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Cochise County supes didn’t question election equipment when they won in 2020 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120122_cochise_supes_election/cochise-county-supes-didnt-question-election-equipment-when-they-won-2020/
The two Republican Cochise County supervisors who have so far refused to certify the Nov. 8 election because of ostensible concerns about the trustworthiness of electronic ballot tabulators weren’t concerned when that same equipment confirmed their electoral victories in 2020.
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Majority of Arizonans trust elections, despite persistence of election denialism https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120122_election_denialism/majority-arizonans-trust-elections-despite-persistence-election-denialism/
An overwhelming majority of Arizona voters trust elections and don’t want to see baseless challenges to their outcomes - a resounding consensus that is a stark contrast to the narrative of election deniers that has come to characterize the state.
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At tribal summit, Biden pledges federal commitment to Indian Country https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120122_biden_tribal_summit/at-tribal-summit-biden-pledges-federal-commitment-indian-country/
President Biden is poised to designate Avi Kwa Ame, a sacred site for Native American tribes in southern Nevada, as a national monument, and announced economic, climate and land management actions the administration is taking to foster a strong relationship with Indian Country.
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Arizona lawmakers vote to impose contract on rail workers, fend off strike https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120122_railroaded_unions/arizona-lawmakers-vote-impose-contract-rail-workers-fend-off-strike/
Most members of Arizona’s congressional delegation joined the rest of the House Wednesday to give overwhelming bipartisan approval to a bill that would head off a national rail strike by imposing contract terms on rail workers’ unions.
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Pima County libraries to host mobile COVID & STD clinics https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/113022_mobile_clinic/pima-county-libraries-host-mobile-covid-std-clinics/
A new mobile health clinic will be making its way to Pima County public libraries starting this Friday.
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Pima County libraries to host mobile COVID & STD clinics https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/113022_mobile_clinic/pima-county-libraries-host-mobile-covid-std-clinics/
A new mobile health clinic will be making its way to Pima County public libraries starting this Friday.
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Pima County Health Dept., Pima County Public Libraries roll out mobile clinic https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/113022_mobile_clinic/pima-county-health-dept-pima-county-public-libraries-roll-out-mobile-clinic/
A new mobile clinic will be making its way to Pima County Public Libraries starting Friday, Dec. 2 from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.. It will make its first visit to the Eckstrom-Colombus Library, 4350 E. 22nd St.
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Feds are failing gray wolves under Endangered Species Act, groups allege https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/113022_gray_wolves_lawsuit/feds-are-failing-gray-wolves-under-endangered-species-act-groups-allege/
Accusing the government of failing to comply with the Endangered Species Act, a conservation group asked a federal judge on Tuesday to demand a nationwide recovery plan for the gray wolf.
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School leaders: Ducey needs to call a special session to lift the school spending cap https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/113022_ducey_school_spending_cap/school-leaders-ducey-needs-call-special-session-lift-school-spending-cap/
More than 50 Arizona school boards are calling on Gov. Doug Ducey to take action to head off a funding cliff that would force public schools to cut $1.4 billion from their budgets in the middle of the school year, resulting in widespread layoffs and closures.
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Same-sex & interracial marriages protected under bill passed by Senate with GOP support https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/113022_same_sex_marriage_senate/same-sex-interracial-marriages-protected-under-bill-passed-by-senate-with-gop-support/
The U.S. Senate approved legislation Tuesday that would enshrine protections for same-sex and interracial marriages, codifying many of the rights that would disappear if the Supreme Court were to overturn those decisions the way it overturned the nationwide right to an abortion.
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Same-sex, interracial marriage protected under bill passed by Senate with GOP support https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/113022_same_sex_marriage_senate/same-sex-interracial-marriage-protected-under-bill-passed-by-senate-with-gop-support/
The U.S. Senate approved legislation Tuesday that would enshrine protections for same-sex and interracial marriages, codifying many of the rights that would disappear if the Supreme Court were to overturn those decisions the way it overturned the nationwide right to an abortion.
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University researchers in Arizona, Washington collaborate to create a Valley fever vaccine https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/113022_valley_fever_vaccine/university-researchers-arizona-washington-collaborate-create-valley-fever-vaccine/
A new research program combining the efforts of Northern Arizona University and the University of Washington aims to create a vaccine for Valley fever, an infectious fungal disease that poses an increasing threat as the climate continues to warm and dry.
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Former top prosecutors: GOP Cochise supervisors should face charges for failing to certify the election https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112922_cochise_supes_investigation/former-top-prosecutors-gop-cochise-supervisors-should-face-charges-failing-certify-election/
Former Democratic Attorney General Terry Goddard and Republican Maricopa County Attorney Richard Romley are asking state and county prosecutors to open a criminal investigation into Republican Cochise County supervisors who have refused to certify the election results.
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Stewart Rhodes, founder of Oath Keepers, convicted of seditious conspiracy https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112922_oath_keepers_conviction/stewart-rhodes-founder-oath-keepers-convicted-seditious-conspiracy/
A federal jury entered a guilty verdict Tuesday against Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the extremist right-wing Oath Keepers group, the culmination of nearly three days of deliberation in a high-profile seditious conspiracy trial that lasted more than a month.
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Judge throws out Abe Hamadeh’s bid to overturn the election because it’s too early to challenge the results https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/113022_hamadeh_lawsuit_dismissed/judge-throws-out-abe-hamadehs-bid-overturn-election-its-too-early-challenge-results/
An attempt by Abe Hamadeh, the Republican candidate for attorney general to overturn the election results in a race he lost was dismissed Tuesday afternoon because he ignored a state law requiring election challenges be filed after the election has been certified.
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Biden immigration enforcement stumps high court https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112922_scotus_biden_immigration/biden-immigration-enforcement-stumps-high-court/
The Supreme Court heard over two hours of arguments Tuesday but appeared no closer to deciding if the Biden administration had the authority to impose guidelines prioritizing public safety when it deports noncitizens.
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Arizona's county supervisors face intense pressure to reject election results, but most certify anyway https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112922_election_certification_pressure/arizonas-county-supervisors-face-intense-pressure-reject-election-results-but-most-certify-anyway/
Across Arizona, from Maricopa south to Cochise and north to Mohave counties, the counties’ supervisors — mostly Republicans — have faced pressure for weeks to reject the election results - but in all but one county, the supervisors followed state law and voted to certify their election.
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After refusing to certify its election, Cochise County faces lawsuits to force it to do so https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112922_cochise_election_lawsuit/after-refusing-certify-its-election-cochise-county-faces-lawsuits-force-it-do-so/
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs on Monday filed a lawsuit to force Cochise County officials to approve the results of this month’s election after Republicans on the board of supervisors failed to meet a deadline to canvass the election.
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Trial of former Border Patrol agent accused of killing 4 women opens https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112922_border_patrol_murder_trial/trial-former-border-patrol-agent-accused-killing-4-women-opens/
A former U.S. Border Patrol agent executed four women, all sex workers, in a 2018 vigilante-inspired killing spree along the Texas/Mexico border because “he wanted to clean up the streets,” prosecutors said on the first day of Juan David Ortiz’s trial.
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Arizona Senate race was the 3rd-most expensive of 2022 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112922_senate_election_cost/arizona-senate-race-was-3rd-most-expensive-2022/
Mark Kelly’s re-election to the U.S. Senate was the third-most expensive campaign in 2022, with almost $236 million spent in the contest - the bulk of that money coming from outside groups, who spent a combined $128 million - including some $40 million aimed at defeating Kelly.
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