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As Arizona adopts new system for overseas voters, some officials sound alarm tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Overseas voters who are registered in Arizona are receiving their ballots this week in a new way for the state’s special congressional election — but at least a few county officials are worried that the new system isn’t ready.

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Trump EPA claws back $7B in solar funding already promised to states tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Congressional Democrats slammed the Trump administration’s announcement it will cancel nearly $7 billion in grants to fund solar energy projects for low-income households, saying the move was illegal and would raise families’ energy prices if allowed to proceed.

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Arizona AG slams Republican county attorney for offer to prosecute Democratic state senator tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pinal’s County Attorney wants to prosecute a state Senator from Phoenix for posting the location of federal immigration agents online – but the state attorney general says he has no jurisdiction to do so and that there’s no crime to prosecute.

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Rex Scott: Tucson city meetings on Project Blue were unproductive spectacles tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
"I will not criticize the mayor and City Council for their decision, even though Mayor Romero gratuitously attacked the Board of Supervisors and county staff. City officials deserve ample criticism, however, for the so-called public process they sponsored." — Supervisor Rex Scott

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Immigrant's memoir 'Dora: A Daughter of Unforgiving Terrain' tells harrowing story of survival tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Dora Rodriguez's memoir, "Dora: A Daughter of Unforgiving Terrain," tells the story of migrants who died from exposure crossing the Arizona desert in 1980, and how some in their group survived the desperate journey.

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Recount coming: Shaw pulls within 19 but falling just short of Dahl in Tucson Council primary tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Sadie Shaw picked up a majority of the ballots counted after Election Day, pulling within 19 in the Democratic primary against Tucson Councilman Kevin Dahl. A recount in the race is almost certain, but just 13 ballots remain to be added to the total tally.

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Immigrant's memoir 'Dora: A Daughter of Unforgiving Terrain' tells harrowing story of survival tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Dora Rodriguez's memoir, "Dora: A Daughter of Unforgiving Terrain," tells the story of migrants who died from exposure crossing the Arizona desert in 1980, and how some in their group survived the desperate journey.

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As the Colorado River slowly dries up, states angle for influence over future water rights tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Colorado River is in trouble: Not as much water flows into the river as people are entitled to take out of it. A new idea might change that, but complicated political and practical negotiations stand in the way.

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Tucson-area school districts update tech, abuse rules; Oro Valley to shift sales tax tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
School districts are starting to review a number of policies required by new state laws; Oro Valley to use sales taxes for operations and not just recreation; plus more from local government meetings around Tucson this week.

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Tucson Councilmember Cunningham gets into scuffle with shoplifter at East Side store tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Tucson City Councilmember Paul Cunningham got into a scuffle with a shoplifter who was trying to steal bottles of liquor from a drugstore Friday night.

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Veterans’ care at risk as hundreds of doctors & nurses reject working at VA hospitals tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Veterans hospitals are struggling to replace hundreds of doctors and nurses who have left the health care system this year as the Trump administration pursues its pledge to simultaneously slash Department of Veterans Affairs staff and improve care.

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A red meat allergy from tick bites is spreading – lone star tick isn’t the only carrier to worry about tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
An allergic reaction called alpha-gal syndrome - commonly called the “red meat allergy,” though that is misleading, because alpha-gal syndrome can cause strong reactions to many products - is rapidly spreading in the U.S. and around the globe, due to tick bites.

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Recount coming: Shaw pulls within 19 votes of Dahl in Tucson Council primary tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Sadie Shaw has picked up a majority of the ballots counted after Election Day, pulling within 19 with just a handful remaining in the Democratic primary as she seeks to knock Tucson Councilman Kevin Dahl out of his Ward 3 seat. The race will almost certainly trigger a recount.

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Recount coming: Shaw pulls within 19 votes of Dahl in Tucson Council primary tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Sadie Shaw has picked up a majority of the ballots counted after Election Day, pulling within 19 with just a handful remaining in the Democratic primary as she seeks to knock Tucson Councilman Kevin Dahl out of his Ward 3 seat. The race will almost certainly trigger a recount.

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DOJ subpoenas longtime Trump rival Letitia James tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Department of Justice subpoenaed New York Attorney General Letitia James, as part of a probe into her bombshell civil fraud lawsuit against President Donald Trump.

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Billy Long ousted by Trump as IRS chief after less than 2 months in office tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump will remove former Missouri Republican U.S. Rep. Billy Long from his post as head of the Internal Revenue Service less than two months after his confirmation, according to the White House.

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Michele Lewis appointed to Continental school board tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Michele Lewis has been appointed to serve the remainder of a term on the Continental Elementary School District Governing Board. Kelley Allen resigned this summer.

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For America’s 35M small businesses, tariff uncertainty hits especially hard tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
As of 2023, of those U.S. companies that import goods, more than 97% of them were small businesses. For these companies, tariff uncertainty isn’t just frustrating – it’s paralyzing.

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New lawsuit presses DOJ to release communications about Epstein files tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A nonprofit government watchdog sued the Trump administration for failing to respond to public records requests for communications between the White House, Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation about Florida sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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Trump asks SCOTUS for go-ahead to continue immigration raids in California tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to resume indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests that swept through Hispanic communities in California.

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