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Former Az lawmaker & UA VP George Cunningham dead at 80 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Former Arizona lawmaker and University of Arizona Vice President George Cunningham died on Tuesday. He was 80.

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Tucson City Council appoints Rocque Perez to Ward 5 seat tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Rocque Perez is the new Ward 5 representative on the Tucson City Council, serving on an interim basis until after the November election.

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Celebrate Mom in Tucson, sans poached eggs tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Egg bennies and bottomless mimosas can be enjoyable, but they are a bit predictable. Here are some fun things to do with mom around Tucson this Mother's Day weekend.

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Despite Real ID deadline, Homeland Security says travelers without updated docs can still fly tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Starting Wednesday, U.S. airports will begin asking for a Real ID or another form of approved federal ID to travel on domestic flights, though U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem says you're still probably fine without one for now.

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El Rio cancels hormone therapy for trans youth to comply with Trump order, Tucson parents say tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Parents of transgender youth who receive gender-affirming care from Tucson's El Rio clinic were told it will no longer offer hormone prescriptions for anyone under 19 in order to adhere to a Trump administration order.

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Pima Superior Court asks public to weigh in on candidates to replace retiring Judge James Marner tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Pima County commission is asking for public comments on eight candidates to fill a vacancy on the Superior Court created by the retirement of Judge James E. Marner.

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Pima County Board of Supes appoints new justice of the peace tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Attorney David Miller, who has worked as both prosecutor and defense attorney in juvenile justice in recent years, was appointed Tuesday to a vacant seat in Pima County Justice Court.

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Learn more about upcoming I-10 widening on Tucson's South Side tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Department of Transportation will host an open house this week to share details of a plan to rebuild Interstate 10 from Kino Boulevard to Country Club Road.

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Women have served in combat roles for a decade. The Pentagon is reopening the debate. tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
People who have been involved in women’s integration in the military worry that reopening the debate means the Pentagon may look for more ways to limit women’s ability to serve in an equal capacity to men.

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Arizona has recovered just 5% of taxpayer dollars lost in $2.5 billion Medicaid fraud scheme tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Two years after Arizona officials revealed a $2.5 billion Medicaid fraud scheme that targeted Native Americans seeking treatment for addictions, the state has recovered just a fraction of the taxpayer funds lost to fraud.

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Key reports addressing violence against Indigenous women are gone from federal sites tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Department of Justice website has removed at least two key reports about violence against Indigenous people, including one prompted by legislation signed by President Trump, as many groups that work to combat intimate partner violence worry about the future of federal funding.

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A law that helped convert Indigenous people is now used to get churches near—and on—school grounds tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After Vail School District voted to allow an LDS seminary on district property, questions arose about how it’s even allowed, though religious conservatives have pushed to expand release-time programs nationwide, arguing there is no need to separate religion from daily education.

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Supreme Court says transgender troops can be booted from military, handing win to Trump tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court ruled transgender Americans can be banned from military service, allowing the Trump administration to expel thousands of active-duty troops.

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Feds shredded for broken promises in handing Apache holy site to mining company tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A federal judge chastised the government on Monday for going back on its agreement to negotiate with parties challenging the transfer of Apache holy site Oak Flat to the hands of Resolution Copper.

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Trump administration asks to dismiss suit by 3 GOP states trying to limit abortion pill tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Department of Justice wrote in a legal filing that three GOP-led states attempting to overturn federal prescribing guidelines for medication abortion have sought to keep a case going in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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Critics call Trump plan to reopen Alcatraz ‘absurd’ & unrealistic tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump’s proposal to reopen Alcatraz, the infamous prison that closed more than 60 years ago, was met with derision by critics and politicians alike.

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Drop off household hazardous waste at Tucson collection event Saturday tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Tucson residents can drop off old cleaning products, batteries, paint and paper documents at the city's household hazardous waste collection event, set for Saturday morning, May 10. After this weekend, the program will take a hiatus until September.

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Tucson Council to select Fimbres' replacement; Pima County to vote on tax for housing tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The Tucson City Council will vote on a replacement for Richard Fimbres, who retired at the end of April; Pima Supes ponder tax for housing, Oro Valley revisits litter law, a return to public life for Steve Farley?, and more from government meetings around Tucson.

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DHS offers $1,000 to immigrants without legal status who self-deport tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced that the agency will provide $1,000 in what it called “travel assistance” to people in the United States without permanent legal status if they self deport.

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Arizona, other states sue RFK Jr., Trump for ‘sabotaging’ HHS with DOGE cuts tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
New York Attorney General Letitia James and 19 other state attorneys general - including Az Attorney General Kris Mayes - announced they are suing the Trump administration and its Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for gutting the agency’s manpower.

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