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Hobbs signs Arizona budget, touts it as a 'compromise' by 'pragmatic leaders' tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
With the stroke of a pen on Thursday, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs approved a $17.8 billion dollar budget, despite criticism from progressive organizations and many in her own party.

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Ex-GOP lawmaker John Fillmore takes reins of Patriot Party of Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The far-right Patriot Party of Arizona has taken on a new form and new leadership, in the form of former GOP state Rep. John Fillmore, who is aiming to distance the group from its founders and reigniting an attempt to make it a full-fledged political party.

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Border didn’t see a 'major influx' of migrants when Title 42 ended, federal official says tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A top Biden administration official said on Friday that there was no “major influx” of migrants rushing to the southern border overnight after the expiration of the emergency public health order used to quickly expel people from the country.

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Border didn’t see a 'major influx' of migrants when Title 42 ended, federal official says tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A top Biden administration official said on Friday that there was no “major influx” of migrants rushing to the southern border overnight after the expiration of the emergency public health order used to quickly expel people from the country.

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White House tries to allay concerns as end nears for Title 42 border policy tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Biden administration is projecting a sense of preparedness but sought to blame Congress for inaction, while Republican lawmakers attacked the administration for not taking a stronger stance on immigration, as human rights activists are sounding the alarm over a potential crisis.

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Arizona: Incrementan muertes por conducir bajo efectos del alcohol tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
COVID-19 no fue la única causa de muerte que representó un aumento en las muertes en Arizona en 2021: un aumento en las muertes por conducir ebrio en las carreteras del estado ese año estuvo entre los más altos de la nación.

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Arizona Missing & Murdered Indigenous Peoples Task Force holds first meeting tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The executive task force for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples - established by Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs - held their inaugural meeting and will prepare and submit a report annually on or before Dec. 1 to Hobbs with recommendations for administrative or legislative action.

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U.S. House passes border bill shaped by Texas Republicans as Title 42 ends tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A sharply divided U.S. House passed a border security package Thursday - dubbed the Secure the Border Act and approved largely along party lines - that was heavily influenced by Texas Republicans who took the reins on their party’s border agenda this year.

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Biden administration tells Supreme Court the North Carolina redistricting spat is moot tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A redistricting battle that could decide the future of checks and balances on elections is now moot, the Biden administration told the Supreme Court, after North Carolina’s top court reversed a prior decision on partisan gerrymandering.

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Arizona funds research into 'magic mushrooms' to treat PTSD & depression tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona is headed toward funding the first controlled clinical trials for whole mushroom psilocybin, or “magic mushrooms,” to treat an array of health issues, including post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression.

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It’s summer & Arizona gas prices sizzle to third-highest in country tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona’s average price for regular gas has been third-highest in the country for at least the last month, trailing only California and Hawaii, and still $1.14 more than the national average of $3.54 as of Thursday.

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Tiny homes for trans women of color focus of Tucson's Outlaw Project tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Volunteers will raise the walls of the first of two tiny homes planned as temporary housing for transgender women of color this weekend in Tucson.

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FC Tucson misses 2 penalty kicks, wins big anyway tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
FC Arizona made the trip to Kino North Stadium on Wednesday night with a record of three wins in three league games, but they walked off the field on the wrong end of a 4 - 0 result against home side FC Tucson.

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Baby elephant watch: Tucson zoo announces pregnancy tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In about a year, there'll be a new big baby in town — Tucson's Reid Park Zoo is expecting the African elephant Semba to give birth. Elephants gestate for 22-24 months, and the zoo's matriarch is about halfway through her pregnancy.

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Health experts urge FDA to approve over-the-counter birth control in unanimous vote tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Health experts unanimously voted for the FDA to immediately approve the contraceptive drug norgestrel - sold as Opill and approved by the FDA decades ago for prescription-only use - for over the counter sales, the first time a birth control pill would be available without a prescription.

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Health experts urge FDA to approve over-the-counter birth control in unanimous vote tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Health experts unanimously voted for the FDA to immediately approve the contraceptive drug norgestrel - sold as Opill and approved by the FDA decades ago for prescription-only use - for over the counter sales, the first time a birth control pill would be available without a prescription.

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Sinema says Arizona 'bears the brunt of the crisis' as Title 42 immigration policy ends tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In a rare sit-down with reporters, U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona said Thursday that border states are not prepared for the end of a pandemic-era measure called Title 42 used to expel millions of migrants at the border.

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Pro-immigrant groups disappointed with Hobbs’ budget, look to the future tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Latino voters turned out in force to help deliver the state’s top position to Gov. Katie Hobbs, but pro-immigrant groups say the newly approved budget, the culmination of her first year in office, fails to live up to their hopes.

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Low fertility rates, high housing prices mean fewer children in most states tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Thirty-five states have fewer children than they did five years ago, a situation caused by declining birth rates nationwide, but also by young families migrating across state borders in search of cheaper housing.

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FactCheck: Trump’s CNN Town Hall tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Former President Donald Trump’s town hall event felt like a lightning round of false and misleading claims — most of which we’ve heard before - on voter fraud, immigration, classified documents and more.

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