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In Arizona’s Maricopa County, a public ‘battle’ for control of elections tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Maricopa County’s new recorder is rejecting an agreement that splits control of the county’s elections between his office and supervisors, and is threatening to sue the supervisors if they don’t give him more power.

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Democrats fear millions of student loan records were illegally shared with Elon Musk’s DOGE tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. Senate Democrats are fed up with the Education Department’s response to their inquiry over reports that Elon Musk’s U.S. Department of Government Efficiency — which is not an actual department — “gained access to millions of student loan borrowers’ personal data.”

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Faith groups: State Department axed contracts for refugee services despite court order tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Faith groups involved in refugee resettlement services asked a federal judge for an emergency hearing after the U.S. State Department terminated their contracts — despite a nationwide injunction earlier this week.

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Fernandez: Vote yes on Tucson's Prop 414 if protecting our community’s safety is a priority tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Accelerating Tucson's investments in the technology and the specific safety strategies funded through Prop 414 would move us leap years ahead in both preventing and solving violent and gun-related crimes.

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A sad fact: Raúl Grijalva can't do the job anymore & should resign from Congress tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva can't make votes in Washington and so he needs to resign ASAP and let Gov. Katie Hobbs call a special election — so voters can choose a representative capable of doing a job that desperately needs to be done.

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A sad fact: Raúl Grijalva can't do the job anymore & should resign from Congress tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva can't make votes in Washington and so he needs to resign ASAP and let Gov. Katie Hobbs call a special election — so voters can choose a representative capable of doing a job that desperately needs to be done.

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Top House Republican remains noncommittal as lawmakers expand crusade against federal judges tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
GOP lawmakers - including Az Rep. Eli Crane - are eyeing impeachments against as many as a dozen judges who have issued temporary holds on some of President Donald Trump’s ambitious executive actions - but it remains unclear whether House leadership is on board.

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Fight to rein in U.S. guns goes international at SCOTUS tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Next week, Mexico will become the latest litigant to challenge the gun industry at the Supreme Court, as the United States' neighbor claims that American gun manufacturers are aiding and abetting cartel violence and drug trafficking by knowingly selling firearms to red-flag dealers.

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Grijalva sets up portal to report impact of federal fund freezes tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva's office announced Thursday that he is collecting reports about how the loss of federal funding is affecting Southern Arizona organizations and companies.

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How early voting on campuses can boost election turnout for students — and for residents tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Expanding on-campus early-voting sites can boost turnout in U.S. elections by making voting more convenient – not only for students but for residents of surrounding communities too.

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Researchers: 1 in 10 abortions provided by online-only clinics one year after Roe overturned tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Researchers found an estimated 1 in 10 abortions were provided by online-only clinics in the first year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and in the majority of states without total abortion bans, most people are terminating with abortion pills.

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Chief Justice Roberts lets U.S. foreign aid bills go unpaid as SCOTUS considers Trump appeal tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Chief Justice John Roberts gave the Trump administration a temporary win Wednesday night, letting U.S. foreign aid bills go unpaid as the Supreme Court considers whether a White House funding freeze was unlawful.

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How early voting on campuses can boost election turnout for students but for residents tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Expanding on-campus early-voting sites can boost turnout in U.S. elections by making voting more convenient – not only for students but for residents of surrounding communities too.

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Arizona drafts plan to conserve water, boost housing development tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona’s Department of Water Resources released a draft proposal that it says will conserve water and promote new housing construction by converting farmland into urban developments.

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USDA rolls out $1 billion plan to combat bird flu after egg prices rise tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it plans to spend up to $1 billion in Commodity Credit Corporation funds to try to reduce the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry.

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Political standoff threatens services for thousands of disabled Arizonans tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Gov. Katie Hobbs and Republicans who control the Arizona legislature have spent weeks trading barbs over who’s at fault for an impending lapse in funding for disabled services. Meanwhile, people with disabilities are caught in the middle.

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GOP bill targets Arizona schools that restrict immigration agents on campus tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Senate gave preliminary approval to Senate Bill 1164, which would force public schools to open their doors to ICE agents, amid a growing wave of school officials issuing guidance or passing rules against doing so.

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Where to drop off your Prop. 414 ballot; Council candidates at DGT on Monday tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A roundup of political activity in the coming weeks, including the culmination of the Prop. 414 election.

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Trump demands plans for large-scale layoffs of more federal employees tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Trump administration ordered all federal departments and agencies to submit reorganization plans outlining how they would implement large-scale layoffs before March 13, following an sent from OPM to more than 2 million federal employees late last week.

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Immigrant rights groups threaten to oust Az Dem for voting to increase border funding tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Progressive groups that helped a moderate Tucson Democrat win a state House seat in a Republican district castigated the freshman lawmaker as “racist” for backing a bill to give money to local police to enforce immigration law and said they may work to defeat him in 2026.

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