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U.S. House Republicans spar with HHS secretary over transgender youth, child labor tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on Tuesday defended access to health care for transgender people, as well as his agency’s actions with unaccompanied migrant children, at a House Education and Workforce Committee hearing.

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Arizona state Rep. Stahl Hamilton formally censured for hiding Bibles tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona House of Representatives has voted to formally censure Democratic Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton for hiding Bibles that were kept in the House members’ lounge after a trio of Republican lawmakers filed a complaint.

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GOP feuding ends, House gets back to work with votes on guns, gas stoves tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The House resumed work Tuesday after a week-long pause when 11 Republicans, including Arizona Reps. Andy Biggs and Eli Crane, backed away from obstruction aimed at GOP leaders, clearing the way for votes to block regulations on guns and gas stoves.

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Yampa River a 'roller coaster' ride as the West replenishes its reservoirs tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Yampa River in Colorado is full of snowmelt on its way to the Colorado River before flowing into Lake Powell, and a year like this one defies recent trends and provides a surge of water that’s getting increasingly rare with each year the planet warms.

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AI-powered ransom scam victim urges Congress to regulate emerging tech tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
As Congress works to get ahead of emerging AI technology, which some lawmakers have framed as an effort to learn from the regulatory missteps of the early social media era, witnesses sounded the alarm about the impacts of artificial intelligence.

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Pima County's free legal clinics help seal old criminal records tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County will hold free legal clinics on June 20 and August 22 for those looking to seal their criminal records. Attorneys will help fill out paperwork and answer questions about a new state law.

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Pima County's free legal clinics help seal old criminal records tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County will hold free legal clinics on June 20 and August 22 for those looking to seal their criminal records. Attorneys will help fill out paperwork and answer questions about a new state law.

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Maynards Kitchen gets 'summer refresh,' reopens June 15 tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Maynards Kitchen will reopen after a "summer refresh" on Thursday, June 15. They closed on June 2 to develop new menu items and a new vision for the Downtown Tucson restaurant.

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Legislature approves hand counts in Arizona elections tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona House of Representatives passed a Republican-backed bill along party lines that would allow hand count of ballots, but it will almost assuredly meet with Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs’ veto stamp.

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Feds to preserve history of Indian boarding schools tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Department of Interior is partnering with the National Endowment for the Humanities to preserve the oral history and records collected as part of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative.

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Budgets rain across school districts in Tucson area tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Tucson, Flowing Wells, Tanque Verde and Catalina Foothills school district governing boards are taking action on their budgets this week. So too will the elected board overseeing Pima Community College — plus more in local government meetings around Tucson.

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Republican states arm teachers, fortify buildings in another year of school shootings tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
As another school year defined by mass shootings ends in America, Republican-led state legislatures passed measures this session to fortify schools, create guidelines for active shooter drills and safety officer responses, and allow teachers to be armed.

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Burnout threatens primary care workforce and doctors' mental health tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Burnout in the health care industry is a widespread and long-standing problem, and while burnout occurs across medical specialties, some studies have shown that primary care doctors, such as pediatricians and family physicians, may run a higher risk.

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Ruling against Obamacare preventive care mandate put on hold tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Parties in a Texas lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act’s preventive service requirements have agreed in principal to a partial stay of a March order which struck down part of the law’s requirement for coverage of certain preventive services at no cost.

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Biden administration extends protections to over 330,000 immigrants tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Department of Homeland Security is extending immigration relief and work permits for roughly 333,500 people from four countries residing in the U.S., reversing a Trump administration policy that sought to terminate their legal protections.

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Donald Trump pleads not guilty to 37 federal charges in classified documents case tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 37 federal charges Wednesday in his first court appearance on charges stemming from the hundreds of classified documents found at his private residence in Florida after leaving office.

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Funding for 33 rural broadband projects unveiled by USDA tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Biden administration announced it will send $714 million to help rural areas in 19 states connect to the internet, including $28.5 million for projects in Arizona.

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Nogales CBP officers intercept $2.7M in fish bladders harvested from endangered species tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Nogales-area U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized dozens of fish bladders harvested from an endangered species in the Gulf of California, which were destined for China's black market.

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Let local Republicans indulge themselves in front of Pima Supes tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The Republican Party's performance protesting a new time limit on call to the audience was a display of hatred, ignorance and hypocrisy. It's just that they were kind of right about the new Pima County policy itself.

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Free sandbags available as Tucson & Pima County prep for monsoon tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County and the city of Tucson are distributing fill-your-own sandbags at pickup sites across the area in advance of monsoon storms this summer.

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