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Private prison giant GEO Group ramps up lobbying on immigrant surveillance tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
GEO Group, one of the world’s largest private prison companies, is ramping up its lobbying operation as lawmakers in Washington eye budget cuts to “alternatives to detention” programs.

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3 Sentinel journalists finalists for 2 national awards tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Three members of the Tucson Sentinel's newsroom are finalists for journalism awards from the Institute for Nonprofits News — Natalie Robbins and Dylan Smith for investigative reporting, and Paul Ingram for photojournalism.

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Mayes: Defendant in Az's fake Trump elector case flipped, will testify for prosecution tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is planning to announce next week that one of the 18 defendants indicted by a grand jury for signing bogus documents claiming that Donald Trump won the 2020 election will become a witness for the prosecution.

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Harris’ high-stakes veepstakes: Fundraising powerhouses vie for VP slot tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Many of Vice President Kamala Harris' potential vice presidential picks are also record-setting fundraisers, something that could prove imperative in the final months before Election Day.

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Study says undocumented immigrants paid almost $100 billion in taxes tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A new study shows that undocumented immigrants paid nearly $100 billion in federal, state and local tax revenue in 2022, while many are shut out of programs their taxes fund - findings that run counter to rhetoric that undocumented immigrants are “destroying” social programs.

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Harris wins enough delegates to be Democratic presidential nominee tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Democratic National Committee chair Jaime Harrison announced that Vice President Kamala Harris had received enough Democratic delegates' votes to be officially named the party's 2024 presidential nominee.

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Record-breaking stash of 4 million fentanyl pills seized by CBP officers at Arizona border crossing tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Federal officials discovered a record-breaking half-ton of fentanyl stashed in a trailer at the Lukeville Port of Entry in Southern Arizona earlier this month, officials announced Thursday.

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A bigger child tax credit isn’t coming. The Senate just voted against it. tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. Senate legislators sank a bipartisan bill that would have boosted the amount of the tax credit through the end of 2025 and extended more of its benefits to the nation’s poorest families.

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A handful of races remain close as Pima County continues to count votes tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The dust is still settling from this week’s primary election as Pima County officials continue to verify and count the last remaining votes.

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Lackluster investigations may perpetuate high Native infant mortality rate tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A recent study suggests another reason for the high infant mortality rate among Native babies: the way that law enforcement authorities investigate possible cases of sudden unexpected infant deaths, known as SUIDs, in tribal communities.

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Who will win in Arizona in November? It’s a toss-up − like it has been for years tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Arizona is considered a crucial swing state that could help propel either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris to the White House in November 2024, and polls suggest Arizona voters are most concerned about jobs and the economy, immigration, and government taxing and spending.

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Texas attorney general says Biden must continue border wall construction after court deadline passes tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
After the expiration of a deadline to appeal a court ruling, the Biden admin must continue building a border wall using roughly $1.4 billion Congress allocated for a barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border that the administration had tried to redirect, the Texas Attorney General’s office said.

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Amish Shah wins crowded Democratic race for Arizona’s CD1 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Former state Rep. Amish Shah is the victor in a packed primary for U.S. representative in Arizona’s First Congressional District, with almost 24% of votes, about three percentage points ahead of his next-closest contender, Andrei Cherny.

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Mayes wins extended delay of Civil War-era abortion law ruling to mull appeal to U.S. Supreme Court tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has further delayed the Arizona Supreme Court’s decision to revive a near-total abortion ban from 1864 — and she’s still eyeing an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Arizona & Canada strengthen ties through new Phoenix trade office tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Total trade between Arizona and Canada topped $5.3 billion in 2023, and now the state is making it even easier for the two trade partners with the opening of a new Canadian trade office in Phoenix, and the opening of a state trade office in Toronto.

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Republicans won’t budge as Biden details Supreme Court reform plan tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
As President Joe Biden laid out his plan of action for addressing ethical malfeasance at the Supreme Court, Republican leadership on Capitol Hill vowed court reform legislation would never see the light of day.

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Texas floating barrier in Rio Grande can stay for now, appeals court says tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The 5th Circuit Court ruled that the floating barrier Texas deployed in the Rio Grande last year to deter illegal migration could remain, a ruling by the full circuit court that strikes down a lower court’s ruling and reverses a decision by a subset of the appeals court.

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Public asked for input on candidates for vacancy at Pima Superior Court tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Pima County Commission on Trial Court Appointments is seeking public input about candidates to fill a vacancy on the Superior Court after the retirement of Judge Javier Chon-Lopez.

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Former TB clinic at Tucson Medical Center gains historic status tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Three buildings on Tucson Medical Center's main campus were added to the National Register of Historic Places. The buildings once functioned as a tuberculosis clinic, sleeping quarters for nurses, and the home of the hospital's main benefactor.

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Az Supreme Court Justice Bolick recuses in abortion initiative lawsuit in which his wife is a defendant tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick, whose wife was on the legislative panel being sued for using “unborn human being” in a voter information pamphlet, has decided to step away from the case.

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