Tucson Politics

  The U.S. Senate began debating changes to a bill that will cancel $9 billion in previously approved spending on public broadcasting and foreign aid — but with a deal for grants to some Native American radio stations that may help offset cuts to public media.

  Deja Foxx ran as a possible new Democratic phenom but when her primary challenge to the Grijalva legacy fell flat, so did she. The swagger disappeared. The pouting began.

  A coalition of 20 states including Arizona sued the Trump administration for shutting down a $4.5 billion grant program aimed at preventing natural disasters by strengthening local infrastructure.

  A Ninth Circuit panel appears split on two provisions of Arizona’s elections procedures manual enjoined by a federal judge after conservative groups challenged them over potential voter suppression.

  Veteran groups and an Arizona Democratic lawmaker, flanked by electric vehicles, urged federal lawmakers Tuesday morning to save a tax credit aimed at making the vehicles more affordable that is set to expire at the end of September.

  A federal judge considered whether pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline can discontinue a life-saving product to avoid Medicaid rebate payments under the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act.

  When Kaden Vitellaro joined the Arizona state prison system, he thought it would be a lifelong career. Instead, he says he was harassed, misgendered, and driven out — and the state used federal policy to justify it.

  The Republican Party is challenging the voting eligibility of some U.S. citizens who have always lived abroad, in what they’re calling a broader strategy ahead of next year’s midterms to clean up voter rolls and improve voter confidence.

  The Trump administration raised alarms last week about China snapping up farmland near U.S. military sites, but the latest federal data shows only a single Chinese-owned parcel in Arizona: 322 acres in Chandler, about 110 miles from the Yuma Proving Ground.

  The Trump administration raised alarms last week about China snapping up farmland near U.S. military sites, but the latest federal data shows only a single Chinese-owned parcel in Arizona: 322 acres in Chandler, about 110 miles from the Yuma Proving Ground.

  Updated: Adelita Grijalva was well ahead Tuesday in the five-way Democratic primary in the special election to replace her late father in the U.S. House of Representatives. Daniel Butierez was leading in the GOP primary.

  Updated: A monsoon storm knocked out power at Pima County's election headquarters on Tucson's South Side on Tuesday night, stopping the vote count in the Congressional District 7 special election for about an hour.

  A monsoon storm knocked out power at Pima County's election headquarters on Tucson's South Side on Tuesday night, stopping the vote count in the Congressional District 7 special election.

  Updated: Adelita Grijalva was well ahead Tuesday in the five-way Democratic primary in the special election to replace her late father in the U.S. House of Representatives. Daniel Butierez was leading in the GOP primary.

  Updated: Southern Arizona voters had until 7 p.m. Tuesday to cast a ballot in the special primary election in Congressional District 7.

  Updated: Southern Arizona voters have until 7 p.m. Tuesday to cast a ballot in the special primary election in Congressional District 7.

  The last day to submit public input for ADOT's Sonoran Corridor project is July 18. The proposed 20-mile freeway would connect Interstates 19 and 10, south of Tucson International Airport.

  In 14 states that made abortion all but impossible to obtain after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, women seeking to end a pregnancy had to drive four times further on average – 11.3 hours, up from 2.8 hours.

  The Tomato Suspension Agreement that regulated Mexican tomato imports into the U.S. since 1996 came to an end Monday and was replaced by a 17% duty the Trump administration says is due to price dumping, or selling products far below U.S. market prices.

  Southern Arizona voters have until 7 p.m. Tuesday to cast a ballot in the special primary election in Congressional District 7.

  Updated: A pair of data centers proposed for Tucson would use more water than four golf courses when fully built out, and be energized with more power than any other TEP customer, according to new city documents. Councilmember Cunningham blasted the "cloak-and-dagger" secrecy of the project.

  A coalition of Democratic officials from 24 states and the District of Columbia, including Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes,  sued the Trump administration after it froze more than $6.8 billion in federal education funding just a day before it was set to be distributed.

  Cochise County wants an insurer to cover $300,000 in legal bills for county supervisor Thomas Crosby, charged with trying to delay certification of the 2022 midterm election results.