βChildren are going to dieβ: advocates decry migrant-child legal contract
The federal governmentβs decision to award a small Texas law firm run by a Trump ally a $150 million contract to represent over a thousand…
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Judge wonβt delay receiverβs takeover of Arizonaβs unconstitutional prison healthcare system
A federal judge on Wednesday said that she wonβt pause her decision to turn over control of the healthcare system in Arizona prisons to an…
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Small Texas law firm run by Trump ally wins contract for legal aid to immigrant kids
WASHINGTON β The Department of Health and Human Services plans to award a $150 million contract to a small Texas firm β with no specialty…
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Two courts block Trump bid to cancel $22B in climate grants
Two courts this week dealt blows to the Trump administrationβs attempts to withdraw clean energy and climate grants.Β A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled…
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Republicans cut healthcare spending. Now Arizonans are paying the price.
As a doctor, Iβve spent nearly three decades delivering life-saving medical care here in Arizona. Lately, Iβm witnessing a disturbing shift: My patients are desperately…
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Trumpβs mail-voting order would disenfranchise voters and create mass confusion, states warn SCOTUS
WASHINGTON β States do not have time before Novemberβs midterm elections to comply with President Donald Trumpβs executive order mandating overhauls of their mail-in-voting systems,…
Read full article βGoldman & Tucson leaders move to defend DACA recipients facing deportation
Mo Goldman, a Tucson immigration attorney, said Tuesday the potential deportations of three Tucsonans who were brought to the U.S. as children represents a "litmus…
Read full article βRetirement, federal magistrate appointment leaves 2 vacancies at Pima Superior Court
The Pima County Commission on Trial Court Appointments is seeking the public's comments as they prepare to fill two Pima County Superior Court judge seats.
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AG nominee Todd Blanche tells faith leaders he will take action to restrict abortion drug access
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche is one step closer to confirmation after the Republican Judiciary Committee voted to advance his appointment on a party-line…
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Arizona says judge turned to βlast resortβ fix for prison healthcare too soon
The Hobbs administration says a federal judge went for the nuclear option too soon when she turned over control of the stateβs prison healthcare system…
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Andy Biggs wants Latino votes. Touting Sine Kerrβs heritage wonβt deliver them.
For a split second, I thought Andy Biggs had picked a Mexican-born naturalized U.S. citizen as his running mate for governor. He hadnβt. It turned…
Read full article βCritics:βProtect Girls Sportsβ act will lead to intrusive bathroom policing in Az
Arizonans will decide in November whether schools should scrutinize who uses which bathrooms during school sports events. Republicans have framed it as a safety issue…
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Trump official urges governors to help with immigration arrests of βworst of the worstβ
OKLAHOMA CITY β U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin this weekend implored states and cities to cooperate with federal immigration officials, which he said would…
Read full article β‘Compact 2.0’: UA & other colleges get new questions from Trump admin
The Trump administration has sent the University of Arizona and other schools a questionnaire about a "broad range" of its priorities for higher education, including…
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Critics say βProtect Girls Sportsβ act will lead to intrusive bathroom policing
Arizonans will decide in November whether schools should scrutinize who uses which bathrooms during school sports events. Republicans have framed it as a safety issue…
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Unaccompanied immigrant children face deportation after legal services agreement expires
WASHINGTON β More than 20,000 unaccompanied immigrant children Monday lost their legal representation because the Trump administration has not entered into a new agreement to…
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Spending deal freezes Trump proposal to gain power over federal grants, extends highway law
WASHINGTON β Leaders of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee announced a bipartisan deal over the weekend that would keep the federal government funded through Dec.…
Read full article βCBP taps Roque Caza to lead Tucson Field Office
Roque Caza was appointed to lead the Tucson Field Office for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, managing about 1,500 officers, as well as agriculture specialists…
Read full article βWeds. deadline to submit ballot argument for Tucson, Pima County ballot pamphlets
A roundup of upcoming Tucson-area political events: Deadline to submit arguments for ballot propositions; Sentinel journalists on the air & more.
Read full article βFederal plan makes steep Colorado River water cuts to Arizona, California & Nevada
Water users in the American Southwest confronted on Friday the strong possibility that cities and farms in the region must reduce Colorado River use by…
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