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Potential Pell Grant changes could unfairly impact Native college students tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
June has brought significant challenges for the future of tribal colleges and universities across the nation. In addition to harsh potential funding cuts, many students may no longer be eligible for crucial grants.

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First-ever Pride Film Fest in Nogales screens this weekend tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The first Nogales Pride Film Fest will take place this Sunday at the Gok arts center, with seven short films and two features showing through the afternoon and evening.

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Ortega hire means Tucson is running out of excuses to bail on RTA Next tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
In hiring Mike Ortega — the ex-city manager of Tucson — to run things, the RTA Board offers another supplication to the City Council, which has had a lengthy list of grievances.

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PACC offering free microchips to dogs & cats ahead of 4th of July tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Each year on July 4, hundreds of dogs get spooked by fireworks and run away from home, ending up in shelters. To prepare for the holiday this year, Pima Animal Care Center is offering free microchips for both dogs and cats at the shelter each day through July 3.

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Former Tucson city manager Ortega tapped to run RTA tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Regional Transportation Authority wasn't without a boss for long: Just 11 days after narrowly voting to fire longtime chief Farhad Moghimi, the members of the RTA Board unanimously agreed to hire Mike Ortega, who stepped down as Tucson's city manager last year.

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Trump orders ‘largest mass deportation program,’ raids on NYC, LA & Chicago tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump announced he was directing U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement officers to conduct immigration raids in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago - the nation’s three most populous cities - are all led by elected Democrats, in heavily Democratic states.

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Elias: Beyond the raids: Reclaiming dignity in U.S. immigration policy tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
What we are witnessing is a campaign that casts suspicion not on the guilty, but on the innocent; a campaign that confuses enforcement with intimidation, security with separation. Our immigrant families are not the villains in this story. — Hispanic Chamber of Commerce President Rob Elias

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Elias: Beyond the raids: Reclaiming dignity in U.S. immigration policy tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
What we are witnessing is a campaign that casts suspicion not on the guilty, but on the innocent; a campaign that confuses enforcement with intimidation, security with separation. Our immigrant families are not the villains in this story. — Hispanic Chamber of Commerce President Rob Elias

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Arizona clinic wins legal victory in federal case blocking Trump-era funding cuts tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction - brought by Prisma Community Care and eight other nonprofits - blocking the enforcement of executive orders which aimed to limit recognition of transgender identities, restrict advocacy efforts, and cut funding for DEIA programs.

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Vance Boelter, accused of assassination of Dem House leader Melissa Hortman, apprehended tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Law enforcement officers on Sunday night arrested Vance Boelter, who is accused of assassinating Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband at their home in Brooklyn Park as part of a larger plot to kill Democratic elected officials and other advocates of abortion rights.

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Trump’s birthday parade marking Army’s 250 years draws cheers & backlash tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
With protesters nationwide accusing President Donald Trump of staging an authoritarian-style military parade, spectators gathered Saturday near the White House were treated to a display of tanks, aircraft, precision skydiving and fireworks.

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Anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ rallies draw massive crowds, despite Arizona’s sweltering summer heat tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Across Arizona, tens of thousands of people braved the sweltering summer heat to gather in parks, on street corners and at the state Capitol for a national day of protest aimed at countering President Trump, who was celebrating his birthday with a military parade in Washington D.C.

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Arizona House GOP passes budget alone as Democrats boycott vote tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Republicans in Arizona’s House of Representatives passed their package of state budget bills by a vote of 31-0 Friday night, long after all Democratic lawmakers had headed home after a day of waiting around for Republicans to bring the bills to the floor for debate.

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'No Kings Day': Thousands of Tucsonans gather at Reid Park, Oro Valley tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Thousands of Tucsonans turned out for "No Kings Day," a nationwide protest against the Trump administration while the president celebrates his birthday with a military parade in Washington D.C.

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Measles cases are in 34 states - including Arizona - with North Dakota now the focus tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
As super-contagious measles continues to spread and nears a six-year U.S. record, cases in its original epicenter of West Texas may be subsiding as hesitant residents become more concerned and willing to vaccinate, while North Dakota is a new focus with the highest rate.

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After El Paso joined Texas border crackdown, number of dead migrants in New Mexico desert surged tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Since El Paso joined Operation Lone Star in 2022, migrant remains discovered in the desert west of the city have increased every year, even as they have declined in every other border sector.

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Voter registration deadline; candidate Adelita Grijalva speaks to DGT on Monday tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A roundup of upcoming Tucson-area political events: Adelita Grijalva speaks to DGT; Voter registration deadline for CD7 special election is here; early voting in CD7 starts Wedesday; upcoming debates in Tucson City Council races; Sentinel team on the airwaves & more

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Hobbs: Flags to half-staff Monday to honor slain Apache Junction police officer tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has ordered flags at all state buildings to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise until sunset on June 16 in honor of Apache Junction Officer Gabriel Facio’s funeral and procession.

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Marketing Mars tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Mars is 140 million miles away, but it has never been closer. Whether it’s Elon Musk’s relentless cheerleading, the competing plans of various nation states, or the unending cycle of popular culture, Mars is having a serious moment.

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FC Tucson ends with 10 players, 4 goals down vs. Phoenix's SC Del Sol tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Visiting team Del Sol scored early and FC Tucson had few effective answers as the soccer match wore on.

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