Romero rants not: Tucson mayor's RTA frustrations should be heeded, not ignored https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042225_rta_romero_op/romero-rants-not-tucson-mayors-rta-frustrations-should-heeded-not-ignored/
Tell me I'm wrong and the Regional Transportation Authority Board did not just treat Tucson Mayor Regina Romero like a hysterical woman ranting and raving as she accused the RTA's chief of "hatred" for the city. They're too smart for that, right? Except, I think they did.
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Ansari says Abrego Garcia’s wrongful deportation case is ‘about more than one man’ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042225_ansari_salvador/ansari-says-abrego-garcias-wrongful-deportation-case-about-more-than-one-man/
Democratic U.S. Rep. Yassamin Ansari returned Tuesday from traveling to an El Salvador megaprison in an attempt to visit a Maryland father who the Trump administration has said was wrongfully deported, but who they haven't done a thing to help return to America.
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Richards & MacDonald help lead offense as Pima baseball earns run-rule win at Glendale https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/042225_pcc_baseball/richards-macdonald-help-lead-offense-as-pima-baseball-earns-run-rule-win-glendale/
The Pima Community College baseball team (43-11, 27-11 in ACCAC) rallied from an early deficit and took control on Tuesday in their ACCAC conference game at Glendale Community College (19-33, 9-27).
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Pima softball outscores Chandler-Gilbert 23-0 in ACCAC conference road sweep https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/042225_pcc_softball/pima-softball-outscores-chandler-gilbert-23-0-accac-conference-road-sweep/
The Pima Community College softball team (47-5, 35-5 in ACCAC) earned two shutout victories on Tuesday at Chandler-Gilbert Community College (11-31, 10-26).
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Democrat Elsner faces legal challenge to Tucson City Council candidacy https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042225_elsner_council_challenge/democrat-elsner-faces-legal-challenge-tucson-city-council-candidacy/
Chris Elsner, a Democrat who is making his first run for public office, is facing a lawsuit over the validity of his nominating petitions in Ward 5
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DC Circuit grills both sides on Trump’s transgender troop ban as Supreme Court battle looms https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042225_trans_military_ban/dc-circuit-grills-both-sides-trumps-transgender-troop-ban-as-supreme-court-battle-looms/
A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday grilled the Trump administration and the attorney for transgender service members who won a lower court order reversing President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender troops.
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Governor rejects fast-track for small nuclear reactors at Arizona data centers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042225_small_reactors/governor-rejects-fast-track-small-nuclear-reactors-arizona-data-centers/
A measure that would have waived certain state regulations to allow data centers and other large industrial energy users to build small nuclear reactors in rural Arizona was vetoed last week by Gov. Katie Hobbs.
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GOP threatens 2026 ballot measure after Hobbs vetoes Arizona ICE Act https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042225_az_ice_act/gop-threatens-2026-ballot-measure-after-hobbs-vetoes-arizona-ice-act/
Republican lawmakers in Arizona want to force law enforcement agencies, city officials and even school leaders to make it easier for ICE to deport people — and they’re threatening to go to the ballot to do it.
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Az’s Apache Generating Station one of 66 coal plants to get EPA exemption from air pollution caps https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042225_apache_station/azs-apache-generating-station-one-66-coal-plants-get-epa-exemption-from-air-pollution-caps/
The Apache Generating Station is among 66 power plants nationwide granted exemptions by the Trump administration from updated standards on mercury, arsenic, lead and other toxic pollutants.
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Navajo advocates say prez’s approval of uranium transport, Trump coal order feels like a betrayal https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042225_navajo_uranium/navajo-advocates-say-prezs-approval-uranium-transport-trump-coal-order-feels-like-betrayal/
Advocates from across the Navajo Nation gathered Monday hoping to tell Navajo President Buu Nygren how frustrated and disappointed they are by his abrupt endorsement of Donald Trump’s executive order aiming to reinvigorate the nation’s coal industry.
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Trump endorses both Biggs & Robson in unusual Arizona governor’s race move https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042225_biggs_robson_endorsed/trump-endorses-both-biggs-robson-unusual-arizona-governors-race-move/
Karrin Taylor Robson entered the 2026 governor’s race with the endorsement of President Donald Trump. But on April 21, 2025, Trump also endorsed U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs, her chief rival for the GOP nomination.
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U.S. Education Department to restart defaulted student loan collections https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042125_student_loans/us-education-department-restart-defaulted-student-loan-collections/
The U.S. Department of Education said Monday that it will resume collections May 5 for defaulted federal student loans.
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For older Arizonans taking medications, summer heat can be especially dangerous https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042225_aging_heat/for-older-arizonans-taking-medications-summer-heat-can-especially-dangerous/
Heat-related deaths are becoming more common, especially in Arizona, where the temperatures have grown significantly hotter each year, and simply walking from your front door to your mailbox in the summer heat can be dangerous, especially for older adults taking certain medications.
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How ‘Dune’ became a beacon for the fledgling enviro movement & rallied new science of ecology https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042225_dune_earth_day_op/how-dune-became-beacon-fledgling-enviro-movement-rallied-new-science-ecology/
“Dune” is widely considered one of the best sci-fi novels of all time and continues to influence how writers, artists and inventors envision the future, yet when Herbert sat down to start writing the book, he wasn’t thinking about how to leave Earth behind. He was thinking about how to save it.
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Hellertoon: It's Earth Day, remember? https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042225_hellertoon_earth_day/hellertoon-its-earth-day-remember/
April 22 — that's Tuesday — is Earth Day around the world, and a great time to touch some grass.
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Act One free passes to Arizona cultural organizations available at libraries https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/042125_culture_pass/act-one-free-passes-arizona-cultural-organizations-available-libraries/
Act One is offering free "Culture Passes" for children and families in Arizona, available through public and educational libraries.
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Pepe nearly breaks own school record as Pima track secures 3 more national qualifiers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/041925_pcc_track_and_field/pepe-nearly-breaks-own-school-record-as-pima-track-secures-3-more-national-qualifiers/
The Pima Community College men’s and women’s track & field teams closed out their regular season meet schedule on Friday as they hosted the Pima Outdoor Invitational at the West Campus Aztec Track.
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Trump backs Hegseth after second Signal group chat revelation https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042125_hegseth_signal/trump-backs-hegseth-after-second-signal-group-chat-revelation/
Trump said Monday he fully supports the secretary of Defense, despite reporting over the weekend that Hegseth shared details of a bombing campaign in Yemen in a second group chat, this time with his wife and brother.
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Act One free passes to Arizona cultural organizations avaliable at libraries https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/042125_culture_pass/act-one-free-passes-arizona-cultural-organizations-avaliable-libraries/
Act One is offering free "Culture Passes" for children and families in Arizona, available through public and educational libraries.
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Trump wants to deport ‘home-grown’ criminals. Can American citizens be deported? https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042125_citizen_deportations/trump-wants-deport-home-grown-criminals-can-american-citizens-deported/
President Donald Trump has floated the idea of deporting American citizens. Aides say he’s serious. Legal experts say it’s unthinkable and illegal – though they’re not sure that would stop him.
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