Experts: After Pinal errors, 4 changes could help Arizona avoid election recounts https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051023_election_security/experts-after-pinal-errors-4-changes-could-help-arizona-avoid-election-recounts/
In response investigation findings, election experts and advocates say Arizona should consider new rules and guidelines for double-checking election results, and also recommend increasing state support for county officials tasked with running elections.
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Title 42 nears an end, marking a shift in U.S. immigration policy at the border https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051023_title_42_ends/title-42-nears-end-marking-shift-us-immigration-policy-border/
A pandemic-era measure that allowed for the swift expulsion of millions of migrants at the Southwest border is set to end Thursday, and the Biden administration and state officials across the U.S. are bracing for a potential increase in asylum seekers.
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Hobbs signs bills to shield Az lawmaker addresses, regulate inaugural fundraising https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051023_hobbs_signing/hobbs-signs-bills-shield-az-lawmaker-addresses-regulate-inaugural-fundraising/
Gov. Katie Hobbs on Tuesday signed bills ranging from adult guardianship and conservatorship laws and restrictions on how governors can raise money for inaugurations to allowing lawmakers to petition a court to keep their addresses secret.
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Experts signal cautious optimism amid mixed drought recovery in West https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051023_western_drought/experts-signal-cautious-optimism-amid-mixed-drought-recovery-west/
Climatologists say years of worsening conditions across the West will take far more than this winter's storms to recuperate, and about 25% of the West still remains in drought — compared to 74% at the start of the water year this past October.
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Senate turns up heat on conservative megadonor central to Thomas probe https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051023_thomas_donors_senate/senate-turns-up-heat-conservative-megadonor-central-thomas-probe/
A group of congressional Democrats asked a billionaire real estate developer Monday to get specific about big-ticket gifts he has given Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, as lawmakers investigate the jurist’s ethical conduct.
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Campaign, vote, repeat: Arizona candidates started lining up for 2024 in 2022 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051023_neverending_campaigning/campaign-vote-repeat-arizona-candidates-started-lining-up-2024-2022/
With 18 months until Election Day 2024, Arizonans ranging from citizen candidates to incumbents to state officials trying to upgrade to federal seats have already filed statements of interest on the secretary of state’s website.
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Budget clears Arizona Senate with reluctant support from 'dejected' Dems https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051023_reluctant_budget/budget-clears-arizona-senate-with-reluctant-support-from-dejected-dems/
A budget deal brokered between Republicans and Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs made its way out of the Arizona Senate in the early morning hours Wednesday, though Democratic lawmakers continued to accuse Republicans of attempting to speed through the budgeting process.
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Tucson Sentinel reporting featured by Rural News Network https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051023_rural_news_network/tucson-sentinel-reporting-featured-by-rural-news-network/
Rural Americans are among the most impacted by the decline of traditional newspapers. A new national collaboration that includes the Tucson Sentinel has formed to better provide coverage that reflects the diversity of rural residents and the issues important to them.
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Tucson household hazardous waste collection set for Saturday https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050923_tucson_hhw/tucson-household-hazardous-waste-collection-set-saturday/
Tucson residents can dispose of hazardous waste and have documents shredded this Saturday free of charge during the city's May collection event.
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Donald Trump loses defamation trial, jury awards $5M to Carroll in sexual assault civil case https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050923_trump_carroll_rape/donald-trump-loses-defamation-trial-jury-awards-5m-carroll-sexual-assault-civil-case/
A jury of New Yorkers took less than three hours to find Donald Trump liable Tuesday on counts of battery and defamation, in a stunning end to the former president's federal trial on civil claims that he raped writer E. Jean Carroll in 1996.
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Watch: Rape accuser makes Trump deposition video public https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050523_trump_rape_deposition/watch-rape-accuser-makes-trump-deposition-video-public/
His weeklong trial in federal court nearly at the end, former President Donald Trump is now under a bigger magnifying glass after his 48-minute deposition became a matter of public record Friday.
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Tucson, Pima County task force to explore crisis of violence against indigenous women https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050923_tucson_pima_mmiwg/tucson-pima-county-task-force-explore-crisis-violence-against-indigenous-women/
The City of Tucson is the first city in the nation to launch its own Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls task force, which will work on ways to address the crisis within the city, greater Pima County and nearby tribal nations.
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Wednesday deadline to mail back ballots in Tucson's Prop. 412 special election https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050923_prop412_ballots/wednesday-deadline-mail-back-ballots-tucsons-prop-412-special-election/
Wednesday is the suggested deadline for voters to return ballots by mail in Tucson's special election to approve or refuse a new franchise agreement with Tucson Electric Power.
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Tucson, Pima County create task force to explore crisis of violence against Indigenous women https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050923_tucson_pima_mmiwg/tucson-pima-county-create-task-force-explore-crisis-violence-against-indigenous-women/
The City of Tucson is the first city in the nation to launch its own Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls task force, which will work on ways to address the crisis within the city, greater Pima County and nearby tribal nations.
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Arizona Democrats push back against bipartisan budget bills https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050923_bipartisan_budget/arizona-democrats-push-back-against-bipartisan-budget-bills/
Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs and Republican lawmakers have negotiated a budget, with a slew of budget bills filed Monday, but Democratic lawmakers and even the Arizona Attorney General are pushing back.
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Hobbs puts the brakes on Arizona Senate’s most prolific bill sponsor https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050923_kavanagh_legislation/hobbs-puts-brakes-arizona-senates-most-prolific-bill-sponsor/
The Arizona State Legislature’s most prolific bill sponsor, Republican Sen. John Kavanagh, of Fountain Hills, proposed 86 pieces of legislation this year - but with Democrat Katie Hobbs in the governor’s seat, he’s having a lot less luck getting those bills signed than in the past.
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Hobbs puts the brakes on Senate’s most prolific bill sponsor https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050923_kavanagh_legislation/hobbs-puts-brakes-senates-most-prolific-bill-sponsor/
The Arizona State Legislature’s most prolific bill sponsor, Republican Sen. John Kavanagh, of Fountain Hills, proposed 86 pieces of legislation this year - but with Democrat Katie Hobbs in the governor’s seat, he’s having a lot less luck getting those bills signed than in the past.
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FactCheck: Q&A on the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050923_factcheck_covid_changes/factcheck-qa-end-covid-19-public-health-emergency/
May 11 will mark the end of the federal public health emergency for COVID-19, bringing changes to health care and public benefits, including changes in the cost of COVID-19 tests and treatments and the potential loss of access to free COVID-19 vaccines for people who are uninsured.
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FC Tucson prepares for match against experienced FC Arizona side https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/050923_fc-tucson-notes/fc-tucson-prepares-match-against-experienced-fc-arizona-side/
FC Tucson had a big victory on Friday night with a 5 - 1 win against a soccer team drawn from the local Guanajuato league; now they move on to play another tune-up match against a squad from up north.
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Struggles in the classroom prompt many with dyslexia to find sports at a young age https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050923_sports_dyslexia/struggles-classroom-prompt-many-with-dyslexia-find-sports-young-age/
Many children with dyslexia - a language-based disability that impairs reading ability due to struggles with speech sounds and the correlation of letters and words - gravitate toward sports as an escape from the academic world and a place where they are able to feel in control.
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