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Proposed PFAS rule would cost companies estimated $1B; lacks limits and cleanup requirement tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A proposed federal rule calls for forcing companies to disclose whether their products contain toxic “forever” chemicals, though affected industries are grumbling the estimated $1 billion cost and activists say the data collection exercise would be flawed.

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Arizona’s ‘radically different’ & hyper-partisan legislature tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Legislature has been in session for 184 days with no end in sight, and this session has been more tense, more partisan and contentious than previous sessions as philosophical divisions have given way to fiercely partisan divides.

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EPA moves to limit use of HFC greenhouse gas used in air conditioning tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Environmental Protection Agency announced that starting in 2024, it would begin implementing the next phase of a project to limit greenhouse gases commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioners, in an aim to to cut the production and use of the gas by 85% by 2036.

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History lessons: The first deportation tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Led by Donald Trump, Republican presidential candidates are embracing the policy of deporting some 11 million Hispanics in the country illegally. If implemented, it would be a humanitarian calamity and a stain on the nation. But it wouldn't be the first time "American exceptionalism" took such a cruel turn.

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Bisbee Deportation: Butte & Bisbee outrages scored by brave woman representatives tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
"For 14 years I have claimed Bisbee as my home. But after Thursday, the 12th day of July. I hang my head in shame and sorrow for the sights I have witnessed here. When the full truth reaches the outside world, it will be looked upon with deserved aversion." — Rosa McKay, writing in 1917 of the now infamous Bisbee Deportation

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Ward-only election push for Tucson rejected over incomplete petitions tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: An initiative effort to ask voters to enact ward-only Council elections in Tucson has been rejected by the City Clerk’s Office, after too many petition sheets were found to be improperly filled out.

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Arizona county attorneys may challenge Hobbs order over abortion prosecutions tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
County attorneys are considering next steps, including the possibility of a lawsuit against Gov. Katie Hobbs, after she rejected their request to rescind an executive order that puts the decision to prosecute abortion cases in the hands of the attorney general’s office.

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Arizona GOP county leaders say they never agreed to support college event featuring white nationalist tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
An event featuring white nationalist Nick Fuentes drew the ire of Arizona GOP officials and county Republican parties who said that they were not consulted - or were lied to - before their names were listed as speakers and supporters on a flier promoting the event.

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Meet the Colorado River’s newest – and youngest – power player tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Imperial Valley holds a special place in the Colorado River conversation - it uses more water than any other single entity along the river, and with that allocation, the valley produces about $3 billion in crops and livestock each year.

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Ward-only election push for Tucson rejected over incomplete petitions tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
An initiative effort to ask voters to enact ward-only Council elections in Tucson has been rejected by the City Clerk’s Office, after too many petition sheets were found to be improperly filled out.

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Arizona approves prescription-free birth control tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona women are now able to visit their local pharmacy for birth control needs without first securing a doctor’s signature, but the new law comes with some caveats, and residents should call ahead to ensure their local pharmacy is both equipped and willing to provide contraceptives.

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10th Circuit backs Green River water exchange between federal government & Utah tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Utah may continue drawing water from the Flaming Gorge Reservoir - one of the Colorado River’s tributaries - as part of a Trump-era water deal with federal regulators, the 10th Circuit ruled Monday, though environmental groups argued regulators had disregarded drought projections.

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Federal judge declines to stay order restricting contact between feds, social media firms tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal judge who last week put restraints on the Biden administration’s communications with social media companies and compared the federal government to George Orwell's Ministry of Truth, said his injunction only blocks "illegal conduct," refused on Monday to stay his order.

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Greenwashing a dump?: Los Reales 'Sustainability Campus' turns 2 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Two years ago, the city's new "sustainability campus" promised to get Tucson waste-free by 2050. What's changed since then? The old landfill has a new sign out front and plenty of plans, some of which local advocates call greenwashing.

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After 6 terms, Beth Ford won't seek reelection as Pima County treasurer tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County will have a new treasurer in 2025 for the first time in nearly a quarter-century. Beth Ford, a Republican first elected in 2000, will not seek reelection next year. Chief deputy Chris Ackerley plans to run, and Ford may seek to have him appointed first.

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Vail Inc.: Pima Supes to allow incorporation drive; accept big broadband grant tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Pima County supervisors are set to allow petition gathering for a Vail incorporation proposal, which will test the appetites to establish a new town. The board will also vote on accepting a $30 million federal grant to help extend broadband. Plus more in local government meetings around Tucson.

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How small wealthy suburbs contribute to regional housing problems tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The ability of small suburban municipalities to limit multifamily housing is more the rule than the exception, and as proposals for new housing are deflected, housing either doesn’t get built, thus raising rents by limiting supply, or gets pushed to far-flung exurbs distant from most jobs.

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Greenwashing a dump?: Los Reales 'Sustainability Campus' turns 2 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Two years ago the city's new "sustainability campus" promised to get Tucson waste-free by 2050. What's changed since then? The old landfill has a new sign out front and plenty of plans, some of which local advocates call greenwashing.

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A conservative’s conservative on the affirmative action ruling (via ouija board) tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Whether they’re in Congress or on the Supreme Court, today’s Republicans don’t deserve to be called conservative, as many among them – perhaps even a majority in the U.S. House – are radical, extremist, far-right reactionaries.

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Az Gov. Katie Hobbs shoots down request from 12 county attorneys to rescind executive order on abortion tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs resoundingly dismissed calls from a dozen county attorneys to withdraw an executive order that prevents them from prosecuting abortion providers.

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