Early voting underway in Tucson City Council primary election https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/070925_political_calendar/early-voting-underway-tucson-city-council-primary-election/
A roundup of upcoming Tucson-area political events: Early voting underway in Tucson City Council election; Election Day next week in CD 7; voters will decide Sentinel team on the airwaves & more
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House Democrats demand release of Epstein files mentioning Trump https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/070925_epstein_bondi/house-democrats-demand-release-epstein-files-mentioning-trump/
After the Justice Department backed away from the promise to publish new evidence related to disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, House Democrats are now suggesting that the agency is withholding certain documents because they implicate the president.
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Here’s what Maricopa County voters should do if they get proof-of-citizenship request https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/070925_maricopa_citizenship/heres-what-maricopa-county-voters-should-do-if-they-get-proof-of-citizenship-request/
Maricopa County voters who recently received letters from the Recorder’s Office about their registration status may be confused by the two separate mailings, including one that’s incorrect. But they will need to act soon to make sure they are able to vote in state and local elections.
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Trump seeks to ban Chinese farmland ownership, claw back existing purchases https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/070925_farm_ownership_ban/trump-seeks-ban-chinese-farmland-ownership-claw-back-existing-purchases/
President Donald Trump’s administration will pursue a ban on Chinese ownership of U.S. farmland as part of an effort to strengthen farm security, and will even try to revoke lands already owned by China-backed entities.
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Villegas: No age limit on leadership: Rejecting ageism, embracing integrity https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/070825_villegas_ageism_op/villegas-no-age-limit-leadership-rejecting-ageism-embracing-integrity/
Claiming that losing experienced leaders is what allowed a harmful bill to pass not only discredits their legacy, but also shifts blame away from those who actually voted for it.
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Wednesday deadline to mail back ballots for CD7 primary https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/070825_cd7_ballot_deadline/wednesday-deadline-mail-back-ballots-cd7-primary/
Wednesday is the suggested deadline for Arizona voters to return ballots by mail in the Congressional District 7 special primary election.
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Trump’s tax law by the numbers: $1 trillion less for Medicaid, $75 billion more for ICE https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/070825_tax_bill_numbers/trumps-tax-law-by-numbers-1-trillion-less-medicaid-75-billion-more-ice/
President Trump's sweeping tax-and-spending law, which renews tax breaks that largely benefited corporations and the wealthy, also contains sharp increases in spending on immigration enforcement and steep cuts to government programs that serve lower-income Americans.
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As Az lawmakers oppose Trump’s tariffs on Mexican tomatoes, Florida farmers cheer move https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/070825_tomato_tariff/as-az-lawmakers-oppose-trumps-tariffs-mexican-tomatoes-florida-farmers-cheer-move/
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s announcement that it will withdraw from an agreement with Mexico controlling tomato imports is being applauded by Florida lawmakers, but the proposal is fiercely opposed by lawmakers in Arizona and Texas.
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Claytoonz: Where's the list? https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/070825_claytoonz_epstein_bondi/claytoonz-wheres-list/
From the Epstein client list is “sitting on my desk” for review, to the Epstein "client list" doesn’t exist - what a long, strange trip its been.
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Trump floats high tariffs on Japan, Korea & more countries by Aug. 1 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/070825_trump_tariffs/trump-floats-high-tariffs-japan-korea-more-countries-by-aug-1/
President Donald Trump on Monday threatened tariffs from 25% to 40% on all goods from seven countries, including major U.S. trade partners Japan and South Korea.
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Sen. Mike Lee says selling off public lands will solve the West’s housing crisis. Past sales show otherwise. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/070825_land_sales/sen-mike-lee-says-selling-off-public-lands-will-solve-wests-housing-crisis-past-sales-show-otherwise/
Sen. Mike Lee and other Republicans have proposed a large-scale selloff of public lands, but although the measure was framed as a solution to the West’s acute lack of affordable housing, it would have allowed developers to select the land they most desired.
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SNAP’s cost shift saves federal dollars but fewer Americans will get help paying for food https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/070825_snap_food_op/snaps-cost-shift-saves-federal-dollars-but-fewer-americans-will-get-help-paying-food/
Because states will soon have to take on more of the costs of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which totaled over $100 billion in 2024, they may eventually further restrict who gets help due to their own budgetary constraints.
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No age limit on leadership: Rejecting agism, embracing integrity https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/070825_villegas_ageism_op/no-age-limit-leadership-rejecting-agism-embracing-integrity/
Claiming that losing experienced leaders is what allowed a harmful bill to pass not only discredits their legacy, but also shifts blame away from those who actually voted for it.
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Doctors slam RFK Jr. for slashing COVID vaccine guidance https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/070825_covid_lawsuit/doctors-slam-rfk-jr-slashing-covid-vaccine-guidance/
A coalition of public health associations sued Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other government health officials, arguing that their call to exclude children and pregnant women from COVID-19 vaccine recommendations was “baseless and uninformed.”
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Planned Parenthood sues Trump administration officials over ‘defunding’ provision in budget bill https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/070825_planned_parenthood/planned-parenthood-sues-trump-administration-officials-over-defunding-provision-budget-bill/
Days after President Trump signed a massive budget bill, attorneys for Planned Parenthood Federation of America and its state members in Massachusetts and Utah filed a lawsuit challenging a provision they say will affect more than 1 million patients who use their clinics.
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‘Part of our culture’: Navajo Nation’s Oak Ridge Fire response includes livestock https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/070825_navajo_fire_response/part-our-culture-navajo-nations-oak-ridge-fire-response-includes-livestock/
As the Oak Ridge Fire continued to spread southwest of the Navajo Nation capital last week, families living in the fire’s path not only scrambled to save what they could from their homes, but many also had to rescue their animals and livestock.
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Used & discarded: How Arizona fails to protect women firefighters with presumptive cancer coverage https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/070825_women_firefighters_op/used-discarded-how-arizona-fails-protect-women-firefighters-with-presumptive-cancer-coverage/
The Federal Employees’ Compensation Act expanded to include ovarian, cervical, uterine, and breast cancers, all female-specific malignancies - but federal legislation does not apply at the state level, and women who work as firefighters for municipalities are not covered under the act.
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Why Texas Hill Country is one of the deadliest places in the U.S. for flash flooding https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/070725_texas_flood_op/why-texas-hill-country-one-deadliest-places-us-flash-flooding/
Texas Hill Country is known for its landscapes, where shallow rivers wind among hills and through rugged valleys. That geography also makes it one of the deadliest places in the U.S. for flash flooding.
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Living Streets Alliance announces new director https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/070725_lsa_new_director/living-streets-alliance-announces-new-director/
Tucson native and former Living Streets Alliance staff member Vanessa Cascio replaces founder and current executive director Emily Yetman.
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Hernandez leads fundraising race in Southern Arizona CD7 election https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/070725_cd7_fundraising/hernandez-leads-fundraising-race-southern-arizona-cd7-election/
Democrat Daniel Hernandez was leading the fundraising race as five Democrats sprint to the July 15 finish line in the special congressional election that will decide who fills the vacancy left by the death of U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva.
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