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Anti-abortion legal strategy revives Comstock moral purity laws of late 1800s tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A recent New Mexico law prohibiting public entities from interfering with reproductive and gender care access is the latest challenge to abortion access to lean on the Comstock Act of 1873, and recent court rulings in the abortion pill case suggest the dormant law can be applied today.

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Poorly executed: The politics behind Arizona's executions tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In 2022, while was running for U.S. Senate, then-Attorney General Brnovich suddenly agreed to execute Aaron Gunches - even though he had not carried out any executions in the first seven years of his term - but the new regime had concerns about how executions were carried out.

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Poorly executed: The politics behind executions tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In 2022, while was running for U.S. Senate, then-Attorney General Brnovich suddenly agreed to execute Aaron Gunches - even though he had not carried out any executions in the first seven years of his term - but the new regime had concerns about how executions were carried out.

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Liz Harris supporters throw barbs at Maricopa County supervisors tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Supporters of former state Rep. Liz Harris are irate with the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, and they let the board members know that on Wednesday, with one of them even falsely accusing a Phoenix city councilman of opening the board meeting with a prayer to the devil.

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For migrant children who cross the border alone, a new set of challenges getting health care awaits tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Since fiscal year 2012, more than 600,000 migrant children have crossed into the United States by themselves - but once children are released, the lack of health insurance and lack of knowledge about the American medical system makes accessing health care extremely difficult.

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U.S. House GOP plan would expand work requirements for food aid for older adults tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Hundreds of thousands of low-income Americans from ages 50 to 55 could face higher barriers to food assistance under the U.S. House Republican plan to cut spending while temporarily lifting the debt limit.

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Border towns see 'disaster' without federal help as end to Title 42 looms tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona border communities face a “humanitarian disaster” in two weeks if the federal government does not step in to help with the crush of migrants expected when Title 42 ends, officials from Pima County, Yuma and Sierra Vista told a Senate panel Wednesday.

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Poorly executed: 'The experiment failed,' halting executions in Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A botched execution left convicted murderer Joseph Wood gasping for nearly 2 hours as he was given 15 lethal doses of drugs, setting off three years of litigation that ended with the execution protocol rewritten - but by the time executions resumed eight years later, a lot had changed.

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Arizona challenges Biden – again – on COVID-19 vaccine mandate for contractors tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona legislative leaders have asked the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court’s ruling that said President Joe Biden had the authority to require COVID-19 vaccinations for workers on federal contracts in Arizona.

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'We Build the Wall' co-founder Kolfage gets 4-plus years in fraud sentencing tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal judge handed down a 51-month prison sentence to Brian Kolfage, co-founder of a fraud called We Build the Wall, which he billed as a grassroots fundraiser to fulfill the campaign promise of former President Donald Trump for "big, beautiful" wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Cochise County hires elections director who has spread election misinformation tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Cochise County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted 2-1 to hire Bob Bartelsmeyer to run the county’s elections, and supervisors indicated they weren’t concerned that Bartelsmeyer had repeatedly shared posts on Facebook baselessly saying that the 2020 election was rigged.

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Millions of kids could lose health coverage as states purge Medicaid rolls tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Arizona and other states are once again free to verify that Medicaid enrollees are still qualified and cancel coverage if they’re not, and as many as 15 million Americans, including 7 million children, could lose the health coverage they relied on through the pandemic.

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Federal ban on bump stocks rejected by appeals court panel tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The latest twist in the ongoing legal saga regarding the legality of bump stocks – used to increase the rate of fire on semiautomatic weapons – is a win for gun owners, after a Sixth Circuit panel unanimously found the government cannot enforce a rule that bans the devices.

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Chief Justice Roberts will not testify before judiciary committee tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Chief Justice John Roberts declined to testify before Congress over ethical concerns relating to Supreme Court justices in the wake of reporting on potential violations of disclosure requirements by Justice Clarence Thomas.

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Arizona lawmakers head back on hiatus as budget talks move slowly tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The day the Arizona Senate returned to work after a nearly two-week hiatus, the chamber announced it would adjourn until the middle of next week - a move the House may join - to focus on the budget, and give Maricopa County officials time to replace expelled legislator Liz Harris.

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Recreational cannabis sales still smoking the medical market in 2023 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After nearly $1.5 billion in sales in 2022, Arizona’s cannabis market continues to be robust in the first months of 2023, driven by a growing recreational market, with the medical marijuana market remaining in a freefall.

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Poorly executed: Murderer’s final words contained secret message about problematic Az execution tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona executed 10 men in 2011 and 2012, and the Federal Defender’s Office routinely filed lawsuits about dubious practices and an ever-changing protocol - but there were also problems with the personnel performing the executions.

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Poorly executed: Murderer’s final words contained secret message about problematic execution tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona executed 10 men in 2011 and 2012, and the Federal Defender’s Office routinely filed lawsuits about dubious practices and an ever-changing protocol - but there were also problems with the personnel performing the executions.

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Az GOP push to override veto of 'tamale bill' fails after Democrats balk at going against Hobbs tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
An attempt by Arizona Republicans to rebuke Gov. Katie Hobbs for vetoing a bill aimed at expanding the sale of homemade foods failed after most legislative Democrats sided with her, slamming the move to override her veto as just another effort to undermine her.

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Arizona increase in drunken driving deaths among highest in nation in 2021 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
COVID-19 was not the only killer accounting for an increase in Arizona deaths in 2021: A surge in drunken driving deaths on the state’s highways that year was among the highest in the nation.

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