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Long-delayed cross-border sewer pipe rehab completed in Nogales tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Repairs to the International Outfall Interceptor — a vast wastewater line beneath Nogales that includes flows from across the border — were completed by a private contractor last month, after decades of delay.

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Abortion ballot measures could lift Dems in U.S. House races, campaign chief says tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Democratic congressional campaign chair says ballot questions on abortion access, which will go before voters in several states this November, could help vulnerable Democratic candidates in swing districts — potentially increasing the odds the U.S. House flips from red to blue.

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Populations in 5 key states in 2024 presidential election very much like U.S. overall tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Five of the seven states - including Arizona - widely expected to be political battlegrounds in the 2024 presidential election have populations very much like that of the U.S. overall, in a range of demographic and socioeconomic measures.

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FEC rejects proposal to weaken disclosure laws but agrees to further rulemaking tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The FEC declined to advance a temporary measure that would have made it easier for political donors to hide identifying information from the American public, but agreed to move forward in creating new rules to standardize how disclosure exemption requests are evaluated and approved.

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U.S. House panel debates voting by noncitizens, which is already illegal tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Republicans on the U.S. House Administration Committee argued at a Thursday hearing that there is a need for legislative action to bar noncitizens from voting in federal elections — even though voting by noncitizens in federal elections is extremely rare and already illegal.

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Self-funded candidates put more than $166 million into their own campaigns tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Wealthy candidates in key races across the country are pouring millions of dollars of their own money to self-fund their campaigns, with roughly 45 self-funded candidates spending at least $1 million on their own campaigns, totaling more than $166 million this election cycle.

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Az prisons noncompliant with court orders in prisoner condition class action, judge says tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A federal judge said Thursday she’s prepared to issue a ruling finding the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry in violation of her permanent injunction in a decade-old federal class action over the state’s prison conditions.

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Az Republicans take aim at the ‘convenience’ of voting with sweeping election reform ballot measure tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Republicans in the Arizona Senate are looking to put a sweeping election reform resolution to voters this fall, and they’re not shy about the fact that it is designed to make it harder for Arizonans to vote.

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Supreme Court revives consumer finance watchdog tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Rejecting an attempt by payday lenders to cripple the agency, the Supreme Court ruled that Congress did not violate the Constitution when funding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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Getting an abortion is hard for people from states with bans. It’s even harder if they’re undocumented. tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
This year’s abortion bans in Florida and Arizona — following an older near-total prohibition in Texas — threaten to make the procedure virtually unattainable for undocumented people living in those states.

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Grant Road makeover set to continue in Midtown Tucson tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After decades of planning, the Tucson Transportation Department is ready to begin widening Grant Road between Swan Road and Sparkman Boulevard, just west of Dodge Boulevard.

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Oro Valley man indicted for pointing handgun at Border Patrol agent in Nogales tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A 26-year-old Oro Valley man faces federal charges for pointing a pistol at a Border Patrol agent during an incident in Nogales, Ariz., in April, federal officials said Thursday.

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15 years gone: RIP Tucson Citizen tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
I've got one of those calendars atop my monitor, the type you find in banks, with metal tiles for the days of the week, dates and month. One side I keep up to date. The other, no matter the date, says "Fri May 15." That's the last day the newsroom of the Tucson Citizen was filled with hustle and bustle.

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The Citizen was Tucson: Oct. 15, 1870 - May 16, 2009 tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Ten years ago today, Tucson lost a big chunk of its soul and I lost the companionship and camaraderie of roughly 70 of the finest newspaper people I could ever imagine working with as the Tucson Citizen closed.

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U.S. imposes sanctions on Nicaragua for political persecution, facilitating smuggling tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Biden administration issued new sanctions, visa restrictions and policy alerts against Nicaragua over accusations that the government is stifling human rights and profiting off illegal migration to the United States.

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Ethics panel mulls GOP complaint that Az Dems committed ‘insurrection’ by protesting on Leg floor tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Republican lawmakers accused two Democrats who protested on the floor of the state House last month after their GOP colleagues avoided repealing a century old abortion law of inciting a riot and making others fear for their safety.

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‘Time is running out’: Navajo Nation urges Congress to act on radiation compensation bill tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Members of the Navajo Nation are urging Congress to act on RECA expansion bill - set to expire in less than a month - that compensates individuals who become ill because of exposure to radiation from the United States’ development and testing of nuclear weapons.

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Arizona House votes to regulate deep fakes tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona House of Representatives advanced two bipartisan-supported bills that aim to regulate deepfake technology by establishing felonies for the creation of fake images, videos or audio recordings of others with intent to exploit or defraud the victims or their loved ones.

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Az Republicans sue EPA, California over rules requiring electric vehicle transition tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Republican leaders filed a pair of lawsuits against the Environmental Protection Agency’s new tailpipe pollution standards for cars and heavy-duty trucks, a day after they joined a multistate legal challenge to a California regulation mandating the use of electric semi trucks.

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Texas calls Rio Grande too puny for federal control as 5th Circuit takes up floating barrier tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Texas began its attempt to win over the 17-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals by claiming the Rio Grande doesn't qualify as a navigable waterway in a case concerning the state’s deployment of a buoy barrier in the river.

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