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National ban on transgender athletes in girls’ sports passed by U.S. House panel https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/031023_transgender_athlete_ban/national-ban-transgender-athletes-girls-sports-passed-by-us-house-panel/
A U.S. House committee passed a bill on a party-line vote that would block transgender girls from competing in school sports consistent with their gender identity, a reflection of a broader push in multiple states to curb the rights of transgender student athletes.
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With his father, Pedro, on his mind, Rio Gomez returns to Arizona with Team Colombia https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/031023_rio_gomez_columbia/with-his-father-pedro-his-mind-rio-gomez-returns-arizona-with-team-colombia/
Representing his mother’s home country of Colombia in a tune-up for the World Baseball Classic, Arizona native Rio Gomez pitched in his hometown for the first time since his father, longtime baseball reporter Pedro Gomez, died on Super Bowl Sunday two years ago.
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AZ House Elections Committee: Don’t say ‘conspiracy theory’ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031023_gop_speech_limits/az-house-elections-committee-dont-say-conspiracy-theory/
The leader of the Arizona House elections committee doesn’t want speakers in front of the committee to utter the words “conspiracy theory,” two weeks after that same House committee allowed a Gilbert insurance agent to spread wild and utterly unfounded conspiracy theories.
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Feds pause Flaming Gorge releases amid snowy winter for Colorado River https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/031023_reservoir_release_pause/feds-pause-flaming-gorge-releases-amid-snowy-winter-colorado-river/
The federal government has halted releases from the Flaming Gorge Reservoir that were meant to prop up water levels at Lake Powell downstream, as heavy snows allowed the Bureau of Reclamation to end releases two months earlier than originally planned.
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Arizona teachers could go to prison for recommending 'sexually explicit' books https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031023_teachers_books_jail_bill/arizona-teachers-could-go-prison-recommending-sexually-explicit-books/
Republican lawmakers advanced a measure that would put Arizona teachers behind bars if they so much as recommend a book to students that is considered too “sexually explicit,” after claiming schools all over Arizona are “sexualizing” students.
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Hobbs signs executive order establishing Missing & Murdered Indigenous Peoples Task Force https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031023_mmip_task_force/hobbs-signs-executive-order-establishing-missing-murdered-indigenous-peoples-task-force/
For the first time in history, an Arizona governor signed an executive order to officially establish a task force focused on addressing the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples crisis.
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Hobbs signs executive order establishing Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Task Force https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031023_mmip_task_force/hobbs-signs-executive-order-establishing-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-peoples-task-force/
For the first time in history, an Arizona governor signed an executive order to officially establish a task force focused on addressing the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples crisis.
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Peterson Zah, former Navajo chairman & the tribe’s first president, dies at 85 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030923_peterson_zah_obit/peterson-zah-former-navajo-chairman-tribes-first-president-dies-85/
Former Navajo President, 85, Peterson Zah, died Tuesday at his home in Window Rock, Arizona, after a lengthy illness.
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Hobbs vetoes bill that banned 'critical race theory' in Arizona schools https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031023_crt_veto/hobbs-vetoes-bill-that-banned-critical-race-theory-arizona-schools/
Gov. Katie Hobbs has issued her 16th veto, nixing a bill that would have banned the teaching of critical race theory in Arizona schools.
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Inside the 'private and confidential' conservative group that promises to 'crush liberal dominance' https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/031023_leo_federalist_teneo/inside-private-and-confidential-conservative-group-that-promises-crush-liberal-dominance/
Leonard Leo, the longtime Federalist Society leader who helped create a conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court, has moved on to the Teneo Network, a little-known group he called “networks of conservatives that can roll back” liberal influence.
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School notification bill could mean bullying for sex offender’s children https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031023_school_notification_bill/school-notification-bill-could-mean-bullying-sex-offenders-children/
One proponent of a bill in the Arizona legislature that would require sex offenders to notify their child’s school of their sex offender status says that a parent’s right to know trump’s that child’s right not to be ostracized or bullied.
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Progressive agriculture groups rally for land access, climate-smart policies in farm bill https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030923_farm_bill/progressive-agriculture-groups-rally-land-access-climate-smart-policies-farm-bill/
Farmers and leaders from more than 20 progressive agricultural groups gathered this week to march on the U.S. Capitol, and promote climate solutions and underserved producers as priority issues for lawmakers in the upcoming farm bill.
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Flagstaff issues resolution to support abortion access, asks lawmakers to repeal anti-abortion laws https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030923_flagstaff_abortion/flagstaff-issues-resolution-support-abortion-access-asks-lawmakers-repeal-anti-abortion-laws/
Following the lead of Tucson and Phoenix, Flagstaff is now the third Arizona city to pass a resolution in support of abortion access, in protest of statewide restrictions.
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House passes bill aimed at speeding up search for missing foster kids https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030923_foster_kids_search_bill/house-passes-bill-aimed-speeding-up-search-missing-foster-kids/
The Arizona House of Representatives passed a that bill would require the Department of Child Safety to begin making notifications within 24 hours of a child’s disappearance, with the hope of locating missing children before they are found dead.
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Republicans push to allow concealed guns onto Arizona school campuses https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030923_gop_schools_ccw/republicans-push-allow-concealed-guns-onto-arizona-school-campuses/
A trio of GOP gun measures won approval from lawmakers Wednesday, including legalizing silencers and muzzle suppressors and a measure that would allow people with concealed weapon permits to bring firearms onto Arizona school campuses.
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9th Circuit takes up claims of anti-gay harassment at University of Arizona https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030923_ua_title_ix_lawsuit/9th-circuit-takes-up-claims-anti-gay-harassment-university-arizona/
A Ninth Circuit panel will decide whether homophobic slurs used against a former University of Arizona student-athlete counted as sexual harassment under Title IX, which hinges on whether those he said harassed him actually believed he was gay.
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As COVID protections end, patients classified as 'medically needy' fear new barriers to care https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030823_pandemic_relief/as-covid-protections-end-patients-classified-as-medically-needy-fear-new-barriers-care/
As pandemic-era benefits end, some 600,000 Arizonans are set to be removed from the Medicaid rolls next year - a situation causing distress to many who are certainly at risk of being disenrolled and also those who may fall just over the income threshold to qualify for Medicaid.
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Arizona fight of Biden vaccine mandate gets 9th Circuit treatment https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030823_vax_mandate_fight/arizona-fight-biden-vaccine-mandate-gets-9th-circuit-treatment/
A Ninth Circuit panel took up the question of whether the Biden administration's COVID vaccine mandate exceeded the executive branch's authority after then-Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich sued the Biden administration over rules regulating private employers.
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'Anybody with a set of clippers': Pet groomers are totally unregulated in Arizona https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030823_pet_groomer_regulations/anybody-with-set-clippers-pet-groomers-are-totally-unregulated-arizona/
In Arizona, and in the rest of the country, there are no no licensing requirements on who can become a pet groomer and no regulatory boards that oversee pet grooming businesses - now, owners are fighting are fighting to ensure their pet's health and safety.
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West’s forests are struggling to recover from wildfires – altering how fires burn could help https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/030823_wildfire_recovery_op/wests-forests-are-struggling-recover-from-wildfires-8211-altering-how-fires-burn-could-help/
Wildfires and severe drought are killing trees at an alarming rate across the West, and forests are struggling to recover as the planet warms - however, new research shows there are ways to improve forests’ chances of recovery – by altering how wildfires burn.
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