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Arizonans can now use smartphone app as ID for alcohol purchases tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizonans can use the new Smart ID Verifier app to buy alcohol at participating bars and retailers. The state-approved app provides an added layer of security by not displaying address or date of birth information, but it's not clear how many establishments are set up to use it.

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Unable to vote, undocumented migrants register Arizona voters tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona’s migrant communities have much on the line in the 2024 elections, and with no right to vote, some people in the country without legal status are finding ways to make their voices heard through grassroots activism – encouraging others to support sympathetic candidates.

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Teacher shortages persist in Arizona but may be easing tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A few weeks into last school year, 30% of teacher positions in Arizona remained unfilled — and while the shortage persists, there are signs of improvement.

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Drag queens unite to form political action committee ahead of 2024 election tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A new political action committee is stomping the runway, bringing together some of the biggest names in drag to push back against anti-LGBTQ legislation and politicians, and through a flurry of social media posts, the PAC has begun to raise funds ahead of the November election.

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Private prison giant GEO Group ramps up lobbying on immigrant surveillance tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
GEO Group, one of the world’s largest private prison companies, is ramping up its lobbying operation as lawmakers in Washington eye budget cuts to “alternatives to detention” programs.

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3 Sentinel journalists finalists for 2 national awards tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Three members of the Tucson Sentinel's newsroom are finalists for journalism awards from the Institute for Nonprofits News — Natalie Robbins and Dylan Smith for investigative reporting, and Paul Ingram for photojournalism.

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Mayes: Defendant in Az's fake Trump elector case flipped, will testify for prosecution tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is planning to announce next week that one of the 18 defendants indicted by a grand jury for signing bogus documents claiming that Donald Trump won the 2020 election will become a witness for the prosecution.

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Harris’ high-stakes veepstakes: Fundraising powerhouses vie for VP slot tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Many of Vice President Kamala Harris' potential vice presidential picks are also record-setting fundraisers, something that could prove imperative in the final months before Election Day.

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Study says undocumented immigrants paid almost $100 billion in taxes tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A new study shows that undocumented immigrants paid nearly $100 billion in federal, state and local tax revenue in 2022, while many are shut out of programs their taxes fund - findings that run counter to rhetoric that undocumented immigrants are “destroying” social programs.

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Harris wins enough delegates to be Democratic presidential nominee tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Democratic National Committee chair Jaime Harrison announced that Vice President Kamala Harris had received enough Democratic delegates' votes to be officially named the party's 2024 presidential nominee.

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Record-breaking stash of 4 million fentanyl pills seized by CBP officers at Arizona border crossing tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Federal officials discovered a record-breaking half-ton of fentanyl stashed in a trailer at the Lukeville Port of Entry in Southern Arizona earlier this month, officials announced Thursday.

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A bigger child tax credit isn’t coming. The Senate just voted against it. tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. Senate legislators sank a bipartisan bill that would have boosted the amount of the tax credit through the end of 2025 and extended more of its benefits to the nation’s poorest families.

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A handful of races remain close as Pima County continues to count votes tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The dust is still settling from this week’s primary election as Pima County officials continue to verify and count the last remaining votes.

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Lackluster investigations may perpetuate high Native infant mortality rate tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A recent study suggests another reason for the high infant mortality rate among Native babies: the way that law enforcement authorities investigate possible cases of sudden unexpected infant deaths, known as SUIDs, in tribal communities.

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Who will win in Arizona in November? It’s a toss-up − like it has been for years tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Arizona is considered a crucial swing state that could help propel either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris to the White House in November 2024, and polls suggest Arizona voters are most concerned about jobs and the economy, immigration, and government taxing and spending.

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Texas attorney general says Biden must continue border wall construction after court deadline passes tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
After the expiration of a deadline to appeal a court ruling, the Biden admin must continue building a border wall using roughly $1.4 billion Congress allocated for a barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border that the administration had tried to redirect, the Texas Attorney General’s office said.

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Amish Shah wins crowded Democratic race for Arizona’s CD1 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Former state Rep. Amish Shah is the victor in a packed primary for U.S. representative in Arizona’s First Congressional District, with almost 24% of votes, about three percentage points ahead of his next-closest contender, Andrei Cherny.

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Mayes wins extended delay of Civil War-era abortion law ruling to mull appeal to U.S. Supreme Court tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has further delayed the Arizona Supreme Court’s decision to revive a near-total abortion ban from 1864 — and she’s still eyeing an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Arizona & Canada strengthen ties through new Phoenix trade office tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Total trade between Arizona and Canada topped $5.3 billion in 2023, and now the state is making it even easier for the two trade partners with the opening of a new Canadian trade office in Phoenix, and the opening of a state trade office in Toronto.

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Republicans won’t budge as Biden details Supreme Court reform plan tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
As President Joe Biden laid out his plan of action for addressing ethical malfeasance at the Supreme Court, Republican leadership on Capitol Hill vowed court reform legislation would never see the light of day.

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