Legendary Tucson DJ 'Kidd Squidd' dead at 76 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040925_kidd_squidd_obit/legendary-tucson-dj-kidd-squidd-dead-76/
Dave “Kidd Squidd” Squires, a radio DJ whose “Mystery Jukebox” program enraptured Tucson listeners on Saturday afternoons for decades, died Saturday, April 5. He was 76.
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Bad bargain: Pima's PAYGO scheme links 2 taxes that should be separate https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/040925_pima_paygo_op/bad-bargain-pimas-paygo-scheme-links-2-taxes-that-should-separate/
Bonds are an easier sell when voters can be told "This what is needed, here's how much it is going to cost and when it's paid for the tax for it disappears." Unfortunately, Pima County's PAYGO approach scuttles that bargain.
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Prominent Tucson family advocating for trans & migrant rights flees U.S. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040925_trujillo_flight/prominent-tucson-family-advocating-trans-migrant-rights-flees-us/
A well-known Tucson family that has spent years on the front lines of transgender and immigrant rights advocacy has fled the United States, saying President Donald Trump’s escalating threats against immigrants and transgender people left them with no other choice.
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In Az speech , Trump ‘border czar’ tells immigrants they ‘should be looking over your shoulder’ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040925_homan_legislature/in-az-speech-trump-border-czar-tells-immigrants-they-should-looking-over-your-shoulder/
Just minutes after Trump ‘border czar’ Tom Homan was welcomed into the Arizona House of Representatives and began his speech where he warned immigrants they ‘should be looking over your shoulder’, Democratic lawmakers in attendance filed out of the chamber in protest.
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RFK Jr. silences measles questions during Arizona ‘Make America Healthy Again’ event https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040925_rfk_measles/rfk-jr-silences-measles-questions-during-arizona-make-america-healthy-again-event/
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got an enthusiastic welcome from the Make America Healthy Again crowd during a stop at the Arizona Senate, but shut down questions about the measles outbreak that has primarily sickened the unvaccinated.
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Arizona museums, libraries could lose $3.8 million in grants from federal cuts https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040925_library_cuts/arizona-museums-libraries-could-lose-38-million-grants-from-federal-cuts/
President Trump’s executive order slashing several small federal agencies could cripple key Arizona library and museum programs, wiping out Wi-Fi hotspot lending, literacy efforts, foster family services and more.
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IRS to share immigrants’ tax info with DHS https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040925_immigrants_tax/irs-share-immigrants-tax-info-with-dhs/
The IRS and Department of Homeland Security reached an agreement to share tax information of immigrants who have final orders of removal to help immigration agents find and deport the immigrants, according to documents filed in court.
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Arizona voter citizenship rulings lead to disparate treatment for voters across state https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040925_az_voter_citizenship/arizona-voter-citizenship-rulings-lead-disparate-treatment-voters-across-state/
Arizona voters who haven’t proven their citizenship are being treated differently across the state as they try to update their voter registration, in some cases seeing their registration suspended entirely until they provide proof.
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Trump issues executive orders reviving coal power plants to fuel data center boom https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040925_coal_data/trump-issues-executive-orders-reviving-coal-power-plants-fuel-data-center-boom/
President Trump signed four executive orders aimed at boosting the declining U.S. coal industry, as U.S. electricity demand - driven by data center growth and transportation electrification - is expected to increase 2% annually and 50% by 2050.
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Trump relaxes regulatory enforcement against crypto companies https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040925_crypto_rules/trump-relaxes-regulatory-enforcement-against-crypto-companies/
The Department of Justice disbanded the Joe Biden-era National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team, ended the Justice Department's enforcement of regulatory violations and closed ongoing investigations, part of an administration focus on individual bad actors rather than platforms.
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ICE director envisions Amazon-like mass deportation system: ‘Prime, but with human beings’ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040925_expo_deportations/ice-director-envisions-amazon-like-mass-deportation-system-prime-but-with-human-beings/
Trump administration officials were speakers at the 2025 Border Security Expo at the Phoenix Convention Center, and most extolled Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act, including the acting ICE director, who said his dream for the agency is squads of trucks rounding up immigrants.
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Marx & Noriega each have 4 RBIs, Flores throws 1-hit shutout as Pima softball dominates Glendale https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/040825_pcc_softball/marx-noriega-each-have-4-rbis-flores-throws-1-hit-shutout-as-pima-softball-dominates-glendale/
The Pima Community College softball team (39-5, 27-5 in ACCAC) picked up two ACCAC conference doubleheader wins on the road on Tuesday at Glendale Community College (18-18, 15-17).
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Tucson City Council votes to rethink free Sun Tran bus fares https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040825_free_bus_fares/tucson-city-council-votes-rethink-free-sun-tran-bus-fares/
The Tucson City Council voted to consider reimplementing fares on public transit Tuesday in the face of a potential $68 million budget shortfall. Public transportation has been free since March 2020, and will remain so until at least this summer.
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Chinese woman commits suicide at Az Border Patrol station; BP failed to conduct welfare checks https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040325_yuma_bp_death/chinese-woman-commits-suicide-az-border-patrol-station-bp-failed-conduct-welfare-checks/
Updated: A 52-year-old woman committed suicide at the Border Patrol station in Yuma on Saturday after she was taken into custody by agents in California, U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal said, blasting the agency for not conducting proper welfare checks.
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Budget airline setting up Arizona base for 'ICE Air' deportation flights https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040825_ice_air/budget-airline-setting-up-arizona-base-ice-air-deportation-flights/
Budget carrier Avelo Airlines has signed a contract to operate Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation flights out of an airport in Mesa, Ariz.
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New underboss same as old underboss: Garimella taps Vermont provost for UA post https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040825_ua_provost/new-underboss-same-as-old-underboss-garimella-taps-vermont-provost-ua-post/
University of Arizona President Suresh Garimella named the second-in-command at his former school to be his "enforcer" in his new position Tuesday, announcing Patricia Prelock will move from Vermont to become the UA's provost.
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Ceding to Trump, Supreme Court rejects move to bring back federal workers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040825_scotus_workers/ceding-trump-supreme-court-rejects-move-bring-back-federal-workers/
President Trump triumphed at the Supreme Court, receiving an emergency pause to the reinstatement of thousands of probationary federal employees terminated in a firing spree.
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GOP circles wagons around Trump tariffs as markets nosedive https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040825_gop_stocks/gop-circles-wagons-around-trump-tariffs-as-markets-nosedive/
The U.S. stock market continued its bloodletting Monday, following days of fears about the financial impact of expansive tariffs announced last week by the Trump administration - but Republican members of Congress have largely refused to break with the White House messaging on tariffs.
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Challenges to Trump’s order on elections rest on a simple premise: the Constitution https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/040825_election_order_op/challenges-trumps-order-elections-rest-simple-premise-constitution/
Within days of President Trump’s executive order to overhaul election administration, lawsuits were filed in federal court to challenge it - and unlike the usual dense filings packed with obscure statutory citations, these complaints are startlingly simple. Think “Constitution 101” simple.
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As DOGE cuts hit Az veterans, Gallego pushes back with freeze on Trump’s VA nominees https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040825_doge_gallego/as-doge-cuts-hit-az-veterans-gallego-pushes-back-with-freeze-trumps-va-nominees/
Deep cuts at federal agencies are hitting Americans who served in uniform especially hard, and in response, Az freshman Sen. Ruben Gallego put a freeze on VA nominations in protest.
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