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A brutal attack. A failed prosecution. And a warning for LGBTQ+ Arizonans. tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A gay man was knifed after allegedly being called a homophobic slur. The Maricopa County Attorney said it’s not enough to charge his attacker.

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Measles misinformation is on the rise — and Americans are hearing It, survey finds tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
In the new poll, 3 in 10 parents erroneously believed that vitamin A can prevent measles infections, a theory Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has brought into play since taking office during the measles outbreak.

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High suicide rates in ‘tough guy’ construction trade prompt industry to start talking tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Suicide rates for both the construction industry and occupation are significantly higher than compared to all industries and occupations.

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Tucson City Council sets process to replace Fimbres in Ward 5 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Tucson City Council voted 6-0 Tuesday to move forward with a process to replace Councilman Richard Fimbres, filling the Ward 5 seat through the end of the term in December.

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GOP’s 1,000-voter precinct plan would cost Arizona counties $53 million tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Counties in Arizona would need 4,000 new voting locations and 17,000 more poll workers under a proposal from state Republicans, including Tucson's Rachel Keshel.

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Deported migrants struggle to build lives on the edge in Nogales, Mexico tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A vacant basketball court in Nogales, Sonora, has transformed into an unwilling refuge where deported migrants and displaced families from the United States are now forced to call home.

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Across U.S., Latinas hold more state legislative seats than ever before tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
In 2025, women's representation in state government increased overall, except for white women, according to the Center for American Women and Politics.

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Shaw plans launch party for Tucson Council campaign tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A roundup of upcoming Tucson-area political events: Sadie Shaw plans launch party in Ward 3 Council race; Sentinel team on the airwaves

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New law increases oversight of Arizona sober living homes tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has signed legislation increasing oversight of sober living homes, two years after state officials announced that a Medicaid fraud scheme had targeted Native Americans seeking drug and alcohol treatment.

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States push Medicaid work rules, but few programs help enrollees find jobs tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Republicans in Congress and several states are pushing to implement work requirements for nondisabled adults, but Medicaid typically does not help people find employment, and when states do try to help, such efforts are limited.

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Firings at federal health agencies decimate offices that process public records tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Public access to government records that document the handling of illnesses, faulty products, and safety lapses at health facilities will slow after mass firings at the federal Department of Health and Human Services swept out staff members responsible for releasing records.

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AI isn’t what we should be worried about – it’s the humans controlling it tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
With rapid advances toward artificial general intelligence over the past few years, industry leaders and scientists have expressed misgivings about safety, but the real issue may be whether humanity has the wherewithal to channel this technology to build a fairer, more prosperous world.

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As Trump claims to militarize the border, quiet on Arizona's frontier tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Except for a half-dozen Border Patrol agents, a section of Arizona's border wall remains strikingly quiet — a counterpoint to the Trump administration's declarations of a "national emergency" requiring an expanded role for the military and the turnover of thousands of acres of public land.

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Romero rants not: Tucson mayor's RTA frustrations should be heeded, not ignored tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Tell me I'm wrong and the Regional Transportation Authority Board did not just treat Tucson Mayor Regina Romero like a hysterical woman ranting and raving as she accused the RTA's chief of "hatred" for the city. They're too smart for that, right? Except, I think they did.

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Ansari says Abrego Garcia’s wrongful deportation case is ‘about more than one man’ tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Democratic U.S. Rep. Yassamin Ansari returned Tuesday from traveling to an El Salvador megaprison in an attempt to visit a Maryland father who the Trump administration has said was wrongfully deported, but who they haven't done a thing to help return to America.

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Richards & MacDonald help lead offense as Pima baseball earns run-rule win at Glendale tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College baseball team (43-11, 27-11 in ACCAC) rallied from an early deficit and took control on Tuesday in their ACCAC conference game at Glendale Community College (19-33, 9-27).

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Pima softball outscores Chandler-Gilbert 23-0 in ACCAC conference road sweep tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College softball team (47-5, 35-5 in ACCAC) earned two shutout victories on Tuesday at Chandler-Gilbert Community College (11-31, 10-26).

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Democrat Elsner faces legal challenge to Tucson City Council candidacy tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Chris Elsner, a Democrat who is making his first run for public office, is facing a lawsuit over the validity of his nominating petitions in Ward 5

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DC Circuit grills both sides on Trump’s transgender troop ban as Supreme Court battle looms tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday grilled the Trump administration and the attorney for transgender service members who won a lower court order reversing President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender troops.

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Governor rejects fast-track for small nuclear reactors at Arizona data centers tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A measure that would have waived certain state regulations to allow data centers and other large industrial energy users to build small nuclear reactors in rural Arizona was vetoed last week by Gov. Katie Hobbs.

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