Pima Superior Court asks public to weigh in on candidates to replace retiring Judge James Marner https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050625_superior_court_vacancy/pima-superior-court-asks-public-weigh-candidates-replace-retiring-judge-james-marner/
A Pima County commission is asking for public comments on eight candidates to fill a vacancy on the Superior Court created by the retirement of Judge James E. Marner.
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Pima County Board of Supes appoints new justice of the peace https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050625_jp_appointment/pima-county-board-supes-appoints-new-justice-peace/
Attorney David Miller, who has worked as both prosecutor and defense attorney in juvenile justice in recent years, was appointed Tuesday to a vacant seat in Pima County Justice Court.
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Learn more about upcoming I-10 widening on Tucson's South Side https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050525_adot_open_house/learn-more-upcoming-i-10-widening-tucsons-south-side/
The Arizona Department of Transportation will host an open house this week to share details of a plan to rebuild Interstate 10 from Kino Boulevard to Country Club Road.
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Women have served in combat roles for a decade. The Pentagon is reopening the debate. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050625_military_women/women-have-served-combat-roles-decade-pentagon-reopening-debate/
People who have been involved in women’s integration in the military worry that reopening the debate means the Pentagon may look for more ways to limit women’s ability to serve in an equal capacity to men.
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Arizona has recovered just 5% of taxpayer dollars lost in $2.5 billion Medicaid fraud scheme https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050625_fraud_recovery/arizona-has-recovered-just-5-taxpayer-dollars-lost-25-billion-medicaid-fraud-scheme/
Two years after Arizona officials revealed a $2.5 billion Medicaid fraud scheme that targeted Native Americans seeking treatment for addictions, the state has recovered just a fraction of the taxpayer funds lost to fraud.
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Key reports addressing violence against Indigenous women are gone from federal sites https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050625_violence_reports/key-reports-addressing-violence-against-indigenous-women-are-gone-from-federal-sites/
The Department of Justice website has removed at least two key reports about violence against Indigenous people, including one prompted by legislation signed by President Trump, as many groups that work to combat intimate partner violence worry about the future of federal funding.
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A law that helped convert Indigenous people is now used to get churches near—and on—school grounds https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050625_religious_schools/a-law-that-helped-convert-indigenous-people-now-used-get-churches-near-and-school-grounds/
After Vail School District voted to allow an LDS seminary on district property, questions arose about how it’s even allowed, though religious conservatives have pushed to expand release-time programs nationwide, arguing there is no need to separate religion from daily education.
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Supreme Court says transgender troops can be booted from military, handing win to Trump https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050625_scotus_trans_military/supreme-court-says-transgender-troops-can-booted-from-military-handing-win-trump/
The Supreme Court ruled transgender Americans can be banned from military service, allowing the Trump administration to expel thousands of active-duty troops.
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Feds shredded for broken promises in handing Apache holy site to mining company https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050625_oak_flat_mining/feds-shredded-broken-promises-handing-apache-holy-site-mining-company/
A federal judge chastised the government on Monday for going back on its agreement to negotiate with parties challenging the transfer of Apache holy site Oak Flat to the hands of Resolution Copper.
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Trump administration asks to dismiss suit by 3 GOP states trying to limit abortion pill https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050625_abortion_pill/trump-administration-asks-dismiss-suit-by-3-gop-states-trying-limit-abortion-pill/
The Department of Justice wrote in a legal filing that three GOP-led states attempting to overturn federal prescribing guidelines for medication abortion have sought to keep a case going in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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Critics call Trump plan to reopen Alcatraz ‘absurd’ & unrealistic https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050625_alcatraz_escape/critics-call-trump-plan-reopen-alcatraz-absurd-unrealistic/
President Donald Trump’s proposal to reopen Alcatraz, the infamous prison that closed more than 60 years ago, was met with derision by critics and politicians alike.
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Drop off household hazardous waste at Tucson collection event Saturday https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050625_hhw_collection/drop-off-household-hazardous-waste-tucson-collection-event-saturday/
Tucson residents can drop off old cleaning products, batteries, paint and paper documents at the city's household hazardous waste collection event, set for Saturday morning, May 10. After this weekend, the program will take a hiatus until September.
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Tucson Council to select Fimbres' replacement; Pima County to vote on tax for housing https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050525_agenda_ward5_op/tucson-council-select-fimbres-replacement-pima-county-vote-tax-housing/
The Tucson City Council will vote on a replacement for Richard Fimbres, who retired at the end of April; Pima Supes ponder tax for housing, Oro Valley revisits litter law, a return to public life for Steve Farley?, and more from government meetings around Tucson.
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DHS offers $1,000 to immigrants without legal status who self-deport https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050525_dhs_money/dhs-offers-1000-immigrants-without-legal-status-who-self-deport/
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced that the agency will provide $1,000 in what it called “travel assistance” to people in the United States without permanent legal status if they self deport.
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Arizona, other states sue RFK Jr., Trump for ‘sabotaging’ HHS with DOGE cuts https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050525_hhs_sabotage/arizona-other-states-sue-rfk-jr-trump-sabotaging-hhs-with-doge-cuts/
New York Attorney General Letitia James and 19 other state attorneys general - including Az Attorney General Kris Mayes - announced they are suing the Trump administration and its Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for gutting the agency’s manpower.
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Number of new apartments is at a 50-year high, but states expect a slowdown https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050525_apartment_growth/number-new-apartments-50-year-high-but-states-expect-slowdown/
More new apartments were built in 2024 than in any other year since 1974, but the Trump administration’s tariffs and deportations of potential construction workers, plus higher interest rates, could be a wet blanket on the boom.
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Trump team’s $500 million bet on old vaccine technology puzzles scientists https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050525_vaccine_tech/trump-teams-500-million-bet-old-vaccine-technology-puzzles-scientists/
The Trump administration’s unprecedented $500 million grant for a broadly protective flu shot has confounded vaccine and pandemic preparedness experts, who said the project was in early stages, relied on old technology, and was just one of more than 200 such efforts.
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Director of Arizona Medicaid agency resigns following fraud scheme response https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050525_heredia_resignation/director-arizona-medicaid-agency-resigns-following-fraud-scheme-response/
Carmen Heredia, the director of Arizona’s embattled Medicaid agency resigned this week, just as she was expected to face questions from lawmakers about her handling of a massive fraud scheme that largely targeted Native Americans.
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Election certification trial pushed back, pending judge’s decision on motion to dismiss https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050525_cochise_crosby/election-certification-trial-pushed-back-pending-judges-decision-motion-dismiss/
The trial to determine whether Cochise County Supervisor Tom Crosby conspired to interfere in the duties of the Secretary of State’s Office when he refused to certify the results of the 2022 election has been pushed back from May to September.
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Gulf of TBD: The crusade to change a 500-year-old name https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050525_gulf_renaming/gulf-tbd-crusade-change-500-year-old-name/
As federal agencies work to comply with President Donald Trump's executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico, other entities including state governments, businesses and nonprofits are grappling with the implications.
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