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Loft Cinema, Folklife Alliance, TSO & other Tucson arts groups have NEA grants yanked by Trump admin tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Tucson’s Loft Cinema is among dozens of organizations nationwide to lose federal grant money from the National Endowment for the Arts in the past week after the Trump administration set its sights on gutting the agency.

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Tucson leader Clarence Boykins dead at 82 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Clarence Boykins, an Air Force veteran and longtime advocate for Tucson’s Black community, died Sunday, May 4. He was 82.

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Arizona Legislature unanimously approves Turquoise Alert System for missing Indigenous people tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The creation of the Turquoise Alert System cleared its final legislative hurdle on Wednesday when it passed the state House of Representatives unanimously

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GOP proposals to cut Medicaid could leave millions without health insurance, budget office finds tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday that potential major cuts to Medicaid under consideration by Republicans could mean states would have to spend more on the program, reduce payments to health care providers, limit optional benefits and reduce enrollment.

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Az GOP lawmakers remove expertise requirements for their own board appointments tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The same legislative Republicans who have accused Arizona’s governor of appointing unqualified people to head state agencies are trying to nix qualification requirements for their own appointments to a litany of state boards and commissions.

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States push to combat human trafficking amid federal funding cuts tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
States are moving to strengthen protections against human trafficking, but some advocates warn that federal funding cuts could undermine efforts to support survivors.

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How the U.S. can mine its own critical minerals − without digging new holes tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Rising global demand, high import dependency and growing geopolitical tensions have made critical mineral supply an increasing national security concern − and one of the most urgent supply chain challenges of our time - but the U.S. can mine its own critical minerals.

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Illegal deportations are piling up, but no one’s coming home tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
As courts play catch-up to President Trump’s rapid deportation push, judges are uncovering errors with grave consequences, and human rights organizations say there are around 288 Venezuelan and Salvadorian migrants whom the administration deported without due process.

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Arizona teachers reject ‘bad faith’ plan tying funding renewal to private school vouchers tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Public education advocates say they’ll work to kill a Republican effort to add private school vouchers to the Arizona Constitution by tying them to renewing funding to increase teacher pay — even if that means forfeiting millions in public school funding.

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Rhode Island court blocks Trump order cutting funding to libraries & museums tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Rhode Island District Court temporarily blocked the implementation of an executive order that sought to dismantle three federal agencies “well past the studs,” eliminating programs they are bound by the law to carry out.

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Former Az lawmaker & UA VP George Cunningham dead at 80 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Former Arizona lawmaker and University of Arizona Vice President George Cunningham died on Tuesday. He was 80.

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Tucson City Council appoints Rocque Perez to Ward 5 seat tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Rocque Perez is the new Ward 5 representative on the Tucson City Council, serving on an interim basis until after the November election.

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Celebrate Mom in Tucson, sans poached eggs tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Egg bennies and bottomless mimosas can be enjoyable, but they are a bit predictable. Here are some fun things to do with mom around Tucson this Mother's Day weekend.

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Despite Real ID deadline, Homeland Security says travelers without updated docs can still fly tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Starting Wednesday, U.S. airports will begin asking for a Real ID or another form of approved federal ID to travel on domestic flights, though U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem says you're still probably fine without one for now.

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El Rio cancels hormone therapy for trans youth to comply with Trump order, Tucson parents say tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Parents of transgender youth who receive gender-affirming care from Tucson's El Rio clinic were told it will no longer offer hormone prescriptions for anyone under 19 in order to adhere to a Trump administration order.

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Pima Superior Court asks public to weigh in on candidates to replace retiring Judge James Marner tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Pima County commission is asking for public comments on eight candidates to fill a vacancy on the Superior Court created by the retirement of Judge James E. Marner.

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Pima County Board of Supes appoints new justice of the peace tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Attorney David Miller, who has worked as both prosecutor and defense attorney in juvenile justice in recent years, was appointed Tuesday to a vacant seat in Pima County Justice Court.

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Learn more about upcoming I-10 widening on Tucson's South Side tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Department of Transportation will host an open house this week to share details of a plan to rebuild Interstate 10 from Kino Boulevard to Country Club Road.

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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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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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