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Az AG Mayes, other states sue Trump administration for pulling $4.5 billion from FEMA disaster prevention tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A coalition of 20 states including Arizona sued the Trump administration for shutting down a $4.5 billion grant program aimed at preventing natural disasters by strengthening local infrastructure.

9th Circuit scrutinizes new Arizona election guidelines tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Ninth Circuit panel appears split on two provisions of Arizona’s elections procedures manual enjoined by a federal judge after conservative groups challenged them over potential voter suppression.

Justice Dep't blocked from revoking decades-old green cards tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A Third Circuit panel struck down the Justice Department’s push for authority to reconsider any green card holders’ residency status at any time, repeatedly rebuking the government’s position as an executive overreach incompatible with due process.

Republicans target voting rights of U.S. citizens who have never lived in the country tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Republican Party is challenging the voting eligibility of some U.S. citizens who have always lived abroad, in what they’re calling a broader strategy ahead of next year’s midterms to clean up voter rolls and improve voter confidence.

Arizona veterans urge Republicans to save the electric vehicle tax credits they just scrapped tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Veteran groups and an Arizona Democratic lawmaker, flanked by electric vehicles, urged federal lawmakers Tuesday morning to save a tax credit aimed at making the vehicles more affordable that is set to expire at the end of September.

Medicaid rebate policy under scrutiny in Arizona consumer fraud case tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A federal judge considered whether pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline can discontinue a life-saving product to avoid Medicaid rebate payments under the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act.

Trans male correctional officer was told to wear women’s uniform & use wrong restroom tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
When Kaden Vitellaro joined the Arizona state prison system, he thought it would be a lifelong career. Instead, he says he was harassed, misgendered, and driven out — and the state used federal policy to justify it.

China doesn’t own vast swaths near the Yuma Proving Ground, despite map shown by Trump aides tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Trump administration raised alarms last week about China snapping up farmland near U.S. military sites, but the latest federal data shows only a single Chinese-owned parcel in Arizona: 322 acres in Chandler, about 110 miles from the Yuma Proving Ground.

Turning the page: Arizona Wildcats hoping to rebound after ‘unacceptable’ 2024 season tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Arizona Wildcats football entered the 2024 season with surprising standouts and hope for the future - but injuries, new schemes and an overall lack of consistent play plagued the Wildcats to a 4-8 finish. Now, the team hopes to make a jump back to the top of the food chain.

Adelita Grijalva wins Dems in CD 7 special primary election, Butierez tops GOP count tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Adelita Grijalva was well ahead Tuesday in the five-way Democratic primary in the special election to replace her late father in the U.S. House of Representatives. Daniel Butierez was leading in the GOP primary. Each had more than 60 percent of the vote.

Adelita Grijalva wins Dems in CD 7 special primary election, Butierez tops GOP count tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Adelita Grijalva was well ahead Tuesday in the five-way Democratic primary in the special election to replace her late father in the U.S. House of Representatives. Daniel Butierez was leading in the GOP primary. Each had more than 60 percent of the vote.

Power restored after monsoon outage halts Pima vote count in CD7 election tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: A monsoon storm knocked out power at Pima County's election headquarters on Tucson's South Side on Tuesday night, stopping the vote count in the Congressional District 7 special election for about an hour.

Adelita Grijalva wins Dems in CD 7 special primary election, Butierez tops GOP count tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Adelita Grijalva was well ahead Tuesday in the five-way Democratic primary in the special election to replace her late father in the U.S. House of Representatives. Daniel Butierez was leading in the GOP primary.

Monsoon power outage halts Pima vote count in CD7 election tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A monsoon storm knocked out power at Pima County's election headquarters on Tucson's South Side on Tuesday night, stopping the vote count in the Congressional District 7 special election.

Adelita Grijalva winning Dems in CD 7 special primary election, Butierez tops GOP count tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Adelita Grijalva was well ahead Tuesday in the five-way Democratic primary in the special election to replace her late father in the U.S. House of Representatives. Daniel Butierez was leading in the GOP primary.

Polls closed in CD 7 special primary election tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Southern Arizona voters had until 7 p.m. Tuesday to cast a ballot in the special primary election in Congressional District 7.

Polls close at 7 pm Tuesday in CD 7 special primary election tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Southern Arizona voters have until 7 p.m. Tuesday to cast a ballot in the special primary election in Congressional District 7.

'Something for everyone:' Comic-con-style event MegaMania in Tucson this weekend tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
MegaMania, co-hosted by Pima County Public Library and Pima Community College, returns to the school's downtown campus on Saturday afternoon.

More ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ centers to be built by states flush with cash, experts predict tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Former top immigration officials from the Biden administration warned that billions for immigration enforcement signed into law earlier this month will escalate the rapid detention and deportations of immigrants.

Union Joes: Tucson Starbucks workers unanimously back union at Ina Rd store tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Starbucks store on West Ina Road near North Oracle Road will become the company's third unionized site in Tucson, after workers voted 16-0 in favor of union representation in an election Monday.

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