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Anti-trans laws fueled a spike in suicide attempts among trans & nonbinary youth tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The number of suicide attempts among transgender and nonbinary youth in states that passed anti-transgender laws increased by as much as 72 percent over five years as states passed 48 anti-transgender bills from 2018 to 2022.

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Changing demographics and the political calculus of anti-immigrant rhetoric in swing states tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris offer starkly different plans for the future of the 11 million people who live in the United States without legal status, following heightened political rhetoric and a record-breaking number of unlawful border crossings in 2023.

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Iowa asks federal court to allow enforcement of its immigration law tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Iowa should be allowed to enforce its law criminalizing reentry of previously removed or excluded immigrants, the state argued before an Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel, after a district judge temporarily blocked enforcement of the law that was set to go into effect July 1.

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Taxes: Where do Trump & Harris stand? tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
With the clock ticking on former President Donald Trump’s signature 2017 tax law, and high housing, food and child care costs darkening Americans’ mood, tax cuts have become the star of the 2024 presidential contest between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.

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Prosecution rests in fundamentalist Mormon child sex abuse trial tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The prosecution in the federal trial against two Arizona men accused of aiding and abetting a child sex abuse ring within a fundamentalist Mormon sect rested its case, closing with a witness who says she was raped by one of the two defendants when she was 13 years old.

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Local baseball community honors late Rich Alday in golf tournament to support Pima baseball tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
While Pima County Hall of Famer Rich Alday died in 2021, his legacy still lives through his numerous accolades and the Rich Alday Memorial Golf Tournament, which held its fourth annual event last Saturday at El Rio Golf Course to raise funds for the upcoming baseball season.

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Sens. Mark Kelly& Ted Cruz join forces to cut red tape on U.S. semiconductor projects tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
But this week, Sens. Mark Kelly and Ted Cruz, an Arizona Democrat and a Texas Republican, together succeeded in pushing through a measure to cut red tape that delays new U.S. semiconductor factories.

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Arizona voters concerned about climate change, but Harris & Trump both support some fossil fuels tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Heat, wildfires and less rainfall are among the risks of climate change in Arizona, and some voters are looking to the November election for climate action, but it's hard to define how Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump plan to take on these challenges.

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Az Sen. Justine Wadsack's speeding trial delayed — momentarily — after Tucson judge's recusal tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Sen. Justine Wadsack, a local Republican, will have an extra day to prepare for her October trial on a criminal speeding charge after the judge assigned to the case recused herself.

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'Against the American Grain': Nabhan book explores 'creative disruptions' of Borderlands migrants tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Ethnobotanist and 2024 James Beard Award recipient Gary Paul Nabhan will be at Petroglyphs for a signing event on Saturday for his latest book, "Against the American Grain: A Borderlands History of Resistance," which is set to be published next week.

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Gov. Hobbs visits Tucson to promote new small business loan program tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs made a visit to Tucson on Thursday afternoon to tour a transitional living center that received a loan from the state's Microbusiness Loan Program, which provides loans from $2,000 to $50,000 to qualifying small businesses.

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Navajo uranium mine survivors demand action on stalled compensation program tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
People exposed to radiation from atomic bomb tests and uranium mines rallied at the U.S. Capitol – along with tribal leaders – to demand action on a stalled compensation program.

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'Against the American Grain': New book by Gary Paul Nabhan explores 'creative disruptions' of Borderlands migrants tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Ethnobotanist and 2024 James Beard Award recipient Gary Paul Nabhan will be at Petroglyphs for a signing event on Saturday for his latest book, "Against the American Grain: A Borderlands History of Resistance," which is set to be published next week.

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Warrants issued for man convicted of harrassing Judge Ray Carroll tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arrest warrants have been issued for a Green Valley man who was convicted of harassing Justice of the Peace Ray Carroll and who a probation officer said has vowed retribution.

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VP Kamala Harris to visit Southern Az border town Friday tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris will visit the Southern Arizona border town of Douglas on Friday to deliver what's being billed as a "major speech" on tougher border security measures.

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Summer returns, out for revenge: Excessive heat warning Fri & Sat for Southern Az tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The calendar says summer is over, but thermometers in Southern Arizona declare otherwise. Parts of the Tucson region will be remain under an excessive heat warning Friday and Saturday, with unseasonably hot temperatures continuing next week. Western Pima County could see highs of 112 degrees.

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Tucson City Council backs off ordinance that would ban camping in washes tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Tucson City Council didn't vote on an ordinance that would make it illegal to camp in washes at a meeting Wednesday. The item was pulled from the agenda "at the request of staff because it was not ready to be put before the mayor and council for their action," officials said.

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More than 8,000 Catholic employers can now deny workers time off for an abortion or IVF tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
More than 8,000 Catholic employers across the country will not be required to provide accommodations for workers needing abortion or fertility care, and injunction that will impact 1,380 Catholic employers and 7,100 Catholic parishes.

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Az Republicans, Idaho AG, accuse pediatricians of consumer violations for gender-affirming policies tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Arizona’s top Republicans have joined the Idaho Attorney General and officials from 20 U.S. states in accusing the American Academy of Pediatrics of possible “violations of state consumer protection statutes” over its standards and recommendations for gender dysphoria care for children.

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America is increasingly dependent on foreign doctors − but their path to immigration is getting harder tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed a pressing issue: The U.S. health care system is increasingly dependent on immigrant physicians, but it’s becoming harder for aspiring ones to work and settle in the U.S.

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