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Saturday's Tucson Juneteenth Festival celebrates learning about freedom tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The 53rd annual Tucson Juneteenth Festival, celebrating the emancipation of the last enslaved people in the United States following the Civil War, will be held Saturday at Kino Sports Complex.

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New initiative promotes post-secondary education in Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Education and business leaders unveiled an “Everything to Gain” campaign, with a goal of helping to increase the number of Arizonans with college degrees or certificates by 2030, which could boost the state’s economy if successful.

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West gets reprieve from drought, but change predicted as El Niño approaches tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Much of the West is experiencing a welcome break from years of historic drought due to an unexpected, remarkably wet winter, even as an extraordinary snowpack begins to melt - but El Niño conditions have already developed and are expected to gradually strengthen.

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Western states Republicans attack public lands plan in heated U.S. House hearing tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Congressional Republicans raised familiar objections to the Bureau of Land Management’s proposal that would treat conservation as a use on the same level as mining, oil and gas development or livestock grazing.

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Sentinel welcomes ace Summer Fellows to Tucson newsroom tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Two new reporters are joining the Tucson Sentinel this summer, part of paid summer fellowship programs for post-graduate students in which our local newsroom partners with nationally recognized journalism schools — including Columbia University and CUNY.

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Free sandbags available as Tucson & Pima County prep for monsoon tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Pima County and the city of Tucson are distributing fill-your-own sandbags at pickup sites across the area in advance of monsoon storms this summer.

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Tribal preference over adoptions upheld at Supreme Court tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a law passed by Congress almost 50 years ago that governs the adoption of Indian children and gave tribes jurisdiction over custody proceedings involving Indian children, passed in response to policies that threatened to wipe out Native culture.

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Clock-end didn't do its job: FC Tucson earns strong win vs. Az Arsenal tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The disappointments of the 2022 season for FC Tucson’s women’s team showed best in their two matches against Arizona Arsenal. They had a bit of redemption Wednesday with a home win against the Mesa-based soccer club.

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Putting the rough in the diamond: Lawmakers meet for annual baseball game tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
When Democrats and Republicans squared off Wednesday for the annual Congressional Baseball Game, they didn’t do it to show off their athletic prowess - they did it to raise money for charity, to represent schools and teams back home and to engage in some playful ribbing.

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Praying for rain: Dia de San Juan Fiesta at Tucson's Mission Garden on Saturday tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Menlo Park Neighborhood Association will host their 25th Annual Día de San Juan Fiesta as a celebration of the arrival of the monsoon season.

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Rezando por lluvia: Día de San Juan Fiesta en Mission Garden el sábado tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
La asociación de vecinos de Menlo Park celebrará la llegada de la temporada de los monzones con su 25ta anual Día de San Juan Fiesta.

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White House backs permanent pay boost for federal wildland firefighters tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Less than a week after smoke from Canadian wildfires blanketed the capital and much of the northeastern U.S., the Biden administration urged members of Congress to approve permanent pay raises for wildland firefighters.

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Summer heat waves could cause blackouts across the country tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
This summer, as much as two thirds of the United States could be in danger of electricity outages should temperatures drift higher than normal, with the biggest factor in recent years being extreme weather that impacts the grid with more frequency.

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Democrats in Congress renew push to protect access to birth control tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Democrats in Congress reintroduced a bill that would ensure people have the right to use contraception and that health care providers have a right to share information about contraception as well as provide it - regardless of any future Supreme Court rulings.

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Texas AG sues Biden administration over Title IX interpretation tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Texas attorney general’s office filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration over its interpretation of Title IX — which was expanded two years ago to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity - Texas’s 50th lawsuit against the administration.

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Arizona children’s well-being improves slightly but state still ranks among the worst tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
An annual report that measures the well-being of children showed slight improvement for Arizona kids, but the Grand Canyon state remained among the lowest-ranked states, and lack of access to affordable child care remains one of the biggest areas of concern.

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Pima Superior Court asks public for comments on commissioner appointments tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Pima County Superior Court is asking the public to submit comments on five candidates seeking two spots as court commissioners by 2 p.m. on Monday, June 19.

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Kelly & Sinema: DHS 'shortchanged' border cities by funding NYC shelters for asylum seekers tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Biden administration "shortchanged" communities along the Southwest border by sending millions earmarked for migrant care to New York City, said U.S. Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly.

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Az dispensaries recalling marijuana products over salmonella, aspergillus contamination tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Several Arizona dispensaries are voluntarily recalling marijuana products due to possible contamination with aspergillus or salmonella, after AZDHS Laboratory auditors discovered that potential false negative results for contaminants were reported by a licensed laboratory.

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Pima County asks public for comments on Superior Court commissioner appointments tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County is asking the public to submit their comments on five candidates seeking two spots as Superior Court commissioners by 2 p.m. on Monday, June 19.

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