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Blue & red states were putting period products in schools — then came the anti-trans backlash tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
For years, bills that put tampons and pads in school bathrooms were gaining traction across states - but the rise of anti-trans legislation has made a health issue political.

Harris campaign focuses on Arizona in its push to drive Gen Z voters to the polls tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Harris effort to mobilize Generation Z voters on campuses across battleground states is focusing its “Back-to-School” campaign kick-off in Arizona, with U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost — the first Gen Z member of Congress — set to join students Wednesday at the University of Arizona.

Az Supreme Court lets legislature’s description of ‘open primaries’ measure stand tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Supreme Court sided with Arizona legislators over a trial court judge who concluded their description of a ballot proposition to end partisan primaries was “misleading,” overturning the lower court’s ruling and allowing the language to stand on the November ballot.

After scathing GAO report, Border Patrol agents ordered to stop tossing out migrants’ belongings tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has directed agents to stop discarding migrants’ personal belongings, after a scathing report detailing how medicine, clothes, cell phones, cash and identity documents have been taken by authorities at holding facilities and never returned.

Watch Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Video: "I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together."

Ciscomani lands U.S. Chamber endorsement in Southern Az congressional race tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Rounding up the endorsements in the CD 6 race between Republican incumbent Juan Ciscomani and Democrat Kirsten Engel:

Ciscomani lands U.S. Chamber endorsement in Southern Az congressional race tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Rounding up the endorsements in the CD 6 race between Republican incumbent Juan Ciscomani and Democrat Kirsten Engel:

Trump indicted 2nd time in Jan. 6 election subversion case tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal grand jury brought a second indictment against former President Donald Trump on Tuesday, as part of his long-paused election subversion case, maintaining the same four charges special counsel Jack Smith levied in 2023.

Ethical complaints against attorneys representing Kari Lake dismissed tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Two attorneys - Kurt Olsen and Andrew Parker - who represented Kari Lake in a bid to get tabulators banned from the 2022 election, will not face discipline for their claims in that case.

Georgia judge blocks federal rule allowing migrant farmworkers to join unions in 17 states tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal judge ruled a U.S. Department of Labor regulation expanding protections for farmworkers on temporary visas and preventing employers from retaliating against those who try to form or join a labor organization is unconstitutional.

Recreational pot sales blazing across the country as Az medical market falls further into obscurity tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In July, Arizona’s reeling medical marijuana market dropped below 100,000 qualifying patients, bringing into stark relief the steady decline of the medical program as the adult-use, recreational market continues to dominate.

Voters will decide minimum wage ballot measures in several states tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Voters will decide minimum wage ballot measures in several states, including Arizona, and though ballot referendums to raise minimum wages are typically popular, measures that focus on workers who earn tips and and paid leave have drawn opposition.

Fight over Kroger-Albertsons merger heats up in federal court tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Attorneys battling over the proposed merger of the Kroger and Albertsons supermarket chains painted drastically different pictures in federal court on Monday about what would happen if the two giants combined, kicking off a trial that is expected to last until mid-September.

Colorado man faces charges over threats to elections officials posted on social media tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A Colorado man charged with threatening elections officials in Colorado and Arizona on social media appeared in federal court on a single charge of making threats in interstate commerce.

Arizona ‘fake electors’ use anti-SLAPP defense, claim 1st Amendment privilege tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Rudy Giuliani and Az GOP leaders argued that an indictment accusing them of conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election should be dismissed under Arizona’s newly amended anti-SLAPP statute, barring prosecutions intended to inhibit free exercise of First Amendment rights.

Arizona ‘fake electors’ use anti-SLAPP defense, claim First Amendment privilege tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Rudy Giuliani and Az GOP leaders argued that an indictment accusing them of conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election should be dismissed under Arizona’s newly amended anti-SLAPP statute, barring prosecutions intended to inhibit free exercise of First Amendment rights.

Trump promises mass deportations of undocumented people. How would that work? tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Mass deportation would be a broad, multipronged effort under Trump’s vision, including invoking an 18th-century law; reshuffling law enforcement at federal agencies; transferring funds within programs in the DHS; and forcing greater enforcement of immigration laws.

Let Bartlett be Bartlett: CatFoot sup't outlines goals for school year; C-notes for math in Flowing Wells tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Catalina Foothills Superintendent Denise Bartlett is set to lay out her to-do list. Plus: electric buses coming to TUSD, Flowing Wells kids to get cash incentives for honors math and more from local government meetings around Tucson.

Pima volleyball opens season with 1-3 outcome at the NMMI Classic tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College volleyball team opened the 2024 season on Friday and Saturday as part of the New Mexico Military Classic in Roswell, N.M.

Ismael Ruiz nets 2 goals as No. 5 Pima men's soccer takes opener at Scottsdale tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s soccer team (1-0, 1-0 in ACCAC) opened the 2024 season on Sunday with a road win at Scottsdale Community College (0-1, 0-1).

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