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Az national parks/monuments turn away tourists after government shutdown tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
National parks in Arizona are closed after the federal government shutdown began Wednesday, and though the Arizona government stepped in to keep parks open in the past, Gov. Katie Hobbs won’t do the same for the current shutdown.

Az election rulebook submitted for approval despite threatened GOP lawsuit tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes has submitted the new rulebook for the 2026 election to Gov. Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes for their review and approval, defying GOP lawmakers who say they will sue over rules they say violate state law.

Jane Goodall, gentle disrupter whose research on chimpanzees redefined what it meant to be human, dead at 91 tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Anyone proposing to offer a master class on changing the world for the better, without becoming negative, cynical, angry or narrow-minded in the process, could model their advice on the life and work of pioneering animal behavior scholar Jane Goodall.

DHS watchdog: Eloy Detention Center staff deleted video of force incidents tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A federal watchdog said staff at the Eloy Detention Center in Southern Arizona failed to preserve video showing four incidents when staff used force against people in the facility last year.

FTC accuses Zillow & Redfin of anticompetitive rental deal tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Federal Trade Commission and states including Arizona sued a pair of online rental listing platforms, claiming Zillow paid its competitor Redfin $100 million to cease advertising multifamily rental properties in an apparent effort to stop competition.

Millions could lose housing aid under Trump plan tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Some 4 million people could lose federal housing assistance under new plans from the Trump administration that experts warn will weaken the social safety net amid historically high rents, home prices and homelessness.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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