Arizona GOP bill would protect attorneys sanctioned for bogus election lawsuits https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021423_election_sanctions_bill/arizona-gop-bill-would-protect-attorneys-sanctioned-bogus-election-lawsuits/
Proposed Republican legislation would prohibit both the State Bar and the Arizona Supreme Court from punishing attorneys for making baseless election fraud complaints in Arizona courts - though it’s unclear who would determine if either were in violation of the measure.
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Doctors disappearing from emergency rooms as hospitals look to cut costs https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021423_er_doctors_disappearing/doctors-disappearing-from-emergency-rooms-as-hospitals-look-cut-costs/
ER doctors are increasingly being replaced by “midlevel practitioners,” who can perform many of the same duties and generate much of the same revenue for less than half the pay - though evidence that suggests dropping doctors from ERs may not be good for patients.
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States scramble to replace ripped-off SNAP benefits https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021423_snap_benefit_replacement/states-scramble-replace-ripped-off-snap-benefits/
Agencies and people who receive aid through SNAP are reporting the theft of millions of dollars in benefits - but help may be coming, thanks to a new federal mandate that allows states to use federal money to reimburse SNAP recipients whose benefits were stolen.
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Arizona GOP pushes gun bills critics say imperil student safety, education quality https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021423_gop_gun_bills/arizona-gop-pushes-gun-bills-critics-say-imperil-student-safety-education-quality/
Guns would make it onto Arizona school campuses and into lesson plans under Republican-backed proposals that are echoes of legislation that was rejected last year.
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TUSD seeks to expand diversity in gifted programs https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/021423_agenda_gate_tusd_op/tusd-seeks-expand-diversity-gifted-programs/
The plan for Tucson schools is to use "local norms" to place students in GATE programs. It's grading on a district-wide curve to expand diversity in advanced classes. Plus, Flowing Wells voters may have another school override election in their future, and more in local gov't meetings this week.
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Republican Nikki Haley announces 2024 presidential run https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021423_haley_presidential_run/republican-nikki-haley-announces-2024-presidential-run/
Vying for the 2024 Republican nomination, ex-Trump Cabinet official and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley announced that she will run for president - though she had previously said she wouldn’t challenge Donald Trump, who announced his campaign in November.
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Military justice reforms leave some criminal cases to commanders with no legal expertise https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021423_military_justice_reform/military-justice-reforms-leave-some-criminal-cases-commanders-with-no-legal-expertise/
More than a year has passed since Congress adopted reforms that promised to overhaul the U.S. military justice system - however, the reforms, which will not go into effect until the end of this year, may have created additional challenges.
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Single on Valentine’s Day and happily so https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/021423_single_valentine_op/single-valentines-day-and-happily-so/
There’s nothing wrong with celebrating romantic love, but the focus on such celebrations drowns out the voices of those who are fine as they are - single and happily so.
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Republicans want to audit the 2022 midterm elections in Maricopa County https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021423_gop_maricopa_audit/republicans-want-audit-2022-midterm-elections-maricopa-county/
Republicans, still stung by Arizonans rejection of the party’s top nominees in the 2022 midterm elections, are calling for a hand-count audit of the election — but only in Maricopa County.
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Arizona House committee votes to crack down on fentanyl dealers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021423_az_fentanyl_legislation/arizona-house-committee-votes-crack-down-fentanyl-dealers/
The Arizona House Health and Human Services Committee voted in favor of a bill that would establish a level 1 felony punishment for selling a narcotic drug that results in the death of the user - but some Democrats say the bill is unconstitutional and broad.
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Arizona GOP ‘skinny budget’ passes after last week’s surprise rejection https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021323_az_skinny_budget/arizona-gop-skinny-budget-passes-after-last-weeks-surprise-rejection/
The Republican-led "skinny budget" passed its final hurdle Monday in the Arizona House of Representatives after a brief roadblock last week when a Republican unexpectedly stymied efforts by the GOP majority to pass a spending package that is doomed for Gov. Katie Hobbs' veto stamp.
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LGBTQ Arizonans call on GOP to support Democrats' proposals in Legislature https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021323_lgbtq_protection/lgbtq-arizonans-call-gop-support-democrats-proposals-legislature/
Arizonans gathered at the state Capitol in support of Democratic legislation protecting the rights of the LGBTQ community - though Republicans, whose one-vote majority in each chamber determines which bills get heard, have refused to put any of the bills up for a vote.
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Flaky forecast: 6-22 inches of snow possible in Southern Arizona mountains https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021223_snow/flaky-forecast-6-22-inches-snow-possible-southern-arizona-mountains/
Updated: The Catalina and Rincon mountains, and other ranges across Southeast Arizona, could be blanketed with snow this week as three winter storms are expected to cross the region. Monday and Tuesday, snow is forecast above 5,000 feet.
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FBI finds another classified document at Pence’s Indiana home https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021323_pence_classified_docs/fbi-finds-another-classified-document-pences-indiana-home/
FBI agents found an additional classified document at former Vice President Mike Pence’s home in Indiana after his attorneys discovered sensitive government records there more than three weeks ago.
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U.S. Senate Democrats unveil legislation to ban high-capacity gun magazines https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020923_senate_gun_magazines/us-senate-democrats-unveil-legislation-ban-high-capacity-gun-magazines/
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, along with 27 of his U.S. Senate colleagues, introduced legislation to ban high-capacity magazines, which can be used on the type of semi-automatic firearm that is typically used in most mass shootings.
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Minority groups may face fewer opioid addiction treatment options https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020923_opioid_addiction_shift/minority-groups-may-face-fewer-opioid-addiction-treatment-options/
The opioid epidemic has touched all races, but when it comes to seeking treatment, predominantly white communities have more access to take-home treatments, while those who live in heavily minority communities usually must rely on clinics, making it harder to recover.
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Some towns get funding boost from census corrections https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021323_census_correction_funding/some-towns-get-funding-boost-from-census-corrections/
Though the Census Bureau released its first round of official 2020 population corrections in January, many states and cities still await action - and the biggest cases in the largest cities are still pending, especially affecting areas with larger populations of racial minorities.
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LGBTQ Arizonans call on GOP to support Democrat proposals https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021323_lgbtq_protection/lgbtq-arizonans-call-gop-support-democrat-proposals/
Arizonans gathered at the state Capitol in support of Democratic legislation protecting the rights of the LGBTQ community - though Republicans, whose one-vote majority in each chamber determines which bills get heard, have refused to put any of the bills up for a vote.
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Suspect science & claims at center of abortion-pill lawsuit https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021323_abortion_pill_lawsuit_claims/suspect-science-claims-center-abortion-pill-lawsuit/
The grim - but false - narrative a group of small conservative Christian medical associations laid before an openly anti-abortion federal judge could have immediate consequences, as many have begun to rely on abortion drugs to terminate pregnancies early and safely.
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Suspect science and claims at center of abortion-pill lawsuit https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021323_abortion_pill_lawsuit_claims/suspect-science-and-claims-center-abortion-pill-lawsuit/
The grim - but false - narrative a group of small conservative Christian medical associations laid before an openly anti-abortion federal judge could have immediate consequences, as many have begun to rely on abortion drugs to terminate pregnancies early and safely.
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