Tribal flags removed from Phoenix VA hospital under new federal policy https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032025_va_flags/tribal-flags-removed-from-phoenix-va-hospital-under-new-federal-policy/
The flags of Arizona’s 22 tribal nations have been removed from the Carl. T. Hayden VA Medical Center in central Phoenix and given to the Salt River-Pima Maricopa Indian Community for preservation, part of a new flag policy implemented by the Department of Veteran Affairs.
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Claytoonz: Dead Department Walking https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032025_claytoonz_ed_dept/claytoonz-dead-department-walking/
Linda McMahon was hired to lose her job. The wrestling executive who has zero experience in education was hired to help Trump kill the Department of Education.
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Trump signs executive order dismantling the Department of Education https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032025_trump_education/trump-signs-executive-order-dismantling-department-education/
President Trump signed an executive order calling for the dismantling of the Department of Education and directs Education Secretary Linda McMahon to take “all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education and return education authority to the States.”
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Arizona judge could throw out a Cochise County election over quirk in state law https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032025_cochise_elections/arizona-judge-could-throw-out-cochise-county-election-over-quirk-state-law/
A quirk in an Arizona statute governing all-mail elections for local taxing districts could prompt a judge to throw out the results of one such election in a case that could have legal repercussions around the state.
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Arizona GOP advances ‘backdoor abortion ban’ despite voter-approved protections https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032025_abortion_funding/arizona-gop-advances-backdoor-abortion-ban-despite-voter-approved-protections/
Last year, Arizonans took away the ability of lawmakers to restrict abortion. Now, Republicans are trying to prohibit any doctor in the state from ever mentioning the procedure as an option for their patients, in what critics are calling a “backdoor abortion ban.”
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Federal judge declines to block DOGE takeover of U.S. Institute of Peace https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032025_peace_doge/federal-judge-declines-block-doge-takeover-us-institute-peace/
A federal judge ruled the U.S. Institute of Peace had failed to clear the high bar necessary for her to block the Trump admin’s effort to gut the international peace broker, and declined to grant a restraining order for five of the institute’s board members to return to their positions.
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Az Diamondbacks seek to breathe easy in 2025 following a season full of twists & turns https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/032025_2025_diamondbacks/az-diamondbacks-seek-breathe-easy-2025-following-season-full-twists-turns/
With spring training winding down and MLB Opening Day looming – the Arizona Diamondbacks host a four-game series against the Chicago Cubs beginning March 27 – fans and players are optimistic the team will be in a good spot following offseason moves.
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Az internment camps for Japanese Americans relied on same 1798 law Trump invoked for deportations https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032025_internment_camps/az-internment-camps-japanese-americans-relied-same-1798-law-trump-invoked-deportations/
The 1798 law President Donald Trump dusted off to justify the swift deportation of Venezuelan gang members hadn’t been invoked since World War II – when it was used to justify internment camps for Japanese Americans.
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‘Magic money’: Arizona Republicans advance bills to legitimize cryptocurrency https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032025_gop_crypto/magic-money-arizona-republicans-advance-bills-legitimize-cryptocurrency/
Republican measures aimed at bolstering cryptocurrency usage in Arizona by deeming it “legal tender” and creating a “strategic reserve” moved forward, despite concerns over volatility and the lawmakers connections to the cryptocurrency world.
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How Trump carved a pathway for his mass deportations through executive orders https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032025_deportation_orders/how-trump-carved-pathway-his-mass-deportations-through-executive-orders/
Among the flurry of executive orders President Donald Trump signed on the first day he returned to the White House are five that lay out the use of military forces within the U.S. borders and extend other executive powers to speed up the president’s immigration crackdown.
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‘Magic money’: Az Republicans advance bills to legitimize cryptocurrency https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032025_gop_crypto/magic-money-az-republicans-advance-bills-legitimize-cryptocurrency/
Republican measures aimed at bolstering cryptocurrency usage in Arizona by deeming it “legal tender” and creating a “strategic reserve” moved forward, despite concerns over volatility and the lawmakers connections to the cryptocurrency world.
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Voters added abortion rights to Az Constitution, but Republicans want to restrict medical abortions https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032025_abortion_restrictions/voters-added-abortion-rights-az-constitution-but-republicans-want-restrict-medical-abortions/
Republicans in the Arizona Legislature want to put increased restrictions on medication abortions, in direct contradiction to a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to abortion that voters approved in November.
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Lopez has 4 hits & 7 RBIs, Flores gets 2 wins in the circle as Pima softball wins 12th straight https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/031825_pcc_softball/lopez-has-4-hits-7-rbis-flores-gets-2-wins-circle-as-pima-softball-wins-12th-straight/
The Pima Community College softball team (31-1, 21-1 in ACCAC) won their 12th straight game on Tuesday, playing an ACCAC conference doubleheader against Scottsdale Community College (14-9, 9-9) at the West Campus Aztec Field.
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Tucson Council bans standing on medians, doesn't approve law against camping in washes https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031925_council_wash_camps/tucson-council-bans-standing-medians-doesnt-approve-law-against-camping-washes/
On Tuesday, the Tucson City Council didn't approve a proposed ban on camping in washes, while voting in favor of a ban on standing on medians on busy streets— two ordinances targeted at Tucson's unsheltered population.
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Casey throws 5-inning shutout, Cereceres drives in 3 as Pima baseball sweeps GateWay https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/031825_pcc_baseball/casey-throws-5-inning-shutout-cereceres-drives-3-as-pima-baseball-sweeps-gateway/
The Pima Community College baseball team (28-8, 14-8 in ACCAC) earned an ACCAC conference doubleheader sweep on Tuesday as they played GateWay Community College (7-20, 3-19) in Mesa.
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Federal judge blocks EPA from taking back billions in clean energy grants https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/031925_clean_energy/federal-judge-blocks-epa-from-taking-back-billions-clean-energy-grants/
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from suddenly canceling three multibillion-dollar clean energy grants, part of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund program authorized under President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act.
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‘They heard us’: Indigenous advocates rally at Arizona Capitol for MMIP awareness https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031925_mmip_awareness/they-heard-us-indigenous-advocates-rally-arizona-capitol-mmip-awareness/
More than a dozen people rallied to raise awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous people at the Arizona State Capitol on Tuesday in an effort to shows lawmakers and Gov. Katie Hobbs that Indigenous people are not giving up.
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Tucson voters rejected Prop. 414 in all but one precinct https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031925_prop_414_canvass/tucson-voters-rejected-prop-414-all-but-one-precinct/
Tucson voters rejected Proposition 414 in all but one voting precinct, with the half-percent sales tax failing across the city.
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Most college students are taking online classes, but paying just as much as in-person students https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/031925_college_cost/most-college-students-are-taking-online-classes-but-paying-just-as-much-as-in-person-students/
Colleges and universities are charging more for online education to subsidize everything else they do, and huge sums are also going into marketing and advertising for it.
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Arizona executes Aaron Gunches for 2002 murder after lengthy legal battle https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031925_gunches_execution/arizona-executes-aaron-gunches-2002-murder-after-lengthy-legal-battle/
Aaron Gunches, who was was sentenced to death for a November 2002 murder, was executed by lethal injection Wednesday morning, the first execution in Arizona since 2022.
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