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Southern states need to think bigger after buying time with 3-year Colorado River deal tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Arizona, California and Nevada have narrowly averted a regional water crisis by agreeing to reduce their use of Colorado River water over the next three years - but this deal only represents a temporary solution to a long-term crisis.

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Biden administration pauses copper mining project on sacred Apache site Oak Flat tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Biden administration has put a pause on plans to erect a copper mine in Arizona on land known as Oak Flat, a site sacred to Indigenous nations in the area, and will further consult with the San Carlos Apache and other tribes that have voiced opposition to the project.

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Biden administration pauses copper mining project on sacred Apache site Oak Flat tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Biden administration has put a pause on plans to erect a copper mine in Arizona on land known as Oak Flat, a site sacred to Indigenous nations in the area, and will further consult with the San Carlos Apache and other tribes that have voiced opposition to the project.

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Experts: Arizona economy could be hit hard if default is in our stars tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona travel and tourism would likely be hit hard by a long-term breach in the nation’s debt payments if the U.S. defaults on its debt, and even a "narrow miss on default” could affect housing, senior income, military spending and all important sectors of the Arizona economy.

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With pandemic in the rearview mirror, Memorial Day travel expected to boom tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Memorial Day weekend travelers are expected to pack roads and airports at or above pre-pandemic levels this year, with experts saying that an estimated 42.3 million Americans - and about 887,000 from Arizona - are likely to travel, a 4% increase over last year’s numbers.

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Gov. Hobbs says no Arizonan will ‘be forced to cut their water use' because of Colorado River plan tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
While a Colorado River conservation plan has yet to be approved by the federal government, Gov. Katie Hobbs made two things clear at a news conference Thursday: Arizona will lead the way in the tri-state agreement, and Arizonans need not worry about a water-use crackdown.

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Colorado River states bought time with 3-year water conservation deal – now they need to think bigger tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Arizona, California and Nevada have narrowly averted a regional water crisis by agreeing to reduce their use of Colorado River water over the next three years - but this deal only represents a temporary solution to a long-term crisis.

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Arizona Dem lawmaker faces formal reprimand for hiding Bibles as part of protest tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Democratic Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, caught on video moving Bibles in the member’s lounge of the Arizona House of Representatives after GOP leadership ordered the installation of a camera, is facing a formal censure from Republican colleagues.

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With debt default as soon as a week away, U.S. House jets off for holiday break tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. House members walked down the steps of the Capitol building Thursday morning to head back to their districts for a Memorial Day recess that began exactly one week before the country could default on the debt.

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Top aide to Az Gov. Hobbs resigns effective immediately tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Allie Bones, the chief of staff to Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, is the latest staffer to leave the 9th floor of the State Capitol, with her resignation "effective immediately."

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Dershowitz asks to be spared from sanctions in Kari Lake's failed voting machine suit tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Attorney Alan Dershowitz, who worked on Kari Lake’s 2022 lawsuit aiming to ban the use of electronic vote machines in Arizona, says he shouldn’t face sanctions along with the rest of Lake’s counsel because of his "little involvement” in the case.

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After botching election results, Pinal County wants to try hand-counting ballots tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After human error in Pinal County’s midterm election caused officials to initially fail to count hundreds of ballots, the county’s supervisors now want to try counting ballots by hand.

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Dershowitz asks to be spared from sanctions in Kari Lake's failed voting machine suit tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Attorney Alan Dershowitz, who worked on Kari Lake’s 2022 lawsuit aiming to ban the use of electronic vote machines in Arizona, says he shouldn’t face sanctions along with the rest of Lake’s counsel because of his "little involvement” in the case.

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Attorney in Kari Lake voting machine lawsuit asks to be spared from sanctions tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Attorney Alan Dershowitz, who worked on Kari Lake’s 2022 lawsuit aiming to ban the use of electronic vote machines in Arizona, says he shouldn’t face sanctions along with the rest of Lake’s counsel because of his "little involvement” in the case.

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Maricopa County: Kari Lake should be sanctioned for lies during election trial tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Kari Lake and her lawyers repeatedly lied to the court and misrepresented evidence during her election challenge trial last week and should be sanctioned for it, attorneys for Maricopa County wrote in a Tuesday filing.

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Mohave County official blasts plans for expanded national monuments tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Mohave County supervisor said Wednesday that a proposed new national monument in northern Arizona would “devastate the economic growth potential” of the region, leaving little more than what he called “poverty with a view.”

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Arizona schools chief moves to defend sports ban for trans girls tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Less than a dozen trans students in Arizona have asked to play on girl’s sports teams’ in the past decade, but Republican Superintendent Tom Horne said that girls across the state are facing unfair competition, which is why he is vehemently defending Arizona’s trans athlete ban.

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After years of bipartisan spending boosts, House GOP won’t lift debt ceiling without cuts tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Republicans and Democrats in Congress brokered dozens of debt limit agreements, including several during the past decade, but House Republicans now are pushing for the federal government to spend less next year than it will this year in order for the party to move a debt limit bill.

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Chiricahua monument could become Arizona’s 4th national park tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Chiricahua National Monument – one of Arizona’s unique sky islands with a history that includes Geronimo, Buffalo Soldiers and the 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps – could become Arizona’s fourth national park if a bipartisan bill finally passes this year in Congress.

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Taking on Trump, DeSantis launches presidential run tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a rising star in the Republican Party and former Donald Trump acolyte, announced his campaign for president of the United States on Wednesday during a problem-plagued Twitter Spaces event.

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