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Charles Turner: Little-known Black teacher revolutionized study of insect behavior in early 20th century tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Although his name is barely known today, Charles Henry Turner was a pioneer in studying bees and should be considered among the great entomologists of the 19th and 20th centuries.

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How climate change could upend the American Dream tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Climate change is upending the basic assumption that Americans can continue to build wealth and financial security by owning their own home, and many Americans could face a paradigm shift in the way they save and how they define their economic security.

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Black communities using mapping to document & restore a sense of place tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Black people have historically used mapping to document their stories. Today, communities are using “restorative mapping” as a way to tell stories of Black Americans.

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You say you want to 'fight City Hall': Here's how to show up tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The idea that somehow there's power in not showing up, in denying and skipping out on politics, is a lie. Ignore them at your peril. Avoid the political process all you want. It won’t avoid you. It will just roll right over you. Here's a quick guide to showing up and taking part.

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Dirty toilets, grumpy visitors & vandalism: Get ready for summer in national parks tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
National park visitors could be confronted by "chaos" this summer if the Trump administration does not lift its hold on season hirings - soon, and the ramifications could affect a suite of crucial operations in the parks.

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Pima County supervisors eye wildfire mitigation tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County supervisors are backing plans to shore up wildfire protections after efforts to develop a wildfire danger mitigation plan and add a sales tax referral for fire district funding to the county's lobbying agenda received support during Tuesday's meeting.

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Tucsonans weigh pros & cons of Prop. 414 at town hall tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
At a town hall on Tucson’s South Side on Thursday, residents and city officials gathered to discuss Prop. 414, a sales tax increase that will appear on the ballot in a special election March 11.

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Trump reaffirms plan to ‘take over’ Gaza in spite of global condemnation tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Despite worldwide condemnation, U.S. President Donald Trump doubled down on his idea to take over Gaza, relocate its Palestinian population and turn the strip into the “riviera of the Middle East.”

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Trump administration sues Illinois, Chicago, Cook County over immigrant protection laws tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Trump administration filed a federal lawsuit against Illinois, Chicago and Cook County, claiming local laws designed to protect immigrants violate the Constitution and asserts a need to enforce federal immigration laws.

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Pima Treasurer: Congress could hurt local school districts by blocking tax-exempt municipal bonds tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
"These bonds provide a cost-effective means of financing infrastructure projects that benefit the public. Without the tax exemption, the cost of borrowing would increase, potentially leading to higher taxes or reduced funding for other essential services." — Pima County Treasurer Brian Johnson

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IRS agent accused of manslaughter says lack of emergency planning caused victim’s death tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A federal agent who accidentally shot a colleague at a prison shooting range in north Phoenix told a federal jury that the victim’s death wasn’t due to the gunshot, but rather a systemic failure in emergency response planning.

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Domestic violence nonprofits rocked by Trump funding freeze tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Trump administration’s push to align federal spending to the president’s agenda has sent shockwaves through the network of organizations that provide services to victims of gender-based and domestic violence.

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Lawmakers press Social Security on lag in paying expanded benefits to public employees tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. senators from both political parties wrote to the acting Social Security commissioner on Thursday, expressing concern it might take the agency more than a year to implement an expansion to benefits that Congress approved last year.

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NCAA bans trans women from women’s sports in reversal of 15-year policy tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The largest college sports governing body in the country has completely banned transgender women student-athletes from competing in women’s sports, following President Donald Trump’s executive order threatening federal funding for schools that allow trans girls on girls’ teams.

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Donald Trump’s mass deportations could mean higher costs & labor shortages in Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Deportations ordered by President Donald Trump could hit Arizona’s agriculture and construction sectors hard, pushing up prices for homebuyers and grocery shoppers.

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Kelly, Gallego join Senate protest against Trump budget director pick, a Project 2025 architect tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona’s senators joined other Democrats in a rare overnight marathon on the Senate floor, protesting President Donald Trump’s pick for budget director – a key architect of the controversial Project 2025.

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Nunez has 6 RBIs and 4 runs, Flores has 14 strikeouts as Pima softball sweeps Glendale tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College softball team (8-0, 4-0 in ACCAC) played their first home games of the 2025 season on Tuesday at the West Campus Aztec Softball Field.

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Arizona AG sues drug company GlaxoSmithKline for endangering asthma patients, skirting Medicaid payments tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes sued drug manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline over claims the company engaged in “deceptive and unfair” practices that endangered consumers’ lives and enabled the company's attempts to game the medical system.

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Pima women's basketball outscored 23-9 in 3rd as rally falls short at Scottsdale tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (17-5, 9-3 in ACCAC) suffered a setback on the road in Wednesday’s matchup at Scottsdale Community College (13-7, 9-3).

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Seattle judge is 2nd to indefinitely block Trump’s birthright citizenship order tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal judge in Seattle indefinitely blocked President Donald Trump’s push to end birthright citizenship for children born to parents without legal immigration status, the second such ruling in as many days.

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