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Arizona human-smuggling coordinator gets 6 years in prison tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Phoenix-area man was sentenced to six years in prison last month after pleading guilty to conspiracy to transport people into the United States for profit.

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Election results hold up as Pima County completes primary vote tally tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The last of Pima County’s votes from last Tuesday’s primary election were counted on Monday, with no results shifting as the last ballots were tallied. A Marana Town Council race was decided by just 14 votes.

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Ex-Tucsonan Stephanie Grisham, one-time top Trump spox, knocks former boss with 'Republicans for Harris' tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Stephanie Grisham, a former Tucson resident who served as a spokeswoman for Donald Trump during his 2016 campaign and White House tenure, has joined a growing group of "Republicans for Harris," supporting the Democratic candidate for president.

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In Arizona, a court ruling narrows path for registering to vote without proof of citizenship tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Arizona residents who try to register to vote with the widely used state form will have their registration rejected unless they provide proof of U.S. citizenship, under a temporary ruling Thursday from a federal appeals court.

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In Arizona, a court ruling narrows path for registering to vote without proof of citizenship tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona residents who try to register to vote with the widely used state form will have their registration rejected unless they provide proof of U.S. citizenship, under a temporary ruling Thursday from a federal appeals court.

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VA Sec. McDonough touts expansion of Tucson veterans hospital under PACT Act tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The mental health clinic at the Tucson VA Medical Center will be expanded this year, along with work planned to grow the size of the primary care facility and emergency department, officials said.

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Jenna Ellis, former Trump attorney, cuts deal with prosecutors in Az fake electors criminal case tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Conservative media personality and former Donald Trump campaign attorney Jenna Ellis has made a deal to cooperate with Arizona prosecutors in their case against the state’s GOP fake electors who sought to keep Trump in office even though he lost the election.

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Much-attacked final Title IX rule goes into effect while still blocked in 26 states tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Though the Biden administration’s final rule for Title IX extending federal protections to LGBTQ students went into effect nationwide Thursday, a slew of legal challenges has temporarily blocked more than half of all states from enforcing the updated regulations.

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Federal judge declines to halt Arizona horse auction tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A federal judge declined to block the U.S. Forest Service from selling 13 unowned horses found in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest after the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group sued the forest service to stop the sale of the horses.

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Environmentalists prevail in lawsuit over feds’ grasshopper suppression program tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal judge sided with two environmental advocacy organizations in their challenge to the U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's updated program to use pesticides to combat grasshopper infestations in Arizona and on rangeland in the western U.S.

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In picking a presidential nominee, voters have a voice but parties have the power tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Democrats have nominated Kamala Harris as their 2024 presidential candidate — even though voters chose someone else in all the party’s primaries - and as it turns out, presidential primaries are something of an electoral illusion.

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Contentious ‘Project 2025’ plan uses Arizona as education model tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Project 2025 seeks to dramatically concentrate power in the White House while fundamentally changing how the federal government operates, and when it comes to overhauling public education, the sweeping right-wing manifesto borrows heavily from Arizona’s playbook.

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Navajo Nation, Havasupai Tribe condemn transporting uranium ore across tribal land without notice tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The owner of Pinyon Plain Mine started transporting uranium ore from the mine near the Grand Canyon,, moving the uranium through several tribal communities despite promises to give neighboring tribes and other stakeholders two weeks’ notice before hauling the ore.

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Trump's Jan. 6 case back in federal judge’s hands after SCOTUS immunity decision tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The D.C. Circuit returned Donald Trump’s criminal election subversion case back to federal judge Tanya Chutkan on Friday, just over a month after the Supreme Court ruled that presidents are immune from criminal prosecution for any official act taken while in office.

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In rare bipartisan vote, U.S. Senate passes package aimed at protecting kids online tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Legislation aimed at protecting children online sailed through the U.S. Senate, marking what could be the first update since the late 1990s for companies who interact with minors on the internet.

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Tucson Water set for new PFAS limits; Roadrunners look to remain on Tucson ice tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Tucson Water wants to establish new guidelines for PFAS based on new federal limits; Roadrunners hockey may be here through 2027; Oro Valley to streamline affordable housing rules and more from government meetings around Tucson.

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Arizonans can now use smartphone app as ID for alcohol purchases tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizonans can use the new Smart ID Verifier app to buy alcohol at participating bars and retailers. The state-approved app provides an added layer of security by not displaying address or date of birth information, but it's not clear how many establishments are set up to use it.

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Unable to vote, undocumented migrants register Arizona voters tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona’s migrant communities have much on the line in the 2024 elections, and with no right to vote, some people in the country without legal status are finding ways to make their voices heard through grassroots activism – encouraging others to support sympathetic candidates.

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Teacher shortages persist in Arizona but may be easing tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A few weeks into last school year, 30% of teacher positions in Arizona remained unfilled — and while the shortage persists, there are signs of improvement.

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Drag queens unite to form political action committee ahead of 2024 election tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A new political action committee is stomping the runway, bringing together some of the biggest names in drag to push back against anti-LGBTQ legislation and politicians, and through a flurry of social media posts, the PAC has begun to raise funds ahead of the November election.

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