Arizona State Parks annual pass fees to increase from $75 to $200 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021725_park_fees/arizona-state-parks-annual-pass-fees-increase-from-75-200/ Arizona State Parks and Trails will be raising entrance, camping and tour ticket fees at more than 30 parks next week. #Tucson #Arizona

Thousands of Arizona children now waitlisted for state child care assistance https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021825_child_care_waitlist/thousands-arizona-children-now-waitlisted-state-child-care-assistance/ More than 2,000 Arizona children have been waitlisted for state child care assistance, and that number is likely to climb as the agency reviews pending applications. #Tucson #Arizona

Trump fires 20 immigration judges amid mass dismissals of federal workers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021825_immigration_judges/trump-fires-20-immigration-judges-amid-mass-dismissals-federal-workers/ Despite a backlog of nearly 3.7 million cases in U.S. immigration court, the Trump administration has fired 20 immigration judges without an explanation, according to a union representing federal workers. #Tucson #Arizona

PACs covered their bases with post-election contributions https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021825_pac_contributions/pacs-covered-their-bases-with-post-election-contributions/ Of the three Senate and 11 House candidates who ousted incumbents in 2024, nine received donations after Election Day from corporate, union and trade association PACs that had supported their opponents during the campaign. #Tucson #Arizona

House GOP budget cuts $4.5B in taxes, likely paid for by slashing Medicaid & social programs https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021325_house_budget/house-gop-budget-cuts-45b-taxes-likely-paid-by-slashing-medicaid-social-programs/ U.S. House Republicans released their budget resolution, laying out a vision for raising the debt limit and drafting a reconciliation package that is significantly different from the one Senate Republicans released last week. #Tucson #Arizona

Domestic violence nonprofits rocked by Trump funding freeze https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020725_dv_funding/domestic-violence-nonprofits-rocked-by-trump-funding-freeze/ The Trump administration’s push to align federal spending to the president’s agenda has sent shockwaves through the network of organizations that provide services to victims of gender-based and domestic violence. #Tucson #Arizona

Bringing the hospital into the home https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020225_home_hospital/bringing-hospital-into-home/ A movement to provide hospital-level care for sick patients in their own beds, in the comfort of familiar surroundings, is growing in the United States — a trend already embraced in some other countries. #Tucson #Arizona

To pay for Trump tax cuts, House GOP floats plan to slash benefits for poor & working class https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020225_tax_cuts/to-pay-trump-tax-cuts-house-gop-floats-plan-slash-benefits-poor-working-class/ One of the hallmarks of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign was a promise of sweeping tax cuts - and now, congressional Republicans are eyeing some targets to raise money, including cutting benefits for single mothers and poor people who rely on government health care. #Tucson #Arizona

5th Circuit declares age restrictions on adult handgun purchases unconstitutional https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013125_handgun_purchases/5th-circuit-declares-age-restrictions-adult-handgun-purchases-unconstitutional/ A Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled that a decades-old federal law banning handgun purchases by 18 to 20-year-olds violates the Second Amendment, an about-face from a prior ruling where the appeals court initially found the law constitutional in 2012. #Tucson #Arizona

Uranium trucks will roll down ‘Killer 89,’ igniting alarm in Arizona tribal communities https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012725_navajo_uranium/uranium-trucks-will-roll-down-killer-89-igniting-alarm-arizona-tribal-communities/ A mining company near the Grand Canyon has permission to haul as many as 10 truckloads a day of uranium ore along a road passes through several communities in Arizona and is known to some as “Killer 89.” #Tucson #Arizona