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A Tucson Congressman is sending mixed signals on whether he supports cuts for Medicaid; the Tucson Airport starts a new campaign educating out of state tourists on severe weather; Federal funding cuts continue to threaten Southern Arizona nonprofits; and more...

The Apache Stronghold advocacy group appeals to the US Supreme Court again; school districts in Pima County face potentially steep budget cuts; a county lawmaker was sentenced to ten years in prison for embezzling tens of millions of dollars; and more...

State lawmakers react to President Trump's strikes on Iranian nuclear sites; how Tucson schools are coping with the loss of pandemic-era funding; the world saw the first images of the Milky Way galaxy from a new telescope with ties to the University of Arizona; and more...

Democrats and Republicans continue to fight over the state budget; A suit over water rights in Cochise County; Science digs deeper into the story of neanderthals -- don't call them cavemen; and more...

An electric rate hike is being criticized for its timing; Tucson bans camping in parks and washes; America's pastime returns, with a little help from Mexico; and more...

A controversial data center gets the nod from Pima County; Some say public land is in jeopardy; We look at the role politics played in the pandemic; and more...

Thousands gather for Tucson's “No Kings” event; A competing group wants to replace the current deputies' union; A new UA telescope shows its work; and more...

Local police distance themselves from ICE raids; Arizona students say regents are betraying them; 3D technology takes a step forward; and more...

Protests erupt in Tucson; The UA president says the school is out of the woods financially; Monsoon Madness returns; and more...

Immigration raids led to riots in LA - could it happen here; Democrats democrats respond to the ice crackdown; Republicans say the state needs to burn more coal; and more...

Meet the Republicans running for Tucson's open seat in congress; Measles has appeared in Arizona; the pandemic's lasting effect in Tucson, free bus rides; and more...

Arizona lawmakers react to protests in LA; Drama in the Democratic Party; celebrating Ironwood National Monument; and more...

A case of mistaken identity as a suspected undocumented migrant turns out to be a US Marshall; The Big Beautiful Bill could break Arizona's budget; Protestors try to block changes to a national monument; and more...

A fire along the border has slowed its growth; Dozens of VA employees are taking Trump's buyout offer; Using tree rings to learn the history of the sun; and more...

Immigrant rights advocates step up to fight back against ICE arrests; Pima County says no to militarizing the border; a river conference is missing some key players; and more...

The downtown library's moving, but not everybody's on board; A new effort to make more affordable housing; congress forms a new heat caucus; and more...

Andy Biggs says he needs to be governor, because Trump is president; Tucson's main library needs 80 million dollars in repairs; understanding the reluctance to vaccinate; and more...

Cooling Centers reopen as the mercury climbs; An Arizona congresswoman drops in on detained migrants; a Tucson garden branches out; and more...

A property tax vote is coming for Tucson's largest school district; Arizona's attorney general reacts to the ruling blocking Trump tariffs; Tucson scientists probe dark energy; and more...

Democrats line up for a congressional debate; Tucson schools try to deal with AI; Arizona's treasurer decides to take on the schools chief; and more...

The Supreme Court won't stop a controversial copper mine; Pima County works to boost vaccinations; can you put a pricetag on extreme heat; and more...

Migrants seeking asylum are getting nervous; a public vote on teacher pay is off the table; we catch up with Europa Clipper on its way to Jupiter; and more...

State lawmakers object to ICE arrests at an immigration court; sorting out the truth about the big beautiful bill; a rare mid-summer election is coming up; and more...

Finding solutions to the border's scarce water supply; using human intelligence to govern artificial intelligence; looking ahead to hurricane season; and more...

Pima County leaders aren't ready to raise taxes to build affordable housing; The migrant trail walk dramatizes the danger of border migration; bringing the heritage of South Tucson into the light; and more...

Progress on an eastern Arizona wildfire; A new understanding of snowmelt; lawmakers re-examine group home regulation after a teenager's death; and more...

Pima County sues to get paid for aiding migrants; Mark Kelly fights Medicaid cuts; The science of endoscopy; and more...

Governors fight Medicaid cuts; A study of firefighters and cancer is back open after being shut down by the Trump administration; U of A Researchers discover more about forever chemicals; and more...

Rillito Racetrack stays silent this year; Arizona's governor has a secret legal defense fund; a new alert will help find those who go missing; and more...

Big fines for a company that defrauded Arizona; Firefighters aren't the only people exposed to "forever chemicals"; if you've had a sinking feeling lately, you're not alone; and more...

Southern Arizona could be in for a wet monsoon; a local Native American tribe is debating loosening its membership requirements; the latest on Cochise County's efforts to build a new jail, as it continues to be held up in court; and more...

Controversial mining projects are moving ahead and stalling in the legal arena; the state Attorney General is joining others opposing a Trump Administration plan for energy production on federal land; an update on the University of Arizona financial situation; student athletes can now be paid differently; and more...

Tucson reacts to a new pope; the City's continuing budget problems could result in cuts to early education assistance; Governor Katie Hobbs visited Tucson to discuss economic partnerships with Mexico; and more...

In today's headlines, an iconic Tucson film hub loses a federal arts grant; how uncertainty at federal water agencies is impacting drought response; new information about a Border patrol crash last year; and more...

University of Arizona faculty want the UA president to stand up to the US President; the state Democratic Party chair continues to have political problems; Tucson struggles to build a city budget; and more...

Water experts weigh in on the ongoing negotiations over the Colorado River; we dive in to the exciting world of land use codes as Tucson tries to comply with a new state law; families in Tucson are left stranded after the Trump Administration ends a crucial resettlement program; and more...

An undocumented woman faces a difficult choice after giving birth; Back to back protests mark Mayday and a reckoning for veterans; gathering some of the oldest light in the universe; and more...

State health officials quit to protest a politicized confirmation process; Saguaro National Park continues to grow; we visit a county program that invests in people; and more...

A Cochise County wildfire has residents packing their go bags; Tucson Unified gets ready to eliminate empty positions ; NAU loses science funding, ending research into Valley Fever; and more...

Tucson weighs buying the local electric grid; The state fires an accused human smuggler; the standards for “forever chemicals” might be loosened; and more...

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The state's schools chief thinks anti-diversity policies will stand; Tucson is in a turf war, and turf is losing; a long time tucson charity gets a new identity; and more...

Foreign students get a break in federal court; Navajo educators resist Trump's anti-DEI initiative; Some local inventors want to turn the sky electric; and more...

State lawmakers save an endangered disability program that was days from collapsing; A Tucson park get s a facelift; two Arizona heroes erased from military history are back; and more...

Tucson fast-tracks a new council appointment; An investigation targets state prisons; the 211 system that helps people in crisis faces a crisis of its own; and more...

Indigenous leaders fear losing head start; Trump fires a key water official; banning the music that idolizes drug cartels; and more...

Catholics mourn the passing of the pope and await the next one; a young man wrongly held by immigration speaks out; a tech startup takes aim at a common Arizona malady; and more...

A US citizen describes being arrested by immigration; School districts certify they're not DEI; another round of protests is ahead this weekend; and more...

The governor tries to get her way on disability funding; TUSD agrees to Trump's ban on diversity programs; A documentary profiles astronomers who defend the planet; and more...

Trump ends legal help for migrants; TUSD braces for a tough fiscal year; Brewers face potential tariffs; and more...

A new voice on the Pima County Board; A plea to keep Arizona's Medicaid funded; Dire predictions if more border wall is built; and more...