Tucson Politics

  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.

  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.

  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.”

  Deja Foxx is running for Arizona’s Congressional District 7, the congressional seat held by the late Congressman Raúl Grijalva.

  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.

  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.

  Hunters, hikers and outdoors lovers of all stripes mounted a campaign this month against a Republican proposal to sell off millions of acres of federal public land - but experts say federal lands face a slew of other threats from President Donald Trump’s administration.

  In a bipartisan compromise between state lawmakers and the executive branch, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs approved a program estimated to conserve nearly 10 million acre-feet of water and facilitate thousands of new housing developments across central Arizona.

  Hundreds of residents in several communities on the Navajo Nation are under evacuation orders as the Oak Ridge Fire burns with zero containment near Window Rock.

  "The University of Arizona’s recent decision to consolidate its seven cultural and identity-based centers into a single “multicultural hub” is not just a bureaucratic restructuring—it is an erasure." — Councilmembers Lane Santa Cruz & Rocque Perez

  Pima County's homeless population increased slightly from last year, leaving just over 2,000 people living outside, in shelters, or transitional housing, according to a January point-in-time count. But the number without any shelter has dropped by nearly 25 percent.

  As longtime advocates for people with disabilities, the ACLU of Arizona and Disability Rights Arizona are appalled by this reckless attack on a lifeline that millions of Arizonans depend on.

  A wildfire that erupted over the weekend on the Navajo Nation near the New Mexico border has grown to more than 6,200 acres, the biggest on the Navajo Nation since June 2020.

  Pima Animal Care Center, the county’s pet shelter, plans to open a satellite adoption site on Tucson’s East Side to reduce overcrowding at its main shelter on North Silverbell Road.

  A roundup of upcoming Tucson-area political events: Ward 6 hopefuls make their case at League of Women Voters of Greater Tucson event; Request your CD7 early ballot by July 7; Voter registration deadline for City of Tucson primary election looms; Sentinel team on the airwaves & more

  Before ending Arizona’s legislative session for the year, the state Senate voted to pass several lingering pieces of legislation that would do things like provide compensation for people who’ve been wrongly incarcerated and create more oversight for the state’s prisons.

  But babies born to immigrants in Arizona will continue to enjoy the protections of the U.S. Constitution - at least for now - and immigrant rights advocates are working to both extend that legal shield for children in the entire country and make it permanent.

  Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs ordered flags at all state buildings be flown at half-staff through sunset on Monday, June 30, to honor the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who died in the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire.

  Arizona's coffers have run dry because the private school vouchers, which the Republicans said would only cost our state $360 million, will actually cost about $1 billion. Heads in the sand doesn't quite cover this one. — Amphi Schools Boardmember Matt Kopec

  Southern Arizona has a lot of land that is meant to accommodate growth and not in the hands of private developers.

  After weeks of feuding between the Republicans who control the Arizona House of Representatives and Senate, Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has signed the $17.6 billion state budget that was passed with bipartisan majorities in both chambers.

  A recent string of wrong-way drivers and wrong-way crashes on Arizona freeways raises a key question: Has there been an uptick in these kinds of situations? In short, the answer is no.

  Just days ahead of a government shutdown, the Republicans who lead the Arizona House of Representatives and Senate and the Democratic governor finally came to agreement on a bipartisan budget.

  The Community Foundation of Southern Arizona, joined by six other Tucson-based nonprofits, said Wednesday the budget bill moving through Congress would have an "immediate and catastrophic impact" as it cut support for social service organizations.

  The Hemp Industry Trade Association of Arizona plans to appeal a denied petition that sought to enjoin the state attorney general from enforcing marijuana laws against sellers of chemically distinct hemp products.