Tucson Politics

  Nearly two dozen states and the District of Columbia are asking a federal judge to issue an injunction blocking the Trump administration from defunding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, arguing they will suffer irreparable harm if the CFPB is dismantled.

  Arizona police departments would be incentivized to target people they believe are undocumented under a Republican bid to award them a $2,500 bounty for every arrest that ends in a deportation.

  A Republican measure that would waive certain state regulations to allow large industrial energy users like data centers build small nuclear reactors in rural Arizona cleared its first hurdle this week.

  Republican lawmakers in the Arizona House of Representatives have passed another anti-transgender bill that would bar trans people born in Arizona from amending their birth certificates to reflect their gender identity.

  The Arizona Immigration, Cooperation and Enforcement Act, SB1164 has furthered divisions between advocates for stricter border security and community groups rallying for immigrant protections.

  The Trump administration issued a stop work order to all lawyers and legal aid organizations funded through the Unaccompanied Children Program, which helps migrant children receive legal services and representation in court.

  A federal agent accused of shooting and killing a colleague at a federal gun range in north Phoenix is not guilty of involuntary manslaughter of a federal officer.

  A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request by 14 state attorneys general to bar billionaire Elon Musk and agents of his so-called Department of Government Efficiency from accessing sensitive federal data or firing agency staff who resist such access.

  Uranium haul trucks are once again leaving the Pinyon Plain Mine, and the Havasupai Tribe describes the actions of the state and the Navajo Nation permitting this hauling by Energy Fuels, Inc. as a disregard for “the health risks and dangerous implications of uranium mining.”

  A Republican proposal that would amend the Arizona Constitution to execute prisoners by firing squad instead of lethal injection passed its first hurdle , and if the measure ultimately passes both chambers of the legislature, it would go before voters in 2026.

  U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani said he supported the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce federal spending through Elon Musk’s DOGE initiative.

  Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a Republican proposal to speed up election results by adopting policies used in Florida that would have eliminated the way hundreds of thousands of Arizonans cast their ballot each year, her first veto of the 2025 legislative session.

  U.S. Attorney for Arizona Gary Restaino, a former attorney with the Justice Department's public integrity division, was terminated by the Trump administration on Monday.

  Statewide, Arizona Department of Public Safety reported 223 hate crimes in 2023, up 4.69% from the previous year - but Arizona doesn’t have a hate crime statute, and due to gaps in reporting and data, tracking bias-motivated crimes here is a mess.

  Arizona Republicans are barreling ahead with a proposal that could force local police officers to comply with the federal government’s immigration policies, despite warnings from Latino Arizonans and others that doing so will only lead to more unfair arrests.

  President Donald Trump’s executive order for “Unleashing American Energy” is sparking concern for the safety of federal lands within national monuments across the U.S., but especially in the Southwest, where Trump has targeted monuments before.

  In a turn of events, Prisma Community Care - formerly known as Southwest Center for HIV and AIDS, and one of Arizona’s oldest and largest LGBTQ+ clinics - started resuming gender-affirming care just a week after cutting its program due to a federal executive order.

  El Rio Community Health Center has removed all references to transgender health services from its website. The changes come on the heels of President Trump’s order denying federal funds to any entity providing gender-affirming care for transgender youth under 19 years old.

  Fourteen days after the Navajo Nation and Energy Fuels, Inc. signed an agreement allowing the transport of uranium ore across Navajo land, semitrucks carrying 25 tons of uranium ore from the Pinyon Plain Mine passed through Navajo land, marking the beginning of the daily hauls.

  PCC remains accredited for delivering associate's degrees with a couple fixes required, South Tucson to hire emergency consultants and more from government meetings around Tucson this week.

  Republican state legislators across the country are filing a flurry of bills to advance the “Make America Healthy Again” agenda promoted by activist lawyer and former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was confirmed as the next U.S. health secretary.

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  The Pima County Public Library is conducting a survey to help determine what the community would like to see from the library system. The survey will close on midnight on Monday, March 17 and is available in both English and Spanish.

  The Arizona Department of Agriculture announced Friday that bird flu had been detected in milk produced by dairy cows in Arizona, one of approximately 12 states that have had confirmed cases of avian flu that are being monitored by federal, state and local health officials.

  Local hip-hop artist Fabian Danobeytia is joining the crowded field of candidates eyeing a run in Ward 5 on the South Side; plus more City Council race updates.