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Migrants & advocates welcome Biden’s order protecting undocumented spouses tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Migrants and their advocates welcomed President Joe Biden’s order protecting undocumented immigrants who are married to Americans, an order that will help roughly half a million immigrants will also benefit 50,000 of their noncitizen children under age 21.

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Democrat asks IRS to investigate nonprofit with ties to Kari Lake campaign & legal team tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pinal County Democrats Chair Lisa Sanor is asking the Internal Revenue Service to investigate a political action committee incorporated as a domestic nonprofit in December 2022 and tied to Republican senatorial hopeful Kari Lake.

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Senate Republicans scuttle bump stock legislation tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Senate Republicans shot down an attempt to revive a Trump-era ban on bump stocks for firearms, just days after the Supreme Court ruled that the executive branch had no authority to enforce such restrictions.

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Ousted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s quest for vengeance faces test in Rep. Eli Crane’s Az primary tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After U.S. Rep. Eli Crane got $900,000 worth of support from Kevin McCarthy when he won his Arizona congressional seat, he was one of eight Republicans who ousted McCarthy. Now Crane's camp has denounced his primary challenger as a “puppet” for the deposed House speaker.

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Write-in candidate files for Pima County constable, but may not be eligible to run tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A write-in candidate has filed to run for constable in Justice Precinct 9, which had zero candidates for the office after the incumbent was booted from the ballot. Gerard Acuña filed paperwork to run on June 10 — but in April he tried to run for constable in a different precinct, raising questions about his residency.

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The Pima County tax hike that almost isn't one tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The Pima County Board of Supervisors left the total county tax rate right where it was for the current (about to end) fiscal year. But taxes were set to end up lower if the board took no action.

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Onset of Tucson's monsoon is still unpredictable, and that’s part of the fun tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Monsoon forecasts predict thunderstorms in Southern Arizona by Friday, signaling an earlier than average start for the season. The Southwest Monsoon Fantasy Game begins on July 1, and players can win gift card prizes for their correct rain predictions.

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Onset of Tucson's Mmonsoon is still unpredictable, and that’s part of the fun tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Monsoon forecasts predict thunderstorms in Southern Arizona by Friday, signaling an earlier than average start for the season. The Southwest Monsoon Fantasy Game begins on July 1, and players can win gift card prizes for their correct rain predictions.

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Arizona recalls ‘Diamond Shruumz’ products amid ongoing FDA investigation tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The state's health services recalled “Diamond Shruumz” mushroom-infused candy after reports of severe reactions.

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CBP helicopter crews rescue 5 over weekend from rugged mountains in SE Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A helicopter crew with U.S. Customs and Border Protection rescued five people during two incidents over the weekend, plucking them from rugged terrain in the Peloncillo Mountain range close to the Arizona-Mexico border, officials said.

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Former Az lawmaker Cano tapped for Tucson city lobbying post tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Andrés Cano, a former Tucson-area lawmaker who resigned last year to undertake graduate studies at Harvard, has been named as the city government's director of Federal & State Relations. The position entails obtaining government grants for Tucson — a high-profile post in an election year in which the Biden administration is focused on Arizona.

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Hobbs: Flags to half-staff Thursday to honor Scottsdale Police Detective Ryan So tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has ordered flags at all state buildings to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Thursday, June 20, in remembrance of Scottsdale Police Detective Ryan So, who was killed in the line of duty on June 13.

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Juneteenth holiday: An important moment to contemplate our nation’s past & present tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The brutal enslavement of millions of Africans and people of African descent is far from the nation’s only original sin, and it’s also far from the only example from American history that readily gives rise to that question – “What in the world could they have been thinking?”

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Arizona judge won’t dismiss Cochise County election interference case tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A state judge denied multiple motions to dismiss and remand charges against Cochise County supervisors Tom Crosby and Peggy Judd, accused of interfering with an election officer in 2022.

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Feds link Sinaloa cartel to Chinese bankers in money laundering indictment tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal indictment unsealed Tuesday exposed what the government calls a complex conspiracy between the Sinaloa cartel and Chinese underground banking networks to launder more than $50 million in drug proceeds.

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Arizona’s 15-week abortion ban too confusing for doctors, Dem lawmakers say tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A group of Democratic lawmakers is calling on the state’s attorney general to clarify the exception in Arizona’s 15-week abortion ban, saying that women and doctors need better guidelines when faced with life or death situations.

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Hobbs signs $16.1 billion Arizona state budget tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed into law a $16.1 billion state budget for the upcoming fiscal year on Tuesday, amid threats of a lawsuit from the state attorney general and disapproval from both sides of the political aisle.

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Texas National Guard shooting pepper balls to deter migrants at U.S.-Mx border tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
National Guard members on the Texas-Mexico border have added pepper ball guns to their arsenal, firing at migrants who are gathering on the U.S. side of the Rio Grande or trying to break through the tangle of concertina wire strung along the border.

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Candidates make cases for Pima County's top law jobs tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In a packed room, a full slate of candidates vying for two of the county's top positions — Pima County attorney and Pima County sheriff — answered questions during a forum Monday night.

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Candidates make their case for Pima County's top law enforcement jobs tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In a packed room, a full slate of candidates vying for two of the county's top positions — Pima County attorney and Pima County sheriff — answered questions during a forum Monday night.

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