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House passes bill that could make it harder for married women to vote tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. House has passed the SAVE Act, a bill that purportedly aims to block non-citizens from voting, which is already illegal and is very rare, but one which voting rights groups have repeatedly warned would make it harder for millions of Americans - including married women - to vote.

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Az House revives bill criminalizing ‘stolen valor’ claims after Senate obstruction tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A bill to impose criminal penalties against people who falsely claim military service or honors that has become a political football once again cleared the Arizona House of Representatives, but its fate in the Senate still remains unclear.

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House approves budget framework lining up tax cuts despite objections over spending tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
House Republicans once again sidestepped internal fractures on the federal budget, approving a Senate-passed spending framework laying out billions in dollars in cuts and extending President Donald Trump’s tax plan for decades.

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Tax time triggers fraud alarms for some Obamacare enrollees tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Because of past fraud by rogue brokers, some Affordable Care Act policyholders may get an unexpected tax bill this season, but other changes coming soon — stemming from proposals by the administration of President Donald Trump — could affect their coverage and its cost..

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Trump suspends tariffs but what did, or could, his trade war achieve? tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump’s tariff policy wiped out almost $10 trillion before U.S. stock markets bounced back on news of a 90-day pause, and though Trump claims Americans have been getting ripped off, economists view Trump’s understanding as simplistic.

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‘Worst case scenario’: Arizona remains hottest, driest in recent history tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The record-breaking drought affecting Arizona and most of the Southwest is only getting worse, experts fear, and the National Weather Service predicts temperatures in and around Phoenix will rise past 100 degrees Fahrenheit for the first time this year this coming weekend, with Tucson not far behond. .

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Booker coming to Tucson for 'People's Town Hall'; Rockafellow plans launch party tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A roundup of upcoming political events: Sen. Cory Booker coming to Tucson, Sentinel reporters on the air, deadlines approaching for pecial congressional election; Rockafellow plans launch party in Ward 6 Council race

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UA Opera sets Mozart opera in 1980's rock-n-roll urban setting tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
University of Arizona Opera associate professor Cynthia Stokes said "Cosi fan tutte" — on stage this weekend — is a "great first opera for anybody that's opera-curious."

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5 of 6 candidates jockey for appointment to Pima Board of Supervisors seat during forum tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Housing, workforce development and the importance of Pima County's Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan and the Prosperity Initiative were central issues during a public forum Wednesday night for the six applicants vying for the open Board of Supervisors seat.

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Legendary Tucson DJ 'Kidd Squidd' dead at 76 tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
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 tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
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. tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
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’ tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
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 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
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 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
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 tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
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 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
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 tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
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 tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
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’ tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
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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