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Tucson rockers Greyhound Soul are 29 years strong tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
"At our shows people know the words to our songs and are singing along. That still blows me away," said Greyhound Soul stalwart leader Joe Peña ahead of this weekend's gigs marking the band's nearly three decades of music.

Melissa Etheridge, a silver thorn on a Midwest rose tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Seemingly “born a silver thorn on a Midwest rose,” in finding her angels Melissa Etheridge found her soul. ne of rock's great female performers and an LGBTQ activist, she spoke with the Sentinel ahead of a Tucson concert.

Despite federal restrictions, cattle have damaged conservation area along San Pedro River tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Cattle grazing has seriously damaged much of the 42-mile long San Pedro conservation area in Southeastern Arizona, according to a study by the Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity, which pointed a finger at "cow-worshipping, rancher-fearing BLM employees."

Arizona to sink more than $85 million into potholes, other repairs tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After a tough winter for roadways, the Arizona Department of Transportation has pledged more than $85 million to patch potholes and to resurface, repair and improve highways in the state.

Lawsuit aims to reduce horses' hoof print in Tonto National Forest tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Led by the Center for Biological Diversity, a group of conservationists sued the U.S. Forest Service on Thursday to protect a region of the Tonto National Forest from “hundreds of unowned horses” they say threaten endangered species in the area.

Investigadores de UA estudiarán el impacto de la meditación en sobrevivientes de cáncer de mama tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
La Universidad de Arizona utilizará una subvención de $1,7 millones para que las sobrevivientes de cáncer de mama y sus parejas practiquen la "meditación de la compasión", investigando si el programa puede aliviar su ansiedad, depresión y sensación de aislamiento.

U.S. to establish immigration processing centers in Latin America tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Under fire from Republicans as record-high levels of migrants trek across the U.S.-Mexico border each month, the Biden administration unveiled a plan to open two processing centers in Central America, with the aim to cut migrants off at the pass as they make their way north.

Arizona advocates rally to allow undocumented immigrants to get driver’s licenses tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona is home to more than 200,000 undocumented immigrants, most of them are unable to obtain a driver’s license, but community advocates are hoping for change at the state level, and one lawmaker is adamant about delivering that change.

The very bad math behind the Colorado River crisis tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
California and Arizona are currently fighting each other over water from the Colorado River, but this isn’t new - it’s actually been going on for over 100 years; at one point, the states literally went to war about it - and the problem comes down to some really bad math from 1922.

Bill extending Az School for the Deaf and Blind operations for 4 years goes to Hobbs tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona House of Representatives approved a bill Wednesday that will extend operations of the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind for four years, the culmination of an unexpected battle over the fate of the school in the state Senate.

Anti-abortion legal strategy revives Comstock moral purity laws of late 1800s tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A recent New Mexico law prohibiting public entities from interfering with reproductive and gender care access is the latest challenge to abortion access to lean on the Comstock Act of 1873, and recent court rulings in the abortion pill case suggest the dormant law can be applied today.

Poorly executed: The politics behind Arizona's executions tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In 2022, while was running for U.S. Senate, then-Attorney General Brnovich suddenly agreed to execute Aaron Gunches - even though he had not carried out any executions in the first seven years of his term - but the new regime had concerns about how executions were carried out.

Poorly executed: The politics behind executions tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In 2022, while was running for U.S. Senate, then-Attorney General Brnovich suddenly agreed to execute Aaron Gunches - even though he had not carried out any executions in the first seven years of his term - but the new regime had concerns about how executions were carried out.

Liz Harris supporters throw barbs at Maricopa County supervisors tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Supporters of former state Rep. Liz Harris are irate with the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, and they let the board members know that on Wednesday, with one of them even falsely accusing a Phoenix city councilman of opening the board meeting with a prayer to the devil.

For migrant children who cross the border alone, a new set of challenges getting health care awaits tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Since fiscal year 2012, more than 600,000 migrant children have crossed into the United States by themselves - but once children are released, the lack of health insurance and lack of knowledge about the American medical system makes accessing health care extremely difficult.

U.S. House GOP plan would expand work requirements for food aid for older adults tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Hundreds of thousands of low-income Americans from ages 50 to 55 could face higher barriers to food assistance under the U.S. House Republican plan to cut spending while temporarily lifting the debt limit.

Border towns see 'disaster' without federal help as end to Title 42 looms tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona border communities face a “humanitarian disaster” in two weeks if the federal government does not step in to help with the crush of migrants expected when Title 42 ends, officials from Pima County, Yuma and Sierra Vista told a Senate panel Wednesday.

Poorly executed: 'The experiment failed,' halting executions in Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A botched execution left convicted murderer Joseph Wood gasping for nearly 2 hours as he was given 15 lethal doses of drugs, setting off three years of litigation that ended with the execution protocol rewritten - but by the time executions resumed eight years later, a lot had changed.

Arizona challenges Biden – again – on COVID-19 vaccine mandate for contractors tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona legislative leaders have asked the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court’s ruling that said President Joe Biden had the authority to require COVID-19 vaccinations for workers on federal contracts in Arizona.

'We Build the Wall' co-founder Kolfage gets 4-plus years in fraud sentencing tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal judge handed down a 51-month prison sentence to Brian Kolfage, co-founder of a fraud called We Build the Wall, which he billed as a grassroots fundraiser to fulfill the campaign promise of former President Donald Trump for "big, beautiful" wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

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