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Judge dismisses challenge to Tucson Council candidate's nominating petitions

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          Democrat Chris Elsner will remain in the race for Tucson City Council after a lawsuit challenging his candidacy was dismissed on a legal technicality.
      
  
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Sahuarita ready to vote on a 233-acre rezoning; Oro Valley will review $45.3M capital budget

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          The Sahuarita Town Council will vote Monday on a tiny land exchange and a town-initiated rezoning. Oro Valley will discuss long-term capital budgets during a Wednesday study session. And that's about it for local government meetings around Tucson this week.
      
  
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Army control of U.S.-Mexico border buffer zone may funnel migrants to 62-mile stretch of Az tribal land

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          The military to has taken control of a 60-foot wide strip of federal land along the border from the Pacific Ocean to New Mexico — except for a 62 mile stretch of Pima County controlled by the Tohono O’Odham Nation.
      
  
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Disability funding crisis averted as Hobbs signs bipartisan $122M rescue package

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          Arizona’s developmentally disabled community breathed a collective sigh of relief Thursday, as a bipartisan solution to an impending budget cliff was finally signed into law.
      
  
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As commencement approaches, AG Mayes warns Arizonans of employment scams

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          Scammers are targeting Arizonans looking for work in the form of fraudulent job listings and spam messages, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes warned in a statement Thursday.
      
  
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Arizona’s Mohave County approves security marks on ballot paper for 2026

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          Arizona’s Mohave County plans to add security features to its ballot paper for the 2026 midterm election, a measure officials hope will improve voter confidence.
      
  
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Trump admin claws back $350K grant from Tucson archaeology nonprofit

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          Archaeology Southwest, a Tucson-based nonprofit, faces staff layoffs after a Trump administration official said the National Endowment for the Humanities is clawing back a $350,000 grant.
      
  
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Last-minute deal poised to avert crisis for 60,000 Arizonans with developmental disabilities

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          Just seven days before the state’s Division of Developmental Disabilities is expected to run out of money, the Arizona House of Representatives voted 48-11 to pass a supplemental funding bill
      
  
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Sen. Kelly blasts Trump's cuts to veteran services

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          U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly heard from veterans who are worried about VA services
      
  
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Tucson attorneys file 3rd lawsuit vs. Trump officials to protect int'l students

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          While a federal judge considers granting a temporary restraining order against Trump administration officials, a new group of Arizona university students is suing the federal government for suddenly terminating their visas, leaving them vulnerable to arrest and deportation.
      
  
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Tucson looks to renew TEP franchise agreement as public power advocates push for alternative

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          Tucson may hold a special election in November in which voters can decide on a franchise agreement between the city and Tucson Electric Power, but progressive advocates are pushing for a publicly owned utility option.
      
  
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Tucson City Council sets process to replace Fimbres in Ward 5

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          The Tucson City Council voted 6-0 Tuesday  to move forward with a process to replace Councilman Richard Fimbres, filling the Ward 5 seat through the end of the term in December.
      
  
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Deported migrants struggle to build lives on the edge in Nogales, Mexico

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          A vacant basketball court in Nogales, Sonora, has transformed into an unwilling refuge where deported migrants and displaced families from the United States are now forced to call home.
      
  
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As Trump claims to militarize the border, quiet on Arizona's frontier

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          Except for a half-dozen Border Patrol agents, a section of Arizona's border wall remains strikingly quiet — a counterpoint to the Trump administration's declarations of a "national emergency" requiring an expanded role for the military and the turnover of thousands of acres of public land.
      
  
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Romero rants not: Tucson mayor's RTA frustrations should be heeded, not ignored

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          Tell me I'm wrong and the Regional Transportation Authority Board did not just treat Tucson Mayor Regina Romero like a hysterical woman ranting and raving as she accused the RTA's chief of "hatred" for the city. They're too smart for that, right? Except, I think they did.
      
  
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Democrat Elsner faces legal challenge to Tucson City Council candidacy

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          Chris Elsner, a Democrat who is making his first run for public office, is facing a lawsuit over the validity of his nominating petitions in Ward 5
      
  
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Governor rejects fast-track for small nuclear reactors at Arizona data centers

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          A measure that would have waived certain state regulations to allow data centers and other large industrial energy users to build small nuclear reactors in rural Arizona was vetoed last week by Gov. Katie Hobbs.
      
  
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GOP threatens 2026 ballot measure after Hobbs vetoes Arizona ICE Act

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          Republican lawmakers in Arizona want to force law enforcement agencies, city officials and even school leaders to make it easier for ICE to deport people — and they’re threatening to go to the ballot to do it.