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Key reports addressing violence against Indigenous women are gone from federal sites tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Department of Justice website has removed at least two key reports about violence against Indigenous people, including one prompted by legislation signed by President Trump, as many groups that work to combat intimate partner violence worry about the future of federal funding.
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TucsonSentinel.comKey reports addressing violence against Indigenous women are gone from federal sitesBy Jasmine Mithani

Women have served in combat roles for a decade. The Pentagon is reopening the debate. tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
People who have been involved in women’s integration in the military worry that reopening the debate means the Pentagon may look for more ways to limit women’s ability to serve in an equal capacity to men.
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TucsonSentinel.comWomen have served in combat roles for a decade. The Pentagon is reopening the debate.By Sonner Kehrt

Arizona has recovered just 5% of taxpayer dollars lost in $2.5 billion Medicaid fraud scheme tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Two years after Arizona officials revealed a $2.5 billion Medicaid fraud scheme that targeted Native Americans seeking treatment for addictions, the state has recovered just a fraction of the taxpayer funds lost to fraud.
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TucsonSentinel.comArizona has recovered just 5% of taxpayer dollars lost in $2.5 billion Medicaid fraud schemeBy Jasmine Demers

A law that helped convert Indigenous people is now used to get churches near—and on—school grounds tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After Vail School District voted to allow an LDS seminary on district property, questions arose about how it’s even allowed, though religious conservatives have pushed to expand release-time programs nationwide, arguing there is no need to separate religion from daily education.
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TucsonSentinel.comA law that helped convert Indigenous people is now used to get churches near—and on—school groundsBy Tori Gantz

Supreme Court says transgender troops can be booted from military, handing win to Trump tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court ruled transgender Americans can be banned from military service, allowing the Trump administration to expel thousands of active-duty troops.
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TucsonSentinel.comSupreme Court says transgender troops can be booted from military, handing win to TrumpBy Kelsey Reichmann

Feds shredded for broken promises in handing Apache holy site to mining company tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A federal judge chastised the government on Monday for going back on its agreement to negotiate with parties challenging the transfer of Apache holy site Oak Flat to the hands of Resolution Copper.
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TucsonSentinel.comFeds shredded for broken promises in handing Apache holy site to mining companyBy Joe Duhownik

Trump administration asks to dismiss suit by 3 GOP states trying to limit abortion pill tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Department of Justice wrote in a legal filing that three GOP-led states attempting to overturn federal prescribing guidelines for medication abortion have sought to keep a case going in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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TucsonSentinel.comTrump administration asks to dismiss suit by 3 GOP states trying to limit abortion pillBy Jennifer Shutt

Critics call Trump plan to reopen Alcatraz ‘absurd’ & unrealistic tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump’s proposal to reopen Alcatraz, the infamous prison that closed more than 60 years ago, was met with derision by critics and politicians alike.
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TucsonSentinel.comCritics call Trump plan to reopen Alcatraz ‘absurd’ & unrealisticBy Michael Gennaro

Drop off household hazardous waste at Tucson collection event Saturday tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Tucson residents can drop off old cleaning products, batteries, paint and paper documents at the city's household hazardous waste collection event, set for Saturday morning, May 10. After this weekend, the program will take a hiatus until September.
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TucsonSentinel.comDrop off household hazardous waste at Tucson collection event SaturdayBy TucsonSentinel.com

Two years after Arizona officials uncovered a $2.5 billion Medicaid fraud scheme that targeted Native Americans seeking treatment for addictions, the state has recouped $125 million — just 5% of the funds the state estimates it paid to bad actors.

propublica.org/article/arizona

ProPublicaArizona Has Recovered Just 5% of Taxpayer Dollars Lost in a $2.5 Billion Medicaid Fraud Scheme
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Tucson Council to select Fimbres' replacement; Pima County to vote on tax for housing tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The Tucson City Council will vote on a replacement for Richard Fimbres, who retired at the end of April; Pima Supes ponder tax for housing, Oro Valley revisits litter law, a return to public life for Steve Farley?, and more from government meetings around Tucson.
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TucsonSentinel.comTucson Council to select Fimbres' replacement; Pima County to vote on tax for housing | The Tucson AgendaBy Blake Morlock

DHS offers $1,000 to immigrants without legal status who self-deport tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced that the agency will provide $1,000 in what it called “travel assistance” to people in the United States without permanent legal status if they self deport.
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TucsonSentinel.comDHS offers $1,000 to immigrants without legal status who self-deportBy Ariana Figueroa

Arizona, other states sue RFK Jr., Trump for ‘sabotaging’ HHS with DOGE cuts tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
New York Attorney General Letitia James and 19 other state attorneys general - including Az Attorney General Kris Mayes - announced they are suing the Trump administration and its Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for gutting the agency’s manpower.
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TucsonSentinel.comArizona, other states sue RFK Jr., Trump for ‘sabotaging’ HHS with DOGE cutsBy Erik Uebelacker

Number of new apartments is at a 50-year high, but states expect a slowdown tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
More new apartments were built in 2024 than in any other year since 1974, but the Trump administration’s tariffs and deportations of potential construction workers, plus higher interest rates, could be a wet blanket on the boom.
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TucsonSentinel.comNumber of new apartments is at a 50-year high, but states expect a slowdownBy Tim Henderson