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Supreme Court backs Sunday accommodations for workers' religious beliefs tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court was unanimous in ruling employers cannot deny a religious accommodation without showing how the burden of granting it would result in substantial increased costs for its business.

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Five more charged in San Antonio smuggling tragedy that killed 53 migrants tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Federal prosecutors filed charges against five additional people in connection with the deaths of 53 migrants found inside of a tractor-trailer a year ago in San Antonio — with seven people facing a maximum of life in prison.

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Trump sues sexual abuse victim E. Jean Carroll for defamation tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Weeks after he was ordered to pay $5 million for the mid-1990s sexual assault of writer E. Jean Carroll, Donald Trump countersued the longtime advice columnist, arguing she defamed him since a Manhattan jury found him liable for sexual abuse but not rape.

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National scorecard on electric-vehicle policies gives Arizona low marks tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona fared poorly across the board for policies aimed at encouraging the adoption of electric vehicles, ranking 26th of the 33 states included in the 2023 scorecard from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.

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Misinformation obscures standards guiding gender-affirming care for trans youth tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
At least 20 states that have limited gender-affirming treatment for minors, saying their intent is to protect children and families - but such laws and statements reflect misconceptions and misinformation that conflate treatments and strip trans youth of essential care.

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Picks to fill vacant Az Senate seat: Election deniers, conspiracy theorists & extremists tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The race to fill a vacant North Phoenix seat in the state Senate is between three election skeptics, two of whom have ties to extremist ideologies and one who sought after 2020 to change Arizona law to let legislators overturn presidential election results.

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Car insurance premiums based on jobs, education can ding low-wage workers tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Most companies use education, occupation, credit score, age and gender in determining auto insurance rates, and though using that criteria that punishes people with lower incomes and people of color, only a handful of states prohibit insurers from considering “non-driving” factors.

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As pressure mounts to fix Pinal County’s problems, elections director abruptly resigns tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Geraldine Roll — Pinal County’s fourth elections director in less than four years — abruptly resigned after facing harsh criticism from the county GOP, citing a toxic environment and stating she had “no regrets” about quitting.

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Supreme Court guts affirmative action tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court shot down affirmative action policies at Harvard and the University of North Carolina on Thursday, tightening restrictions on the use of race in college admissions.

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2 new commissioners appointed in Pima County Superior Court tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Michael J. Vampotic and Nathan T. Wade will take on a range of powers in family law cases in Pima County Superior Court, after their selections were announced Wednesday.

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Too devilish for devils: A guide to local government budget process in Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Mine eyes have seen the gory nature of government budgeting and it has been suggested I walk readers through the process. Let's give it a whirl.

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'Dangerous' 115-degree heat for Southern Az this weekend thru July 4 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Much of Arizona will again see "dangerously hot" temperatures as high as 117 degrees from Saturday through Tuesday, with blistering temperatures forecast for Tucson, Phoenix, Yuma and elsewhere.

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Arizonans bought more than $100 million in recreational marijuana in March tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona’s recreational cannabis sales hit the $100 million mark in March for the first time since sales began, while the medical market maintained a tenuous equilibrium around the $30 million mark per month.

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What we stand for at TucsonSentinel.com tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Journalism is best when pursued with purpose. As an independent mission-driven nonprofit, the Tucson Sentinel.com tackles our community's biggest issues. We shine a light on this town because we love it.

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Hobbs orders trans Az state workers must have access to surgery, bars funding ‘conversion therapy’ tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In a move that marked the last week of Pride Month, Gov. Katie Hobbs signed executive orders guaranteeing trans state employees access to gender-affirming surgery and cutting off conversion therapy from any public funding.

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Judge dismisses lawsuit against Az dark money law, but legal challenges remain tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Conservative groups aiming to strike down a new Arizona law forcing the disclosure of anonymous political donors suffered a setback last week when a Superior Court judge dismissed the lawsuit, noting that the public interest in transparency outweighs the risk of forfeited donations.

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150,000 dropped from Medicaid coverage in Arizona, most for filing errors tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
More than three-quarters of the 150,000 people who have been dropped from Arizona’s Medicaid rolls so far this year were removed for procedural errors, but the state has received only “a handful of appeals.”

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Black leaders advocate for bans on flavored tobacco, fight to limit sales tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
45,000 African Americans die from smoking-related disease each year, and Black churches, community leaders and organizations in Arizona are taking action to warn about the dangers of menthol-flavored tobacco and electronic cigarettes.

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Jan. 6 riot caught FBI off guard, tips & warning signs went ignored tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. government faced an attempted insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, because federal law enforcement failed to recognize weeks of intelligence warning that right-wing groups such as the Proud Boys were planning to descend on Washington.

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Work rules for benefits programs deter low-income Americans from going to college tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Under the deal to avert a default on the national debt, more work rules are being added to SNAP and other benefits programs, deterring low-income Americans from going to college and getting the opportunity for higher-wage jobs.

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