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GOP pushes 'born alive' bill to require care in rare abortion cases tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Republicans in the Arizona Senate want to mandate care for children delivered alive during abortions - even though there’s already a law on the books that does just that - and amends language in the current law to change the word “fetus” to “infant” and “delivered” to “born alive.”

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Mexican wolf program is making strides after 25 years of effort tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Mexican Wolf Recovery Program began in 1998 to save the population from near extinction. Numbers show the effort is gaining momentum: In the last six years, the population has doubled, from 98 in 2015 to 196 in last year’s count.

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As abortion measures loom, GOP raises new barriers to ballot initiatives tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Roused by voters’ recent endorsement of abortion rights — even in conservative states — Republican legislators are ramping up efforts to make it tougher for citizens to change laws or amend state constitutions through ballot measures.

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Advocates, teachers call on lawmakers to fix school spending limit tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Republican majority at the Arizona Capitol reluctantly approved a one-year exemption from the aggregate expenditure limit, and now, public school advocates are turning their attention to a more lasting fix as the issue is likely to resurface next year.

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Cullen scuttled as Az state health chief as Republicans blast Pima's pandemic measures tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Despite a "mountain of expertise," Dr. Theresa Cullen will not lead the Arizona Department of Health Services after Gov. Hobbs withdrew her nomination Tuesday. Cullen was blasted by Republican legislators for measures Pima County took during the COVID pandemic.

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Cullen scuttled as Az state health chief as Republicans blast Pima's pandemic measures tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Despite a "mountain of expertise," Dr. Theresa Cullen will not lead the Arizona Department of Health Services after Gov. Hobbs withdrew her nomination Tuesday. Cullen was blasted by Republican legislators for measures Pima County took during the COVID pandemic.

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Arizona GOP bill would protect attorneys sanctioned for bogus election lawsuits tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Proposed Republican legislation would prohibit both the State Bar and the Arizona Supreme Court from punishing attorneys for making baseless election fraud complaints in Arizona courts - though it’s unclear who would determine if either were in violation of the measure.

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Doctors disappearing from emergency rooms as hospitals look to cut costs tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
ER doctors are increasingly being replaced by “midlevel practitioners,” who can perform many of the same duties and generate much of the same revenue for less than half the pay - though evidence that suggests dropping doctors from ERs may not be good for patients.

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States scramble to replace ripped-off SNAP benefits tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Agencies and people who receive aid through SNAP are reporting the theft of millions of dollars in benefits - but help may be coming, thanks to a new federal mandate that allows states to use federal money to reimburse SNAP recipients whose benefits were stolen.

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Arizona GOP pushes gun bills critics say imperil student safety, education quality tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Guns would make it onto Arizona school campuses and into lesson plans under Republican-backed proposals that are echoes of legislation that was rejected last year.

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TUSD seeks to expand diversity in gifted programs tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The plan for Tucson schools is to use "local norms" to place students in GATE programs. It's grading on a district-wide curve to expand diversity in advanced classes. Plus, Flowing Wells voters may have another school override election in their future, and more in local gov't meetings this week.

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Republican Nikki Haley announces 2024 presidential run tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Vying for the 2024 Republican nomination, ex-Trump Cabinet official and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley announced that she will run for president - though she had previously said she wouldn’t challenge Donald Trump, who announced his campaign in November.

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Military justice reforms leave some criminal cases to commanders with no legal expertise tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
More than a year has passed since Congress adopted reforms that promised to overhaul the U.S. military justice system - however, the reforms, which will not go into effect until the end of this year, may have created additional challenges.

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Single on Valentine’s Day and happily so tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
There’s nothing wrong with celebrating romantic love, but the focus on such celebrations drowns out the voices of those who are fine as they are - single and happily so.

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Republicans want to audit the 2022 midterm elections in Maricopa County tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Republicans, still stung by Arizonans rejection of the party’s top nominees in the 2022 midterm elections, are calling for a hand-count audit of the election — but only in Maricopa County.

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Arizona House committee votes to crack down on fentanyl dealers tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona House Health and Human Services Committee voted in favor of a bill that would establish a level 1 felony punishment for selling a narcotic drug that results in the death of the user - but some Democrats say the bill is unconstitutional and broad.

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Arizona GOP ‘skinny budget’ passes after last week’s surprise rejection tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Republican-led "skinny budget" passed its final hurdle Monday in the Arizona House of Representatives after a brief roadblock last week when a Republican unexpectedly stymied efforts by the GOP majority to pass a spending package that is doomed for Gov. Katie Hobbs' veto stamp.

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LGBTQ Arizonans call on GOP to support Democrats' proposals in Legislature tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizonans gathered at the state Capitol in support of Democratic legislation protecting the rights of the LGBTQ community - though Republicans, whose one-vote majority in each chamber determines which bills get heard, have refused to put any of the bills up for a vote.

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Flaky forecast: 6-22 inches of snow possible in Southern Arizona mountains tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: The Catalina and Rincon mountains, and other ranges across Southeast Arizona, could be blanketed with snow this week as three winter storms are expected to cross the region. Monday and Tuesday, snow is forecast above 5,000 feet.

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