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Arizona will fail clean-air standards if other states aren’t 'good neighbors' https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/033023_smog_neighbors/arizona-will-fail-clean-air-standards-if-other-states-arent-good-neighbors/
Arizona is doing all it can to improve air quality but will not meet federal standards as long as pollution from other jurisdictions can drift across its borders, the director of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality testified Wednesday.
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Report places Arizona first in U.S. for rate of COVID-19 deaths https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/033023_covid_deaths/report-places-arizona-first-us-rate-covid-19-deaths/
Arizona had the highest rate of COVID-19 deaths in the nation over three years, a death rate similar to that of the three nations with the highest coronavirus death rates in the world, and Latinos and Blacks were more likely to die of COVID-19 than other racial groups.
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Dueling bills aim to allow Az School for the Deaf & Blind to remain open https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/033023_asdb_funding/dueling-bills-aim-allow-az-school-deaf-blind-remain-open/
Competing bills to allow the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind to remain open were both heard in the state Senate on Wednesday as parents, teachers and former students pushed for lawmakers to keep the school open.
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Postpartum Medicaid expansion is the first step to maternal health equity, experts say https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/033023_postpartum_medicaid_expansion/postpartum-medicaid-expansion-first-step-maternal-health-equity-experts-say/
U.S. maternal mortality rates keep growing, an anomaly compared to other economically similar countries, and nine states - including Arizona - are waiting on approval from the CDC to expand postpartum Medicaid coverage to reduce the numbers.
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State election officials at U.S. Senate hearing discuss threats to workers, call for funding https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/033023_election_worker_threats/state-election-officials-us-senate-hearing-discuss-threats-workers-call-funding/
Election officials detailed to the U.S. Senate Rules Committee how their states countered threats to election workers and worked to combat misinformation and disinformation during the 2022 midterm election.
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Bernie Sanders confronts former Starbucks CEO over union-busting allegations https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/033023_sanders_starbucks_unions/bernie-sanders-confronts-former-starbucks-ceo-over-union-busting-allegations/
Democratic senators grilled the former CEO of Starbucks over allegations that the giant coffee company intimidated, harassed and fired workers who tried to form unions after nearly 300 Starbucks stores have unionized since 202, but the company has yet to ratify a contract.
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Hobbs’ press secretary resigns after outrage over violent tweet https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032923_berry_tweet_resignation/hobbs-press-secretary-resigns-after-outrage-over-violent-tweet/
A spokeswoman for Gov. Katie Hobbs has resigned after Republican backlash erupted when she tweeted an image implying violence against transphobes.
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Robbins: UA had 'systemic failures' before shooting death of Prof. Meixner https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032923_robbins_meixner_report/robbins-ua-had-systemic-failures-before-shooting-death-prof-meixner/
The University of Arizona had a series of systemic failures, including "missed opportunities and mistakes" that ultimately led to the October fatal shooting of Prof. Thomas Meixner, said UA President Robert C. Robbins. The Meixner family is preparing to sue for $9 million.
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J.T. Drake earns 2 saves as Pima baseball wins 12th straight https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/032823_pcc_baseball/jt-drake-earns-2-saves-as-pima-baseball-wins-12th-straight/
The Pima Community College baseball team (30-8, 17-5 in ACCAC) picked up its 30th win of the season on Tuesday in an ACCAC doubleheader sweep against Chandler-Gilbert Community College (20-16, 10-12).
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Pima softball drops doubleheader to Eastern Arizona https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/032823_pcc_softball/pima-softball-drops-doubleheader-eastern-arizona/
The Pima Community College softball team (18-15, 15-9 in ACCAC) hit a bump in the road on Tuesday in its ACCAC doubleheader against Eastern Arizona College (26-12, 23-5).
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Texas Observer will continue publishing after staff crowdfunds more than $300k https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032923_texas_observer/texas-observer-will-continue-publishing-after-staff-crowdfunds-more-than-300k/
Days after voting to cease publication and lay off its journalists, the nonprofit publisher of the Texas Observer said on Wednesday that it would change course and keep the publication going, following an emergency appeal that crowdsourced more than $300,000 to save the 68-year-old liberal publication.
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Hobbs’ press secretary resigns after outrage over violent tweet https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032923_berry_tweet_resignation/hobbs-press-secretary-resigns-after-outrage-over-violent-tweet/
A spokeswoman for Gov. Katie Hobbs has resigned after Republican backlash erupted when she tweeted an image implying violence against transphobes.
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Migrant detention center fire leaves 40 dead in Juárez https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032923_juarez_migrant_fire/migrant-detention-center-fire-leaves-40-dead-juarez/
A fire at a temporary migrant detention center run by the Mexican government in the border city of Ciudad Juárez Monday night left at least 40 people dead, though authorities disagree on the cause.
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SPJ: ''No responsible journalist can accept or excuse Fox News behavior' https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032923_spj_fox_op/spj-no-responsible-journalist-can-accept-or-excuse-fox-news-behavior/
Appealing to confirmation bias and manufacturing outrage with deceptive posturing for profit, popularity or power while turning away from facts is a cynical and hypocritical strategy.
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Why are prices rising more for lower-income college students than their higher-income peers? https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032923_college_price_increase/why-are-prices-rising-more-lower-income-college-students-than-their-higher-income-peers/
Though lower-income students generally still pay less than higher-income ones, nearly 700 universities and colleges have, over the last decade, raised the prices paid by their lowest-income students more than the prices paid by their highest-income ones.
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Anti-trans school bathroom bill advances with Arizona GOP backing https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032923_trans_bathroom_bill/anti-trans-school-bathroom-bill-advances-with-arizona-gop-backing/
Republican lawmakers are charging ahead with their attacks on transgender Arizonans, despite veto promises from Gov. Katie Hobbs, unanimously backing a measure on Tuesday that calls for separate school facilities for trans students.
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Fontes asks court to order Finchem to pay $75,000 for bringing 'groundless' election challenge https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032923_fontes_finchem_fees/fontes-asks-court-order-finchem-pay-75000-bringing-groundless-election-challenge/
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes wants Mark Finchem, the Republican Fontes defeated in last year’s election, to pay nearly $75,000 in attorney’s fees for filing what a judge said was a “groundless” lawsuit to overturn the election.
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Hobbs rejects Arizona food tax ban championed by GOP https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032823_food_tax_ban_veto/hobbs-rejects-arizona-food-tax-ban-championed-by-gop/
An Arizona Republican priority bill that sought to eliminate municipal food taxes was shot down by Gov. Katie Hobbs, who vetoed it Tuesday, siding with cities across the state that opposed the measure.
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Hobbs vetoes bill targeting banks that refuse to work with gun makers, NRA https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032823_hobbs_nra_veto/hobbs-vetoes-bill-targeting-banks-that-refuse-work-with-gun-makers-nra/
Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a bill Tuesday that would have barred the state from working with any firm that “discriminates” against gun manufacturers or the National Rifle Association, a proposal that mirrored a Texas law passed last year.
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States with legal pot consider how to protect cannabis workers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032823_cannabis_worker_protection/states-with-legal-pot-consider-how-protect-cannabis-workers/
As legalization spreads and the marijuana workforce grows, unionization attempts are increasing while state lawmakers and labor organizers consider the daily hazards faced by cannabis workers.
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