Tucson Politics

  A monsoon storm knocked out power at Pima County's election headquarters on Tucson's South Side on Tuesday night, stopping the vote count in the Congressional District 7 special election.

  Updated: Adelita Grijalva was well ahead Tuesday in the five-way Democratic primary in the special election to replace her late father in the U.S. House of Representatives. Daniel Butierez was leading in the GOP primary.

  Updated: Southern Arizona voters had until 7 p.m. Tuesday to cast a ballot in the special primary election in Congressional District 7.

  Updated: Southern Arizona voters have until 7 p.m. Tuesday to cast a ballot in the special primary election in Congressional District 7.

  The last day to submit public input for ADOT's Sonoran Corridor project is July 18. The proposed 20-mile freeway would connect Interstates 19 and 10, south of Tucson International Airport.

  In 14 states that made abortion all but impossible to obtain after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, women seeking to end a pregnancy had to drive four times further on average – 11.3 hours, up from 2.8 hours.

  The Tomato Suspension Agreement that regulated Mexican tomato imports into the U.S. since 1996 came to an end Monday and was replaced by a 17% duty the Trump administration says is due to price dumping, or selling products far below U.S. market prices.

  Southern Arizona voters have until 7 p.m. Tuesday to cast a ballot in the special primary election in Congressional District 7.

  Updated: A pair of data centers proposed for Tucson would use more water than four golf courses when fully built out, and be energized with more power than any other TEP customer, according to new city documents. Councilmember Cunningham blasted the "cloak-and-dagger" secrecy of the project.

  A coalition of Democratic officials from 24 states and the District of Columbia, including Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes,  sued the Trump administration after it froze more than $6.8 billion in federal education funding just a day before it was set to be distributed.

  Cochise County wants an insurer to cover $300,000 in legal bills for county supervisor Thomas Crosby, charged with trying to delay certification of the 2022 midterm election results.

  Emergency voting sites are opening in Southern Arizona's special Congressional District 7 primary election on Monday ahead of Tuesday's special congressional election

  Congressional Democrats - including Arizona U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly - have wasted no time in going after Republicans who voted for the federal tax and spending bill that will cut health insurance and food benefits for the impoverished and disabled to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.

  Two volunteers with a Tucsonhumanitarian group filed claims against the federal government, alleging intentional infliction of emotional distress, assault and false arrest and imprisonment stemming from a March incident near Sasabe, Ariz.

  A roundup of upcoming Tucson-area political events: Immigration lawyer discusses congressional campaign; CD7 primary Election Day is almost here; early voting underway in Tucson City Council election; voters will decide Sentinel team on the airwaves & more

  The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said that No Labels, a centrist political party, can't stop its members in Arizona from competing in local and national elections, even if the party's leadership only wants to field candidates for the U.S. presidency and vice presidency.

  Pima County staff want the Legislature to make it easier to take on racist property restrictions of the past; Southern Arizona Chamber faces questions, TUSD is working to fix deficits and more from local government meetings around Tucson this week.

  Flanked by a couple of paralyzed dogs who were rescued from severe abuse and neglect, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs joined impassioned animal advocates to celebrate a new state law intended to protect pets.

  Pima County Attorney Laura Conover said Wednesday federal officials "gutted" a homicide case against a Mexican man accused of shooting and killing 69-year-old Ricky E. Miller Sr. during an attempted carjacking in June.

  Pima County is attempting to fill some of the more than 1,100 vacancies across its departments at a job fair on Thursday, July 17 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Kino Event Center, 2805 E. Ajo Way.

  Emergency voting sites are opening in Southern Arizona's special Congressional District 7 primary election this weekend, allowing for more in-person voting before Election Day next Tuesday.

  At Watershed Management Group, we’re part of a broad movement to restore the health of our watershed. That’s why we fundamentally disagree with the Pima County supervisors’ vote to approve Project Blue, which will sell 290 acres of public land to build up to 10 water-guzzling data centers.

  The “one big, beautiful bill” that Republicans crafted and President Donald Trump signed last week eliminates a number of incentives for clean energy that will directly lead to billions in lost investments for the state of Arizona and thousands of lost jobs.

  Arizona has begun using the Turquoise Alert, a notification system intended to help find missing and endangered Indigenous people, Gov. Katie Hobbs announced Thursday.

  As the Oak Ridge Fire on the Navajo Nation approaches containment, most families in the evacuation zones can now unpack their emergency bags, and those who were evacuated can finally return home after being displaced for nearly two weeks.