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U.S. House stuck for a 3rd day as Republicans struggle to unite around a speaker tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. House adjourned Thursday again without a speaker, racking up five more ballots throughout the day before members left the floor shortly after 8 p.m. Eastern, with some decamping to closed-door negotiations and others leaving the Capitol.

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FactChecking the House Speaker election tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
There were some factual missteps in several nominating speeches by lawmakers as Rep. Kevin McCarthy repeatedly fell short of the votes needed to become speaker of the House.

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Hobbs highlights Arizona’s Indigenous people, history during inauguration tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Seeing Arizona Tribes spotlighted during Governor Katie Hobbs’s inauguration ceremony was refreshing for local tribal advocates, say Indigenous activists, and it affirms Hobbs’s commitment to upholding relationships with tribal nations.

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Let Mayes' AG victory put an end to GOP's destructive election frauds tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
So the recount in the 2022 Arizona attorney general's race is over and Democrat Kris Mayes won even though Pinal County's recounting of the votes cut her margin of victory in half.

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Katie Hobbs pledges unity, Dems call for bipartisan collaboration as they assume power tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
On a chilly, cloud-covered Thursday morning at the Arizona Capitol, hundreds of wellwishers and spectators gathered to watch the ceremonial swearing in of the state's newly elected top officials, including Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs.

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Rep.-elect Juan Ciscomani nominates McCarthy for House speaker on 10th failed ballot tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Tucson's Juan Ciscomani nominated Republican Kevin McCarthy to be speaker of the House on Friday in the 10th round of failed voting in the chamber. Ciscomani incorrectly claimed to be Arizona's first naturalized member of Congress.

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President Joe Biden says he’ll visit the border next week during Mexico trip tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Joe Biden intends to visit the U.S.-Mexico border for the first time since he took office during his trip to Mexico City next week, but has yet to say which part of the border he plans to visit or reveal the date.

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Hobbs nixes abortion special session plan after court blocks Civil War abortion ban tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Gov. Katie Hobbs won’t fulfill her campaign promise to call a special session on her first day in office to repeal Arizona’s Civil War-era abortion near total ban, saying that a recent court ruling made that effort moot.

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3 years on, COVID-19 no longer grabs headlines, still poses threat tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Almost three years after the first COVID-19 cases were detected in Arizona, here’s what we know: It hits the elderly hardest, it spikes in summer and winter, it killed men in Arizona at sharply higher rates than women and new strains continue to evolve.

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Jan. 6 probe, prosecutions 'far from over,' AG warns tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The FBI is still working to identify hundreds of people who committed violent crimes when a far-right mob attempted to overthrow the U.S. government two years ago this week, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Wednesday.

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Havasupai Tribe to receive federal funds for severe flood damage tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
President Joe Biden approved a disaster declaration for Arizona's Havasupai Tribe and ordered federal aid to supplement the tribe’s response and recovery efforts in areas affected by October flooding within the community.

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U.S. House paralyzed following 2nd day of GOP failure to elect a speaker tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. House Republicans’ stalemate over who should lead the chamber for the next two years dragged on Wednesday, with Kevin McCarthy failing to get the votes needed to become speaker on three more ballots.

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Elections director in Pinal County got $25,000 bonus after reporting inaccurate results tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pinal County’s outgoing elections director collected a $25,000 bonus for running a smooth election despite reporting final results with significant inaccuracies, including around 500 uncounted votes in the neck-and-neck attorney general race.

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Abe Hamadeh wants another shot at overturning Az election because of Pinal County’s recount discrepancy tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Late Tuesday, Hamadeh filed a motion for a new trial in Mohave County Superior Court, arguing that the recount discrepancy in Pinal County is sufficient grounds for a renewed investigation into the midterm election in all 15 Arizona counties.

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Kari Lake wants the Arizona Supreme Court to order a new election tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Kari Lake still wants a "redo" of the governor's race that she lost by more than 17,000 votes, even after Katie Hobbs was sworn in as governor Monday.

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Hamadeh deserves fines for evidence-free election challenge, AG’s lawyer says tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Everyone involved in Abraham Hamadeh’s lawsuit seeking to overturn the results of a race he lost should face sanctions and more than $10,000 in fines, the lawyer for Attorney General Kris Mayes told a judge - as Hamadeh announced in a tweet that he was filing a new lawsuit.

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How Putin’s war & small islands are accelerating the global shift to clean energy tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Significant changes are underway that have the potential to create a more sustainable world, and two key systems that drive the world’s economy – energy and finance – are starting to shift toward sustainability.

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Desegregation triumph dominates in Supreme Court's year-end report tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Released hours before the new year, the Supreme Court year-end report reminisces about a much older decision: Brown v. Board of Education - a decision used by Chief Justice John Roberts o convey a plea to uphold the court’s rulings.

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Community response helped reverse COVID’s devastating toll on Indigenous communities in Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Newly compiled data reveals how severely the COVID-19 pandemic impacted Indigenous communities in Arizona at the onset of the pandemic, and it shows how the community’s response helped reverse the trends in 2021.

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A new year means some new Arizona laws are now in effect tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The vast majority of new laws become official 90 days after the end of the legislative session in which they were approved - but some are delayed for a later date - and this month, new laws that have the potential to impact Arizonan wallets and criminal records go into effect.

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