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Arizona's clean-energy jobs growing, but GOP says Inflation Reduction Act is wasteful tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A planned solar-powered cobalt processing facility will break ground next year in Yuma County, one of two dozen projects underway in Arizona catalyzed by the Inflation Reduction Act, legislation championed by Democrats and criticized by Republicans as a waste of taxpayer money.

Enviros: Cattle grazing on federal lands in Az has pushed garter snake closer to extinction tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Center for Biological Diversity and Maricopa Audubon Society are accusing federal agencies of allowing livestock grazing that has put the northern Mexican garter snake at risk.

‘It will ease the pain’: Family of Navajo woman gets justice in MMIW case tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After five years of fighting for justice, the family of Navajo woman Jamie Lynette Yazzie left a Phoenix courtroom with a sense of relief and joy as the man convicted of her murder was sentenced to life in prison.

Despite federal protections, LGBTQ+ people are being mistreated at work tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Despite federal protections, LGBTQ+ people across the country — especially transgender and nonbinary people — continue to face rampant discrimination at work and don’t feel safe being out.

Arizona Supreme Court Justice Brutinel to retire next month tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Justice Robert Brutinel will retire from the Arizona Supreme Court at the end of October, allowing Gov. Katie Hobbs to appoint his replacement, making her the first Democrat to appoint a justice to the high court in more than 15 years.

Moms sue Az Dept. of Ed over school voucher requirements demanded by state AG tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Two Arizona mothers are suing the state Department of Education over curriculum requirements for the school voucher program that Attorney General Kris Mayes has instructed the department to enforce.

Harris says she’d back an elimination of the filibuster to restore abortion rights tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said Tuesday during a radio interview that she supports changing a Senate procedure in order to codify the right to an abortion.

Haitian nonprofit files citizen criminal charges against Trump, Vance over pet-eating claims in Springfield, Ohio tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A Haitian nonprofit on Tuesday filed citizen criminal charges against Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance for baselessly claiming on the campaign trail that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, are stealing and eating people's pets.

Glendale got the Pentagon to help kill an affordable housing bill earlier this year tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A California congressman who wanted to know why the U.S. Department of Defense lobbied Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs to veto a bill aimed at spurring “starter home” construction has finally gotten some answers, but he still isn’t satisfied.

Carolyn Campbell — Pima County’s ‘Queen of the Environmentalists’ — abdicates throne tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Longtime environmental leader Carolyn Campbell is stepping down from her gig as executive director of the Coaltion for Sonoran Desert Protection

Arivaca residents worry about BP's role in fatal rollover; driver faces federal charges tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Federal prosecutors indicted a U.S. citizen after a vehicle carrying seven migrants flipped over on Ruby Road near Arivaca, Ariz. One woman died, and others were taken to the hospital. Residents of the rural area question the high-speed pursuit that preceded the crash.

Carolyn Campbell — Pima County’s ‘Queen of the Environmentalists’ — abdicates throne tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Longtime environmental leader Carolyn Campbell is stepping down from her gig as executive director of the Coaltion for Sonoran Desert Protection

Ready for primetime: Girls flag football on rise in Arizona with Cardinals backing tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Over the last year, girls flag football has drawn attention around the world, and few states have embraced the sport more enthusiastically than Arizona, with more than 100 schools are participating at the 6A, 5A and 4A levels this season.

It was good to hear your voice: Popularity of Suns broadcaster Al McCoy spanned generations tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Al McCoy - who passed away on Saturday at 91 - was the voice of the Phoenix Suns for 51 years and a beloved figure in Arizona sports, but those who knew him best say that he was just as beloved as a person – someone who cared about the welfare of others.

In the tightest states, new voting laws could tip outcome in November tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
This year’s presidential election won’t be decided by a margin of millions of votes, but likely by thousands in seven tightly contested states, and how legislatures, courts and election boards have reshaped ballot access in those states in the past four years could make a difference.

Community Project Funding: A bang for the buck tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Community Project Funding is one of the more well-known elements of the annual appropriations process, and helps restore the legislative branch’s power of the purse by empowering members to allocate funding to projects that will make significant impacts on their communities.

Arizona AG gives clarity on portion of voter registration law SCOTUS let be enforced tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has provided guidance to the state’s county recorders on how to handle a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court that changed the state’s voter registration law just 10 weeks before the election.

Hobbs backs tribe’s call for updated environmental review of Pinyon Plain Mine tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Gov. Katie Hobbs is asking the U.S. Forest Service to conduct a new environmental review of the Pinyon Plain Mine near the Grand Canyon, a request the Havasupai Tribe has made for years.

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