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Maricopa County poised to hire national consulting firm for review of election procedures tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Maricopa County supervisors are poised to award a national consulting firm a $400,000 contract for another review of the county’s often-scrutinized election procedures.

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The quiet coalition behind Arizona’s anti-LGBTQ+ school board proposals tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Nearly identical policies targeting trans and gender-diverse students have been introduced, debated, and in some cases approved across Arizona, often pulling language from a model policy book issued by conservative group the Arizona Coalition of School Board Members.

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Az GOP legislators call for more solutions to Missing & Murdered Indigenous People crisis tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Following the recent signing of a bill creating a Turquoise Alert System for missing Native people, two Az Republican legislators are urging state and federal lawmakers to unite and work on solutions to address the ongoing crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous peoples.

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Drought-fueled fire still burns through Arizona forest tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Climate experts recommend maintaining current drought declarations in Arizona as the largest fire of the year so far still raged near the Arizona-New Mexico border.

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Healthcare advocates warn Medicaid cuts will strip coverage from 190K Arizonans tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
As Republicans debate new work requirements and other Medicaid changes, healthcare advocates are warning that eligible Arizonans will lose their health insurance when they fail to jump new bureaucratic hurdles.

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Giant tax & spending bill in U.S. House still snagged by GOP disputes tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. House Republicans who have yet to rally behind the party’s “big, beautiful bill” huddled in the speaker’s office as different factions tried to hash out agreement on taxes, Medicaid and a few other outstanding issues.

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'Mayhem' as ICE officials arrest multiple people at immigration court in Phoenix tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Federal agents arrested multiple people at the immigration court in Phoenix on Tuesday, creating a situation one attorney described as "mayhem" as people believing their cases had just been dismissed were taken into custody outside.

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Rockafellow: Subsidize Tucson public transit for those who need it tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Given the current state of Tucson's budget forecasts, fare-free transit without a dedicated funding source is no longer sustainable. We need the additional revenue. — Democratic Council candidate Leighton Rockafellow Jr.

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Pima softball falls in 2nd round at NJCAA Division II World Series tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College softball team (50-8) opened play at the NJCAA Division II World Series on Monday, falling 2-1 to the Iowa Central Tritons.

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Volk: Paid vacation for legislators while Arizona waits tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
With less than two months before our budget deadline, Republican leaders in the Arizona Legislature hit pause. It’s a paid vacation taken right before the most important deadline of the year – we need to pass a budget by June 30th, or the state government shuts down. — Rep. Kevin Volk

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Migrantes deportados luchan por reconstruir sus vidas en Nogales tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Una cancha de baloncesto vacía en Nogales, Sonora, se ha transformado en un refugio involuntario que los migrantes deportados y las familias desplazadas de los Estados Unidos ahora se ven obligados a llamar hogar.

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Here’s how you can use the Take It Down Act tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
With the Take It Down Act now law, here is an explanation of how it will be implemented and how to request the takedown of explicit images created or shared without permission.

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How the Trump administration aims to slash healthcare spending tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Health care has proved a vulnerable target for the firehose of cuts and policy changes President Donald Trump ordered in the name of reducing waste and improving efficiency. But most of the impact isn’t as tangible as, say, higher egg prices at the grocery store.

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Rapidly expanding school voucher programs pinch state budgets tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Vouchers and scholarship programs, which use taxpayer money to cover private school tuition, are part of the wider school choice movement, but universal vouchers could drive up costs by creating two parallel education systems — both funded by taxpayers..

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Prosecutor fumble forces reboot in Arizona ‘fake electors’ case tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After two years of litigation, state prosecutors accusing Arizona Republicans of interfering with the 2020 presidential election will have to start from scratch.

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Democratic report calls Federal Election Commission a ‘broken’ agency on its 50th anniversary tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Federal Election Commission doesn't have enough commissioners to legally execute any of its high-level duties, but even when fully operational, the FEC is a “broken,” “foundering” and “floundering” agency, according to a scathing assessment of the 50-year-old agency.

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Douglas-area CBP officers intercept more than 6,000 AK-47 rounds in sedan tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A 56-year-old man faces federal charges after Douglas-area U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered nearly 6,400 rounds of rifle ammunition stashed in his car last week.

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Pima County repaving roads this week tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County is performing maintenance on several roads starting May 19 through May 23 from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Tucson City Council candidates to meet in first forum this week tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A roundup of upcoming Tucson-area political events: Debates set for Tucson City Council and Congressional District 7 special election; Sentinel team on the airwaves; voter registration deadlines for summer elections draw near, and more.

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Joe Biden has advanced prostate cancer with a Gleason score of 9. What does this mean? tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Former U.S. President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has already spread to his bones, and the former president and his family now said to be reviewing treatment options.

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