Az indigenous health providers share hopes, concerns about Medicaid covering traditional healing https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081225_indigenous_health/az-indigenous-health-providers-share-hopes-concerns-medicaid-covering-traditional-healing/
Offering more access to traditional healing practices through the state’s Medicaid program is a significant win for Arizonans seeking such services through the Indian Health Service or a tribally operated health facility.
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D.C. Circuit denies emergency bid to block national registry for immigrants https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081225_immigrant_registry/dc-circuit-denies-emergency-bid-block-national-registry-immigrants/
A D.C. Circuit panel declined to freeze the implementation of a universal national registry for immigrants in the United States without permission, setting up further arguments before the appeals court in the fall.
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Trump loses appeal, must restore website showing government spending https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081225_spending_website/trump-loses-appeal-must-restore-website-showing-government-spending/
The White House budget office has until Friday to republish a website detailing the pace at which it plans to spend money approved by Congress, following a federal court ruling.
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Trial kicks off to decide legality of Trump’s L.A. military deployment https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081225_guard_deployment/trial-kicks-off-decide-legality-trumps-la-military-deployment/
California once again challenged President Donald Trump in court in a bench trial were a judge must decide whether the White House violated federal law earlier this summer by sending federal troops to Los Angeles during its immigration protests.
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While the rich see a windfall, Trump’s ‘big beautiful’ cuts will hurt America’s working poor https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081225_tax_cuts/while-rich-see-windfall-trumps-big-beautiful-cuts-will-hurt-americas-working-poor/
About 10 million people, mostly Medicaid recipients, will lose access to health insurance and 2.4 million fewer people per month will participate in a federal food aid program under Republicans’ massive tax cut and spending law.
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AG Mayes: Tucson mobile home park failed to provide 'reliable electricity & air conditioning' over summer https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081125_mayes_mobile_homes_heat/ag-mayes-tucson-mobile-home-park-failed-provide-reliable-electricity-air-conditioning-over-summer/
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes criticized a mobile home park on Tucson's South Side for failing to provide "reliable electricity and air conditioning" after the owners missed a repair deadline set by her office last week.
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With final ballots counted, Tucson Councilman Dahl ekes out win in Democratic primary https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081125_ward3_primary/with-final-ballots-counted-tucson-councilman-dahl-ekes-out-win-democratic-primary/
Updated: With all of the ballots tabulated, Tucson City Councilman Kevin Dahl has won the Ward 3 Democratic primary over Sadie Shaw by 19 votes.
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With final ballots counted, Tucson Councilman Dahl ekes out win in Democratic primary https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081125_ward3_primary/with-final-ballots-counted-tucson-councilman-dahl-ekes-out-win-democratic-primary/
Updated: With all of the ballots tabulated, Tucson City Councilman Kevin Dahl has won the Ward 3 Democratic primary over Sadie Shaw by 19 votes.
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With final ballots counted, Tucson Councilman Dahl ekes out win in Democratic primary https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081125_ward3_primary/with-final-ballots-counted-tucson-councilman-dahl-ekes-out-win-democratic-primary/
With all of the ballots tabulated, Tucson City Councilman Kevin Dahl has won the Ward 3 Democratic primary over Sadie Shaw by 19 votes.
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So long, Silver Belt: Columnist's first newsroom closes as Globe loses paper first printed in 1878 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/081125_globe_belt_down_op/so-long-silver-belt-columnists-first-newsroom-closes-as-globe-loses-paper-first-printed-1878/
The Arizona Silver Belt newspaper ceasing to publish last week is like having my old high school demolished. It's got me thinking about the the industry, the joys of "Red America" and laughing at the greatest crime story I've ever heard.
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Tucson's mariachi roots run deep at Leyendas concert https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/081125_leyendas_mariachi/tucsons-mariachi-roots-run-deep-leyendas-concert/
Leyendas del Mariachi stopped in Tucson — the hometown of some of the bandmembers — for a weekend concert in the city that helped bring mariachi to prominence in American culture.
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Judge denies DOJ bid to unseal Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury records https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081125_doj_maxwell/judge-denies-doj-bid-unseal-ghislaine-maxwell-grand-jury-records/
Ghislaine Maxwell's grand jury records will stay sealed after a federal judge rejected the Department of Justice's request to release them.
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James Hamm’s remarkable second act as a prison advocate now ending with dementia diagnosis https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081125_hamm_dementia/james-hamms-remarkable-second-act-as-prison-advocate-now-ending-with-dementia-diagnosis/
Despite rehabilitation, despite remorse, despite superior intelligence, James Hamm’s life has been one of scandal. At the edge of 78, Hamm is in the early stages of dementia, and wanted to sit down and tell as much of his story as he could still remember.
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The rise of Ballard Partners, now the top lobbying firm in the country https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081125_ballard_lobbying/the-rise-ballard-partners-now-top-lobbying-firm-country/
Ballard Partners entered the crowded lobbying arena in 2017, and as recently as last year it was ranked outside the top 15 firms in terms of lobbying revenue. But thanks to its close ties to the Trump administration, the firm rocketed to the top of the list in 2025.
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Trump mobilizes National Guard, federalizes D.C. police in crackdown on crime https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081125_dc_trump/trump-mobilizes-national-guard-federalizes-dc-police-crackdown-crime/
President Donald Trump announced that he would federalize Washington's Metropolitan Police Department, a major escalation in the White House’s effort to crack down on crime and assert more federal control over the capital.
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As Arizona adopts new system for overseas voters, some officials sound alarm https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081125_overseas_voters/as-arizona-adopts-new-system-overseas-voters-some-officials-sound-alarm/
Overseas voters who are registered in Arizona are receiving their ballots this week in a new way for the state’s special congressional election — but at least a few county officials are worried that the new system isn’t ready.
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Trump EPA claws back $7B in solar funding already promised to states https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081125_solar_funding/trump-epa-claws-back-7b-solar-funding-already-promised-states/
Congressional Democrats slammed the Trump administration’s announcement it will cancel nearly $7 billion in grants to fund solar energy projects for low-income households, saying the move was illegal and would raise families’ energy prices if allowed to proceed.
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Arizona AG slams Republican county attorney for offer to prosecute Democratic state senator https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081125_ice_locations/arizona-ag-slams-republican-county-attorney-offer-prosecute-democratic-state-senator/
Pinal’s County Attorney wants to prosecute a state Senator from Phoenix for posting the location of federal immigration agents online – but the state attorney general says he has no jurisdiction to do so and that there’s no crime to prosecute.
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Rex Scott: Tucson city meetings on Project Blue were unproductive spectacles https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/080125_scott_blue_meetings_op/rex-scott-tucson-city-meetings-project-blue-were-unproductive-spectacles/
"I will not criticize the mayor and City Council for their decision, even though Mayor Romero gratuitously attacked the Board of Supervisors and county staff. City officials deserve ample criticism, however, for the so-called public process they sponsored." — Supervisor Rex Scott
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Immigrant's memoir 'Dora: A Daughter of Unforgiving Terrain' tells harrowing story of survival https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/081025_rodriguez_book_review/immigrants-memoir-dora-daughter-unforgiving-terrain-tells-harrowing-story-survival/
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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