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Voters will get to decide whether to give Az judges virtual lifetime appointments tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona voters will decide whether state judges should be awarded lifetime appointments, after the Arizona Supreme Court on Thursday cleared a proposal to do just that for the November ballot.

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Grassroots voting pushes have momentum in some states, but others make it harder tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Many people justifiably believe that democracy is under attack in the U.S. and the country’s election system is at risk, but many states in recent years have made significant advances toward promoting a more inclusive democracy.

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Grassroots efforts to increase voting gaining momentum in some states, even as other states make voting harder tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Many people justifiably believe that democracy is under attack in the U.S. and the country’s election system is at risk, but many states in recent years have made significant advances toward promoting a more inclusive democracy.

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Social media bans could deny teenagers mental health help tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Social media’s effects on the mental health of young people are not well understood, but that hasn’t stopped lawmakers from moving ahead with age bans and warning labels for YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram - despite the potential mental health benefits it provides teenagers.

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In a familiar refrain, Donald Trump uses Az-Mx border as campaign stump tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Returning to the central themes that drove his previous campaigns, repeat GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump appeared in Southern Arizona to use border issues to attack rival Kamala Harris, excoriating her for her role in the Biden administration.

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Supreme Court: Az may require proof of citizenship on state voter forms, at least for now tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The United States Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Arizona can enforce part of a voter registration law that is being challenged in federal court, effectively allowing the state to bar legal voters from registering just about 10 weeks before the election.

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‘Let’s fight for it’: Harris vows to chart a new way forward, defeat Trump tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Vice President Kamala Harris accepted her party’s nomination for president Thursday evening, pitching her candidacy as an opportunity for the nation to move forward, rather than accept a dark future she said would follow a second election of her Republican opponent.

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Bearing down in Chi-Town: Tucson & Arizona take center stage at DNC tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
There were more Tucson connections — Gabby Giffords, Mark Kelly, Steve Kerr, Regina Romero — in the United Center spotlight than Bulls or Blackhawks because our 11 electoral votes loom large now that they are up for grabs. And that just might mean money. Lots and lots of money.

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After recount, Ziegler prevails in Marana Town Council race by just 14 votes tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County’s last outstanding election of 2024 has been decided. In a recount that confirmed the final margin, Marana Councilwoman Roxanne Ziegler defeated her challenger, Melissa Zupi, by 14 votes.

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Southern Az Rep. Ciscomani says comprehensive immigration reform not likely in Washington tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
U.S.Rep. Juan Ciscomani told local business leaders and elected officials that the trick to getting anything done in Washington is finding common ground, giving his take on issues at a "State of the District" event.

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City preps half-cent sales tax measure for Tucson public safety, housing & parks tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Tucson voters could be asked to OK a new half-cent sales tax at a March special election, to cover investments in public safety, affordable housing and parks, if the City Council moves ahead next month with a planned ballot measure.

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Az Supreme Court rejects claim that ballot measure to cut tipped workers’ pay is deceptive tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that Proposition 138, also known as the "Tipped Workers Protection Act," will remain on the ballot in the November election.

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City preps half-cent sale tax measure for Tucson public safety, housing & parks tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Tucson voters could be asked to OK a new half-cent sales tax at a March special election, to cover investments in public safety, affordable housing and parks, if the City Council moves ahead next month with a planned ballot measure.

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Democrats adopt some GOP border security rhetoric, even as Harris slams Trump’s approach tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
In 2020, Democrats were running against Trump’s record. Now they’re largely on defense as they co-opt some GOP rhetoric to deflect widespread concern about the border.

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Friends of PACC announces new Tucson low-cost vet clinic tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Friends of PACC, the nonprofit fundraising partner of Pima Animal Care Center, purchased a former veterinary office on North 1st Avenue with plans to turn it into a nonprofit, low-cost animal care clinic.

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Arizona Dems say Harris will champion border reform, unlike Trump’s photo ops tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Democrats are calling former President Donald Trump's planned visit to the Arizona border as nothing more than a photo op, after he blew up a bipartisan border security bill earlier this year.

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Arizona Democrats bar press from convention events, defying norms tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In 2024, the Arizona Democrats and Republicans both denied access to journalists, puzzling some delegates who said there was nothing sensitive – just the usual speechifying and daily pep rally.

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Lack of eviction data obscures extent of the affordable housing crisis tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Evictions are a window into America’s rental housing crisis: In 2022, more than half of all renters spent over a third of their income on housing, and millions of tenants who miss rent payments are evicted each year - but eviction data doesn't come close to painting a full picture.

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3 years after fall of Kabul, Congress still hasn't acted to secure future of more than 70k Afghan evacuees in U.S. tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Amid the chaos that followed the U.S. pullout of Afghanistan, the Biden admin declared that evacuated Afghans would be allowed to enter the U.S. via humanitarian parole, yet three years later, Congress has still not acted to secure future of more than 70,000 Afghan evacuees in U.S.

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U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee stumps for Harris-Walz ticket in Tucson tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee visited Tucson last week to rally supporters for Kamala Harris’ White House run. "This election runs through here,” Lee told supporters at the Donna Liggins Neighborhood Center, on 6th Avenue on the edge of the Sugar Hill, a historically Black neighborhood.

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