Tucson Politics

  Berkeley Public Library Director Tess Mayer will become Pima County’s 16th library director in September, replacing Amber Mathewson, who retired in June after eight years in the role.

  States are scrambling to shield their hospitals from the looming loss of hundreds of millions in federal funding due to the giant tax and spending bill President Donald Trump signed into law over the weekend that includes the biggest health care spending cuts in U.S. history.

  Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs appointed democratic Judge Kristin Schriner to the Pima County Superior Court on Thursday.

  The big bad bill that U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani voted for will drastically ramp up ICE efforts, deplete funds to provide Arizona workers with health care, and risks higher local taxes. Other than that, great work coddling the rich!

  Amphitheater Public Schools is accepting applicants to fill a vacant school board seat left by the death of Boardmember Patricia Harris on June 17.

  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.

  Congress is poised to revive a federal program that compensates uranium miners and people who lived downwind of nuclear bomb tests, more than a year after it expired, though the House version of the “Big Beautiful Bill” doesn’t include the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.

  U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani remains opposed to elements of the Senate budget plan as House leaders whip support for President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill. Arizona healthcare advocates warn it will cost the state billions of dollars and result in shuttered hospitals.

  In Arizona, a divided state government means elected leaders spend a lot of their time blocking one another’s policy proposals instead of creating bipartisan compromise.

  Pima County residents can stock up on sandbags starting June 15 in preparation for the summer monsoon rains. Sites will be open to the public 24 hours a day and are scattered throughout the county.

  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.

  Tucson Education Association President Jim Byrne is supporting Adelita Grijalva in her CD 7 race because she has always stood up for Arizona students and public schools during her 20 years of work in the trenches of public education.

  Newly minted citizens were encouraged to explore the United States, exercise their rights and retain their pride in their heritage during a Fourth of July naturalization ceremony at Saguaro National Park.

  "We can’t afford to rely on the same old playbook. Our democracy, in this moment, needs younger, bolder and more creative voices - that’s why I’m proud to support Daniel Hernandez for Congress." — Sharon Bronson

  Groups across Arizona are creating spaces — both public and private — where people can rock a two-piece and a bulge, swim shorts and top surgery scars, or anything else without fear of harassment.

  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.

  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.

  This moment demands more than political insiders or social media influencers. It demands leaders like Adelita Grijalva, with deep roots in our communities and a bold, progressive vision for the future.

  As you celebrate Independence Day, please support the free press that is the bedrock of our democracy, and help underwrite your local nonprofit news organization: the independent Tucson Sentinel.

  A Tucson man faces multiple federal charges for allegedly selling 15 devices used to allow semi-automatic Glock pistol to fire fully-automatically, officials said.

  A pair of Tucson-area school districts will set their budgets for the 2025-26 fiscal year and they come with teeny, tiny tax cuts. Plus more from local government meetings around Tucson this week.

  Temperatures have already surpassed 110 degrees in Arizona this summer and for yet another season, most workers have few legal safeguards to protect them from the sweltering heat.

  A profile of Jose Malvido, one of five Democrats in the July 15 primary in the special Congressional District 7 race.

  A profile of Daniel Hernandez, who is running in the special Congressional District 7 Democratic primary.

  A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from deporting asylum seekers, finding President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 proclamation of an "invasion" at the U.S.-Mexico border did not grant him the authority to “adopt an alternative immigration system.”