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City voters flipping 'no' switch on Prop. 412 deal with Tucson Electric Power tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Proposition 412, a 25-year deal between the city of Tucson and TEP, didn't spark voters to cast their ballots for "yes." It was being defeated by a 55-45% margin as the first election returns were released Tuesday night.

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Kari Lake’s star trial witness was involved in 2020 election ‘audit’ tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The expert witness in Kari Lake’s imminent election challenge trial did work for the Arizona Senate’s debunked 2020 partisan election “audit” and was one of the speakers at the infamous Election Committee hearing that led to former Rep. Liz Harris being kicked out of the legislature.

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Rep. Gallego introduces bill targeting funds linked to fentanyl smugglers tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
U.S. Treasury officials could begin targeting foreign bank accounts used to support fentanyl smuggling if a bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego makes it way through Congress.

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FC Tucson to field women's team in new Division I pro soccer league tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The owners of FC Tucson will be among the first franchisees in the startup USL Super League, a top-tier professional women’s soccer league that plans to kick off play in August 2024.

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Nat'l Missing & Murdered Indigenous Peoples comission meets in Arizona to hear testimony, recommendations tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Not Invisible Act Commission held a public hearing at the Twin Arrows Casino near Flagstaff on May 9 to hear testimony and recommendations from victims and families impacted by human trafficking and the missing and murdered Indigenous peoples crisis.

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Border migrant encounters have dropped by half since Title 42 ended, federal official says tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The number of encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border has dropped by half compared with the days leading up to the expiration of Title 42, though officials were "mindful that smugglers will continue to look for ways to take advantage of the change in border policies.”

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National commission on the MMIP crisis meets in Arizona to hear testimony, recommendations tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Not Invisible Act Commission held a public hearing at the Twin Arrows Casino near Flagstaff on May 9 to hear testimony and recommendations from victims and families impacted by human trafficking and the missing and murdered Indigenous peoples crisis.

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March of Dimes Mom & Baby Unit brings mobile healthcare to Tucson's South Side tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The March of Dimes Tucson-based Mom and Baby Mobile Unit, operated in partnership with the University of Arizona College of Medicine, is designed to address a problem that more 7 million women in the United States face – limited or no access to maternity care.

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Special counsel report slams FBI for launching Trump-Russia probe tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal special counsel has determined the Justice Department and FBI rushed to investigate potential ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign based on weak intelligence, and “failed to uphold their important mission of strict fidelity to the law.”

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Compañía de Phoenix trabaja en crear un detector de marihuana en el aliento tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Los científicos de la empresa ElectraTect, con sede en Phoenix, están trabajando para crear un alcoholímetro de marihuana para detectar el consumo reciente de THC que está más relacionado con el deterioro que las pruebas actuales que detectan el uso de marihuana durante días.

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Kari Lake granted new trial, must prove Maricopa County ignored signature-verification rules tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Kari Lake will have a chance to argue in court that her 17,000-vote election loss in 2022 should be overturned — but she will have to prove that Maricopa County brazenly failed to verify tens of thousands of early voter signatures and that, in doing so, the county affected the outcome.

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7 pm deadline to return ballots in Tucson election on TEP deal tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Voters have until 7 p.m. Tuesday to hand in their ballots in Tucson's special election to approve or refuse a new franchise agreement with Tucson Electric Power.

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The March of Dimes Mom & Baby Unit brings care to southern Tucson tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The March of Dimes Tucson-based Mom and Baby Mobile Unit, operated in partnership with the University of Arizona’s College of Medicine, is designed to address a problem that more 7 million women in the United States face – limited or no access to maternity care.

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Rural electric co-ops to get $10.7B in USDA funds for clean energy grants, loans tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin to administer two loan and grant programs worth nearly $11 billion to boost clean energy systems in rural areas to equal footing with larger privately owned companies that have already put major funding into clean energy deployment.

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Claytoonz: Title 42 boo hoo tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Republicans have been warning that the end of Title 42 would bring calamity and overwhelm our nation with an invasion of our southern border. Guess what: Border crossings actually went down.

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Lesher seeks slight tax hike in a time of plenty in Pima County tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Pima County Administrator Jan Lesher seems to want to adjust the county's base budget upward a tad after the Great Recession forced supervisors to push it down. It's part of a plan to recruit talent and invest in roads, as the surplus reaches $159 million. Plus more in local government meetings this week.

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Title 42 fallout: Mexico immigration agency stops granting transit permits tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Mexico will stop granting transit permits to migrants in response to the United States’ lifting of Title 42, according to the country’s National Migration Institute (INM).

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The ugly truth behind 'We Buy Ugly Houses' tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
HomeVestors of America has developed a system for snapping up problem properties, but while part of the company mission is a promise not to take advantage of anyone who doesn’t understand the true value of their home, franchisees use deception to pursue rock-bottom prices.

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Fast federal response to pandemic key to U.S. economic recovery, economists say tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The federal response to mass unemployment and business closures due to COVID-19 helped fast-track the recovery - but the lasting effects of the pandemic on the labor force and how well prepared policy makers are to handle a potential recession or another pandemic is unclear.

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Where did the snow go? Researchers probe gap between snowfall, runoff tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Some years see a big gap between snowfall and the water runoff that follows, and while there is limited data on why the disparity happens, that gap has far-reaching implications for tens of millions of people who draw water from the Colorado River.

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