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Fatal consequences: Pima County Jail inmates were dying at alarming rate tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Behind the bars of the Pima County Adult Detention Center, detainees awaiting trial and inmates serving sentences for low-level infractions were for years dying at a shocking rate. In early 2022, the Tucson Sentinel calculated that the rate of deaths here was higher than it was among those held at the notorious Rikers Island.

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Navigating a 'full-blown crisis' inside the Pima County Jail tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In 2022, the death rate at the Pima County Jail was nearly four times the national average, a situation Sheriff Chris Nanos called "a full-blown crisis." The Sheriff's Department's proposed solution is a new jail, but the families of those who died say it won't solve the underlying issues.

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Pima jail inmates are dying from drugs; Incarceration may be a symptom rather than a treatment tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Sixty-three percent of the inmates who died inside the Pima County Jail last year had drugs as a factor in their deaths. In the midst of a nationwide fentanyl crisis, the Sheriff's Department wants to build a new jail to help alleviate the problem, but many say that's not enough.

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'Something about the internal culture': Lack of staff, officer violence at Pima County Jail tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Sheriff Nanos says the crisis at the Pima County Jail is due largely to a lack of staff. The families of inmates who died, often in violent circumstances, say that a culture of apathy and brutality is to blame, and that the problems will continue until it is fixed.

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Pima County opens emergency voting sites this weekend ahead of Tuesday primary election tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County voters can cast a ballot in the July 30 primary at multiple emergency voting locations on Saturday, July 27, and Monday, July 29. The emergency voting locations will be closed on Sunday, July 28.

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FC Tucson to play Oakland squad for Western Division conference championship tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
FC Tucson plays for the Western Division championship of USL League Two on Friday afternoon in Peoria, Ill. Whether or not this is the furthest that FC Tucson has made in the playoffs depends on how one reckons such things.

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Judge: Az GOP use of ‘unborn human being’ is a biased way to describe abortion rights ballot measure tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Republican lawmakers violated state law when they used the phrase “unborn human being” to describe the Arizona Abortion Access Act in a voter information pamphlet, a Maricopa County judge ruled - a decision Republicans already said they will appeal.

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Democrats hammer out rules for post-Biden nomination process tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Members of the Democratic National Convention’s Rules Committee met to lay out the timeline for delegates to cast their votes in the first open convention in decades, as Vice President Kamala Harris has been all but confirmed as the Democratic choice to run in November.

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Alabama man pleads guilty to threatening Arizona election workers tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A former business professor who has taught at numerous colleges and universities, including Maricopa Community Colleges, pleaded guilty Thursday to sending threatening messages to Arizona election workers during and after the 2022 primaries.

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Texas sues Biden administration over confidential contraception for teens tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced he is suing the Biden administration over a Nixon-era federal contraception program that provides teens birth control without requiring parental consent.

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In lawsuit to block Az abortion rights initiative, foes claim it is ‘too confusing’ for voters tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Anti-abortion group Arizona Right to Life filed a lawsuit to block voters from deciding whether the Arizona Constitution should be amended to protect abortion rights, claiming the ballot measure is too confusing and misleading.

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Racist, misogynist online disinformation already being used against Kamala Harris’ campaign tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Vice President Kamala Harris has long been the target of racist and misogynistic attacks online, and in the days since President Biden endorsed Harris to be his successor, right-wing media and others have primarily focused on sexualized and racist narratives about Harris.

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Engel slams Ciscomani over links to Christian-nationalist Patriot Academy tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Tucson congressman Juan Ciscomani, who enjoys a reputation as a relatively moderate Republican, has long been active with a group that promotes the goal of Christians stewarding the nation’s morality through “biblical citizenship.”

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Judge in Arizona abortion ballot summary case skeptical that GOP language is unbiased tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Whether the phrase “unborn human being” will appear in a description of the Arizona Abortion Access Act sent to every voter in the state in advance of the November election is now in the hands of a Maricopa County Superior Court Judge.

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Tucson Sentinel

Democrat Jen Allen moves from advocate to candidate in run for Pima County Board of Supes tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Allen is one of four Democrats in a primary for the open District 3 seat on the Pima County Board of Supervisors. She is facing April Hiosik Ignacio, Edgar Soto and Miguel Cuevas.

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Pima County Board candidate Miguel Cuevas felt 'call to service' tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Miguel Cuevas is running against three other Democrats: Jen Allen, April Hiosik Ignacio and Edgar Soto.

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Democrat April Hiosik Ignacio says its time for Tohono representation on Pima Couny Board of Supes tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
April Hiosik Ignacio is in a four-way Democratic primary for the District 3 seat and is running against Jennifer Allen, Edgar Soto and Miguel Cuevas.

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Democrat Edgar Soto takes swing at District 3 seat on Pima County Board of Supes tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Edgar Soto is stepping up to the plate as one of four Democrats running for the westside District 3 seat. Soto is facing Jennifer Allen, April Hiosik Ignacio and Miguel Cuevas.

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Mark Kelly the right recruit as wingman for Kamala Harris tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona is the right running mate if Kamala Harris wants to keep the party going as she scrambles to launch her White House bid.

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Amy Munoz & the Strange Vacation's new record is 'a little goth country, a little rock 'n' roll' tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
After surviving a breakneck tour of the UK with legendary punks The Control Freaks, the frontwoman for Amy Munoz & the Strange Vacation returns home to celebrate the release of "Nashville, California," the country-rock band's sophomore album, this weekend.

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