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Boosting timber harvesting in nat'l forests while cutting oversight won’t solve wildfire problem tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
As U.S. forests burn, Congress and federal agencies are asking an important question: What role should federal land management play in reducing fire risk?

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7 insights about chronic absenteeism, a new normal for American schools tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Five years after the start of the pandemic, one of the most surprising ways that school has profoundly, and perhaps permanently, changed is that students aren’t showing up.

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7 insights about chronic absenteeism, a new normal for American schools tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Five years after the start of the pandemic, one of the most surprising ways that school has profoundly, and perhaps permanently, changed is that students aren’t showing up.

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Replacing Rankin: Council ponders new city attorney; TV schools have huge absentee problem tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Updated: City Attorney Mike Rankin is retiring after 21 years, and the Council will discuss how to replace him. Up in the Tanque Verde school district, one in three students missed 10 percent of class time in 2024; Rio Nuevo looks at books; plus more local government action around Tucson this week:

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Trump can't escape $83.3 million defamation penalty in Carroll sex assault case tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump on Monday failed to beat the more than $80 million penalty jurors awarded writer E. Jean Carroll in her civil defamation case stemming from Trump’s denial that he sexually assaulted her.

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Supreme Court resumes ‘roving’ immigration raids in California, yielding to Trump tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement can resume sweeping California raids, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday.

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Governors split over mobilizing National Guard as Trump seeks more troops tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Trump’s decision to put the National Guard on the streets of Los Angeles and Washington in recent months and his threat to send them into other major cities have sparked a nationwide fight over the proper role of the Army’s and Air Force’s primary combat reserve force.

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Adding bus stops & catching butterflies: How schools are tackling absenteeism tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Some underlying root causes for skipping school are more complex than others, requiring psychotherapy or housing assistance, which schools can’t provide alone. Here are a few examples of how very different communities are tackling the problem.

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How the conservative Federalist Society will affect the Supreme Court for decades to come tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Despite President Trump’s recent criticism of the organization and its leadership, Supreme Court justices affiliated with the Federalist Society will advance the conservative legal agenda decades into the future. But this won’t always involve supporting Trump’s agenda.

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Replacing Rankin: Council ponders new city attorney; TV schools have huge absentee problem tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
City Attorney Mike Rankin is retiring after 21 years, and the Council will discuss how to replace him. Up in the Tanque Verde school district, one in three students missed 10 percent of class time in 2024; plus more local government action around Tucson.

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'It's wonderful, being a poet in Tucson': Carter's 'Free Hugs' debuts new poems, re-imagines old work tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Long-standing Tucson poet Jefferson Carter's 13th book came out earlier this year. "Free Hugs: Selected and New Poems" consists of dozens of poems from his previous anthologies, some rewritten, and 23 new ones.

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Replacing Rankin: Tucson Council ponders new city attorney; Tanque Verde schools have huge absentee problem tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
City Attorney Mike Rankin is retiring after 21 years, and the Council will discuss how to replace him. Up in the Tanque Verde school district, one in three students missed 10 percent of class time in 2024; plus more local government action around Tucson.

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It’s almost flu season. Should you still get a shot & will insurance cover it? tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Amid political chatter about vaccines and the government entities that oversee them, it’s understandable to wonder where all this leaves the 2025-26 flu vaccine. Here are some answers to common questions:

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Grayson: The best move for America – and Arizona: Beg Britain to take us back tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026 will be marketed as a grand national celebration. Here’s a better way to mark it: admit that 1776 didn’t work. Maybe the colonists should never have been revolting in the first place.

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Pima volleyball overwhelms South Mtn with a straight-set win to open conference play tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College volleyball team played their first ACCAC conference match on Friday at South Mountain Community College, beating the Cougars in straight sets 25-16, 25-20, 25-22.

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Cervantes scores as Pima women tie with Phoenix College tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s soccer team (0-1-2, 0-0-1 in ACCAC) opened ACCAC conference play on Saturday in a matchup between two NJCAA Division II nationally ranked teams.

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Pima men open conference play with loss to No. 1 Phoenix College tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s soccer team opened ACCAC conference play on Saturday, traveling to Phoenix College for a 3–0 loss.

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As Republicans spar over IVF, some turn to obscure MAHA-backed alternative tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Republican support for in vitro fertilization, after surging in the wake of a 2024 Alabama Supreme Court decision that threatened the procedure, may be splintering as President Donald Trump retreats from his IVF promises and more far-right voices gain ground.

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Az's healthcare premiums set to soar on 2026 online marketplace tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona insurance officials are warning that those who buy healthcare coverage on the federal Affordable Care Act online marketplace should prepare for sticker shock when they purchase a plan next year.

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AI is making it easier for bad actors to create biosecurity threats tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Artificial intelligence is helping accelerate the pace of scientific discovery, but the technology also makes it easier than ever to create biosecurity threats and weapons.

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