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Millions of salaried workers to become eligible for overtime under new rule https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042424_salary_overtime/millions-salaried-workers-become-eligible-overtime-under-new-rule/
The U.S. Department of Labor announced a final rule that will affect roughly 4 million workers and means salaried workers who are employed in the executive, administrative or professional industries will become eligible for overtime pay.
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Biden administration expands privacy rights for abortion care https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042424_hipaa_abortion/biden-administration-expands-privacy-rights-abortion-care/
DHHS announced an addition to HIPAA that prohibits health care providers from sharing personal health information pertaining to lawful reproductive care with bodies seeking to investigate or impose liability on those who seek to obtain or provide said care.
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FTC bans noncompete agreements nationwide https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042424_noncompete_ban/ftc-bans-noncompete-agreements-nationwide/
The FTC issued a landmark ruling with a broad ban on noncompete agreements for U.S. workers that will also void existing noncompetes and compels employers to provide workers with notice that their noncompete agreements are no longer enforceable.
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Newly minted American citizens could sway 2024 election — if they vote https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042424_naturalized_voters/newly-minted-american-citizens-could-sway-2024-election-if-they-vote/
Between 2016 and 2020, more than 62,000 people in Arizona became naturalized citizens, and that number has the potential to sway election results in a swing state known for tight races.
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Federal Trade Commission bans noncompete agreements nationwide https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042424_noncompete_ban/federal-trade-commission-bans-noncompete-agreements-nationwide/
The FTC issued a landmark ruling with a broad ban on noncompete agreements for U.S. workers that will also void existing noncompetes and compels employers to provide workers with notice that their noncompete agreements are no longer enforceable.
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Mayes: Az Supreme Court abortion ban ruling is wrong & should be reconsidered https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042424_mayes_court_abortion/mayes-az-supreme-court-abortion-ban-ruling-wrong-should-reconsidered/
Attorney General Kris Mayes is calling on the Arizona Supreme Court to reconsider its decision to revive a near-total ban on abortions from 1864, saying that the court’s reasoning for doing so is irreparably flawed.
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Collin Senior hits walk-off homer as Pima baseball splits with Az Western https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/042324_pcc_baseball/collin-senior-hits-walk-off-homer-as-pima-baseball-splits-with-az-western/
The Pima Community College baseball team (41-13, 24-11 in ACCAC) hosted their final regular season home doubleheader on Tuesday against Arizona Western College (36-14, 23-13).
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Bruce Bigger cites new DNA tech in request for re-trial in 2004 murder of Dr. Brian Stidham https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042224_bigger_retrial/bruce-bigger-cites-new-dna-tech-request-re-trial-2004-murder-dr-brian-stidham/
Attorneys for Bruce Bigger, who was convicted in 2007 in the 2004 Tucson stabbing death of Dr. Brian Stidham, are asking for a new trial based on contemporary software for analyzing DNA.
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Fired head of U.S. election agency got unauthorized $31,000 raise https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042324_eas_frid_probe/fired-head-us-election-agency-got-unauthorized-31000-raise/
Steven Frid, former executive director of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, obtained a substantial pay increase without the knowledge of EAC commissioners, expensed Harvard University courses without approval and did not properly disclose dozens of hours of personal leave.
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Pima softball snaps 26-game win streak with loss to Central Az https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/042324_pcc_softball/pima-softball-snaps-26-game-win-streak-with-loss-central-az/
The Pima Community College softball team’s (35-10, 22-4 in ACCAC) improbable winning streak came to an end on Tuesday at Central Arizona College (18-17, 14-14).
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Attorney argues religious freedom laws protect Tucson Raytheon protestors from prosecution https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042324_raytheon_protest/attorney-argues-religious-freedom-laws-protect-tucson-raytheon-protestors-from-prosecution/
Four people arrested during a November protest at the University of Arizona's Tech Park argued trespassing charges should dismissed because they were exercising their sincere beliefs and are protected under a federal law intended to protect religious freedom.
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Attorney argues religious freedom laws protect Tucson Raytheon protestors from prosecution https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042324_slug/attorney-argues-religious-freedom-laws-protect-tucson-raytheon-protestors-from-prosecution/
Four people arrested during a November protest at the University of Arizona's Tech Park argued trespassing charges should dismissed because they were exercising their sincere beliefs and are protected under a federal law intended to protect religious freedom.
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TikTok fears point to larger problem: Poor media literacy in the social media age https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042324_tiktok_fears_op/tiktok-fears-point-larger-problem-poor-media-literacy-social-media-age/
The proposed legislation to ban the video social media app TikTok was motivated by a set of national security concerns - but some of the arguments are stronger than others.
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‘We’re not in this alone’: How an Arizona program gives support, mentorship to dads https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042324_dads_together/were-not-this-alone-how-arizona-program-gives-support-mentorship-dads/
With the help of the Arizona Department of Child Safety’s Office of Prevention, the Dads Together program officially began in 2021, and now offers one-on-one mentoring and a 13-week course called Nurturing Fathers, that teaches dads the fundamentals of parenting and nurturing.
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Normally quiet Az legislative proceedings were anything but last week https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042324_legislature_gallery/normally-quiet-az-legislative-proceedings-were-anything-but-last-week/
As Republicans in the Arizona House of Representatives devised and executed a plan on April 17 to block Democrats’ efforts to repeal the state’s 1864 abortion ban, scores of opponents of abortion rights looked on from the gallery above them, eagerly cheering them on.
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Kings, queens of Catalina Foothills High tennis seek another crown https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/042324_catfoot_tennis/kings-queens-catalina-foothills-high-tennis-seek-another-crown/
The 2024 AIA Division II Team Championship tennis playoffs begin Tuesday, and schools will be trying to do something team has done in years: take down the tennis juggernaut that is Catalina Foothills High School.
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Arizona Vintage Base Ball League celebrates sport’s history in yearly Bisbee tournament https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/042324_vintage_baseball/arizona-vintage-base-ball-league-celebrates-sports-history-yearly-bisbee-tournament/
The Arizona Vintage Base Ball League - a local league with teams ranging from Tucson to Yuma to Mesa - that plays baseball using rules from 1863, culminates the season in Bisbee with the two-day Copper City Classic Vintage Base Ball Tournament at the 115-year old Warren Ballpark.
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Pima men's distance runner Conroy sets qualifier in 3,000 steeplechase at Mesa Invitational https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/041924_pcc_mens_track/pima-mens-distance-runner-conroy-sets-qualifier-3000-steeplechase-mesa-invitational/
The Pima Community College men’s track & field team competed in their final regular season meet on Friday at the Mesa Invitational held at Mesa Community College.
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Fontes & Mayes say Hamadeh should be fined more than $50k for his latest failed election challenge https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042324_hamadeh_fine/fontes-mayes-say-hamadeh-should-fined-more-than-50k-his-latest-failed-election-challenge/
Republican Abraham Hamadeh should be fined more than $50,000 for filing a groundless lawsuit to overturn his 2022 defeat, say Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, who were forced to go to court to defend the election results.
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Arizona groundwater regulation weaknesses exploited by industrial-scale agriculture https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042324_agriculture_water/arizona-groundwater-regulation-weaknesses-exploited-by-industrial-scale-agriculture/
The Douglas basin has seen agricultural development explode in recent years, and despite attempts to limit groundwater usage, the increase in pumping - at an intensity not previously - is largely under industrial-scale owners who have consolidated the land into massive operations.
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