Somber Nikki Haley suspends presidential campaign https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030624_haley_campaign/somber-nikki-haley-suspends-presidential-campaign/
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley suspended her presidential campaign Wednesday, a withdrawal from the campaign trail that leaves Donald Trump as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to face President Joe Biden in November.
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Five months late, Congress is poised to pass a huge chunk of federal spending https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030624_congress_budget/five-months-late-congress-poised-pass-huge-chunk-federal-spending/
Congress is on track to approve a staggering $468 billion in government spending this week, finishing part of the work it was supposed to complete by Oct. 1 — including a big boost intended to shore up the federal WIC nutrition program for women, infants and children.
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Biden to push for return of expanded child tax credit in State of the Union speech https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030624_biden_state_union/biden-push-return-expanded-child-tax-credit-state-union-speech/
President Joe Biden will announce how his administration is tackling economic issues — from the housing crisis to restoring the expansion of the child tax credit — during this week’s State of the Union address to Congress and the nation.
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Federal government announces cap on credit card late fees https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030624_credit_card_fees/federal-government-announces-cap-credit-card-late-fees/
The Biden administration announced Tuesday it will limit late fees for credit cards to $8 in a new set of efforts aimed at targeting hidden fees for consumers.
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White House launches water conservation initiative for western U.S. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030624_colorado_conservation/white-house-launches-water-conservation-initiative-western-us/
The Biden administration unveiled an initiative to tackle the pressing issue of water scarcity and drought resilience in the U.S. West, and specifically the Colorado River Basin, with an ambitious goal to conserve at least 3 million acre-feet of water by the end of 2026.
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Az GOP bill would let college students challenge grades based on ‘political bias’ of professors https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030624_political_grades/az-gop-bill-would-let-college-students-challenge-grades-based-political-bias-professors/
Republican state senator Anthony Kern, of Glendale, who has previously described himself as “not a university guy,” wants to give students at Arizona’s public universities a new way to challenge grades that they believe were handed down due to a professor’s political bias.
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Nikki Haley drops out of Republican presidential race https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030624_haley_campaign/nikki-haley-drops-out-republican-presidential-race/
Nikki Haley announced Wednesday she would suspend her campaign in the Republican presidential primary, setting up a likely rematch between Donald Trump and Joe Biden in November’s general election.
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Pima County Supes vote to require gun owners to report missing firearms https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030524_pima_gun_ordinance/pima-county-supes-vote-require-gun-owners-report-missing-firearms/
The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to institute an ordinance to require gun owners to report the theft of a firearm within 48 hours or face a fine.
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Kari Lake drops her appeal to get ballot envelope signatures in losing '22 race https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030524_lake_signatures/kari-lake-drops-her-appeal-get-ballot-envelope-signatures-losing-22-race/
Kari Lake’s lawyer on Monday quietly dropped his intent to appeal the decision in a ballot envelope signature case that she said was critical to her continued effort to overturn the results of Arizona’s 2022 gubernatorial election.
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Super Tuesday voters turn out to select parties' presidential nominees https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030524_super_tuesday/super-tuesday-voters-turn-out-select-parties-presidential-nominees/
Former President Donald Trump is campaigning against his former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley for a third of the Republican Party’s primary delegates as voters in 16 states and American Samoa select nominees for president. Incumbent President Joe Biden has few challengers.
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Kyrsten Sinema announces she will not seek re-election to U.S. Senate https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030524_sinema_retires/kyrsten-sinema-announces-she-will-not-seek-re-election-us-senate/
U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced Tuesday that she will not seek a second term because Washington is too dysfunctional. The Arizona independent, elected under the Democratic banner before leaving the party, will leave office when her term ends at the end of the year.
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Kyrsten Sinema announces she will not seek re-election to U.S. Senate https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030524_sinema_retires/kyrsten-sinema-announces-she-will-not-seek-re-election-us-senate/
U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced Tuesday that she will not seek a second term because Washington is too dysfunctional. The Arizona independent, elected under the Democratic banner before leaving the party, will leave office when her term ends at the end of the year.
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Kyrsten Sinema annouces she will not seek re-election to U.S. Senate https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030524_sinema_retires/kyrsten-sinema-annouces-she-will-not-seek-re-election-us-senate/
U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced Tuesday that she will not seek a second term because Washington is too dysfunctional. The Arizona independent, elected under the Democratic banner before leaving the party, will leave office when her term ends at the end of the year.
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Kyrsten Sinema annnouces she will not seek re-election to U.S. Senate https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030524_sinema_retires/kyrsten-sinema-annnouces-she-will-not-seek-re-election-us-senate/
U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced Tuesday that she will not seek a second term because Washington is too dysfunctional. The Arizona independent, elected under the Democratic banner before leaving the party, will leave office when her term ends at the end of the year.
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All-artist crew sets off on simulated moon mission at Biosphere 2 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030524_art_moon_mission/all-artist-crew-sets-off-simulated-moon-mission-biosphere-2/
A writer, a poet, a textile artist and a dancer walk into an analog moon facility in Tucson, and they create art.
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Aubrey Marx goes 4-7 with 6 RBIs & 4 runs scored as Aztecs sweep Miles CC with 29 runs https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/030524_pcc_softball/aubrey-marx-goes-4-7-with-6-rbis-4-runs-scored-as-aztecs-sweep-miles-cc-with-29-runs/
The Pima Community College softball team (11-8) brought the bats out as they played a non-conference doubleheader against Miles Community College (3-5) on Monday as part of the TIG Invitational at Lincoln Park.
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Oldham scores 23 but Pima men fall at Eastern Az, snapping 12-game streak https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/030524_pcc_mens_basketball/oldham-scores-23-but-pima-men-fall-eastern-az-snapping-12-game-streak/
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team had a 12-game winning streak snapped on Monday at Eastern Arizona College (24-6, 17-2) as they closed out the regular season.
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Is a white nationalist part of Kari Lake’s campaign team? Her campaign won’t say. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030524_lake_white_nationalism/is-white-nationalist-part-kari-lakes-campaign-team-her-campaign-wont-say/
Kari Lake grinned widely and flashed a thumbs up as she posed for a photo Sunday with a far-right political operative who is reportedly a fervent follower and close associate of white nationalist Nick Fuentes, though it's unclear what ties Searle has to her campaign for U.S. Senate.
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Az GOP lawmakers want to ban compliance with UN, World Economic Forum goals for sustainability https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030524_sustainability_compliance/az-gop-lawmakers-want-ban-compliance-with-un-world-economic-forum-goals-sustainability/
Republicans in the Arizona House voted this week to ban governmental entities in the state from enacting any portion of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda, as well as a long list of other initiatives promoted by the World Economic Forum that are aimed at sustainability.
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Absence of AI hospital rules worries nurses https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030524_ai_hospitals/absence-ai-hospital-rules-worries-nurses/
Artificial intelligence has been used in health care settings for years, but the fast-paced development of these systems — to the point where robotics are being used in surgery — raises practical and ethical questions for the providers who work with that technology.
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