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Military-grade surveillance tech will be on display at Border Security Expo in Phoenix next month tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Phoenix will be hosting a convention featuring President Donald Trump’s “border czar,” as well as hundreds of military and tech companies bidding for government border contracts, including a company involved in the torture in Abu Ghraib.

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Arizona GOP wages legislative war on transgender existence tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Republicans in the Arizona Legislature have sponsored and supported several pieces of legislation this year that focus on regulating the experiences of transgender people, who make up around 1% of the state’s population, and aim to erase trans identities, though vetoes are certain.

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Trump orders an overhaul of how elections are run, inviting a likely legal challenge tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump issued a sweeping executive order that would dramatically change the administration of U.S. elections, including requiring people to prove their citizenship when registering to vote, but many expect the order to face quick legal challenges.

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2 bills would provide nearly $20M for communications, equipment to help battle Az wildfires tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona lawmakers are considering two bills that would enhance fire departments’ ability to communicate with other agencies during a wildfire and pay for engines and water tenders that can travel over rugged terrain.

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Supreme Court upholds ghost gun rule tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court upheld a Biden-era gun regulation, ruled that a 2022 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives rule was consistent with the Gun Control Act of 1968, finding that ghost gun kits are clearly weapons as defined under the statute.

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Federal judge blocks Trump from shuttering Radio Free Europe tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s effort to cut funding for Radio Free Europe, a nonprofit news agency funded by the U.S. government that operates in 23 countries across Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East.

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Arizona Senate committee advances measures to relax groundwater restrictions tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
As Arizona continues to over pump groundwater across the state, lawmakers advanced four measures that would ease pumping regulations in active groundwater management areas.

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Hobbs displays tribal flags in Az Capitol offices after removal from VA hospital tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Following the abrupt removal of the flags representing Arizona’s 22 tribal nations from the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center in central Phoenix, Gov. Katie Hobbs is displaying the flags in the Executive Tower at the State Capitol.

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Trump administration challenges order to reinstate refugee services contracts tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Trump administration appealed a federal judge’s order that the State Department restore contracts to nonprofits that aid in refugee resettlement.

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Kelly, biz leaders warn Medicaid cuts could devastate Az healthcare; Ciscomani rejects 'outlandish lies' tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly and Arizona business leaders are sounding the alarm that Medicaid cuts could “result in massive job losses statewide and reduce economic productivity," while GOP Rep. Juan Ciscomani says "outlandish lies" are being spread about cuts.

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Raul Grijalva funeral set for Wednesday morning tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: A public funeral mass for U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva will be held Wednesday, March 26 at St. Augustine Cathedral, beginning at 10 a.m. The service will also be streamed on video.

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TUSD looking at across-the-board cuts to balance growing deficits, TCC naming rights up for sale tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Updated: TUSD has imposed a hiring freeze while looking at across-the-board spending cuts to fix a $21 million deficit. The Flowing Wells Unified School District is mulling a suit over hack, plus more from government meetings around Tucson.

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Tucson's renowned Arizona Inn up for sale tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Tucson's historic Arizona Inn, tucked into a quiet neighborhood near the University of Arizona and owned by the same family for nearly a century, is being put up for sale.

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Judge reviews if religious freedom laws protect Tucson Raytheon protesters from prosecution tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Pima County Superior Court judge could dismiss trespassing charges filed against four people arrested during a 2023 protest at the University of Arizona's Tech Park after they argued their actions are protected by state and federal laws intended to protect religious freedom.

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States try to rein in health insurers’ claim denials, with mixed results tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Health insurance companies are under increasing scrutiny for allegedly using artificial intelligence bots and algorithms to swiftly deny patients routine or lifesaving care — without a human actually reviewing their claims.

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Killing grants that have saved lives: Cuts signal end to gov't work on terrorism prevention tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Tens of millions of dollars slated for violence prevention have been cut or are frozen pending review as President Trump’s DOGE steamrolls the national security sector, and the White House appears poised to end the government’s backing of prevention work on urgent threats.

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Youth gun deaths in the US have surged 50% since 2019 tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Firearm-related deaths among children and teenagers in the United States have risen sharply in recent years, increasing by 50% since 2019.

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Judge bars DOGE access to sensitive personal information at 3 federal agencies tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Personnel Management and Treasury Department were temporarily barred by a federal judge from disclosing the “personally identifiable information” of a lawsuit’s plaintiffs and organization members to Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service.

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Trump seeks high court help to keep federal workers fired tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to take emergency action and prevent the reinstatement of thousands of probationary federal employees terminated in a firing spree.

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Finding Love: Point guard’s 29 points against Oregon send Arizona back to Sweet 16 tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Arizona fifth-year point guard Caleb Love is a big reason the Wildcats are headed back to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, following a thrilling 87-83 victory over Oregon in the Round of 32.

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