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Anti-trans school bathroom bill advances with Arizona GOP backing https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032923_trans_bathroom_bill/anti-trans-school-bathroom-bill-advances-with-arizona-gop-backing/
Republican lawmakers are charging ahead with their attacks on transgender Arizonans, despite veto promises from Gov. Katie Hobbs, unanimously backing a measure on Tuesday that calls for separate school facilities for trans students.
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Fontes asks court to order Finchem to pay $75,000 for bringing 'groundless' election challenge https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032923_fontes_finchem_fees/fontes-asks-court-order-finchem-pay-75000-bringing-groundless-election-challenge/
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes wants Mark Finchem, the Republican Fontes defeated in last year’s election, to pay nearly $75,000 in attorney’s fees for filing what a judge said was a “groundless” lawsuit to overturn the election.
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Hobbs rejects Arizona food tax ban championed by GOP https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032823_food_tax_ban_veto/hobbs-rejects-arizona-food-tax-ban-championed-by-gop/
An Arizona Republican priority bill that sought to eliminate municipal food taxes was shot down by Gov. Katie Hobbs, who vetoed it Tuesday, siding with cities across the state that opposed the measure.
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Hobbs vetoes bill targeting banks that refuse to work with gun makers, NRA https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032823_hobbs_nra_veto/hobbs-vetoes-bill-targeting-banks-that-refuse-work-with-gun-makers-nra/
Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a bill Tuesday that would have barred the state from working with any firm that “discriminates” against gun manufacturers or the National Rifle Association, a proposal that mirrored a Texas law passed last year.
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States with legal pot consider how to protect cannabis workers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032823_cannabis_worker_protection/states-with-legal-pot-consider-how-protect-cannabis-workers/
As legalization spreads and the marijuana workforce grows, unionization attempts are increasing while state lawmakers and labor organizers consider the daily hazards faced by cannabis workers.
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Liberal justices balk at criminalization of certain speech linked to illegal immigration https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032823_immigration_speech/liberal-justices-balk-criminalization-certain-speech-linked-illegal-immigration/
A law under review by the Supreme Court makes it a crime to encourage unlawful immigration into the U.S., but there are questions about how government prosecutors would distinguish between scams targeting vulnerable migrants and commonplace discussions.
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Glendale breaks ground on first complex to use state affordable housing tax credit https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032823_affordable_housing/glendale-breaks-ground-first-complex-use-state-affordable-housing-tax-credit/
Construction is underway in Glendale on an affordable housing complex funded in part by a state low-income housing tax credit that allows people to come on at any income level sponsored below 60 percent of the median and only pay 30 percent of their rent.
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Biden, Hobbs order flags to half-=staff to honor victims of Nashville school shooting https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032823_half_staff_nashville/biden-hobbs-order-flags-half-staff-honor-victims-nashville-school-shooting/
President Joe Biden and Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs have ordered that flags be flown at half-staff through sunset on Friday to honor the victims of Monday's school shooting in Nashville.
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Autism rates rise in U.S., along with awareness in communities of color https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032823_autism_awareness/autism-rates-rise-us-along-with-awareness-communities-color/
Autism in Arizona and across the U.S. is on the rise, as awareness has led to earlier detection in communities of color, and research revealed that autism spectrum disorder is not based so much on “biological differences” as on socioeconomic circumstances.
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An Arizona veteran’s ballot rejection story went viral. Here’s what really happened. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032723_az_vet_ballot/an-arizona-veterans-ballot-rejection-story-went-viral-heres-what-really-happened/
It was an alarming claim that didn’t take long to go viral: Maricopa County had incorrectly rejected a ballot from an Arizona veteran in the November election, disenfranchising him - but was a registered voter in Navajo County, and was not registered to vote in Maricopa County.
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TUSD seeks to set new advanced learning enrollment goals https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032723_agenda_tusd_honors_op/tusd-seeks-set-new-advanced-learning-enrollment-goals/
Tucson Unified School District will propose a strategy to get 40 percent of enrolled students to take at least some advanced learning by 2027. Plus more in local government meetings this week.
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Pima golfer Maria Harrouch claims 4th straight individual title https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/032723_pcc_womens_golf/pima-golfer-maria-harrouch-claims-4th-straight-individual-title/
The Pima Community College women’s golf team completed play in its fifth regular season tournament on Sunday as part of the Chandler-Gilbert CC Invitational. The Aztecs took third place and finished with a season-best score of 635.
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Luis Garcia goes 5-6 with seven RBIs as Aztec baseball wins 10th straight https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/032423_pcc_baseball/luis-garcia-goes-5-6-with-seven-rbis-as-aztec-baseball-wins-10th-straight/
The Pima Community College baseball team (28-8, 15-5 in ACCAC) continued its offensive onslaught as it scored double figure runs for the sixth straight game on Friday as it swept GateWay Community College (14-17, 7-13) in Mesa.
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AG Mayes seeks community beefs on Albertsons-Kroger merger https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032723_grocery_merger_meeting/ag-mayes-seeks-community-beefs-albertsons-kroger-merger/
A "community listening session" hosted by Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes on Tuesday in Tucson will focus on the proposed $25 billion merger between grocery giants Albertsons and Kroger — owners of stores such as Safeway and Fry's.
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Bill would require Arizona students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032723_az_pledge_bill/bill-would-require-arizona-students-recite-pledge-allegiance/
An Arizona bill that requires students’ to recite the Pledge of Allegiance has continued to make its way toward becoming law, though it doesn't include any penalties, leaving an open question as to what would happen to a student, teacher or school that refuses to participate.
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Antisemitism continued to rise in 2022, with one homicide in Arizona https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032723_antisemitism_rise/antisemitism-continued-rise-2022-with-one-homicide-arizona/
The United States saw a rise in antisemitism in 2022 and Arizona continued to see more antisemitic vandalism and more incidents of racism than in some previous years.
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Press rights in crosshairs as justices tackle those who aid illegal immigration https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032723_immigration_press/press-rights-crosshairs-as-justices-tackle-those-who-aid-illegal-immigration/
The Biden administration will head to the Supreme Court to defend a federal law that criminalizes certain speech - while the law is aimed at those who would encourage people crossing the border to skirt law enforcement, it has been used by the government to surveil journalists.
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Trump attorney testifies in classified document probe https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032723_trump_attorney_documents/trump-attorney-testifies-classified-document-probe/
As a lawyer for former President Donald Trump appeared in front of a grand jury for one of multiple criminal investigations he faces — this one Trump's handling of classified documents — legal experts watching the sealed process remarked on the speed of the proceedings.
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GOP bill establishing a federal parental bill of rights passed in U.S. House https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032723_gop_parental_rights/gop-bill-establishing-federal-parental-bill-rights-passed-us-house/
U.S. House Republicans on Friday passed a bill designed to empower parents to inspect books and other teaching materials in local public schools, but Democrats sharply criticized the measure, saying it would censor teachers and ban books.
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Texas Observer, legendary crusading magazine, is laying off staff, closing after nearly 7 decades https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032623_texas_monthly_folds/texas-observer-legendary-crusading-magazine-laying-off-staff-closing-after-nearly-7-decades/
The Texas Observer, the storied progressive publication known for its feisty, combative and often humorous investigative journalism, is shutting down and will lay off its 17-person staff, including 13 journalists, several members of its board said Sunday.
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