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High court tips scales against veterans seeking disability benefits tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court - testing the limits of a longstanding rule that puts extra weight behind veterans’ claims - ruled against two veterans who were denied post-traumatic stress disorder disability benefits by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Eva Burch is resigning from Az Senate because it’s too partisan & doesn’t pay well enough tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Mesa Democratic Sen. Eva Burch announced late Wednesday afternoon that she would be resigning next week, citing partisan gridlock and the low pay state lawmakers receive.

‘It is not efficiency, it is destruction’: Dem AGs challenge Trump & Musk’s federal cuts tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The attorneys general of Arizona, Minnesota, New Mexico and Oregon vowed at a town hall in Phoenix Wednesday evening that they would continue to fight back against sweeping federal cuts being made by President Donald Trump and his ally, Elon Musk.

Arizona election center thief gets jail time tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
An Arizona man caught stealing a security fob from a Maricopa County election center will serve six months in prison followed by three years of supervised probation.

Scientists detect higher microplastic levels in brains linked to dementia tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The tiny plastic particles found in air, water, and food known as microplastics are now turning up in the human brain. Scientists have detected them in brain tissue, with people who have dementia carrying three to five times more than those who don’t.

Advocates express concerns over recent Az bills that would limit reproductive care tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The organization Reproductive Freedom for All Arizona and Democratic legislators gathered at the state Capitol to voice opposition to recent bills that would restrict reproductive rights.

Court rules Arizona governmental bodies must authorize lawsuits in public votes tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona’s open meeting laws require that city councils, school boards and other governmental bodies authorize litigation in public votes, after the Arizona Court of Appeals invalidated the City of Flagstaff’s lawsuit against Desert Mountain Energy.

Contentious hearing ends with committee approval of Az transgender restrictions tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Members of the nonbinary and transgender community urged Arizona lawmakers to vote no on a proposal that they say would lead to further violence against their community and erasure of their identities -t hough the bill passed out of committee along party lines.

Tucson HIV/AIDS groups host benefit concert, honor TIHAN founder tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
All the proceeds from Sunday's Red Concert, honoring TIHAN founder Scott Blades, will be split between the Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network and the Center for Health and Hope. The show will feature local band ONESALL.

Trump speech to Congress leaves Arizona Democrats unimpressed, Republicans giddy tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Democrats walked out early on President Donald Trump and others made no secret of their disapproval, though the state’s Republican lawmakers heaped praise on his Tuesday night speech and chided colleagues across the aisle over their behavior.

Judge indefinitely blocks Trump’s cuts to National Institutes of Health research funding tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal judge put the Trump administration’s expected $4 billion slash to National Institutes of Health research funding on ice, granting a scathing preliminary injunction in favor of universities, hospitals, research institutions and 22 states.

Most Tucson City Council candidates slow to start the dash for campaign cash tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Most of the candidates running for the Tucson City Council had raised less than $1,000 in contributions as of Feb. 22. In Midtown Ward 6, Democrat Miranda Schubert was leading in fundraising, while in Ward 5 on the South Side, Democrat Selena Barajas had the biggest bankroll.

Johnson scores 17 off bench as Pima men beat South Mtn 80-55 to advance to regional finals tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team (31-0) opened the 2024-25 winter playoff season on Wednesday, hosting South Mountain Community College (12-19) in the Region I, Division II Semifinals.

Judge: Wrongful death suit over 2020 death of man hobbled by Tucson cops to move forward tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A lawsuit, filed by the mother of a 29-year-old man who died during a struggle with Tucson police in March 2020, can move forward, a federal judge ruled, rejecting claims of "qualified immunity" for seven of the officers involved.

As measles outbreak spreads, vaccine gaps leave Pima County kids vulnerable tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Texas measles outbreak has killed an unvaccinated child. Pima County’s decreasing immunization rate puts our community at risk if the highly contagious virus spreads.

Repairs set for Diamondback Bridge in Downtown Tucson tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Starting next week, the Diamondback Snake Bridge in Downtown Tucson will undergo repairs, including concrete work and painting. The project will run through June, officials said.

Arizona’s 15-week abortion ban is now ‘permanently and forever’ struck down tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Doctors and women now have the final say about when an abortion should be performed, after a Maricopa County Superior Court judge struck down the state’s 15-week ban following last year’s vote to enshrine abortion rights in the Arizona Constitution.

Photos: 400 protest against Elon Musk, Trump in Downtown Tucson tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Sentineled by people carrying upside-down American flags—a symbol for distress—hundreds of people marched through Downtown Tucson on Tuesday night.

Navajo County election official charged with pulling gun, lying to police in road-rage incident tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Navajo County grand jury has indicted the county’s recorder, Timothy Jordan, on three criminal charges in connection with a road rage incident just before the November election.

Navajo County election official charged with pulling gun, lying to police in road-rage incident tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Navajo County grand jury has indicted the county’s recorder, Timothy Jordan, on three criminal charges in connection with a road rage incident just before the November election.

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