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  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.

  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.

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

  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!

  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.

  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.

  U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani voted in favor of the Republican Party’s budget bill, which passed the House of Representatives on a 218-214 vote and now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature.

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

  In 2024, the max temperature in Phoenix sat at or above 100 degrees for approximately 30% of the year — and that non-stop consecutive heat has environmental advocates and doctors worried about the years to come as climate change continues to make the world and Arizona hotter.

  Dozens of concerned citizens gathered to hear the speakers, including Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren, to give updates and information on the Oak Ridge Fire that began on Saturday, June 28.

  New laws across the country aim to accelerate the spread of projects that embrace advanced nuclear technology, and half the states in the past two years  have taken action to promote nuclear power, from creating nuclear task forces to integrating nuclear into long-term energy plans.