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Enviros: Most public comments oppose Trump rollback of 'Roadless Rule' in wilderness tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Public comments on the Trump administration's drive to repeal a Clinton-era rule which protects more than 58 million acres of federal forest and wildlands from road construction and timber harvesting were overwhelmingly negative, according to analysis by conservation advocates.

1 detainee dead, 2 critically wounded after shooting at Dallas ICE facility tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A shooter, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, killed a detainee and injured two others outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas after firing from a nearby rooftop Wednesday morning.

Barajas: Latino Conservation Week: Celebrating & defending the land tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
This past week was Latino Conservation Week, a week of celebrating Latinos and conservation of the land, water, and wildlife in our communities. Sadly, the Trump administration and its allies in Congress, are threatening to remove safeguards for public lands.

The disconnect between political backing & what LGBTQ+ voters want tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
LGBTQ+ groups and donors mostly backed Daniel Hernandez, yet Southern Arizona voters favored progressive opponents, raising questions about where these groups stand on social equity issues.

Az COVID vaccine rollout hits snags despite state’s standing order workaround tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Despite the Arizona Department of Health Services issuing a standing order last week allowing virtually every Arizona resident to get a COVID-19 vaccine without a prescription, vaccine access has remained tricky and confusion has remained.

At least two people dead after shooting at Dallas ICE facility tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A shooter, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, killed one person and injured two others at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas on Wednesday morning.

As the Trump Admin & states push health data sharing, familiar challenges surface tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
As the Trump administration and lawmakers from several states aim to bolster health data sharing, they face financial and operational hurdles that have stymied previous efforts.

Nearly two dozen money-in-politics bills are floating around Congress tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Members of the House and Senate have introduced more than 20 bills this year that would affect some aspect of the role money plays in the political system, but few — if any — have a chance of becoming law.

Dispensaries defend cashless ATM smokescreen from fraud claims tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Fighting against fraud and racketeering claims in state court, Trulieve Cannabis Corp and its Arizona-based subsidiaries told a judge that its use of cashless ATMs did not directly violate the rules of or deceive credit card companies that still prohibit cannabis purchases.

Almost 400k Arizonans will pay more for health insurance if Republicans don’t extend credits tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Funding for premium tax credits from the federal government as part of the Affordable Care Act are set to expire at the end of this year. Unless a funding plan is in place by Oct. 1, multiple federal agencies and programs will be forced to stop work.

Grijalva wins with 70% landslide in Southern Az congressional election tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
With the release of the first batch of early ballots in Tuesday’s special Congressional District 7 election, Democrat Adelita Grijalva was headed to a 69-30 victory over Republican Daniel Butierez. She will be the first Latina elected to Congress from Arizona.

Pima women's soccer rallies twice, earns tie at Scottsdale tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s soccer team (4-1-3, 4-0-2 in ACCAC) had their four-game winning streak snapped on Tuesday in a game that featured two NJCAA Division II nationally ranked teams.

Buffalo Exchange founder Kerstin Block dies at 83 tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Kerstin Block died peacefully in her home in August after half a century working to build the chain of secondhand stores founded in Tucson.

Grijalva wins by 70% landslide in Southern Az congressional election tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
With the release of the first batch of early ballots in Tuesday’s special Congressional District 7 election, Democrat Adelita Grijalva was headed to a landslide 71-27 victory over Republican Daniel Butierez. She will be the first Latina elected to Congress from Arizona.

Grijalva winning by 70% landslide in Southern Az congressional election tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
With the release of the first batch of early ballots in Tuesday’s special Congressional District 7 election, Democrat Adelita Grijalva was headed to a landslide 71-27 victory over Republican Daniel Butierez. She will be the first Latina elected to Congress from Arizona.

Whistleblower: 'Inaccurate statements' to court put kids at risk as officials prepped Labor Day deportations tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A federal whistleblower alleged a Trump administration official made "inaccurate statements" to a federal judge, as part of the attempted deportation of around 600 Guatemalan and Honduran kids from the U.S. —including 69 from Arizona—over Labor Day weekend.

Whistleblower: Trump admin's 'inaccurate statements' to court put kids at risk as officials prepped Labor Day deportations tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A federal whistleblower alleged a Trump administration official made "inaccurate statements" to a federal judge, as part of the attempted deportation of around 600 Guatemalan and Honduran kids from the U.S. —including 69 from Arizona—over Labor Day weekend.

‘Your countries are going to hell’: Trump attacks allies’ policies in combative UN address tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump harshly criticized fellow world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly days after key allies of the United States recognized a Palestinian state, and as NATO vows to defend Europe amid recent Russian air incursions.

'Be Moved' by Ballet Tucson's 2025-2026 season tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
This year, Ballet Tucson presents a carefully selected series of performances through April, including collaborations with other groups, like the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, Tucson Guitar Society and Tucson Desert Song Festival.

Medical experts counter Trump-Kennedy autism theories about Tylenol with established science tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Trump-Kennedy announcement and Kennedy’s characterizations about autism have raised questions about why someone would be diagnosed, what types of research have been done and what reputable science has found about causes.

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