politics & government
Posted Feb 16, 2019, 2:05 pm
TucsonSentinel.com
Is your drive home less than smooth? Use our mapping tool from SeeClickFix to report everything from potholes and graffiti to broken streetlights and overgrown weeds and keep watch over your neighborhood... Read more»
Posted Mar 3, 2010, 11:05 am
Michael Truelsen
/TucsonSentinel.com
State Rep. Frank Antenori will replace Jonathan Paton as the state senator from District 30.... Read more»
Posted Mar 2, 2010, 10:07 am
Keith Epstein
/Huffington Post Investigative Fund
The influential $42 billion-a-year payday lending industry, thriving from a surge in emergency loans to people struggling through the recession, is pouring record sums into lobbying, campaign contributions, and public relations – and getting results.... Read more»
Posted Mar 2, 2010, 9:25 am
Griselda Nevarez
/Cronkite News Service
Gov. Jan Brewer said Monday that she is working to restore funds to support programs giving students career and technical education.... Read more»
Posted Mar 1, 2010, 5:24 pm
Roberto De Vido
/politicomix
Gyaltsen Norbu, selected Panchen Lama by China in 1990, but widely considered "the fake Panchen Lama", makes an appearance on Buddhist TV.... Read more»
Posted Mar 1, 2010, 12:22 pm
Ryan Knutson
/ProPublica
We've gotten about 40 responses pointing us to other examples of questionable invocations of the census and other official-sounding surveys that are actually fundraising requests.... Read more»
Posted Mar 1, 2010, 9:53 am
Adam Lehrer
/Arizona-Sonora News Service
A multibillion dollar project to create a virtual fence along the U.S.-Mexico border has suffered budget setbacks and system glitches, pushing the projected completion date back three years and sparking concern among law enforcement officials.... Read more»
Posted Mar 1, 2010, 9:44 am
Meaghan Wallace
/ArizonaNewsService.com
As the state Legislature cuts public education funding, some Arizona schools are taking a hit in their libraries with less-qualified staff or even relying on volunteers to keep them functional – a move experts warn could hurt kids in the long run.... Read more»
Posted Mar 1, 2010, 9:30 am
Michael Truelsen
/TucsonSentinel.com
A federal program to curb illegal drinking during Prohibition may have killed as many as 10,000 people. The federal government was so frustrated that people continued to drink during Prohibition, that it poisoned ingredients it knew would be used by bootleggers, reports Slate.com's Deborah Blum.... Read more»
Posted Feb 28, 2010, 7:49 pm
Kaiser Health News
/Kaiser Family Foundation
GOP officials on Sunday talk shows stressed their belief that health overhaul goes beyond tax and fiscal issues usually reserved for the budget reconciliation tactic. Meanwhile, House Democrats indicated they expect a successful vote on a bill.... Read more»
Posted Feb 28, 2010, 9:49 am
Harris Meyer
/Kaiser Health News
A woman in Oklahoma suffered a massive stroke and although she had a directive specifying no artificial hydration or nutrition if she weren’t going to recover, her nephew insisted the local bishop’s directive on feeding tubes required the Catholic hospital to install one.
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Posted Feb 27, 2010, 3:25 pm
Benjamin Witte
/Special to GlobalPost
SANTIAGO, Chile — Much of Chile awoke to a living nightmare early Saturday morning as a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck the central part of the country, leveling bridges, flattening homes and killing at least 150 people.... Read more»
Posted Feb 26, 2010, 11:42 am
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
The U.S. has closed its consulate in the Mexican city of Reynosa after a series of gunfights between soldiers and drug gangs.... Read more»
Posted Feb 26, 2010, 11:06 am
Michael Truelsen
/TucsonSentinel.com
A Second Amendment case before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday could decide how strict cities and states can make gun laws.... Read more»
Posted Feb 26, 2010, 10:54 am
Michael Clemens
/GlobalPost
How can America best help the survivors of Haiti's catastrophic earthquake? Give them visas to come to the United States.... Read more»
Posted Feb 26, 2010, 10:42 am
Jean MacKenzie
/GlobalPost
The center of Kabul was rocked by bomb blasts and gunfire Friday, leaving at least 17 people dead and more than 30 injured. It took security forces a little over two hours to clear the area of combatants, but it will take much more time to sift through the conflicting theories of motives and perpetrators, despite early Taliban claims of responsibility.... Read more»