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Finishing the math: Budget season drawing to a close for local gov'ts tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
School districts are supposed to get their budgets done by July 15 and have the financial statements into the Arizona Auditor General by July 19. Lagging governments are set to wrap up their work.

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Modern-day ‘Comstocks’ look to police travel, information as another strategy to end abortion tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Two years since Roe v. Wade was overturned and four months away from a presidential election, the biggest threats to abortion rights are a federal administration willing to enforce and reinterpret the Comstock Act, and activists who monitor and police pregnant women and information.

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Corporate sponsors of Pride events also contribute to politicians with anti-LGBTQ leanings tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
It has become increasingly common for corporations to adorn their websites in rainbow flags, and try to win over a community historically stereotyped as having a disposable income. But some of those companies still steer big money to groups and politicians who oppose LGBTQ+ rights.

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Why are U.S. politicians so old - and why do they want to stay in office? tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
American ideals of retirement raise the question of why President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump – who are more than a decade and a half beyond the average American retirement age – are stepping forward again for one of the hardest jobs in the world.

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Some surprises in the No Surprises Act tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
In 2020, Congress passed the No Surprises Act to protect patients from exorbitant medical bills, but a cumbersome government system to resolve payment disputes between doctors and insurers now threatens to undermine the law’s promise.

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Trump claim that criminals, mental patients have flooded U.S. under Biden doesn’t hold up tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Claims by former President Donald Trump that assert “millions” of criminals and mental patients are among the 4 million migrants who entered the United States illegally since President Joe Biden took office are not supported by government data.

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Confusion, clinic closures may have caused big declines in contraception use tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Clinic closures and questions about the legality of emergency contraceptives, including disinformation that some are abortion drugs, may have contributed to a sharp drop in the rate of prescriptions for contraceptives in states with the most restrictive abortion bans.

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Trump’s debate claim that ‘millions’ of criminals, mental patients have flooded U.S. under Biden doesn’t hold up tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Claims by former President Donald Trump that assert “millions” of criminals and mental patients are among the 4 million migrants who entered the United States illegally since President Joe Biden took office are not supported by government data.

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Napier: 'Trust & confidence' in endorsing Lappin to be Pima County sheriff tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
"It was my honor to serve the people of our county as your sheriff. It is now my honor to endorse the only candidate who I believe can best serve us in that office." — Mark Napier

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FC Tucson women prepare for final weekend of season tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
FC Tucson can secure a place in the preseason with a result against Arizona Arsenal on Saturday night.

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TEP power-line project in Midtown under Corp Comm review tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A plan by Tucson Electric Power that would see new high-voltage transmission lines strung across central Tucson is being reviewed by state regulators. A meeting Monday will include time for public comments.

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Smuggler sentenced to 10 years for leaving woman to die near Ft. Huachuca tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A smuggling guide who abandoned a Mexican woman in the mountains near Fort Huachuca in 2021, where she died from exposure, was sentenced to 10 years in prison this week.

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Near record heat for for Tucson, Southern Az through Monday tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Parts of Southern Arizona will be under an excessive heat warning through Monday, as the Tucson metro area and other areas could see temperatures up to 114 degrees during a heat wave. Phoenix and the western deserts could hit 118 degrees.

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Unions, county attorney slam DOJ report finding Phoenix police routinely violate civil rights tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Police unions and the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office slammed an extensive Justice Department investigation into the Phoenix Police Department that concluded officers regularly violated civil and constitutional rights and used excessive and illegal force.

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Abortion ballot measure in Arizona could drive turnout as Biden campaigns hard on reproductive rights tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
After a coalition submitted a stack of 800,000 signatures Wednesday to get an abortion initiative in front of voters - Arizona Democrats hope the measure will mobilize voters and boost their chances in crucial contests that top the ballot.

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Ballot measure aims to raise the minimum wage in Arizona to $18 an hour tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The group behind the ballot measure that aims to raise Arizona's minimum wage while also incrementally lowering the amount of a worker’s tips restaurants could use to reconcile their wages with the state minimum turned in signatures in the hopes of getting on the ballot.

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Biden’s halt on border crossings — and Mexico’s policies — ‘disorient’ asylum seekers tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Many South American asylum seekers in Mexico City have adopted pay-by-the-week rooming houses and outdoor encampments as temporary shelter en route to the U.S., almost a month after President Biden's crackdown on the border and long wait times for an asylum appointment.

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Indigenous 2SLGTBQ+ people find Pride within culture, tradition & community tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Cities and communities across the country honored the LGBTQ+ community with Pride celebrations, but before colonization nearly destroyed Indigenous culture and tradition, there were communities where Indigenous 2SLGBTQ+ individuals were viewed as pillars of their community.

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ICE detainees suffer preventable deaths tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The 2024 Homeland Security appropriations bill increased funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but recent studies have exposed cracks that call into question the agency’s ability to medically care for the detainees it is entrusted with.

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Despite what some politicians say, crime rates are decreasing tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Violent crime in the United States dropped significantly in the first quarter of 2024 compared with the same period last year, though the widespread public perception that crime is rising — reinforced by many GOP candidates - could figure prominently in November’s election.

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