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TucsonSentinel, 7 hours ago to Tucson

JobPath has earned the right to avoid Pima County's budget axe https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051524_job_path_op/jobpath-has-earned-right-avoid-pima-countys-budget-axe/
A sky-high graduation rate and redonkulous placement record means Pima County should hit the gas on the JobPath program, not pump the brakes.
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TucsonSentinel, 7 hours ago to Tucson

Arizona sues Amazon, alleging violations of consumer fraud & antitrust laws https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051524_amazon_lawsuit/arizona-sues-amazon-alleging-violations-consumer-fraud-antitrust-laws/
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is suing online retail giant Amazon, alleging in a pair of lawsuits that its “unfair and deceptive” business practices have violated both the state’s consumer fraud and antitrust laws.
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TucsonSentinel, 8 hours ago to Tucson

Ethiopian brews, family & community at Tucson's Z-Street https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051524_z-street_ethiopian_food/ethiopian-brews-family-community-tucsons-z-street/
On the corner of Broadway and North Treat Avenue, Zemam's Ethiopian Cuisine and Zerai's International Bar make up the growing Z-Street International Marketplace, with Zidamo Coffee House planning to open by the end of the year.
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TucsonSentinel, 8 hours ago to Tucson

CNN sets first Biden-Trump presidential debate for June 27 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051524_biden_trump_debate/cnn-sets-first-biden-trump-presidential-debate-june-27/
CNN announced that it will host a debate between President Joe Biden and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at the network’s Atlanta studios on June 27, and a second debate will be hosted by ABC News on Sept. 10.
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TucsonSentinel, 10 hours ago to Tucson

Tribal nations invest opioid settlement funds in traditional healing to treat addiction https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051524_native_treatment/tribal-nations-invest-opioid-settlement-funds-traditional-healing-treat-addiction/
Companies that made or sold prescription painkillers and were accused of exacerbating the overdose crisis are paying out more than $1.5 billion to hundreds of tribes over 15 years, and money sent to tribes can be used for traditional and cultural healing practices.
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TucsonSentinel, 10 hours ago to Tucson

Read On Arizona & partners provide youth reading education to fight pandemic literacy loss https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051524_child_literacy/read-arizona-partners-provide-youth-reading-education-fight-pandemic-literacy-loss/
Child literacy is at the forefront for many Arizona educators, and organizations like Read On Arizona are focusing on reading development for children of all ages - as recent research suggests third grade students struggle with reading comprehension.
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TucsonSentinel, 10 hours ago to Tucson

Tribes could lease their water to dry states. Why is it so hard? https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051524_colorado_crit/tribes-could-lease-their-water-dry-states-why-it-so-hard/
The Colorado River Indian Tribes can now lease water to non-Indigenous users, but for Indigenous Nations in the Southwest with a desire to sell their water, the process is so convoluted, it may take years to see any financial benefit or much needed water.
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TucsonSentinel, 10 hours ago to Tucson

Az Dem moms want to know if they can use campaign funds for child care https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051524_campaign_child_care/az-dem-moms-want-know-if-they-can-use-campaign-funds-child-care/
A group of Democratic mothers in the Arizona Legislature want to know if candidates running for office can use their campaign funds for child care.
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TucsonSentinel, 10 hours ago to Tucson

Read On Arizona and partners provide youth reading education to fight pandemic literacy loss https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051524_child_literacy/read-arizona-and-partners-provide-youth-reading-education-fight-pandemic-literacy-loss/
Child literacy is at the forefront for many Arizona educators, and organizations like Read On Arizona are focusing on reading development for children of all ages - as recent research suggests third grade students struggle with reading comprehension.
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TucsonSentinel, 11 hours ago to Tucson

Mail-order abortion medication is safe and effective, study shows https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051524_abortion_meds/mail-order-abortion-medication-safe-and-effective-study-shows/
Ahead of the U.S. Supreme Court’s impending ruling on an abortion pill case, a study published found that medication abortion after in-person screening is safe and effective.
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TucsonSentinel, 1 day ago to Tucson

Number of births continues to fall, despite abortion bans https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051424_birth_rate_abortion/number-births-continues-fall-despite-abortion-bans/
Births continued a historic slide in all but two states last year, making it clear that a brief post-pandemic uptick in the nation’s birth numbers was all about planned pregnancies that had been delayed temporarily by COVID-19.
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TucsonSentinel, 1 day ago to Tucson

New list rates most bipartisan members of Congress—and least https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051424_bipartisan_congress/new-list-rates-most-bipartisan-members-congress-and-least/
The latest ranking of the most bipartisan lawmakers comes amid one of the least productive Congresses in the nation’s history and just months before nearly all House lawmakers and about one-third of the Senate face voters at the polls in November.
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TucsonSentinel, 1 day ago to Tucson

Public support for abortion rights swells in two years after Dobbs https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051424_abortion_support/public-support-abortion-rights-swells-two-years-after-dobbs/
Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a federal right to abortion and returned the matter to the states, an even larger majority of Americans support legal access to abortion than did before.
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TucsonSentinel, 1 day ago to Tucson

Tariffs to be sharply hiked by Biden administration on Chinese-made products https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051424_china_tariffs/tariffs-sharply-hiked-by-biden-administration-chinese-made-products/
The Biden administration is doubling and in some cases tripling tariffs on Chinese-made products, like steel and electric vehicles, in a move aimed at easing economic pain in battleground states, though senior administration officials say it isn’t political.
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TucsonSentinel, 1 day ago to Tucson

Plumbing issue at Lake Powell dam could mean big trouble for Western water https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051424_dam_pipes/plumbing-issue-lake-powell-dam-could-mean-big-trouble-western-water/
Conservation groups are calling for changes to the management of Lake Powell, the nation’s second largest reservoir, after the discovery of damaged plumbing within Glen Canyon Dam.
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TucsonSentinel, 1 day ago to Tucson

9th Circuit rules convicted felons also have 2nd Amendment rights https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051424_2nd_amendment_felons/9th-circuit-rules-convicted-felons-also-have-2nd-amendment-rights/
The 9th Circuit appellate court ruled that a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court means a blanket prohibition on convicted felons possessing firearms violates their 2nd Amendment rights, at least when it comes to nonviolent offenders who served out their sentence.
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TucsonSentinel, 1 day ago to Tucson

Biden, Hobbs: Flags to half-staff Wednesday in honor of National Peace Officers Memorial Day https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051424_peace_officers_half_staff/biden-hobbs-flags-half-staff-wednesday-honor-national-peace-officers-memorial-day/
Flags across Arizona should be flown at half-staff Wednesday in honor of National Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week, Gov. Katie Hobbs ordered, in coordination with a national proclamation by President Joe Biden.
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TucsonSentinel, 1 day ago to Tucson

Pima Supe Matt Heinz files campaign report 100 days late https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051324_heinz_filing/pima-supe-matt-heinz-files-campaign-report-100-days-late/
Pima County Supervisor Matt Heinz — whose District 2 includes Midtown Tucson, the South Side and Sahuarita — filed his fourth-quarter campaign finance report May 10, nearly four months late.
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TucsonSentinel, 2 days ago to Tucson

Enforcement of Arizona's 1864 abortion ban delayed until late September https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051324_abortion_enforcement/enforcement-arizonas-1864-abortion-ban-delayed-until-late-september/
The Arizona Supreme Court has agreed to delay the enforcement of a 160-year-old abortion ban that mandates prison time for doctors, granting women and health care providers across the state a reprieve until September.
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TucsonSentinel, 2 days ago to Tucson

Sentinel's Nintzel to moderate Clean Elections debates for Arizona political candidates https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051324_clean_elex_debates/sentinels-nintzel-moderate-clean-elections-debates-arizona-political-candidates/
Candidates for the U.S. House and Senate, Arizona Legislature and more will appear in a series of 2024 Clean Elections primary debates convened by the Arizona Media Association, with several moderated by Tucson Sentinel's Jim Nintzel.
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TucsonSentinel, 2 days ago to Tucson

Sahuarita math fail: Water company seeking rate hike but flubs numbers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051324_agenda_sahuarita_op/sahuarita-math-fail-water-company-seeking-rate-hike-but-flubs-numbers/
Nothing is 135 percent less than anything: Global Water's math failure prompts questions, plus money moving around the school districts with new conduct rules at TUSD, and more from local government meetings around Tucson.
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TucsonSentinel, 2 days ago to Tucson

Az Ag Dept: Pasteurization is limiting risk of H5N1 bird flu outbreak in dairy cows https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051324_bird_flu_cows/az-ag-dept-pasteurization-limiting-risk-h5n1-bird-flu-outbreak-dairy-cows/
People should avoid raw milk products, and only drink pasteurized milk in order to limit the risk of contracting H5N1 avian influenza, which is impacting dairy cows in multiple states, officials said.
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TucsonSentinel, 2 days ago to Tucson

Border shelters stave off ‘homelessness on steroids,’ but funding worries remain https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051324_shelter_skelter/border-shelters-stave-off-homelessness-steroids-but-funding-worries-remain/
Asylum seekers get food, clothes, and at temporary shelters such as Casa Alitas, where hundreds – sometimes thousands – of asylum seekers, many of them young children, are dropped off with little more than the clothes on their backs.
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TucsonSentinel, 2 days ago to Tucson

7 realities for Black students in America, 70 years after Brown deseg decision https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051324_black_education/7-realities-black-students-america-70-years-after-brown-deseg-decision/
For many Black students, 70 years since the nation’s highest court held unanimously that separate is inherently unequal, educational resources and access remain woefully uneven.
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TucsonSentinel, 2 days ago to Tucson

‘Uncomfortable’ but necessary conversations: How Az abortion laws affect Indigenous women https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051324_indigenous_abortion/uncomfortable-but-necessary-conversations-how-az-abortion-laws-affect-indigenous-women/
Indivisible Tohono, a grassroots group that organizes and educates on issues impacting the Tohono O’odham Nation, hosted a community forum to discuss how Arizona’s abortion ban would impact Indigenous women.
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