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Music was a pandemic lifeline for Jake Leckie of The Guide https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/011323_the_guide_tjf/music-was-pandemic-lifeline-jake-leckie-guide/
When the pandemic hit, countries entered periods of lockdown and people self-isolated. For Jake Leckie, Elizabeth Goodfellow and Nadav Peled, music was a lifeline.
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Wildcat soccer’s Hocking to play for Batman’s team https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/011323_arizona-soccer/wildcat-soccers-hocking-play-batmans-team/
Iliana Hocking, a fifth-year senior midfielder for the Arizona Wildcats, was picked 44th in the National Women’s Soccer League draft on Thursday by New Jersey-based club Gotham FC.
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FactCheck: Biden and Abbott twist their border narratives https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011323_factcheck_biden_abbott_border/factcheck-biden-and-abbott-twist-their-border-narratives/
President Joe Biden, who made his first visit as president to the southern border, and Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, offered competing versions of who’s to blame for a spike in illegal immigration - but both twisted some facts to fit their partisan narratives.
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States that limit business with banks that 'boycott' fossil fuels could pay high cost https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011323_states_investments_fossil_fuel/states-that-limit-business-with-banks-that-boycott-fossil-fuels-could-pay-high-cost/
Republican state policymakers’ efforts to boost fossil fuels by prohibiting their governments from doing business with companies that take sustainability into consideration has the potential to cost states millions.
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9th Circuit hears appeal over press access to Maricopa County voting centers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011323_maricopa_conradson_access/9th-circuit-hears-appeal-over-press-access-maricopa-county-voting-centers/
The Ninth Circuit seems likely to reverse a federal judge’s denial of a restraining order that would eradicate part of Maricopa County’s journalist-vetting criteria - used to bar Jordan Conradson a press pass granting access to voting centers during the November 2022 election.
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ExxonMobil’s climate predictions from the late 1970s were eerily accurate https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011323_exxonmobil_climate_predictions/exxonmobils-climate-predictions-from-late-1970s-were-eerily-accurate/
ExxonMobil's climate projections, made by in-house scientists between 1977 and 2003, were startlingly accurate and correctly predicted that fossil fuel burning would lead to global warming - while funding research and advertising to sow doubt about climate science.
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Bachelor’s degree dreams of community college students get stymied by red tape https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011323_community_college_bachelor_degree/bachelors-degree-dreams-community-college-students-get-stymied-by-red-tape/
The already low proportion of students who transfer from community colleges to bachelor’s degree-granting universities fell by about 10 percent over the last two years, with the decline even larger for Black students and men - part of the drop in people going to college at all.
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Arizona GOP leaders say they won’t be 'rushed' to stop looming massive school budget cuts https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011323_school_budget_cuts/arizona-gop-leaders-say-they-wont-rushed-stop-looming-massive-school-budget-cuts/
An impending school funding ceiling is one of the first hurdles on the Arizona legislative agenda, and while schools are facing nearly $1.4 billion in budget cuts if it isn’t lifted, Republican legislative leaders say they will take action — just not immediately.
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GOP leaders say they won’t be 'rushed' to stop looming massive school budget cuts https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011323_school_budget_cuts/gop-leaders-say-they-wont-rushed-stop-looming-massive-school-budget-cuts/
An impending school funding ceiling is one of the first hurdles on the Arizona legislative agenda, and while schools are facing nearly $1.4 billion in budget cuts if it isn’t lifted, Republican legislative leaders say they will take action — just not immediately.
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Natives Americans incarcerated at alarming rates, report shows https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011323_native_incarceration_rates/natives-americans-incarcerated-alarming-rates-report-shows/
Native American people are incarcerated at rates up to seven times higher than white people in the United States, are overrepresented in the prison population in 19 states and are sentenced more harshly compared to white, African American and Hispanic people.
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Republicans announce piecemeal plan to pass an Arizona budget https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011323_gop_az_budget/republicans-announce-piecemeal-plan-pass-arizona-budget/
GOP leaders in both the state House of Representatives and Senate announced Thursday a plan to focus first on a spending plan that continues funding at current levels before opening negotiations with Gov. Katie Hobbs on a complete spending plan.
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U.S. House Republicans push through two anti-abortion measures in first work week https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011223_house_abortion_measures/us-house-republicans-push-through-two-anti-abortion-measures-first-work-week/
The U.S. House on Wednesday approved its first abortion-related measures under a new Republican majority, eliciting strong support from GOP members and opposition from Democrats, who rejected the legislation as misleading and incomplete.
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PACC limited to emergency intakes after dog tests positive for strep zoo https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011223_pacc_strepzoo/pacc-limited-emergency-intakes-after-dog-tests-positive-strep-zoo/
The Pima Animal Care Center is only taking in animals on an emergency basis after a dog tested positive for highly contagious respiratory disease strep zoo. The shelter has experienced overcrowding nearly continuously for the past several years.
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Special counsel appointed for probe into Biden classified files https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011223_biden_special_counsel/special-counsel-appointed-probe-into-biden-classified-files/
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday that he is appointing a special counsel to investigate classified documents discovered in the Delaware home and former office of President Joe Biden.
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Border cities along US-Mexico border prepare for next influx of migrants https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011223_migrant_influx_preparations/border-cities-along-us-mexico-border-prepare-next-influx-migrants/
With Trump-era pandemic restrictions known as Title 42 expected to possibly expire in February, cities along the Southern border - including Nogales and Yuma - are continuing to strategize and prepare for another influx of migrants.
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America’s biggest museums fail to return Native American human remains https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011223_native_americans_museums/americas-biggest-museums-fail-return-native-american-human-remains/
Many institutions continue to hold Indigenous remains, funerary objects and cultural items — and in some cases resist their return despite the 1990 passage of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
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Affordable Care Act sign-ups up by 3.1 million this year https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011223_aca_signup/affordable-care-act-sign-ups-up-by-31-million-this-year/
Touting record-breaking enrollment for 2023, the Biden administration announced that around 3.1 million Americans are getting insurance for the first time under the federal Affordable Care Act - and there is still time to sign up before the Jan. 15 deadline.
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U.S. House Republicans roll out a slew of new committee chairs to steer agenda https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011223_gop_committee_chairs/us-house-republicans-roll-out-slew-new-committee-chairs-steer-agenda/
U.S. House Republicans filled their top committee seats this week, choosing the leaders who will set the course for bills and issues for the new majority in the 118th Congress.
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The decision where to seek health care is complicated by the multitude of options https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011223_health_care_choices/the-decision-where-seek-health-care-complicated-by-multitude-options/
People who are injured or sick are asked, in a moment of stress, to prudently decide which medical setting is the best place to seek help, but revenue-driven operators of alternatives to hospital emergency rooms have little incentive to make the process easier for patients.
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The decision where to seek healthcare is complicated by the multitude of options https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011223_health_care_choices/the-decision-where-seek-healthcare-complicated-by-multitude-options/
People who are injured or sick are asked, in a moment of stress, to prudently decide which medical setting is the best place to seek help, but revenue-driven operators of alternatives to hospital emergency rooms have little incentive to make the process easier for patients.
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