certainly trigger a recount.

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DOJ subpoenas longtime Trump rival Letitia James tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Department of Justice subpoenaed New York Attorney General Letitia James, as part of a probe into her bombshell civil fraud lawsuit against President Donald Trump.

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Billy Long ousted by Trump as IRS chief after less than 2 months in office tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump will remove former Missouri Republican U.S. Rep. Billy Long from his post as head of the Internal Revenue Service less than two months after his confirmation, according to the White House.

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Michele Lewis appointed to Continental school board tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Michele Lewis has been appointed to serve the remainder of a term on the Continental Elementary School District Governing Board. Kelley Allen resigned this summer.

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For America’s 35M small businesses, tariff uncertainty hits especially hard tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
As of 2023, of those U.S. companies that import goods, more than 97% of them were small businesses. For these companies, tariff uncertainty isn’t just frustrating – it’s paralyzing.

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New lawsuit presses DOJ to release communications about Epstein files tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A nonprofit government watchdog sued the Trump administration for failing to respond to public records requests for communications between the White House, Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation about Florida sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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Trump asks SCOTUS for go-ahead to continue immigration raids in California tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to resume indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests that swept through Hispanic communities in California.

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FactCheck: RFK Jr. justifies cuts to mRNA vaccine projects with falsehoods tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
In justifying the government’s termination of $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine projects, DHHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. falsely claimed mRNA vaccines “fail to protect effectively” against COVID-19 and suggested they are unsafe.

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Interior Dep't offers training series for agencies addressing violent crime in tribal communities tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
To improve law enforcement and public safety providers’ response to crime in Indigenous communities, the Department of Interior’s Victim Assistance Program offers various training programs throughout the year.

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Florida judge freezes construction at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
All new construction must stop for two weeks at the Florida migrant detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” a federal judge ruled, though the order does not pause operations at the facility, including deportations.

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Trump brings back Presidential Fitness Test to schools after decade-long absence tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
President Donald Trump is bringing back a physical fitness test to public schools after over a decade, but details of the new test, including timing and implementation, remain to be seen.

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Navajo Nation Council votes to remove attorney general, Nygren appoints replacement tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Navajo Nation Council voted to remove Heather Clah from her position as the Navajo Nation Attorney General, just weeks after her confirmation — the second time the council has removed an attorney general in the last eight months.

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