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Health care’s employment growth clouded by immigration crackdown, Medicaid cuts tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The health care sector is a bright spot in the economy this year, driving nearly half of the nation’s employment gains, but economists and experts say immigration crackdowns and looming Medicaid cuts pose a threat to future job growth.

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El crecimiento del empleo en salud se ve empañado por medidas contra inmigrantes y recortes a Medicaid tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
El sector de la salud impulsa casi la mitad de las ganancias de empleo del país este año, pero los economistas y expertos dicen que las medidas enérgicas contra la inmigración y los inminentes recortes a Medicaid plantean una amenaza para el crecimiento futuro del empleo.

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Dems condemn Trump’s broad ‘domestic terrorism’ directive — but offer few concrete steps for opposition tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Congressional Democrats slammed a Trump administration action laying the groundwork for a federal crackdown on anti-fascist activity, with one lawmaker arguing that it represented a move to a “Taliban-like” approach toward democratic norms.

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Trump administration sued over 'Orwellian' national citizenship database tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A coalition of voting rights groups filed a class action against the Trump administration over its creation of a searchable national citizenship database, likening it to the dossiers the fictional Oceania kept on citizens in George Orwell’s “1984.”

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Federal government shutdown begins, with no easy exit in sight tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The federal government started shutting down early Wednesday after Congress failed to approve a funding bill — resulting in widespread ramifications for hundreds of programs and giving the Trump administration an avenue to fire federal workers en masse.

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Slate of new Arizona laws went into effect Friday tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Over the first regular session of the 57th Arizona Legislature, senators and members of the House of Representatives sifted through 1,854 bills, memorials and resolutions that were introduced. At least 250 of the bills Hobbs signed officially became law Friday.

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Out with the old: Tucson's venerable Arizona Inn makes room for new ownership tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Tucson investment group includes noted ex-UA basketball player Steve Kerr announced the purchase of the historic Arizona Inn this week. The classic Midtown hotel had been owned by the same family since it opened in 1930.

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Out with the old: Tucson's venerated Arizona Inn makes room for new ownership tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Tucson investment group includes noted ex-UA basketball player Steve Kerr announced the purchase of the historic Arizona Inn this week. The classic Midtown hotel had been owned by the same family since it opened in 1930.

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Trump posts vulgar & racist deepfake of Democratic leaders amid shutdown crisis tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A group of Democratic caucus leaders blasted a vulgar deepfake of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries posted by President Donald Trump on social media.

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Gallego denounces Trump’s call to use U.S. cities as ‘training grounds for our military’ tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego sharply criticized President Donald Trump, hours after the president told an unprecedented gathering of generals and admirals that he intends to deploy the National Guard and active duty military personnel to U.S. cities run by “radical” Democrats.

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Union finds new urgency as Starbucks shutters 7 Tucson stores & 100s of others across U.S. tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
As Starbucks turned off the lights at hundreds of stores across the country this week, labor organizers at the closed Tucson location near the University of Arizona urged more workers to unionize.

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David Schweikert abandons Congress to enter Arizona governor’s race tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Longtime Republican U.S. Rep. David Schweikert has dropped his congressional reelection bid to run for Arizona governor.

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Judge rips ICE targeting of pro-Palestinian protesters as unconstitutional tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal judge lambasted top Trump administration officials on Tuesday for illegally trying to deport pro-Palestinian students “to strike fear” into protesters and chill free speech.

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Council candidates split on high-density zoning for Tucson neighborhoods tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The candidates in this year’s City Council elections split on where Tucson should allow residents and developers to build duplexes, triplexes and quadplexes in existing neighborhoods.

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RTA Next campaign kicks off; what can go wrong? tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The $2.7 billion RTA Next plan should live in the sweet spot among a whole bunch of cranks and coalitions. If only Tucson voters were in a sweet mood...

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'Sash sisters:' Wa:k Ceksan & other programs preserve O'odham traditions through pageantry tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Miss Wa:k Ceksan Royalty has been part of the Tohono O'odham Nation's San Xavier district for less than four decades. But the traditions it teaches have been passed down for over four millennia.

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‘Not a way to live’: AI is fueling violent threats against women judges tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Take It Down Act enacts criminal penalties for “the nonconsensual online publication of intimate visual depictions of individuals, both authentic and computer-generated.” However, it’s unclear how existing federal law applies to AI-generated threats.

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Ex-superintendent: Keeping Grand Canyon National Park open during a shutdown puts Arizona’s gem at risk tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A former superintendent at Grand Canyon National Park warned that if the park stays open during a government shutdown, understaffing could put “nationally important, irreplaceable resources” at risk.

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‘Warrior ethos’ mistakes military might for true security – ignores wisdom of Eisenhower tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The summoning of hundreds of generals and admirals to Quantico to cover a a shift toward a ‘warrior ethos’ signals an escalation in the administration’s embrace of a militaristic mindset that President Eisenhower warned against, and the nation’s founders aimed to constrain.

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National Dems call for reprisals against Az GOP lawmaker for ‘unconscionable’ call to hang colleague tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
U.S. House of Representatives Democratic Leader Hakeem Jefferies called on the Republicans who control the Arizona House of Representatives to hold Kingman Republican Rep. John Gillette accountable for his “dangerous” words.

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