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Truck crashes involving hazardous chemicals more frequent & deadly than train derailments tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Trucks carry the largest percentage of hazardous materials shipped in the U.S. – about twice as much as trains when measured in ton-miles - but truck crashes tend to be local and less dramatic than a pile of derailed train cars on fire, even if they’re deadlier.

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Truck crashes involving hazardous chemicals more frequent and deadly than train derailments tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Trucks carry the largest percentage of hazardous materials shipped in the U.S. – about twice as much as trains when measured in ton-miles - but truck crashes tend to be local and less dramatic than a pile of derailed train cars on fire, even if they’re deadlier.

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GOP bill would require Arizonans to provide ID to look at online porn tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Republican bill would require Arizonans to submit a government-issued ID to a website operator before accessing “sexually explicit material” online, but the bill is written so broadly that critics say it could require the same of major streaming platforms like Netflix and Hulu.

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9th Circuit restores Trump-era gut of Clean Water Act rule tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A Ninth Circuit panel revived a Trump-era Clean Water Act regulation that states could not consider a project’s effects on air emissions and road traffic congestion, finding the lower court lacked authority to vacate the rule without finding it unlawful.

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Proposed bill would make suspending Arizona kindergarteners easier tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Some Arizona legislators and school officials want to pull back a 2021 law that makes it more difficult to suspend the state’s youngest elementary school students, unless they were at least seven years old and their behavior reached a certain threshold.

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Federal grant could extend broadband to Arizona 127,000 homes, businesses tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Treasury released $99.4 million in broadband funding to Arizona, money that officials said could bring broadband internet service to an estimated 127,807 households and businesses around the state.

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Bill would provide oversight, nix bed limits at Arizona State Hospital tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
State legislators unanimously advanced a proposal to create an independent board to oversee the Arizona State Hospital, which cares for some of the state’s most vulnerable people, and is currently subject to oversight by the Arizona Department of Health Services.

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Arizona House considers making schools offer firearms safety training in grades 6-12 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona’s House of Representatives is continuing to advance a bill requiring public middle and high schools in Arizona to offer training on the proper handling of firearms.

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Phoenix officials urged to address income discrimination against renters on public assistance tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Residents who have struggled with high rent in Phoenix are calling on city officials to pass an ordinance addressing discrimination against renters who receive public assistance - similar to an ordinance passed by the Tucson City Council in September that is currently on hold.

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Arizona Senate Republicans put Hobbs’ choice to lead Administration Dep't on hold tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The confirmation of Gov. Katie Hobbs’ pick to lead the state’s largest agency stalled after Republican Jake Hoffman said that the nominee didn’t speak “honestly and truthfully” to the state newly formed Senate Director Nominations Committee.

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Lawsuit alleges recreation.gov parks fee site Is cluttered with 'junk fees,' seeks millions in refunds tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A lawsuit raises the question of whether unauthorized and possibly illegal “junk fees” that potentially generate hundreds of millions of dollars on Recreation.gov in effect has privatized public lands for the benefit of website operator Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.

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Tribal leaders support federal legislation aimed at helping Indigenous families and children tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives geared toward helping Indigenous children and families by providing tribal nations with the tools and resources they need to treat, prevent, investigate, and prosecute instances of family violence, abuse, and child neglect.

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Tribal leaders support federal legislation aimed at helping Indigenous families and children tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives geared toward helping Indigenous children and families by providing tribal nations with the tools and resources they need to treat, prevent, investigate, and prosecute instances of family violence, abuse, and child neglect.

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Mark Lamb hints at upcoming run for U.S. Senate at gun-rights rally tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb said on Saturday at the Arizona Second Amendment Rally that he is on the verge of running for Senate in 2024 - though he previously said he was content in his role as sheriff and didn’t have plans to run for higher office.

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Critics say Arizona book ban bill could marginalize trans kids tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Republican lawmakers say there’s no place for sexual books in schools, but critics of a law proposed in the Arizona Senate argue that the bill could lead to the marginalization of transgender and gender fluid students.

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Arizona GOP anti-drag bill would send performers to prison for up to 10 years tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Drag artists who perform in front of children would be forced to register as sex offenders and face a minimum of 10 years in prison, under the latest measure Arizona Republican lawmakers have advanced in their vendetta against drag performers.

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GOP calls for food, rental tax cuts but Arizona cities argue it does more harm than good tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Republican lawmakers are looking to slash food and rental taxes in a bid to help Arizonans deal with spiking inflation, but city officials warn that doing so won’t help those in need — and will actually increase costs elsewhere.

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Bill would force cities to remove homeless encampments, charge unhoused Arizonans with a crime tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona lawmakers were told that a proposal to force cities to remove all homeless encampments and charge everyone living in them with trespassing was likely unconstitutional, but they nonetheless gave the measure a thumbs up.

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Republicans want to speed up Arizona Medicaid disenrollment tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Hundreds of thousands of Arizonans are at risk of losing their Medicaid coverage over the next year because they are no longer eligible, and some state lawmakers are looking to speed up the disenrollment process.

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Pima County forms 'blue ribbon' jail commission: a new hoosegow in the offing? tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The number of people behind bars is up 30% in Pima County, but jail staffing is down 45 percent in the wake of the pandemic. This is a problem without any obvious solution. The county supes are in a tight spot. Plus more in local government meetings this week.

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