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As nuns disappear, many Catholic hospitals look more like megacorporations tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Catholic Church still governs the care that can be delivered to millions in hospitals each year, but over time, a focus on margins led the hospitals to transform into behemoths that operate for-profit subsidiaries and pay their executives millions.

Sin monjas en sus pasillos, muchos hospitales católicos parecen más mega corporaciones tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
La Iglesia Católica todavía gobierna la atención que se puede brindar a millones de personas en los hospitales cada año, pero el enfoque en los márgenes llevó a los hospitales a transformarse en gigantes que operan subsidiarias con fines de lucro y pagan millones a sus ejecutivos.

LD17: Democrat Kevin Volk wins House seat in Tucson's GOP-leaning district tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Democrat Kevin Volk defeated Republican Cory McGarr in Tucson's GOP-leaning Legislative District 17

Engel concedes to Ciscomani in Southern Az CD6 race tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani claimed victory Wednesday after his Democratic challenger Kirsten Engel conceded the race in Arizona's Congressional District 6.

Christy blocks Democratic sweep of most Pima County offices tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Republican Supervisor Steve Christy claimed victory Wednesday in his race against Democratic challenger Vanessa Bechtol, ensuring that Democrats would not hold all five seats on the Pima County Board of Supervisors.

Sheriff Nanos up by just 199 over Lappin as Pima vote count continues tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Democratic incumbent Chris Nanos was leading Republican Heather Lappin by just 199 votes in the race for Pima County sheriff after Wednesday’s results were released.

Enviro group sues Az officials over right-of-way for Copper World mine tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Local environmental group Save the Scenic Santa Ritas filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block the Copper World mine from building waste pipelines across a portion of the state-owned Santa Rita Experimental Range.

Trump chooses Rep. Matt Gaetz, who is facing an ethics probe, as his attorney general tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he intends to nominate U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz as the next attorney general of the United States.

Poll contends most Latino men stayed loyal to Democratic candidates in 2024 tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Despite more Latino men shifting more Republican, a majority continued to vote Democratic in 2024, new polling released Tuesday reveals.

Trump readies for mass deportations with Kristi Noem as Homeland Security chief tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President-elect Donald Trump said he will nominate South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem to lead the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which will carry out Trump’s plan to conduct mass deportations.

Petersen, Montenegro to lead Arizona Legislature’s bolstered GOP majority tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona’s legislative Republicans, after gaining ground in both chambers in the Nov. 5 election, retained Warren Petersen as Senate president and elected Steve Montenegro as speaker of the House in a closed-door vote.

Trump taps John Ratcliffe to lead CIA tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President-elect Donald Trump announced that John Ratcliffe, the former director of National Intelligence and Texas congressman, would serve as CIA director in his administration.

U.S. House GOP claims mandate on immigration, lower food prices, ‘end to the wokeness’ tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. House Republican leaders said voters have given them a “mandate” to enact as much conservative policy as possible once they gain unified control of the federal government in January.

Az CD6 Rep. Ciscomani wins reelection over Democratic challenger Engel tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani defeated Democratic challenger Kirsten Engel in Arizona's CD6 after more ballots were counted on Tuesday, stacking up a substantial lead of nearly 7,000 votes.

AG Kris Mayes says she has a plan to protect Arizona from ‘unacceptable’ Trump policies tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes told reporters Tuesday that she intends to push back against potential abortion and immigration policy proposals by the administration of President-elect Donald Trump.

Alzheimer’s affects the Hispanic community at higher rates, but research is lagging tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Alzheimer's specialists are calling for more research to understand the higher prevalence of the disease among Hispanic Americans.

Christy wins reelection to Pima County Board of Supervisors tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Republican Supervisor Steve Christy stacked up even more votes over Democratic challenger Vanessa Bechtol on Tuesday, giving his reelection bid a wide lead even as Democrats were walking away with all of the other county races.

LD17: GOP's Leach wins Tucson-area Az Senate race tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Republican Vince Leach won his election in LD17 seat but Democrat Kevin Volk pulled off an upset victory in the GOP-leaning district. Democrats are losing other key races they targeted in the 2024 election.

Christy wins reelection to Pima County Board of Supervisors tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Republican Supervisor Steve Christy stacked up even more votes over Democratic challenger Vanessa Bechtol on Tuesday, giving his reelection bid a wide lead even as Democrats were walking away with all of the other county races.

Az CD6 Rep. Ciscomani winning reelection as lead over Engel increases tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani saw his lead over Democratic challenger Kirsten Engel in Arizona's CD6 race jump to nearly 5,000 votes after Pima and Cochise tabulated more ballots on Monday.

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