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Appeals court dismisses Az superintendent’s lawsuit challenging dual-language education tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The state appellate court has thrown out a lawsuit filed by Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne, challenging the right of public schools to use dual-language immersion to teach English Learner students.

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Trump administration pulls back on work combating human trafficking, long a top GOP priority tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A key office charged by Congress with coordinating the federal government’s work against human trafficking was gutted last Friday, the latest in a string of cuts across different agencies to the government’s work on an issue that Republicans have long hailed as a top priority.

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Surprise medical bills were supposed to Be a thing of the past. Surprise — they’re not. tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
While the No Surprises Act has been a phenomenal success in taking on some unfair practices in the wild West of medical billing, it was hardly a panacea.

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Public school enrollment continues to fall tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Across the country, public school enrollment has failed to rebound to pre-pandemic levels — and data suggests the decline is far from over.

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IRS is building a vast system to share millions of taxpayers’ data with ICE tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Internal Revenue Service is building a computer program that would give deportation officers unprecedented access to confidential tax data.

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With fewer protections and more paperwork, LGBTQ+ Americans face a Medicaid coverage cliff tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
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 tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
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 tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
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 tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
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 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
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 tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
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 tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
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 tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
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 tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
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 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
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 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
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 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
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 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
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 tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
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 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
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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