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More public comments accepted on South32 Hermosa Mine permit: New minerals added to 'critical' list tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After five parts of an air quality permit for the Hermosa Mine were rejected by the federal Environmental Protection Agency in May, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality public comment period for those sections opened on Monday and will run through September 25.

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Prison deaths ignite GOP criticism of Arizona corrections chief’s reforms tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
At least 11 inmates have been killed in Arizona prisons since January of last year, a spate of violence that drew harsh condemnations from Republican lawmakers during a public hearing scrutinizing whether changes implemented by the state prisons chief are to blame.

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Trump puts foreign aid cuts to test at SCOTUS tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump pushed the Supreme Court to shut down billions in foreign aid contracts, warning that lower courts are creating a path to usurp funding negotiations by the political branches.

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Not everyone is celebrating the big ‘ag-to-urban’ program to fuel housing development tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Politicians from both sides of the aisle, housing developers and farmers in increasingly urban areas celebrated the signing of Arizona’s new “ag-to-urban” water program, but some say the bill does either too little or too much to protect the state’s water future.

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Environmental laws waived to build border wall in Texas wildlife refuge tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Secretary Kristi Noem waived the protections of the Endangered Species Act and other federal statutes to “ensure the expeditious construction” of the border wall through the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge in Texas.

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Trump threatens to cut $81 million in funding over transgender references in sex ed tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump’s administration demanded that dozens of states, including Arizona, remove from sex education materials any references to a person’s gender departing from their sex assigned at birth, or lose federal funding.

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Heather Honey, who questioned 2020 election, appointed to Homeland Security election post tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Heather Honey, a prominent election activist whose research questioned the 2020 election results, is now working in an election-related leadership position at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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Federal judge pauses some Trump administration grant conditions for coalition of cities, counties tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration over its attempt to withhold funding from localities that don’t comply with executive orders and other policy preferences.

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Early voting starts in Southern Az's CD 7 special election tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Early voting is beginning Wednesday in the special Congressional District 7 election that voters will decide on Sept. 23.

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Wadsack may face sanctions, contempt after missing court hearing in $8M federal suit vs. TPD tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Former Republican state lawmaker Justine Wadsack could charged with contempt of court and sanctioned after she failed to attend a federal court hearing on Tuesday, as part of her $8 million lawsuit against Tucson city officials and the Police Department.

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Grijalva faces Butierez in Az's CD7 special election debate Tuesday tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Democrat Adelita Grijalva and Republican Daniel Butierez will face off in a Congressional District 7 debate Tuesday night.

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Trump administration bans drones across Southern Arizona border zone tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Customs and Border Protection has enacted a temporary flight restriction around a large portion of Southern Arizona that disallows drones to be flown without a permit.

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Trump administration agrees to release remainder of frozen education funds by October tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The federal government has struck an agreement with 24 states, including Arizona, and the District of Columbia, to release the remainder of $6.8 billion in education funds frozen earlier this summer.

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Ex-CDO principal Gemma appointed to Amphi school board tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Michael Gemma, a former CDO principal, has been appointed to serve out the part of a term on the Amphi Public Schools Governing Board after the death Boardmember Patsy Harris.

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FactCheck: Trump’s distortions on cashless bail tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Since announcing the temporary federal takeover of Washington, D.C.’s, law enforcement, President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized state laws limiting the use of cash bail. But his arguments have strayed from the facts in key areas.

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Blue states that sued kept most CDC grants, red states feel brunt of Trump clawbacks tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Trump administration’s cuts to CDC funding for health departments had vastly uneven effects depending on the political leanings of a state. Democratic-led states and cities that fought back in court and saw money restored — while GOP-led states sustained big losses.

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Health insurance will cost more for millions of Americans — especially rural residents tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A combination of Trump administration policies will make health care coverage more expensive for people who purchase plans from health insurance marketplaces — and rural residents will be hit the hardest.

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‘He has no authority': Fed governor Cook vows to fight Trump's firing attept tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A top Federal Reserve official is defiant after President Donald Trump abruptly announced that he would fire her as members of his administration accuse her of mortgage fraud, raising new questions about the Fed’s independence.

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Denise 'Dee' Winsky, 1952–2025 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Denise "Dee" Lynne Winsky (née Curtin), PhD, was born on February 6, 1952, to her beloved parents Marietta and Joe in Kansas City, Mo.

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Despite Constitution, Trump claims he'll criminalize American flag burning in executive order tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump on signed an executive order aimed at cracking down on flag burning as a form of protest, a move that has already drawn criticism as a potential violation of protected speech under the First Amendment.

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