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9th Circuit revives Arizona wells caught in tribal water quarrel tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Four privately owned wells along Arizona’s Gila River may be reopened after a Ninth Circuit panel found little likelihood that the wells extract a significant amount of surface water federally reserved for the Gila River Indian Community downstream.

Hiding names of ICE lawyers goes against centuries of precedent/legal ethics requiring transparency in courts tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Something unusual is happening in U.S. immigration courts. Government lawyers are refusing to give their names during public hearings. This secrecy violates a fundamental principle that has protected Americans for centuries: open courts.

Violent crime continues to drop across U.S. cities, report shows tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Amid recent political rhetoric about rising crime and violence in American cities, a new analysis shows that violent crime has continued to decline this year.

Cuts in federal funding could slow efforts to end HIV in Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Ending the spread of HIV in Arizona may become more difficult if federal funding is cut or eliminated.

Arizona AG Mayes’ mixed record against Trump in court tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Since Trump returned to office in January, Attorney General Kris Mayes has positioned Arizona on the legal frontlines of the resistance, filing lawsuits against his administration about once a week on average, with mixed results.

Az Congresswoman promises to keep oversight pressure on ICE tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials continue to rebuff oversight of detention centers, rejecting Arizona Rep. Yassamin Ansari’s request to meet with migrants held in the Eloy facility just hours after approving it, without explanation.

Trump signs executive order pushing to institutionalize homeless people tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump instructed federal agencies to determine methods to forcibly put homeless people dealing with mental illness or drug addiction into treatment centers for longer periods, while gutting existing harm reduction programs.

Anti-trust: Tucson shouldn't take leap of faith with company that dare not speak its own name tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
What's your freaking name, "Project Blue?" That you won't tell us who you are means Tucson is still playing a sucker's game in economic development. Amazon still won't admit they are behind a gargantuan series of planned data centers around Tucson, and that doesn't inspire trust.

Midtown voters to decide Tucson's Ward 6 Democratic primary tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Three Democrats are vying for the chance to advance to the November general election in the race for the Tucson City Council Ward 6 seat, with voters deciding the Aug. 5 primary.

Project Blue hammered over water & power use for planned Tucson data centers tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Tucson city officials and the developers of Project Blue — a planned complex of data centers for Amazon — faced a fractious crowd Wednesday as they attempted to make their case the project will be "water positive" and will not drive up electric rates, while trying to defend non-disclosure agreements that still keep information from the public.

4 new murals created ahead of Tucson's 250th birthday tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Four murals, each created by a different local artist, have been added Downtown to celebrate Tucson's 250th anniversary as a city.

TUSD to hand out free school supplies Saturday at Palo Verde High tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The IMPACT Tucson Resource Fair will be held at Palo Verde Magnet High School on Saturday, with free school supplies such as backpacks and TUSD staffers to answer enrollment questions.

Trump signs law yanking $9B from NPR, PBS, foreign aid tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump signed into law the bill Congress passed earlier this month to revoke $9 billion in previously approved spending for public broadcasting and foreign aid.

TUSD donará materiales escolares este sábado en Palo Verde High tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
IMPACT Tucson Resource Fair ofrece mochilas y materiales escolares gratuitos este Sábado en Palo Verde Magnet High School

Hellertoon: Ozzy tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Some rockers are on the Stairway to Heaven, others are on the Highway to Hell. Then some take the Crazy Train ...

USDA in sweeping reorganization to ship some D.C. workers to 5 regional centers tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to slash its presence in the Washington, D.C., area by sending employees to five regional hubs, and the U.S. Forest Service will phase out its nine regional offices primarily into a single location in Fort Collins.

Without public notice, U.S. Olympic officials exclude transgender women from competing tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee updated its eligibility policy to bar transgender women from competing in women’s sports in order to comply with a February executive order issued by President Donald Trump.

Florida judge blocks DOJ access to Epstein files tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. District Judge Robin Rosenberg denied the Department of Justice's request for documents of the grand jury proceedings from two criminal investigations into Jeffrey Epstein, citing precedent set by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Who is leading the congressional money race heading toward 2026? tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
House and Senate candidates recently filed their fundraising reports covering the first six months of 2025. Here's which candidates have raised the most money and which ones are sitting on the biggest piles of cash.

GAO: Trump illegally withheld Head Start payments, government watchdog says tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Health and Human Services Department illegally withheld payments from Head Start for the first months of President Donald Trump’s term, a violation of the Impoundment Control Act, a law governing the president’s duty to spend congressionally appropriated funds.

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