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Tucson Sentinel | Politics
5h ago
What had been forecast to be as much as a $177 million deficit at the University of Arizona will now be only $52 million, UA President Robert Robbins said Thursday morning. The Board of Regents will get a public update of the details later in the day ..read more
Tucson Sentinel | Politics
13h ago
Pima County will receive $21.8 million in federal funding from Homeland Security, allowing the county to provide refuge for asylum seekers through the end of the year, officials said last week ..read more
Tucson Sentinel | Politics
16h ago
A former Border Patrol agent was sentenced to 18 years in prison earlier this month after he pleaded guilty to bribery and drug possession as part of an task force investigation, involving federal and Arizona officials ..read more
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16h ago
Local political candidates are welcome to submit guest opinion pieces for publication. Here's what we're looking for, and what we're not ..read more
Tucson Sentinel | Politics
16h ago
The U.S. Senate dismissed two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and voted to adjourn the trial after finding they did not rise to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors and were therefore unconstitutional ..read more
Tucson Sentinel | Politics
21h ago
For the second time in as many weeks, Arizona Republicans refused to strike down a near-total abortion ban from 1864, using a procedural move to block a Democratic effort to repeal the law ..read more
Tucson Sentinel | Politics
1d ago
With a presidential election just months away, threats of disinformation supercharged by artificial intelligence technology — but particularly deepfakes — are more apparent than ever, and many are worried about how such technology could be harnessed to sway voters ..read more
Tucson Sentinel | Politics
1d ago
A slew of Republican bills, including those that would have allowed discrimination against transgender people and would have given public school teachers a green light to post the 10 Commandments in their classrooms, were vetoed by Gov. Katie Hobbs ..read more
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1d ago
A day after the deadline to challenge candidate nomination petition signatures in Arizona, several candidates on both sides of the aisle folded to the pressure and dropped their bids for elected office while others prepared to defend themselves in court ..read more
Tucson Sentinel | Politics
1d ago
Cities and suburbs around the country are struggling with vacant office space as remote work becomes an established post-pandemic reality, and states are stepping in with tax breaks and zoning changes to help replace the unwanted cubicle farms with much-needed housing ..read more