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Pima County to spend $250M on affordable housing over 10 years tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Pima County Board of Supervisors approved two measures that aim to address affordable housing without raising property taxes, voting Tuesday to budget $250 million over the next decade.

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Native Americans hurt by federal health cuts, despite RFK Jr.’s promises of protection tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
While Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren said HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. had already done a lot, primarily saving the Indian Health Service from staffing cuts rippling through the federal government, cuts to health programs outside the IHS are hurting Native Americans.

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GOP lawmakers trying to undermine progressive measures red state voters approved tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
In the wake of ballot measures that increased abortion access and improved sick leave for workers, a coordinated effort is unfolding across the country to restrict direct democracy — and shift power to partisan legislatures.

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Abortion opponents are coming for mifepristone using what medical experts call ‘junk science’ tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Using flawed studies and scientific journal publications, abortion opponents are building a body of research meant to question the safety of the abortion pill mifepristone, a key target for the movement.

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Back to the drawing board: Hermosa Mine air quality permit rejected by EPA tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Environmental Protection Agency has ruled that an air quality permit issued by state authorities for the planned Hermosa Mine south of Tucson does not comply with the Clean Air Act. Owner South32 said they'll address those concerns, and continue to develop the mine.

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Lawsuit by mother of Arizona man says insurer's ghost network to blame for his death tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The mother of Arizonan Ravi Coutinho is suing Centene and the subsidiary that oversaw her son’s plan, Health Net of Arizona, for publishing “misleading” information that gave her son a false impression about the kinds of mental health care that were actually available.

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Trump presses Supreme Court for mass firings in record 18th emergency appeal tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump revived a push for mass firings across the government, filing a record-breaking 18th emergency appeal at the Supreme Court in just the first four months of his second term.

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Az youth confront lawmakers over anti-LGBTQ+ moves — including from Democrats tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Organizers from across Arizona gathered at the state Capitol on Monday to mark the start of Pride Month and push back against what they called a continued onslaught of anti-LGBTQ+ bills passed by the state Legislature.

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Hobbs vetoes bill banning China from owning land in Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona’s Democratic governor has vetoed legislation that would have barred the Chinese government from owning land in the state.

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GOP mail-in ballot grievances to get Supreme Court spotlight tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court agreed to air out Republican grievances against mail-in ballots, a long-time GOP boogeyman, criticized most notably by President Donald Trump as a source of fraud in U.S elections - next term.

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Trump admin takes down 'sanctuary city' list following sheriffs' backlash tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security over the weekend took down a public list of cities and jurisdictions that the Trump administration labeled as “sanctuary” cities, after a sharp rebuke from a group representing 3,000 sheriffs and local law enforcement.

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Supreme Court kicks the can on AR-15 ban tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court declined to extend the decades-old battle over Maryland’s assault weapons ban to its docket next term, but the ceasefire might only be temporary as bans on the popular AR-15 pop up around the country.

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Hobbs appointee caught between federal law & GOP opposition to diversity programs tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The far-right Republican senator who already blocked several of Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs’ picks to lead state agencies has accused another nominee of lying and violating the Arizona Constitution.

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American doctors moving to Canada to escape the Trump administration tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
In the months since Trump was reelected and returned to the White House, American doctors have shown skyrocketing interest in becoming licensed in Canada, where dozens more than normal have already been cleared to practice.

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Trump releases detailed budget proposal calling for $163 billion in domestic cuts tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Trump administration released significantly more detail about its budget request, giving Congress the information it needs for lawmakers to draft the annual government funding bills, though they didn’t include the details that the Appropriations committees need to begin their work.

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Passing grade: Villareal scores early winner for FC Tucson tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
FC Tucson had a win at Kino North Stadium on an otherwise rainy, dreary Sunday night over the visiting El Paso Surf.

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Trump ‘blatant’ refusal to comply in deportation case shows growing rift with judges tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Federal judges have found the Trump administration either violated their preliminary injunctions or restraining orders, or have broadly invoked executive privileges to stonewall information in immigration cases, raising concerns the administration is skirting due process rights.

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The history of ‘coming out,’ from secret gay code to popular political protest tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The history of the term “come out” as gay has changed from the earliest days of the gay rights movement, to today, when it has been adopted by other movements.

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Budget bill is on verge of transforming how America eats tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The “big, beautiful” tax bill contains food and agricultural provisions expected to remain intact: cuts to the nation’s nutrition programs; an increase of billions in subsidies aimed at industrial farms; and a rescission of funding to help farmers deal with the impacts of climate change.

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Pima Supes to discuss tax for housing; Oro Valley water rates to rise tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Pima County is on the verge of a small property tax to raise money for housing programs; Oro Valley Town Council prepares to raise water rates; Downtown library may move across street & more from local government meetings around Tucson this week.

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