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Grijalva pushes feds to add time for public input on South32 Hermosa Mine tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva is urging the Forest Service to extend the public comment period as officials consider whether to approve South32's Hermosa Mine, a manganese and zinc project in the Patagonia Mountains of Southern Arizona.

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JobPath has earned the right to avoid Pima County's budget axe tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
A sky-high graduation rate and redonkulous placement record means Pima County should hit the gas on the JobPath program, not pump the brakes.

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Arizona sues Amazon, alleging violations of consumer fraud & antitrust laws tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is suing online retail giant Amazon, alleging in a pair of lawsuits that its “unfair and deceptive” business practices have violated both the state’s consumer fraud and antitrust laws.

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Ethiopian brews, family & community at Tucson's Z-Street tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
On the corner of Broadway and North Treat Avenue, Zemam's Ethiopian Cuisine and Zerai's International Bar make up the growing Z-Street International Marketplace, with Zidamo Coffee House planning to open by the end of the year.

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CNN sets first Biden-Trump presidential debate for June 27 tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
CNN announced that it will host a debate between President Joe Biden and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at the network’s Atlanta studios on June 27, and a second debate will be hosted by ABC News on Sept. 10.

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Tribal nations invest opioid settlement funds in traditional healing to treat addiction tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Companies that made or sold prescription painkillers and were accused of exacerbating the overdose crisis are paying out more than $1.5 billion to hundreds of tribes over 15 years, and money sent to tribes can be used for traditional and cultural healing practices.

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Read On Arizona & partners provide youth reading education to fight pandemic literacy loss tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Child literacy is at the forefront for many Arizona educators, and organizations like Read On Arizona are focusing on reading development for children of all ages - as recent research suggests third grade students struggle with reading comprehension.

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Tribes could lease their water to dry states. Why is it so hard? tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Colorado River Indian Tribes can now lease water to non-Indigenous users, but for Indigenous Nations in the Southwest with a desire to sell their water, the process is so convoluted, it may take years to see any financial benefit or much needed water.

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Az Dem moms want to know if they can use campaign funds for child care tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A group of Democratic mothers in the Arizona Legislature want to know if candidates running for office can use their campaign funds for child care.

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Read On Arizona and partners provide youth reading education to fight pandemic literacy loss tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Child literacy is at the forefront for many Arizona educators, and organizations like Read On Arizona are focusing on reading development for children of all ages - as recent research suggests third grade students struggle with reading comprehension.

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Mail-order abortion medication is safe and effective, study shows tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Ahead of the U.S. Supreme Court’s impending ruling on an abortion pill case, a study published found that medication abortion after in-person screening is safe and effective.

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Number of births continues to fall, despite abortion bans tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Births continued a historic slide in all but two states last year, making it clear that a brief post-pandemic uptick in the nation’s birth numbers was all about planned pregnancies that had been delayed temporarily by COVID-19.

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New list rates most bipartisan members of Congress—and least tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The latest ranking of the most bipartisan lawmakers comes amid one of the least productive Congresses in the nation’s history and just months before nearly all House lawmakers and about one-third of the Senate face voters at the polls in November.

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Public support for abortion rights swells in two years after Dobbs tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a federal right to abortion and returned the matter to the states, an even larger majority of Americans support legal access to abortion than did before.

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Tariffs to be sharply hiked by Biden administration on Chinese-made products tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Biden administration is doubling and in some cases tripling tariffs on Chinese-made products, like steel and electric vehicles, in a move aimed at easing economic pain in battleground states, though senior administration officials say it isn’t political.

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Plumbing issue at Lake Powell dam could mean big trouble for Western water tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Conservation groups are calling for changes to the management of Lake Powell, the nation’s second largest reservoir, after the discovery of damaged plumbing within Glen Canyon Dam.

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9th Circuit rules convicted felons also have 2nd Amendment rights tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The 9th Circuit appellate court ruled that a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court means a blanket prohibition on convicted felons possessing firearms violates their 2nd Amendment rights, at least when it comes to nonviolent offenders who served out their sentence.

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Biden, Hobbs: Flags to half-staff Wednesday in honor of National Peace Officers Memorial Day tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Flags across Arizona should be flown at half-staff Wednesday in honor of National Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week, Gov. Katie Hobbs ordered, in coordination with a national proclamation by President Joe Biden.

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Pima Supe Matt Heinz files campaign report 100 days late tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County Supervisor Matt Heinz — whose District 2 includes Midtown Tucson, the South Side and Sahuarita — filed his fourth-quarter campaign finance report May 10, nearly four months late.

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Enforcement of Arizona's 1864 abortion ban delayed until late September tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Supreme Court has agreed to delay the enforcement of a 160-year-old abortion ban that mandates prison time for doctors, granting women and health care providers across the state a reprieve until September.

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