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Sanders & AOC in Tucson this weekend tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A roundup of upcoming political events: Sen. Bernie Sanders will visit Tucson, Sentinel reporters on the air, Rep. Grijalva's funeral & important election dates.

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Photos: AOC, Sanders barnstorm in Tucson with anti-Trump 'Fighting Oligarchy' message tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Thousands of Tucsonans turned out Saturday to hear from progressive Democrats about pushing back against President Trump as the "Fighting Oligarchy" tour of Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made a stop at Catalina High School.

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What might happen if the Education Department were closed? tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the Department of Education - but many programs exist outside the department.

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Flu deaths rise as anti-vaccine disinformation takes root tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Americans are facing the highest death toll from influenza since 2018, just as more people become vulnerable because of growing vaccine skepticism taking hold in statehouses and the Trump administration.

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ATC's 58th season brings comedy, musical, a heist & more tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Arizona Theatre Company Artistic Director Matt August said after reading multiple scripts and considering the Tucson theatre's programming for its 58th season, he feels the five plays being staged next year will "speak to our community."

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Raul Grijalva: The dishwasher's congressman tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Raúl Grijalva exits the stage—leaving behind a trail of artworks, news tips, and a rare kindness that stretched from Tune Inn to Congress.

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The federal Voting Rights Act was gutted. States now want their own versions. tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Seeing federal courts slash away at the Voting Rights Act, some states - including Arizona - are seeking to resurrect fallen protections for non-white voters with their own versions of the landmark law passed during the height of the Civil Rights Movement.

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‘We’ve waited too long’: Bill to create an Indigenous missing persons alert wins bipartisan backing tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A bill that has already passed through the Arizona House of Representatives with unanimous support would create the Missing Indigenous or Endangered Person Alert System, which would issue and coordinate alerts for missing Indigenous or endangered persons.

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Politics derails bill criminalizing ‘stolen valor’ claims in Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona lawmakers want to impose criminal penalties against people who falsely claim military service or honors to receive benefits, but the proposal is facing major hurdles from some Republicans because of a political dispute in last year’s elections.

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Shocking photos: Repairing powerlines from a helicopter tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Dangling from the side of a hovering helicopter may seem a nerve-wracking way to work on powerlines, but it's safer than being in the path to ground when high voltage is coursing through those wires.

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Az lawmakers approve DCS funding transfer after heated partisan debate tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Kids in the care of the Arizona Department of Child Safety won’t have to sleep in the agency’s offices next week, after a bipartisan group of legislators voted to transfer funds so that DCS doesn’t default on payments to group homes.

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Lawyers: Innocent Venezuelans were deported to brutal El Salvador prison because of tattoos tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Attorneys for several Venezuelan immigrants say their clients either had no criminal record or had cases before an immigration judge when they were deported under the Trump administration’s wartime authority — despite a federal judge ordering the return of the flights to the U.S.

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Trump administration reported to consider expanding military role along southern border tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Trump administration is gearing up to militarize a stretch of the southern border, raising concerns from experts that the move would put U.S. military members in direct contact with migrants, a possible violation of federal law.

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Democratic state AGs promise to fight Trump’s executive power grab tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Top attorneys general from across the nation - including Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes - addressed a raucous crowd in Minnesota, both to hear from residents and give them options for battling the Trump administration's unorthodox policy decisions.

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Tucson community radio KXCI to host first Baila el Pueblo: A Desert Music Festival tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Baila el Pueblo: A Desert Music Festival will feature seven acts that represent Southwestern music and its diverse tributaries. It will take place at the MSA Annex on Saturday, March 22.

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Hobbs taps Laine McDonald for empty Pima Superior Court judge spot; new vacancy on bench tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Marana Town Magistrate Laine McDonald was appointed by Gov. Katie Hobbs to serve as the newest judge at the Pima County Superior Court on Monday, following the retirement of Judge Kenneth Lee.

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Tucson needs 35k housing units to meet demand; officials hope Community Corridors Tool is a solution tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Tucson needs over 35,000 affordable housing units in the next 10 years to meet demand. City planners hope the Community Corridors Tool, passed by the City Council in a unanimous vote Tuesday, will help solve the problem.

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Tribal flags removed from Phoenix VA hospital under new federal policy tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
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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Tribal flags removed from Phoenix VA hospital under new federal policy tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
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 tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
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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