Think tank estimates Arizona spends $1.1 billion annually for homelessness solutions https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040924_homeless_spending/think-tank-estimates-arizona-spends-11-billion-annually-homelessness-solutions/
A research study claims Arizona spends as much as $1.1 billion a year on homelessness-solution services, and in 2023, approximately 14,200 people were unhoused and the number of unhoused individuals has increased by 30% since 2020.
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Az bill making it easier to shoot & kill migrants vetoed for encouraging ‘armed vigilantism’ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040924_vigilantism_veto/az-bill-making-it-easier-shoot-kill-migrants-vetoed-encouraging-armed-vigilantism/
Gov. Katie Hobbs on Monday vetoed a GOP bill to expand when Arizona ranchers could legally kill migrants crossing their land.
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Az bill to ban family reunification heads to Hobbs, despite lack of Democratic support https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040924_reunification_bill/az-bill-ban-family-reunification-heads-hobbs-despite-lack-democratic-support/
As a measure to ban reunification treatment in Arizona - used within the family court system to try and force a relationship between children and their estranged parents - heads to the governor, advocates and survivors are puzzled by Democratic opposition to the bill.
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Tucson's RTA revenue hopes dashed, Council must consider Plan B https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/040824_agenda_rta_op/tucsons-rta-revenue-hopes-dashed-council-must-consider-plan-b/
Tucson city leaders hoped revised RTA projections would provide them with revenue wiggle room. It didn't work out. Meanwhile, world leaders await the City Council's vote on Gaza, Sahuarita to get trout and more from area local government meetings.
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Arizona House votes down Horne school discipline bill https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040824_horne_discipline_bill/arizona-house-votes-down-horne-school-discipline-bill/
The Arizona House of Representatives rejected Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne’s plan to tie student discipline to school letter grades, with two Republican legislators siding with Democrats.
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'Infrastructures of Control': Focus on border surveillance at UA photography show https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040824_border_photos/infrastructures-control-focus-border-surveillance-ua-photography-show/
Dave Maass of the Electronic Freedom Foundation will be in Tucson this week for the opening reception for “Infrastructures of Control,” a UA exhibit featuring large-scale photographs of surveillance towers in Southern Arizona.
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9th Circuit stays out of Louis Taylor's move to expunge Pioneer Hotel fire conviction, for now https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040824_taylor_court/9th-circuit-stays-out-louis-taylors-move-expunge-pioneer-hotel-fire-conviction-now/
The 9th Circuit declined Monday to interfere in a decade-old wrongful arrest and racial discrimination case seeking to expunge the record of Louis Taylor, who was convicted of starting the 1970 Pioneer Hotel Fire in Tucson that killed 29 people over 50 years ago.
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7 apply for vacant Tucson City Council seat https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040424_ward_6_applicants/7-apply-vacant-tucson-city-council-seat/
Updated: More than a half-dozen Ward 6 residents have applied to finish the term of Tucson City Councilman Steve Kozachik, who stepped down from job on March 31. The deadline to indicate interest in the appointment is April 15.
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Curtiss moves to 2nd in Pima school history in high jump; Madrigal-Diaz & Crane earn nat'l qualifiers at Triton Invitational https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/040624_pcc_track_and_field/curtiss-moves-2nd-pima-school-history-high-jump-madrigal-diaz-crane-earn-natl-qualifiers-triton-invitational/
The No. 3-ranked Pima Community College men’s and women’s track & field teams competed at the Triton Invitational on Friday and Saturday at the University of California San Diego in La Jolla, Calif.
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States want to make it harder for health insurers to deny care, but firms might evade enforcement https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040824_insurance_denials/states-want-make-it-harder-health-insurers-deny-care-but-firms-might-evade-enforcement/
In recent years, insurers have ratcheted up their use of prior authorization, causing delays and denials of care that are harming or even killing people, and mmore than two dozen states - including Arizona - have considered legislation designed to minimize delays and denials.
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Backed by Mike Lindell & mysterious benefactors, push to hand-count ballots picks up speed https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040824_lindell_hand_count/backed-by-mike-lindell-mysterious-benefactors-push-hand-count-ballots-picks-up-speed/
Disciples of Mike Lindell and other big-name election influencers have been spreading the hand-count gospel around the country since 2020, and the push to hand-count ballots is ramping up, albeit with spotty success, as the 2024 election nears.
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The IRS is testing a free method to directly file taxes - but not everyone is thrilled https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040824_irs_tax_filing/the-irs-testing-free-method-directly-file-taxes-but-not-everyone-thrilled/
Many U.S. taxpayers in a dozen states for the first time can electronically file their federal returns directly to the Internal Revenue Service for free — but critics insist the new federal benefit is not needed and will even harm both users and states.
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Fontes seeks attorney fees in Hamadeh’s 2022 Az election challenge https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040824_fontes_hamadeh_fees/fontes-seeks-attorney-fees-hamadehs-2022-az-election-challenge/
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes is seeking $36,820 in attorney fees from Abraham Hamadeh, after the Republican’s latest attempt to take the office he lost two years ago was thrown out of court.
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Water & power collide in proposed $100 million Colorado River deal https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040824_shoshone_water/water-power-collide-proposed-100-million-colorado-river-deal/
A taxpayer-funded agency has agreed to pay $98.5 million on rights to the water that flows through Colorado's Shoshone facility, a culmination of a decades-long effort to keep Shoshone’s water on the west side of Colorado’s mountains.
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Low-income hearing health care expanded to all three Arizona universities https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040824_hearing_help/low-income-hearing-health-care-expanded-all-three-arizona-universities/
A partnership among the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing and the state's three universities provides free hearing health care for low-income adults 21 or older with an income at or below 150% of the poverty level.
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Zylinski-Wrobel has 6 RBIs as Pima softball rallies and run-rules Az Western for 20th straight win https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/040624_pcc_softball/zylinski-wrobel-has-6-rbis-as-pima-softball-rallies-and-run-rules-az-western-20th-straight-win/
The Pima Community College softball team (29-8, 16-2 in ACCAC) has produced the longest Aztec winning streak of the last 20 years as they picked up a big sweep over Arizona Western College (23-13, 15-5) in a doubleheader between two ACCAC Division I programs.
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Senior has 4 RBIs, Hicks shines in relief as Pima baseball sweeps Eastern Arizona https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/040624_pcc_baseball/senior-has-4-rbis-hicks-shines-relief-as-pima-baseball-sweeps-eastern-arizona/
The Pima Community College baseball team (34-10, 20-8 in ACCAC) secured 20 ACCAC conference wins for the fifth straight year (excluding the 2020 COVID season) on Saturday as they swept Eastern Arizona College.
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Tucson theatre titan Barclay Goldsmith brought politics to the stage https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040624_barclay_goldsmith_obit/tucson-theatre-titan-barclay-goldsmith-brought-politics-stage/
Every theatre-lover in Tucson knows that Barclay Goldsmith, who died this week at age 87, was a giant. With Teatro Libertad and then Borderlands Theater, he produced more than a hundred shows.
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End of Internet subsidies for low-income households threatens telehealth access https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040624_telehealth_subsidies/end-internet-subsidies-low-income-households-threatens-telehealth-access/
More than 23 million households are enrolled in the federal discount program Congress created in 2021 to bridge the nation’s digital connectivity gap - but the program is expected to soon run out of money, threatening telehealth access for rural and tribal communities.
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PACC shelter at 142% capacity, dogs in critical need of homes, fosters https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040524_pacc_overcrowded/pacc-shelter-142-capacity-dogs-critical-need-homes-fosters/
The Pima Animal Care Center was "hit hard" after a stormy weekend. Those who adopt a dog or choose to provide a two-week foster stay will receive $50 credit at the Central Pet store as officials seek to relieve the overcrowding.
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