Photos: 100s rally in Downtown Tucson for Transgender Day of Visibility https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/033123_trans_visibility_rally/photos-100s-rally-downtown-tucson-transgender-day-visibility/
Hundreds of Tucsonans gathered at El Presidio Plaza in front of City Hall and marched through Downtown Tucson on Friday as part of a nationwide Transgender Day of Visibility.
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Photos: 100s rally in Downtown Tucson for Transgender Day of Visbility https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/033123_trans_visibility_rally/photos-100s-rally-downtown-tucson-transgender-day-visbility/
Hundreds of Tucsonans gathered at El Presidio Plaza in front of City Hall and marched through Downtown Tucson on Friday as part of a nationwide Transgender Day of Visibility.
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Ramadan finds greater recognition in America’s public schools https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/033123_ramadan_schools_op/ramadan-finds-greater-recognition-americas-public-schools/
Muslim students are a part of a 60% majority of students in public schools who say that religion is important in their lives, and Ramadan – the Islamic period of fasting – and public schools are moving toward greater recognition of the sacred month.
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UA faculty votes 'no confidence' in Robbins over Meixner slaying https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/033123_robbins_no_confidence/ua-faculty-votes-no-confidence-robbins-over-meixner-slaying/
The University of Arizona Faculty Senate said they had "no confidence" in President Robert Robbins and his administration, approving a motion Monday criticizing the university's leadership for a lack of due diligence to ensure the safety of slain Professor Thomas Meixner.
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How Cesar Chavez married faith & ideology in landmark farmworkers’ march https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/033123_cesar_chavez_op/how-cesar-chavez-married-faith-ideology-landmark-farmworkers-march/
Labor rights pioneer Cesar Chavez, whose birthday is celebrated as a holiday in the U.S. every March 31 and remains the preeminent icon of civil and labor rights in the U.S., fused his understanding of Catholic social doctrine with principles of community organizing.
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Banning noncompete contracts for medical staff riles hospitals https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/033123_hospital_noncompete_contracts/banning-noncompete-contracts-medical-staff-riles-hospitals/
The FTC proposed prohibiting noncompete clauses in employment contracts, allowing doctors to practice wherever their services are needed - but the proposal faces resistance from employers in all industries, including hospitals and private equity-backed medical groups.
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Tucson city offices closed Friday for César Chávez Day https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/033123_cesar_chavez_day/tucson-city-offices-closed-friday-cesar-chavez-day/
All city of Tucson offices, except for emergency services, will be closed Friday, March 31, in observance of César Chávez Day.
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Biden: Honor César Chávez by championing the dignity & rights of every worker https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/033123_chavez_biden/biden-honor-cesar-chavez-by-championing-dignity-rights-every-worker/
Today, we honor César E. Chávez by carrying on the cause — “La Causa” — to which he dedicated his life: championing the dignity and rights of every worker, using nonviolence to fight for justice, and standing with organized labor to build an economy that rewards work and not just wealth.
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Liz Harris claims she didn’t do anything wrong by inviting person to air wild conspiracy theory https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/033123_harris_conspiracy_hearing/liz-harris-claims-she-didnt-do-anything-wrong-by-inviting-person-air-wild-conspiracy-theory/
The Arizona House of Representatives Ethics Committee questioned Republican Rep. Liz Harris about the Feb. 23 meeting she organized wherein a speaker accused a church and a list of elected officials of being involved in an illicit money laundering scheme.
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Hobbs vetoes bills punishing businesses for denying vaccine exemptions, public camping https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/033123_hobbs_vetoes/hobbs-vetoes-bills-punishing-businesses-denying-vaccine-exemptions-public-camping/
Gov. Katie Hobbs on Thursday vetoed Republican-backed bills that would have fined businesses that didn’t grant their employees religious exemptions from vaccines and made it illegal for the unhoused to camp in public spaces.
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Game changers: 2 years after historic sports broadcast, rise of women shakes up industry https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/033123_female_sports_broadcasters/game-changers-2-years-after-historic-sports-broadcast-rise-women-shakes-up-industry/
It’s been two years since women ruled the court and controlled every single on-air role of a national NBA broadcast, but it’s not as if one monumental night completely altered decades of policies rooted in tradition and, sometimes, sexism.
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Game changers: 2 years after historic broadcast, rise of women shakes up industry https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/033123_female_sports_broadcasters/game-changers-2-years-after-historic-broadcast-rise-women-shakes-up-industry/
It’s been two years since women ruled the court and controlled every single on-air role of a national NBA broadcast, but it’s not as if one monumental night completely altered decades of policies rooted in tradition and, sometimes, sexism.
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How Maricopa County tried to improve its voter signature review before 2022 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/033123_maricopa_signature_improvements/how-maricopa-county-tried-improve-its-voter-signature-review-before-2022/
A Maricopa County judge may soon allow Kari Lake to attempt to prove one of the claims challenging her loss to Gov. Katie Hobbs: That bad actors forged signatures on tens of thousands of mail-in ballot envelopes, and the county failed to follow state law when approving them.
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Maricopa County leads nation in population increase, surpasses 4.5 million https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/033123_booming_maricopa/maricopa-county-leads-nation-population-increase-surpasses-45-million/
Maricopa County added 56,831 residents between July 2021 and June 2022, the largest population growth for a county in the nation, with an estimated 4.5 million residents last year - the second straight year the county led the nation in population growth.
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Pima soccer's NJCAA '21 nat'l champ Fernando Garate commits to Ivy League https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/033023_pcc_mens_soccer/pima-soccers-njcaa-21-natl-champ-fernando-garate-commits-ivy-league/
Pima Community College men’s soccer player Fernando Garate (Salpointe Catholic HS) is continuing his collegiate career at Cornell University, an Ivy League institution in Ithaca, N.Y.
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Claytoonz: The Indicted Presidents Club https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/033023_trump_claytoonz/claytoonz-indicted-presidents-club/
Donald Trump is in the Corrupt Presidents Club with Richard Nixon the Impeached Presidents Club with Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton, Twice-Impeached President Club all by himself and now… he’s in the Indicted Presidents Club all by his lonesome.
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Trump indictment won’t keep him from presidential race, but will make his bid much harder https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/033023_trump_campaign_op/trump-indictment-wont-keep-him-from-presidential-race-but-will-make-his-bid-much-harder/
What are the consequences of an indictment and potential trial for Donald Trump's election campaign and, if his effort is successful, his future presidency?
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Trump indictment won’t keep him from presidential race, but will make his bid much harder https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/033023_slug/trump-indictment-wont-keep-him-from-presidential-race-but-will-make-his-bid-much-harder/
What are the consequences of an indictment and potential trial for Donald Trump's election campaign and, if his effort is successful, his future presidency?
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Grand jury vote to indict Donald Trump shows he, like all other presidents, is not an imperial king https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/033023_trump_jury_op/grand-jury-vote-indict-donald-trump-shows-he-like-all-other-presidents-not-imperial-king/
Presidents are not kings. But Donald Trump was just another example of a president acting as if he was king by just another name.
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Indictment filed in NY makes Trump 1st U.S. president to face criminal charges https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/033023_trump_nyc_indictment/indictment-filed-ny-makes-trump-1st-us-president-face-criminal-charges/
Donald Trump will face criminal charges after a Manhattan grand jury returned an unprecedented indictment Thursday related to the payment of hush money during his 2016 run for office - the first ever criminal indictment against a current or former U.S. president.
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