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EPA rolling back drinking water limits for 4 types of PFAS. Thousands more remain unregulated. tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Last week, environmental groups decried plans from the EPA to rescind and “reconsider” drinking water limits for four per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, compounds linked to cancer and damage to the immune and endocrine systems, among other health effects.

Court slams Trump administration’s attempt to shutter Education Department tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal judge on Thursday lambasted the Trump administration’s efforts to shutter the Department of Education, finding that it likely acted “contrary to law” in ordering a massive reduction-in-force that would have halved the department’s workforce.

Volk: Paid vacation for legislators while Arizona waits tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Updated: With less than two months before our budget deadline, Republican leaders in the Arizona Legislature hit pause. It’s a paid vacation taken right before the most important deadline of the year – we need to pass a budget by June 30th, or the state government shuts down. — Rep. Kevin Volk

Democrats probe IRS nominee Billy Long over fake tribal tax credits tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Senators tasked with tax writing split along party lines praising and grilling former Republican U.S. Rep. Billy Long of Missouri, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Internal Revenue Service, the agency tasked with enforcing the largest source of U.S. revenue.

DOGE staffers followed Musk’s lead in 2024 campaign contributions tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
During the 2024 election cycle, Elon Musk went from occasional political donor with Democratic leanings to the biggest financial supporter of Donald Trump. Many rank-and-file staffers who work at the Musk-driven Department of Government Efficiency followed his turn.

The quiet coalition behind Arizona’s anti-LGBTQ+ school board proposals tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Nearly identical policies targeting trans and gender-diverse students have been introduced, debated, and in some cases approved across Arizona, often pulling language from a model policy book issued by conservative group the Arizona Coalition of School Board Members.

Az GOP legislators call for more solutions to Missing & Murdered Indigenous People crisis tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Following the recent signing of a bill creating a Turquoise Alert System for missing Native people, two Az Republican legislators are urging state and federal lawmakers to unite and work on solutions to address the ongoing crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous peoples.

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