With fewer protections and more paperwork, LGBTQ+ Americans face a Medicaid coverage cliff https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/072125_lgbtq_medicaid/with-fewer-protections-and-more-paperwork-lgbtq-americans-face-medicaid-coverage-cliff/
Millions are expected to lose health care coverage through President Trump’s “one big, beautiful” tax and spending law — and LGBTQ+ Americans, who rely heavily on social services due to high rates of poverty and disability, are among those who will be most impacted.
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Insurers & customers brace for double whammy to Obamacare premiums https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/072025_aca_cost_increase/insurers-customers-brace-double-whammy-obamacare-premiums/
Most of the 24 million people in Affordable Care Act health plans face a potential one-two punch next year — double-digit premium increases along with a sharp drop in the federal subsidies that most consumers depend on to buy the coverage, also known as Obamacare.
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Some frozen federal funds for schools released to states by Trump administration https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/072025_doe_school_funds/some-frozen-federal-funds-schools-released-states-by-trump-administration/
President Trump’s administration confirmed Friday that it’s releasing funds that support before- and after-school programs as well as summer programs, a portion of the $6.8 billion in withheld funds for K-12 schools that were supposed to be sent out two weeks ago.
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Flowing Wells to discuss fed grant freezes; TUSD has new teacher performance gauge https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/072025_agenda_schools_op/flowing-wells-discuss-fed-grant-freezes-tusd-has-new-teacher-performance-gauge/
The Flowing Wells Unified School District is taking a good look at how to handle federal education cuts, while rules and regs force more administrative work to comply; plus more from local government meetings around Tucson this week
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Pima County asking for public comments on candidates for vacancy in Superior Court https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/072025_court_vacancy/pima-county-asking-public-comments-candidates-vacancy-superior-court/
A Pima County commission is asking for public comments on 10 candidates to fill a vacancy on the Superior Court in Pima County created by the retirement of Judge Peter W. Hochuli.
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Call Fiorello LaGuardia: FC Tucson will be having a Fusion party https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/072025_fc-tucson/call-fiorello-laguardia-fc-tucson-will-having-fusion-party/
FC Tucson will face Ventura County Fusion, a team they've beaten in their last two meetings, in the Western Conference semifinal on Sunday night.
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'A fantastic event:' MegaMania draws hundreds to PCC Downtown campus https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/072025_megamania/a-fantastic-event-megamania-draws-hundreds-pcc-downtown-campus/
MegaMania saw 1,200, many of whom dressed up as characters from their favorite fandoms, attend the pop-culture event at the Downtown campus of Pima Community College on Saturday.
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Deputizing National Guard officers as immigration judges would likely violate constitutional rights https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/072025_jag_immigration_op/deputizing-national-guard-officers-as-immigration-judges-would-likely-violate-constitutional-rights/
A plan by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to deputize Florida’s nine National Guard Judge Advocate General’s Corps officers to serve as immigration judges bypasses a framework that is set in law, and violates the constitutionally mandated separation of powers.
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Mum’s the word on SCOTUS shadow docket https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071925_shadow_scotus/mums-word-scotus-shadow-docket/
Living up to its infamous moniker, the Supreme Court is increasingly issuing unsigned and unreasoned emergency docket rulings that allow President Donald Trump to wield unilateral authority over the government.
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Ciscomani & Schweikert face well-funded Democrats in toss-up districts that could be key in 2026 midterms https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071925_congressional_races/ciscomani-schweikert-face-well-funded-democrats-toss-up-districts-that-could-key-2026-midterms/
The three Arizona Republicans whose U.S. House seats the Democrats hope to nab next year hold comfortable fundraising leads, midyear campaign filings show.
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TUSD's Sadie Shaw seeks to unseat Tucson Councilman Kevin Dahl https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071825_ward_3_race/tusds-sadie-shaw-seeks-unseat-tucson-councilman-kevin-dahl/
Tucson City Councilman Kevin Dahl faces challenger Sadie Shaw in the Aug. 5 Democratic primary
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Hobbs: State gov't partners with nonprofit to pay off millions in medical debt for Arizonans https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071824_hobbs_debt/hobbs-state-govt-partners-with-nonprofit-pay-off-millions-medical-debt-arizonans/
Hundreds of thousands of Arizonans will be receiving an unexpected surprise in the mail after state government funds were leveraged to pay off more than $400 million in medical debt.
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NASA finally announces 2025 space research grants, but lack of awards puts Tucson's PSI in trouble https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071825_roses_psi/nasa-finally-announces-2025-space-research-grants-but-lack-awards-puts-tucsons-psi-trouble/
Nearly six months after Valentine's Day, NASA finally put out ROSES, but the total number of grant awards was cut by nearly three-quarters compared to last year. That puts Tucson's Planetary Science Institute in a tight spot.
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Trump sues over Wall Street Journal story about Epstein birthday card https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071825_trump_wsj_epstein/trump-sues-over-wall-street-journal-story-epstein-birthday-card/
President Donald Trump sued conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch and the Dow Jones Company over a Wall Street Journal article detailing a bawdy letter Trump supposedly sent to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday.
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Lawsuit over terminated visas for Arizona int'l students ends quietly with dismissal https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071825_student_visas_lawsuit/lawsuit-over-terminated-visas-arizona-intl-students-ends-quietly-with-dismissal/
A federal judge dismissed three lawsuits filed by more than a dozen international students in Arizona who sued the federal government for suddenly terminating their visas, leaving them vulnerable to arrest and deportation.
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Abandoned immigrant kids seek to restore deportation safeguards scrapped by Trump https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071825_immigrant_children/abandoned-immigrant-kids-seek-restore-deportation-safeguards-scrapped-by-trump/
The Trump administration quietly and illegally ended Biden-era protections for immigrant kids who were abused, neglected or abandoned by their parents, putting 150,000 youth at risk of deportation as they apply for permanent legal status, according to a Thursday lawsuit.
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RFK Jr. faces 21-state lawsuit over rule gutting Affordable Care Act coverage https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071825_mayes_aca_lawsuit/rfk-jr-faces-21-state-lawsuit-over-rule-gutting-affordable-care-act-coverage/
A multistate coalition, including Arizona, sued the Trump administration challenging a proposal by the DHHS they warn would make it more difficult to receive health care though Affordable Care Act marketplaces and throw 1.8 million people off their health insurance.
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White House officials tour Alcatraz amid potential reopening plans https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071825_alcatraz_plans/white-house-officials-tour-alcatraz-amid-potential-reopening-plans/
Top White House officials toured the infamous Alcatraz prison off the coast of San Francisco as part of a “fact-finding mission” to determine the feasibility of President Donald Trump’s suggestion that it be reopened as a federal penitentiary.
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Northern Arizona wildfires hurt tourism economy of Grand Canyon area https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071825_north_canyon_fires/northern-arizona-wildfires-hurt-tourism-economy-grand-canyon-area/
With wildfires raging across Northern Arizona and destroying more than 100 structures in Grand Canyon National Park on the North Rim, businesses relying on tourist revenue have taken a hit.
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Gallego, Democrats work to deepen MAGA rift over Epstein files, as Biggs, Gosar & others go mute https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071825_epstein_rift/gallego-democrats-work-deepen-maga-rift-over-epstein-files-as-biggs-gosar-others-go-mute/
Arizona congressman Andy Biggs and Rep. Paul Gosar are among the many Republicans who stoked the Epstein conspiracy theory who have gone silent since July 7, while Sen. Ruben Gallego and other Democrats are enthusiastically exploiting the GOP fracture.
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