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Arizona tribal leaders: Investments in Indian Country will be part of Biden’s legacy tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Following President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race on Sunday, tribal leaders and organizations in Arizona praised Biden’s work as president and his investments in Indian Country.

Democratic delegates swiftly give Harris enough support to clinch presidential nomination tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Vice President Kamala Harris has won enough endorsements from Democratic delegates to make her the party’s presidential nominee, and if they follow through, Harris will officially become the nominee when the vote occurs next month.

Conflict of interest a hitch: No 2025 Rillito Park horse racing season tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Spurred by an apparent "unfair advantage" of a member of the Horse Racing Commission intending to submit a response to an RFP for a new operator at Rillito Park, Pima County has canceled that process and will review the condition of the track. There will be no 2025 racing season.

Conflict of interest a hitch for Rillito Park horse racing RFP tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Spurred by an apparent "unfair advantage" of a member of the Horse Racing Commission intending to submit a response to an RFP for a new operator at Rillito Park, Pima County has canceled that process and will review the condition of the track before asking for proposals for a new track manager.

South Tucson to approve final budget of season; Vail schools to ban trans kids from teams tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
South Tucson's budget is a few days late and a few hundred thousand dollars short. Transgender athletes in Vail are about to be banned from girls sports, and Sunnyside Schools are ready to open — plus more from local gov't meetings around Tucson.

They will play in Peoria: FC Tucson ekes out 1-goal win over Ventura County tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
FC Tucson defeated the well-pedigreed visitors from Ventura County 1 - 0 at Kino North Stadium on Sunday night in the division semifinal.

Joe Biden has dropped out. Here’s what it means for Arizona ballots. tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
With President Joe Biden dropping out of the 2024 race, delegates that were previously pledged to him now will have the opportunity at the convention to choose a new candidate.

Trump rally shooting puts election officials on even higher alert over political violence tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Within hours of when former President Donald Trump and others were shot at a political rally in Pennsylvania, election officials in Arizona were scrambling to assess the implications for the early voting already in progress for the state’s July 30 primary.

Massive IT outage spotlights major vulnerabilities in global information ecosystem tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The global information technology outage on July 19, 2024, that paralyzed organizations ranging from airlines to hospitals and even the delivery of uniforms for the Olympic Games represents a growing concern for cybersecurity professionals, businesses and governments.

Democratic delegates face big decisions on presidential nominee tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Democratic National Convention delegates from across the country praised President Joe Biden’s decision Sunday to end his reelection bid, and a few state party leaders followed Biden’s endorsement and immediately threw their support to Vice President Kamala Harris.

Legislation introduced to ratify Yavapai-Apache Nation water rights settlement tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
An Arizona congressional delegation introduced bipartisan legislation to ratify and fund the Yavapai-Apache Nation’s Water Rights Settlement Agreement, an agreement that would resolve the tribe’s water rights claims and bring additional water supplies to the Verde Valley and the tribe.

‘Unbelievable’ RNC finale with Hulk Hogan leaves Az GOP delegates dazzled & hopeful tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Republicans were awestruck after a week devoted to all things Donald Trump – dazzled by a high-spirited finale and moved to tears in some cases as he recounted his narrow escape from an assassin’s bullet just five days earlier.

State AGs ramp up scrutiny of alleged price-fixing in rental housing tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
In the past two years, more than 30 lawsuits have been filed in federal and state courts alleging that companies such as RealPage and Yardi are equipping corporate landlords with software algorithms that allow competitors to collude on rent prices.

Claytoonz: Joe's out, Kamala's in tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
President Joe Biden drops out of the 2024 presidential race and endorses Vice President Kamala Harris. Do you think Trump is second-guessing his selection of J.D. Vance?

Biden's withdrawal revives pre-1968 convention nomination process tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Now that Joe Biden has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the nominee, it will ultimately be up to national convention delegates to formally select a new nominee for their party - for the first time in over 50 years.

Until 1968, presidential candidates were picked by party conventions – Biden’s withdrawal revives process tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Now that Joe Biden has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the nominee, it will ultimately be up to national convention delegates to formally select a new nominee for their party - for the first time in over 50 years.

Biden endorses Harris for president. What happens next? tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
As a member of the Biden-Harris ticket, Harris is poised to assume control of the Biden campaign’s infrastructure and financial war chest.

Democrats praise Biden’s 5 decades of service, ‘courageous’ decision to step aside tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Democratic leaders and advocates praised President Joe Biden for his five decades of service and applauded his decision to not seek a second term, which he announced Sunday.

Az Republicans embrace Trump’s pledge of mass deportations, but is it feasible? tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Former President Donald Trump has vowed to deliver the “largest deportation operation in American history,” and Arizona delegates at the Republican National Convention offered mixed views about mass deportation, though all agreed that border security is a top priority.

‘Project 2025’ just latest from conservative group with 50-year history of steering GOP tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Some people are hearing about the Heritage Foundation and the new, ambitious and controversial policy plan, Project 2025, for the first time, but it was founded in 1973 to not only develop conservative policy ideas but also to advance them through direct political advocacy.

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