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Apprentice program seeks to fix Arizona's 'legal desert' by boosting those who narrowly failed bar exam tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In many rural areas, it's hard for Arizonans to find legal representation. A new program will allow aspiring lawyers who narrowly miss a passing score on the bar exam to work as apprentices in rural communities before becoming licensed to practice on their own.

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Proposed federal commission would investigate abuses at Native boarding schools tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A move is underway in Congress to bring accountability to the federal government for promoting policies that led to hundreds of thousands of Native American children being forcibly removed from their homes and sent to boarding schools.

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Proposed federal commission would investigate abuses at Native American boarding schools that operated until the 1970s tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A move is underway in Congress to bring accountability to the federal government for promoting policies that led to hundreds of thousands of Native American children being forcibly removed from their homes and sent to boarding schools.

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Az GOP lawmakers spread debunked ‘body double’ conspiracies tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Two Arizona Republican state lawmakers have shared a debunked conspiracy theory that alleges, in part, that President Joe Biden is using body doubles.

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Biden calls for Supreme Court reform tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Joe Biden called for Supreme Court term limits, an enforceable ethics code and a constitutional amendment limiting presidential immunity, to counter waning public faith in the institution.

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Speech, book signing, more: Kari Lake prominent at RNC after modeling campaign after Donald Trump tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake shrugged aside calls for politicians to soften rhetoric and refrain from stoking divisions as she lashed out at the news media and reiterated claims that she won the 2022 election for Arizona governor

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Federal judge floats sanctions to resolve backlog of Arizona sheriff misconduct complaints tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A federal judge considered harsh sanctions against the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona if it doesn’t soon resolve a backlog of misconduct complaints stemming from the days of former Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

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Vaccines tell a success story that RFK Jr. & Trump forget: Some key reminders tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Vaccinations have provided significant protection for the public against infectious diseases, but there was a decrease in support in 2023 nationwide for vaccine requirements for children to attend public schools, and top political candidates are among those critical of childhood vaccination.

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Arizonans left off voter rolls just before primary because of paperwork problems tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Many Arizona residents seeking to register to vote ahead of Tuesday’s primary were blocked from the voter rolls because of problems with the paper registration forms they used, according to an analysis of longstanding issues with the forms.

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How could Project 2025 change education? tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The proposals in the 2025 Presidential Transition Project — known as Project 2025 and designed for Donald Trump — would reshape the American education system, early education through college, from start to finish.

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Kids Online Safety Act could pass U.S. Senate soon amid calls to protect minors online tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Congress hasn’t passed a law protecting children online since 1998, but a bill currently pending the Senate would require tech companies to protect minors from bullying, sexual exploitation, and material that promotes suicide and eating disorders.

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Pima County emergency voting sites open Monday, ahead of Tuesday election tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County voters can cast a ballot in the July 30 primary at multiple emergency voting locations on Monday, July 29, if that aren't able to vote in-person on Tuesday. It's too late to return ballots by mail.

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TUSD to start pilot program of 6th graders in elementary schools tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
TUSD did some research and found out middle school absolutely sucks in general and are testing what happens if they delay entry by a year. The board will also review their cell tower deals, amid concerns and more from meetings around Tucson this week.

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U.S. home prices hit a record high as sales fell - How housing experts explain the trends tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. median home prices hit a record high for the second month in a row as sales continued to fall, and while total housing inventory has been rising, potential buyers continue to lie in wait for lower mortgage rates.

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FC Tucson defeats Oakland's 51O, moves on to national semifinal tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Goals from Caliari and Neves got Tucson past Oakland-based club Project 51O and within shooting distance of the national championship.

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Long COVID puzzle pieces are falling into place – the picture is unsettling tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Since 2020, the condition known as long COVID-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe, and the intense scientific effort that long COVID sparked added clarity to this complex condition.

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The results of the biggest study on guaranteed income programs are finally in tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
For three years, 1,000 people received $1,000 per month — no strings attached. They took better jobs. Some went back to school. Others started opening businesses.

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Fatal consequences: Pima County Jail inmates were dying at alarming rate tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Behind the bars of the Pima County Adult Detention Center, detainees awaiting trial and inmates serving sentences for low-level infractions were for years dying at a shocking rate. In early 2022, the Tucson Sentinel calculated that the rate of deaths here was higher than it was among those held at the notorious Rikers Island.

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Navigating a 'full-blown crisis' inside the Pima County Jail tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In 2022, the death rate at the Pima County Jail was nearly four times the national average, a situation Sheriff Chris Nanos called "a full-blown crisis." The Sheriff's Department's proposed solution is a new jail, but the families of those who died say it won't solve the underlying issues.

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Pima jail inmates are dying from drugs; Incarceration may be a symptom rather than a treatment tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Sixty-three percent of the inmates who died inside the Pima County Jail last year had drugs as a factor in their deaths. In the midst of a nationwide fentanyl crisis, the Sheriff's Department wants to build a new jail to help alleviate the problem, but many say that's not enough.

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