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Tucson polls open 6 am to 7 pm for Prop. 414 election tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Tucson voters have until 7 p.m. Tuesday to cast their ballots in the special election for Prop. 414, aka the Safe & Vibrant City Initiative.

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Local author Jessica Elisheva Emerson’s book festival appearances center on women's desire & agency tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
A surprising thing about Tucson author Jessica Elisheva Emerson — who's set to appear at three events at the Tucson Festival of Books and is working on more novels — is that she drinks decaf coffee.

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Tucson seeks public input on 2nd draft of city's general plan tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The city of Tucson is hosting two public meetings this month for community members to give feedback on an updated draft of “Plan Tucson 2025,” a long-term blueprint for the future of the city’s growth and development.

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Tucson City Court needs applicants for magistrate position tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The application process to fill the position for city magistrate will open Saturday, March 15 and will be open until Monday, April 12 at 5 p.m.

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34 employees at BP's Tucson migrant holding facility losing jobs tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
107 employees at three Tucson Sector Border Patrol facilities tasked with holding migrants were informed they are losing their jobs with a federal contractor, a sign of decreasing need and a crunch in federal spending.

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Tariff war threatens higher costs for Arizona farmers tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
President Trump’s tariffs on goods went into effect Tuesday - and though by Wednesday some were already delayed, Arizona farmers are bracing for increased financial stress as key agricultural imports become more expensive, while exports potentially face higher taxes.

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Advocates sue to block ICE access to taxpayer data for mass deportation plans tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A coalition of advocacy groups sued the Treasury Department to block the release of taxpayer information to facilitate President Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan.

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DOGE threat: How government data would give an AI company extraordinary power tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
DOGE personnel simultaneously hold positions with at least one of Elon Musk’s companies, creating a conduit for federal data to potentially be siphoned to Musk-owned enterprises, including xAI, and a private entity could use government data to wield massive influence over society.

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Wildcat soccer victorious against Lumberjacks in 1st spring contest tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Promising goals by Sami Baytosh and new transfer Lily Boydstun gave Arizona soccer an early lead against Northern Arizona University in a spring season contest on Saturday afternoon. That early dominant performance didn't keep NAU from getting back into the match late, however.

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Arizona’s public health feels the weight of federal orders tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In Arizona – home to roughly 34,000 federal employees – President Donald Trump’s orders could impact a massive workforce of health care professionals and the individuals who rely on their services.

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Electric vehicle industry will persist, experts say, despite Trump funding cuts tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Despite hostility from the new Trump administration, electric vehicles will eventually become a major part of the nation’s vehicle fleet, though Trump’s policies will likely have some effect on how the EV industry continues to develop over the next few years.

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Stat shaming: Amphi school board looks at audit designed to make it look bad, CFUSD extends contracts tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
A low percentage of funding going directly to Amphi school classrooms is as much a function of the denominator as numerator — and if that doesn't make sense, maybe poorly funded Arizona public schools are to blame.

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Wildcat soccer draws against Lumberjacks in 1st spring contest tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
A promising early goal by Sami Baytosh gave Arizona soccer an early lead against Northern Arizona University in a spring season contest at Phoenix’s Reach 11 soccer complex on Saturday afternoon. A late NAU goal meant that the Wildcats had to settle for a tie, however.

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Arizona national parks & forests already feeling strain from federal worker firings tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona national parks and forests are already feeling a strain on resources after President Donald Trump’s executive order for a federal hiring freeze and extensive firings.

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Senior has 4 RBIs, Roberts throws gem as Pima baseball sweeps Mesa tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College baseball team (22-6, 10-6 in ACCAC) got back on track in ACCAC conference play on Saturday with a road sweep at Mesa Community College (17-10, 8-8).

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Why sizzling cities are mapping hot spots street by street tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Locating the hottest parts of cities with precision is critical for guiding efforts to contend with heat’s dangerous effects - especially important when heat risk overlaps with poverty, where communities may have less access to air conditioning and fewer ways to stay cool.

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What do firings of DOD & VA inspectors general mean for military whistleblowers? tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Trump raised alarm with his unprecedented sacking of more than a dozen heads of inspector general offices during his first week back in the White House, and some advocates for greater independence and accountability are asking: Could IG reform really come?

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Public lands: The places that hold our nation’s stories are not for sale tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Interior Secretary Douglas Burgum’s plans to “unleash” industrial exploitation of public lands seeks to gut public land stewardship principles enshrined in law and in the time-honored American tradition of bipartisan conservation.

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Arizona court: Saying ‘no snitching’ is felony witness intimidation tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Snitches may get stitches, but telling that to an accomplice or witness to a crime is a felony in Arizona, an appellate court ruled.

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States - including Arizona - slam White House over ‘slap in the face’ mass federal layoffs tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A coalition of 20 Democratic attorneys general - including Az Attorney General Kris Mayes - are suing the Trump admin over “unlawful” mass terminations of probationary employees in the federal government, a directive the coalition says was carried out without required legal notice.

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