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Liz Harris expelled from Arizona House for lying about conspiracy presentation https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041223_harris_expelled/liz-harris-expelled-from-arizona-house-lying-conspiracy-presentation/
Republican Rep. Liz Harris was expelled from the Arizona House of Representatives on Wednesday for orchestrating a February meeting in which a member of the public spread wild conspiracy theories and lying to the House Ethics Committee.
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Food truck debate in Az Senate highlights differences on conflict of interest for lawmakers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041223_food_truck_conflict/food-truck-debate-az-senate-highlights-differences-conflict-interest-lawmakers/
A heated debate over a proposed food truck regulation bill in the Arizona Senate last week shone light on stark differences in opinion between Republicans and Democrats in the legislature when it comes to conflicts of interest.
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Democratic attorneys general urge appeals court to keep abortion pill available https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041223_abortion_pill_appeal/democratic-attorneys-general-urge-appeals-court-keep-abortion-pill-available/
Democratic attorneys general from 23 states - including Arizona - and the District of Columbia weighed in with the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday, supporting access to the abortion medication mifepristone.
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Economic insecurity for military families predates pandemic, inflation https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041223_military_economic_insecurity/economic-insecurity-military-families-predates-pandemic-inflation/
Like families across the country, military families are struggling with inflation, but the military community can face disproportionate challenges when the cost of living is high - a situation dating back over 25 years and made worse by federal guidelines.
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Hobbs vetoes bills increasing sentences for fentanyl, legalizing silencers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041223_hobbs_bills_vetoes/hobbs-vetoes-bills-increasing-sentences-fentanyl-legalizing-silencers/
Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed five bills Tuesday, including one that critics argued would have made having one fentanyl pill amount to intent to sell and another bill that would have removed silencers from the state’s prohibited weapon’s list.
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Tribal leaders, lawmakers want new 1.1 million acre monument in Arizona https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041223_baaj_nwaavjo_monument/tribal-leaders-lawmakers-want-new-11-million-acre-monument-arizona/
Tribal leaders and lawmakers called on President Biden to set aside more than 1.1 million acres around the Grand Canyon as a new national monument, needed to protect the area’s water, wildlife, sacred spaces and ancestral homelands from uranium mining and other projects.
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As states continue to bicker, feds say Colorado River cuts are coming https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041223_river_ultimatium/as-states-continue-bicker-feds-say-colorado-river-cuts-are-coming/
Cuts to water use along the Colorado River could be spread evenly across some Southwestern states, or follow the priority system that currently governs water management, as federal officials consider ways to keep hydropower generation going at the nation’s largest reservoirs.
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Las tasas de autismo aumentan, junto con la conciencia de las comunidades de color https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041223_autism_awareness_esp/las-tasas-de-autismo-aumentan-junto-con-la-conciencia-de-las-comunidades-de-color/
El autismo está en aumento, ya que la conciencia ha llevado a una detección más temprana en las comunidades de color, y la investigación reveló que el trastorno del espectro autista no se basa tanto en las "diferencias biológicas" como en las circunstancias socioeconómicas.
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Pinal Sheriff Mark Lamb enters U.S. Senate race to challenge Kyrsten Sinema https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041123_lamb_senate/pinal-sheriff-mark-lamb-enters-us-senate-race-challenge-kyrsten-sinema/
Republican Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb announced Tuesday he is running for U.S. Senate seat currently held by Kyrsten Sinema, becoming the first Republican to enter the 2024 contest, but unlikely to be the last.
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House Ethics Cmte says Rep. Liz Harris damaged the integrity of Az Legislature, should be disciplined https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041123_harris_ethics/house-ethics-cmte-says-rep-liz-harris-damaged-integrity-az-legislature-should-disciplined/
Republican state Rep. Liz Harris engaged in disorderly conduct, violating rules of the Arizona House of Representatives and “damaging the institutional integrity of the House,” the House Committee on Ethics announced Tuesday.
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Az Republicans push anti-drag, anti-LGBTQ bills closer to veto stamp https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041123_lgbtq_vetoes/az-republicans-push-anti-drag-anti-lgbtq-bills-closer-veto-stamp/
Undeterred by the threat of vetoes, Arizona Republicans advanced a trio of anti-LGBTQ bills on Monday, defending them as a protection against immorality.
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Anti-porn bill fails after Arizona Republicans question its constitutionality https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041123_porn_bill_fail/anti-porn-bill-fails-after-arizona-republicans-question-its-constitutionality/
A Republican bill that would require Arizonans to submit a government-issued ID to a website operator before accessing pornography online was defeated after some GOP lawmakers said it might be unconstitutional - but that doesn’t mean the measure is completely dead.
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Justice Dep't asks appeals court to pause abortion pill ruling https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041123_abortion_pill_appeal/justice-dept-asks-appeals-court-pause-abortion-pill-ruling/
The federal government on Monday asked the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to place on hold a Texas judge’s ruling that would otherwise overturn U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of the abortion pill.
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Independent review reveals why Maricopa County ballot printers failed on Election Day https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041123_maricopa_ballots/independent-review-reveals-why-maricopa-county-ballot-printers-failed-election-day/
Many of Maricopa County’s ballot printers were not able to handle the thickness and length of the county’s ballots, causing the printers’ failure across the county on Election Day, according to the results of an independent review released Monday.
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Arizona ocupa el primer lugar en EE. UU. en tasa de muertes por COVID-19 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041123_covid_death_rates_esp/arizona-ocupa-el-primer-lugar-en-ee-uu-en-tasa-de-muertes-por-covid-19/
Arizona tuvo la tasa de mortalidad por COVID-19 más alta del país, una tasa similar a la de las tres naciones con las tasas de muerte por coronavirus más altas del mundo, y los latinos y los negros tenían más probabilidades de morir por COVID-19 que otros grupos raciales.
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Text 'join' to get COVID-19, health updates in rural Arizona https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041123_healthy_texting/text-join-get-covid-19-health-updates-rural-arizona/
Text messages updating rural Arizona residents about COVID-19 are now being expanded to other health issues to text people who have less access to health care, including people of color, migrants and those who are immunocompromised.
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UA’s Jordan Geist & Delaney Schnell win NCAA national titles https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/041123_ua_champions/uas-jordan-geist-delaney-schnell-win-ncaa-national-titles/
Jordan Geist and Delaney Schnell, both sixth-year athletes at the University of Arizona, recently won national championships in shot put and platform diving, respectively, ending long droughts for both programs.
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Oro Valley set to hire from 2 finalists for town manager job https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041023_ov_agenda_op/oro-valley-set-hire-from-2-finalists-town-manager-job/
The Oro Valley Town Council will hold three special meetings this week, hoping to hire a town manager six months after Mary Jacobs resigned her post. Plus school textbooks and more in local government meetings this week.
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Oro Valley set to hire from two finalists for town manager job https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041023_ov_agenda_op/oro-valley-set-hire-from-two-finalists-town-manager-job/
The Oro Valley Town Council will hold three special meetings this week, hoping to hire a town manager six months after Mary Jacobs resigned her post. Plus school textbooks and more in local government meetings this week.
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Justine Wadsack said she 'barely' met with lobbyists, but her calendar shows otherwise https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041023_wadsack_lobbyists/justine-wadsack-said-she-barely-met-with-lobbyists-but-her-calendar-shows-otherwise/
Tucson Republican state Sen. Justine Wadsack said last month that she "barely" meets with lobbyists after she faced criticism from gun control lobbyists who she refused to meet, but a copy of her legislative calendar shows the freshmen lawmaker meets regularly with lobbyists and special interest groups.
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