Tour stops in Tucson, live theater and more fun things to do https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/082025_to_do/tour-stops-tucson-live-theater-and-more-fun-things-do/
Tucson events this week include music, live theatre, crafting and sports.
#Tucson #Arizona
Tucson time capsule unearthed for city's 250th anniversary https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/082125_tucson_time_capsule/tucson-time-capsule-unearthed-citys-250th-anniversary/
The time capsule, buried in 1976, had been under a volcanic rock taken from Sentinel Peak.
#Tucson #Arizona
As Trump moves to undo 'Roadless Rule,' enviros ask Congress for stronger wilderness protections https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082125_roadless_rule/as-trump-moves-undo-roadless-rule-enviros-ask-congress-stronger-wilderness-protections/
A coalition of 150 environmental groups urged Congress and the Agriculture Department to not only maintain a rule protecting more than 58 million acres of federal forest and wildlands, but to "go above and beyond" the policy and close loopholes in the law.
#Tucson #Arizona
Tucson area parks groups take home top Park Service wilderness stewardship awards https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082125_saguaro_awards/tucson-area-parks-groups-take-home-top-park-service-wilderness-stewardship-awards/
The National Park Service Excellence in Wilderness Stewardship Awards were awarded to Saguaro National Park and its philanthropic partner organization, Friends of Saguaro National Park.
#Tucson #Arizona
AG Mayes sues Tucson mobile home park over 'overloaded & dangerous' electrical system https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082125_mayes_sues_redwood/ag-mayes-sues-tucson-mobile-home-park-over-overloaded-dangerous-electrical-system/
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes sued the owners of a mobile home park on Tucson's South Side on Thursday for their failure to repair its electrical system, which is "highly dangerous, over-capacity, and prone to frequent failures" and has left residents without air conditioning this summer.
#Tucson #Arizona
Miller: Arizona education funding fumbles https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/082125_miller_education_op/miller-arizona-education-funding-fumbles/
The irony is not lost that within a week's time the news is overflowing with information about public schools suffering from funding cuts, and at the same time, some families are enjoying spending sprees with ESA vouchers.
#Tucson #Arizona
New York appeals court tosses Trump’s $500 million civil fraud penalty https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082125_trump_fraud/new-york-appeals-court-tosses-trumps-500-million-civil-fraud-penalty/
A New York appellate court tossed a New York civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump that found him liable for roughly half a billion dollars after lying on annual financial statements.
#Tucson #Arizona
Court stops sacred Oak Flat land transfer to Resolution Copper in emergency order https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082125_oak_flat_transfer/court-stops-sacred-oak-flat-land-transfer-resolution-copper-emergency-order/
Hours before the federal government was expected to transfer land in Arizona to a mining company, a federal appeals court issued an emergency injunction blocking the transfer of Oak Flat, a sacred site for the San Carlos Apache Tribe and other tribal nations in the region.
#Tucson #Arizona
Grants to boost local emergency alert systems in question as public media agency closes https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082125_alert_grants/grants-boost-local-emergency-alert-systems-question-as-public-media-agency-closes/
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will no longer administer a grant program that has so far provided millions of dollars to television and radio stations to upgrade equipment used to send out emergency alerts, after Republican lawmakers voted to defund the corporation.
#Tucson #Arizona
9th Circuit lets Trump end legal protections for immigrants from 3 countries https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082125_tps_protection/9th-circuit-lets-trump-end-legal-protections-immigrants-from-3-countries/
A federal appeals court ruled that the Trump administration can resume terminations of Temporary Protected Status for more than 60,000 immigrants from Nepal, Nicaragua and Honduras.
#Tucson #Arizona
Az Free Enterprise Club argues that fewer comparison signatures from voters mean better elections https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082125_free_enterprise/az-free-enterprise-club-argues-that-fewer-comparison-signatures-from-voters-mean-better-elections/
The Arizona Free Enterprise Club tried to convince a panel of appellate judges that the way the state has been verifying voter signatures for the past four years violates state law.
#Tucson #Arizona
Federal judge keeps Epstein grand jury transcript under wraps https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082125_epstein_files/federal-judge-keeps-epstein-grand-jury-transcript-under-wraps/
A federal judge denied the Trump administration’s bid to release grand jury materials related to the prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein, branding its attempt to do so a “diversion.”
#Tucson #Arizona
Gabbard set to cut 40% of staff in national intelligence overhaul https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082125_gabbard_intel/gabbard-set-cut-40-staff-national-intelligence-overhaul/
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced she would terminate over 40% of the office’s personnel by the end of 2025, asserting that the so-called “ODNI 2.0” would save over $700 million per year.
#Tucson #Arizona
Tucson City Council recount delayed by election challenge https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082025_shaw_lawsuit/tucson-city-council-recount-delayed-by-election-challenge/
A planned recount in a narrow Tucson City Council primary was put on hold Tuesday after one of the candidates filed suit to set aside the results of the Aug. 5 election.
#Tucson #Arizona
Tucson City Council election recount delayed by election challenge https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082025_shaw_lawsuit/tucson-city-council-election-recount-delayed-by-election-challenge/
A planned recount in a narrow Tucson City Council primary was put on hold Tuesday after one of the candidates filed suit to set aside the results of the Aug. 5 election.
#Tucson #Arizona
Feds direct states to check immigration status of their Medicaid enrollees https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082025_immigration_medicaid/feds-direct-states-check-immigration-status-their-medicaid-enrollees/
This week, the Trump administration’s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced an effort to check the immigration status of people who get their health insurance through Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
#Tucson #Arizona
Long, strange trip: Tucson City Council finally boards the RTA Next Express https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/082025_tucson_rta_op/long-strange-trip-tucson-city-council-finally-boards-rta-next-express/
A few months ago, I could not count a single "aye" vote on the Tucson City Council for the RTA Next. On Tuesday, the council voted unanimously to support it. Credit former city boss Mike Ortega for the turnaround.
#Tucson #Arizona
The national suicide hotline for LGBTQ+ youth went dead. States are scrambling to help. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082025_lgbtq_hotline/the-national-suicide-hotline-lgbtq-youth-went-dead-states-are-scrambling-help/
States are scrambling to backfill LGBTQ+ crisis support through training, fees, and other initiatives in response to what advocates say is the Trump administration’s hostile stance toward this group.
#Tucson #Arizona
Dittmer: AI needs water. Arizona’s Constitution says: Not so fast. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/082025_dittmer_development_op/dittmer-ai-needs-water-arizonas-constitution-says-not-so-fast/
The vote in Tucson may have blocked this version of Project Blue, but Beale, the developer, is already exploring other sites. And similar projects are lining up across the region and beyond. This is not the end of the story. It is just the opening chapter.
#Tucson #Arizona
Nuclear radiation victims can again apply for compensation under revived RECA https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082025_reca_compensation/nuclear-radiation-victims-can-again-apply-compensation-under-revived-reca/
The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act program, known as RECA, has been revived after provisions to reauthorize claim filings under the program were included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that became law last month.
#Tucson #Arizona
Tucson Sentinel's independent nonprofit newsroom learns from & informs Southern Arizonans about the community challenges & unique culture of our Borderlands.