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Republicans rewrote the U.S. Senate megabill in its last moments tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The final “big beautiful bill” approved by Senate Republicans included some last-minute changes on hot-button issues such as safety net programs and clean energy tax credits.

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Tariff-related lobbying surged in the first quarter of 2025 tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
As companies, investors and trading partners grapple to keep up with the constantly shifting tariff landscape, one industry has seen a big boost to its bottom line: the lobbying sector, which experienced a surge in tariff-related work in the first quarter of 2025.

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Medicaid cuts in Trump’s 'Big Beautiful Bill' could cripple some of Arizona’s rural hospitals tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Large cuts to Medicaid in the massive tax and spending plan that Republicans are finalizing could deal a major blow to Arizona’s rural hospitals, threatening services for tens of thousands of residents.

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Senate version of GOP megabill would revive fund for uranium workers & nuclear test downwinders tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Congress is poised to revive a federal program that compensates uranium miners and people who lived downwind of nuclear bomb tests, more than a year after it expired, though the House version of the “Big Beautiful Bill” doesn’t include the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.

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Trump administration tells states it’s freezing $6.8 billion for K-12 school programs tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Trump administration has put on hold $6.8 billion in federal funds for K-12 schools, including before- and after-school programs, migrant education and English-language learning, among other initiatives.

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States sue Trump over school mental health funding cuts tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A group of 16 states sued the U.S. Department of Education for cutting about $1 billion in funding for mental health services at primary and secondary schools.

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Hobbs signed ten bills modeled from far-right playbooks, Including Project 2025 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A series of bills Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed into law this year addresses issues by playing into the priorities of far-right organizations which have shaped Trump-era domestic policy.

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Hobbs warns of ‘devastation’ for Arizonans if Trump’s desired budget cuts go into effect tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Gov. Katie Hobbs sent a warning to Republicans in Congress debating a federal budget that would slash spending on health care and food assistance to pay for tax cuts that passing it would be “devastating for Arizonans.”

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Southern Az voters will decide Democratic primary election in CD7 this month tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Five Democrats are competing in a July 15 primary election to fill the seat of longtime Southern Arizona U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, who died on March 13 at the age of 77 after a battle with lung cancer.

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In CD7 special election, Democrat Deja Foxx says she represents a new generation of political leaders tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Deja Foxx is running for Arizona’s Congressional District 7, the congressional seat held by the late Congressman Raúl Grijalva.

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Southern Az voters will decide Democratic primary election in CD7 this month tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Five Democrats are competing in a July 15 primary election to fill the seat of longtime Southern Arizona U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, who died on March 13 at the age of 77 after a battle with lung cancer.

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Former state lawmaker says he’s a different kind of Democrat in Az special congressional race tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A profile of Daniel Hernandez, who is running in the special Congressional District 7 Democratic primary.

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Tucson congressional candidate sounds a warning about Trump tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A profile of Jose Malvido, one of five Democrats in the July 15 primary in the special Congressional District 7 race.

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Az CD7 candidate says he can solve America's problems with this one weird trick tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A profile of Patrick Harris, who is running in the Democratic primary for the Congressional District 7 special election.

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Adelita Grijalva seeks her late father's seat in Southern Az congressional race tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A profile of Adelita Grijalva, who is running for in Southern Arizona's special Congressional District 7 race.

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Pima County School Sup't accepting applications for Continental School Board vacancy tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County Superintendent of Schools Dustin Williams will be accepting applications to fill a vacancy on the Continental School Governing Board left by the departure of Kelley Allen.

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Climate experts: Tucson's monsoon storms could intensify, get harder to forecast tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Experts at the University of Arizona predict that Southern Arizona's yearly monsoon storms will gradually become less frequent, but much stronger when they do hit.

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Pima County issues air pollution advisory for Tuesday tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Pima County Department of Environmental Quality issued a Dust Action Day for coarse particulate matter air pollution Tuesday for for all of Pima County, due to high winds and dry conditions.

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Skies the limit? UA's Monsoon Fantasy Forecast is back tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Updated: The Monsoon Fantasy Forecast contest is back for its fifth year, with players attempting to predict the amount of summer rainfall for major Southwest cities.

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Az groups creating trans-inclusive pool parties for safety tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Groups across Arizona are creating spaces — both public and private — where people can rock a two-piece and a bulge, swim shorts and top surgery scars, or anything else without fear of harassment.

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