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States strive to help SNAP recipients cope with lower benefits tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
In every state, participants in SNAP, commonly known as food stamps, face the loss of pandemic-related benefits in March - if they haven’t already lost them - and states, community groups and food banks are scrambling to help families cope.

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Arizona Senate Democrats will pick new leaders after two step aside tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Senate Minority Leader Raquel Terán of Phoenix and Senate Minority Caucus Whip Rosanna Gabaldón of Sahuarita both announced Feb. 28 that they were stepping down from their leadership positions this week.

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TitleMax fined $15 million for predatory lending tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal consumer watchdog group has fined TitleMax $15 million for predatory lending practices and intentionally evading laws meant to protect military families from predatory lenders and, separately, charged illegal insurance fees to more than 17,000 customers.

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A refugee law expert looks at the legality and impact of Biden’s border crackdown tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Anticipating a potential surge of migrants at the southern border, the Biden administration announced a crackdown on those seeking asylum after unlawfully entering the U.S.- a proposed change that has been condemned by immigration rights groups.

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Republicans condemn 'disgraceful' bribery allegations, but blame each other for their airing tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Wild and unsubstantiated allegations made in a hearing that dozens of elected officials, including Arizona lawmakers, are secretly on the payroll of a Mexican drug cartel have roiled the state legislature, with Republican lawmakers denouncing the allegations as “disgraceful”.

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Crime survivors rally at Arizona Capitol to demand better trauma care tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Crime survivors and their families from across Arizona gathered at the state Capitol, asking lawmakers to fund trauma recovery centers that offer therapy and social services.

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Arizona foster care review boards rely on volunteers to place children in safe homes tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona's Foster Care Review Board, a group of 108 boards statewide with 24 in Pima County and responsible for analyzing cases of foster children and discussing them in a monthly board meeting until permanency is achieved, is seeking volunteers.

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Staking a claim: Arizona unclaimed property auction draws bargain hunters tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Once a year, the Arizona Department of Revenue auctions off unclaimed property that is abandoned in safe deposit boxes around the state, with proceeds from the auction going to the state’s general fund.

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UA launches archive of art & stories by those held in Az migrant detention centers tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
As part of a partnership with two immigration rights groups, the University of Arizona will host an archive of oral histories, art and memorabilia collected from migrants detained in Arizona.

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Tucson-area student test scores recovering post-COVID; Sahuarita revamps zoning tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Remember that drop in student test scores during the pandemic that would no doubt take us eons to recover from, leaving an entire generation academically wrecked? It's just taken a year to start getting back on track. Plus more in local government meetings this week.

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Pima County offering summer jobs to 14-21 year olds via internships with nonprofits tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Youth interested in gaining money and early work experience during their summer vacations can make $15.75 an hour or more working part-time with the Pima County Summer Youth Employment Program.

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Condado Pima ofrece trabajos de verano a jóvenes de 14-21 años con organizaciones sin fines de lucro tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Los jóvenes interesados ​​en ganar dinero y experiencia laboral temprana durante sus vacaciones de verano pueden ganar $15.75 por hora o más trabajando a tiempo parcial con el Programa de Empleo Juvenil de Verano del Condado Pima.

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2 men sentenced to prison for attempts to smuggle guns, ammo into Mexico tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Two Mexican men were sentenced to prison Wednesday for attempting to smuggle weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition into Mexico through Nogales, Ariz., in two separate cases from last summer.

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Community organizations call on Hobbs to invest in housing, education, paid leave tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona community activist groups are calling on Gov. Katie Hobbs to take steps to address the affordable housing crisis, scholarships for low-income students and paid family and medical leave - proposals which are likely already dead in the Republican-controlled legislature.

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Arizona Senate bill to ban ‘lewd or sexual’ books called unconstitutional by experts tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A bill in the Arizona Senate that aims to give parents more control over what books students read in school is unconstitutional, and critics say the bill’s language isn’t really aimed at protecting children but instead targets LGBTQ children directly.

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Blue states sue FDA over restrictions on abortion pill access tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Attorneys general from several states - including Arizona AG Kris Mayes - have filed a lawsuit against the FDA, claiming the agency imposed burdensome regulatory actions on mifepristone and misoprostol — two drugs administered in combination for medication abortions.

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Arizona GOP legislators continue to give oxygen to disproven election conspiracies tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Republicans are continuing their parade of election conspiracy theorists spreading unproven claims in legislative hearings, even after a report from the former Attorney General’s office showed that all of the 2020 election fraud theories it investigated were baseless.

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Long road ahead for Rio Verde Foothills water solution tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Only a week after Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes confirmed its legality, an intergovernmental agreement that could give much-needed water to Rio Verde Foothills sits in the hands of Maricopa County.

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Ciscomani: Busy first 2 months in Congress tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
"I’m incredibly excited for what the future holds and am honored to represent our community in Congress." — U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani

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Pro-Lake PAC didn’t fabricate its source of $2.1 million, officials concluded last year tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A campaign finance complaint accusing a super PAC that spent $2.1 million boosting Kari Lake of inventing the source of its funding was quietly dismissed last year after elections officials determined that a media report questioning the money’s origin was inaccurate.

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