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Mass job cuts at UA's writing program amid financial woes tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The University of Arizona terminated the contracts of at least 10 full-time faculty members from its writing program this week, citing low fall enrollment. The decision to let go 20% of the faculty comes after more than a year of financial woes and cost-cutting efforts at UA.

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U.S. House Republicans push through massive tax & spending bill slashing Medicaid tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. House early Thursday approved the “big, beautiful bill” that Republican leaders spent months negotiating with centrists and far-right members of the party — two distinct factions that hold vastly different policy goals — over intense opposition from Democrats.

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Pima softball stays alive at NJCAA World Series with wins over Des Moines & Mott tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College softball team (52-8) picked up two wins in consolation bracket play on Wednesday at the NJCAA Division II World Series, defeating Des Moines Area Community College and Mott Community College.

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Arizona to execute Richard Djerf for 1993 quadruple murder of Phoenix family tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Attorney General’s Office filed notice in the state Supreme Court to begin the process for obtaining a death warrant for Richard Kenneth Djerf, who murdered four members of a west Phoenix family in 1993.

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Native leaders, Az advocates gather for Emily’s Law bill signing ceremony tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Surrounded by the flags of Arizona’s 22 Tribal Nations, Indigenous leaders, advocates, and officials gathered with Gov. Katie Hobbs on May 21 to witness the ceremonial signing of a long-awaited law.

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Memorial Day ceremonies in Southern Arizona, plus what's open & what's closed tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Memorial Day is coming Monday. Here are some ceremonies and events in Tucson and neighboring areas where you can commemorate the fallen and spend time with loved ones.

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Judge: Trump’s South Sudan deportation flight ‘obviously’ violated court order tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Trump administration “unquestionably” and “obviously” violated a court order Tuesday when it loaded eight men on a plane and deported them to the politically unstable South Sudan without due process.

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Cody Fire expands to 1,311 acres; evacuations still in place in Oracle tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The fast-moving Cody Fire consumed more than 300 acres during the night, spreading the Southern Arizona wildfire's reach to 1,311 acres by Thursday morning.

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EPA rolling back drinking water limits for 4 types of PFAS. Thousands more remain unregulated. tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Last week, environmental groups decried plans from the EPA to rescind and “reconsider” drinking water limits for four per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, compounds linked to cancer and damage to the immune and endocrine systems, among other health effects.

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Tucson City Council candidates to meet in Thursday forum 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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Court slams Trump administration’s attempt to shutter Education Department tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal judge on Thursday lambasted the Trump administration’s efforts to shutter the Department of Education, finding that it likely acted “contrary to law” in ordering a massive reduction-in-force that would have halved the department’s workforce.

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1,000-acre Cody Fire prompts evacuations in Oracle, north of Tucson tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: A pair of fires are burning in the mountains just south of Oracle, Ariz., including the Cody Fire, which appeared Wednesday afternoon and has consumed at least 1.000 acres about 30 miles northeast of Tucson.

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Hernandez lauches air war in Southern Az's CD7 & other election news tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A roundup of local political news: Hernandez launches first TV ads in Congressional District 7; Romero endorses Schubert in Ward 1; and other political tidbits

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500-acre blaze prompts evacuations in Oracle, north of Tucson tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A pair of fires are burning in the mountains just south of Oracle, Ariz., including the 10-acre Cedar Fire and the Cody Fire, which appeared Wednesday afternoon and has consumed at least 500 acres about 30 miles northeast of Tucson.

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Forgetting history: Tucson City Council keeps biting hand that fed it tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The Tucson City Council's decision to start backing out of the Pima Early Education Program Scholarships shows a lack of historical understanding.

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Volk: Paid vacation for legislators while Arizona waits tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Updated: 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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Pima jumper Curtiss takes 3rd place, gets 4th NJCAA All-American nod tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s track & field team closed out the second day of competition at the NJCAA Division I Outdoor National Championships on Friday in Hutchinson, Kansas.

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RFK Jr.’s words come back to bite him in case against sweeping HHS layoffs tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal judge pressed the Trump administration on its directive to gut the manpower of the Department of Health and Human Services — a directive that many state officials say would “sabotage” the health of their residents.

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Democrats probe IRS nominee Billy Long over fake tribal tax credits tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Senators tasked with tax writing split along party lines praising and grilling former Republican U.S. Rep. Billy Long of Missouri, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Internal Revenue Service, the agency tasked with enforcing the largest source of U.S. revenue.

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DOGE staffers followed Musk’s lead in 2024 campaign contributions tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
During the 2024 election cycle, Elon Musk went from occasional political donor with Democratic leanings to the biggest financial supporter of Donald Trump. Many rank-and-file staffers who work at the Musk-driven Department of Government Efficiency followed his turn.

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