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Ortega's tenure stabilized the city, moved Tucson past futility tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Recently retired City Manager Mike Ortega proved the trick isn't to shatter the deep state of bureaucrats, it's to lead a staff full of professional civil servants. Show futility no quarter — through leadership and not micromanagement.

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Pima Medical Examiner opens new $45 million facility tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Over the next few weeks, Pima County's Medical Examiner will move from a cramped, decades-old building into a new $45 million facility.

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Border911: The misinformation network profiting off the false invasion narrative tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Tom Homan, the architect of Donald Trump’s family separation initiative and head of the nonprofit Border911 Foundation, Inc., and his group’s members have largely flown under the radar, but if Trump wins this November, Homan and his allies could receive prominent posts.

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Arizona Wildcats hope to regroup amid 3-game skid, injury setbacks tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The University of Arizona was eyeing a chance to take down Shedeur Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes during a sold-out homecoming weekend in Tucson - but instead, the Wildcats might be watching their season slip away.

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‘Bringing culture to the table’: urban Native voter outreach centered around community tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
With only two weeks until the election, voting advocates, candidates, parties and community organizers are making last-ditch efforts to rally people to vote across Arizona, but those whose goal is turning out Indigenous voters living in Arizona’s urban centers face unique challenges.

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Gen Z in Arizona & beyond worries that food choices are driving climate change tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Worries about the health and environmental impacts of processed foods are pervasive among younger voters, as bloggers and activists promote sustainable lifestyles by putting a spotlight on the origin and effects of the food we eat, as do some food producers.

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Walker & Graves score as Pima women hold off Glendale for 5th straight victory tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s soccer team (11-2) earned a fifth straight win on Saturday with a big victory on the road at Glendale Community College (7-6).

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Ismael Ruiz nets game-winner as Aztec men beat Glendale to win 8th straight tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s soccer team (15-1, 14-1 in ACCAC) picked up a big road win on Saturday at Glendale Community College (9-4-2) as they set up a big showdown next weekend at the West Campus Aztec Field to close the regular season.

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1 million+ patients lose coverage as insurers, hospitals drop Medicare Advantage tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Insurance giants have been aggressively pushing enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans for the past several years, but this year, the groups that dominate the Medicare Advantage market have said they’re scaling back or eliminating plans to shed members and boost sagging profits.

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White House aims to eliminate out-of-pocket spending on birth control for most Americans tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Joe Biden’s administration announced a plan that would eliminate out-of-pocket expenses for most birth control for a majority of Americans, a proposed rule on contraception coverage that could help 52 million women of reproductive age.

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Arizona Wildcats hope to regroup amid three-game skid, injury setbacks tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The University of Arizona was eyeing a chance to take down Shedeur Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes during a sold-out homecoming weekend in Tucson - but instead, the Wildcats might be watching their season slip away.

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Pima volleyball stunned in straight sets at Chandler-Gilbert tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College volleyball team (12-12, 9-6 in ACCAC) suffered a setback on Friday in their match at Chandler-Gilbert Community College (11-10, 7-8).

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Prop 133 & Prop 140 give voters a choice: Should Arizona primaries be open or partisan? tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In the November election, Arizona voters will decide whether to open up the state’s primary elections to include all voters and candidates, or to fortify the status quo with closed, partisan primaries.

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Cochise County Supe Peggy Judd pleads guilty in election certification case, avoids felony tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Cochise County Supervisor Peggy Judd has entered into a plea deal to avoid a felony after she and another supervisor delayed certifying the 2022 election over fears of non-existent voter fraud in Maricopa County.

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Uhlich asks for RTA update as draft plan goes to public; School boards study systems tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Tucson City Councilmember Karin Uhlich wants umpteenth discussion about the city's involvement in the Regional Transportation Authority, plus new rules for ADU's, school systems and more from government meetings around Tucson this week.

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Patients are relying on Lyft, Uber to travel far distances to medical care tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Ride-sharing companies drivers have become a critical part of the medical transportation system in several states, including Arizona, and though some insurance and Medicare and Medicaid plans pay for such ride-hailing services, many ailing patients are still left without a ride.

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In Costa Rica & elsewhere, U.S. ‘Safe Mobility’ program for migrants is unknown, underused tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. tapped four Central American countries for new Safe Mobility offices, where migrants can apply for refugee resettlement without having to travel to the U.S. border to seek asylum, but one of the program’s major shortcomings is the low number of migrants who attempt to use it.

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Court ruling allows medical marijuana dispensaries near Arizona preschools tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Medical marijuana dispensaries can operate in close proximity to preschools, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled, reasoning that the voter-approved law legalizing medical cannabis differentiated between “schools” and “preschools.”

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Funding stalled for federal program reducing diabetes among Az Native Americans tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Federal funding expires at the end of the year for a program that has reduced diabetes among Native Americans, but Congress has yet to act, leaving providers and patients worried.

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Pro-Trump dark money network tied to Elon Musk behind fake pro-Harris campaign scheme tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
An initiative called Progress 2028 that purports to be Kamala Harris’ liberal counter to the conservative Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 is actually run by a dark money network supporting former President Donald Trump.

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