Feds expand toxic coal ash regulations following federal settlement https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051923_coal_ash_settlement/feds-expand-toxic-coal-ash-regulations-following-federal-settlement/
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a new rule on Wednesday that would expand federal regulations of toxic coal ash after reaching a settlement with environmental and civil rights groups last month.
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Schaller: Who un-killed the electric car? https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051923_electric_cars_schaller_op/schaller-who-un-killed-electric-car/
Electric vehicles seem to be having their moment these days, even if its too soon to celebrate that last tank of gasoline. From what we can see here in Arizona, advances in EV manufacturing and battery chemistry have together brought an electric vehicle future closer than most have ever considered possible.
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Kari Lake’s lawyers exhibit inexperience with Az courts and elections laws https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051923_lake_trial_lawyers/kari-lakes-lawyers-exhibit-inexperience-with-az-courts-and-elections-laws/
During the second day of her second trial aiming to overturn the 2020 election, Kari Lake’s attorneys attempted to prove Maricopa County did not do any certification whatsoever before approving ballots - though her own witnesses on the first day of the trial testified to the opposite.
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Expiration of Title 42 border rule prompts much rhetoric, less action https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051923_title_42_rhetoric/expiration-title-42-border-rule-prompts-much-rhetoric-less-action/
The end of a pandemic-era policy that allowed U.S. border authorities to quickly turn back some migrants has prompted a mixed reaction from state and local governments, with new restrictions on immigrant workers, beefed up border enforcement and entreaties for more federal help.
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With summer coming fast, regulator issues electric reliability warning https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051923_electric_reliability/with-summer-coming-fast-regulator-issues-electric-reliability-warning/
As much as two thirds of North America could face shortages of electricity this summer in the event of severe and protracted heat, according to the regulator in charge of setting and enforcing standards for the electric grid.
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Appeals court judges embrace anti-abortion speculation in abortion pill case https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051923_abortion_pill_judges/appeals-court-judges-embrace-anti-abortion-speculation-abortion-pill-case/
The appeals court’s panel appeared to be persuaded not by the medical consensus in the federal lawsuit asking the FDA to revoke its 23-year-old approval of mifepristone, but by some of the evidence that consists largely of anecdotes, speculation, and cherry-picked studies.
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Lawmakers debate violence against abortion clinics, anti-abortion pregnancy centers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051923_abortion_violence/lawmakers-debate-violence-against-abortion-clinics-anti-abortion-pregnancy-centers/
Republicans at a U.S. House hearing aired frustration with the Department of Justice this week for what they contended is a lack of enforcement of a Clinton-era law that protects access to reproductive health care at anti-abortion pregnancy centers and abortion clinics.
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'Failure of government': Az moves to end predatory Medicaid fraud targeting Indigenous people https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051823_indigenous_medicaid_fraud/failure-government-az-moves-end-predatory-medicaid-fraud-targeting-indigenous-people/
Over the past year, unmarked vans cruising the streets of tribal nations to pick up Indigenous people - individuals claiming to be legitimate healthcare providers but who were instead allegedly billing Arizona’s Medicaid system for rehabilitation services that were never provided.
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Court rejects claim that Rosemont Copper mine land is needed for jaguar preservation https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051823_rosemont_ruling/court-rejects-claim-that-rosemont-copper-mine-land-needed-jaguar-preservation/
A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that regulators were wrong to conclude that parts of Pima County targeted for a copper mine are critical to the preservation of endangered jaguars, the latest turn in a 16-year push to develop the open-pit mine in the Santa Rita Mountains.
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Lake witnesses seem to shoot her own election case in the foot https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051823_lake_trial_witnesses/lake-witnesses-seem-shoot-her-own-election-case-foot/
Kari Lake called multiple witnesses in her second election challenge trial on Wednesday whose testimony seemed to directly undermine her claim that Maricopa County did not perform signature verification for early ballots in the November 2022 election.
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Biden vows debt ceiling talks will continue while he’s overseas at G7 summit https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051823_biden_debt/biden-vows-debt-ceiling-talks-will-continue-while-hes-overseas-g7-summit/
President Joe Biden will remain in “constant contact” with debt ceiling negotiators during his shortened trip to Asia for the G7 economic summit, as Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has repeatedly warned Congress the nation could default on its bills as early as June 1.
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Paul Gosar aide reportedly a white nationalist; Az Republican has long ties with racists https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051823_gosar_white_nationalism/paul-gosar-aide-reportedly-white-nationalist-az-republican-has-long-ties-with-racists/
A staffer for Arizona Republican Congressman Paul Gosar was revealed to have close connections to a white nationalist youth movement, the latest example of Gosar’s ties to and support of racists.
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Marihuana legal es más potente que nunca pero no está bien regulada https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051823_pot_potency_esp/marihuana-legal-es-mas-potente-que-nunca-pero-no-esta-bien-regulada/
La marihuana se ha vuelto más potente y peligrosa, y aunque las emergencias médicas relacionadas con la marihuana han llevado a cientos de miles de personas al hospital, las protecciones al consumidor son irregulares y no se han mantenido al día.
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Legal pot Is more potent than ever - and still largely unregulated https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051823_pot_potency/legal-pot-more-potent-than-ever-and-still-largely-unregulated/
Marijuana has grown more potent and dangerous as legalization has made it more widely available, and though marijuana-related medical emergencies have landed hundreds of thousands of people in the hospital, consumer protections are spotty and have failed to keep up.
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Annual survey finds Tucson homeless population rose 60% since 2018 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051723_homeless_count/annual-survey-finds-tucson-homeless-population-rose-60-since-2018/
Pima County's homeless population increased 60 percent over the last five years, leaving just over 2,200 people living outside, in shelters or transitional housing, according to point-in-time count conducted in January.
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Claytoonz: Bull Durham https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051723_claytoonz_durham/claytoonz-bull-durham/
Right-wing media is excited that the Durham investigation has finally issued a report for them to be excited about. And just like with Hunter Biden’s laptop and crime in the Biden family, the headline is more exciting than the actual details.
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5th Circuit appears likely to restrict abortion pill access https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051723_abortion_pill_suit/5th-circuit-appears-likely-restrict-abortion-pill-access/
Three conservative judges with a history of rulings restricting abortion access signaled they will side with a group of doctors challenging the approval of an abortion drug.
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9th Circuit to decide constitutionality of new Arizona voter registration law https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051723_voter_registration_law/9th-circuit-decide-constitutionality-new-arizona-voter-registration-law/
A Ninth Circuit panel took up the question of whether Arizona can enforce a law that advocacy groups say will disenfranchise Arizona voters and disproportionally affects people who move often, like young people and minority voters, as well as older folks who come to Arizona to retire.
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Short circuit: Tucson voters rebel against TEP deal, now it's time to get to work https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051723_prop_412_op/short-circuit-tucson-voters-rebel-against-tep-deal-now-its-time-get-work/
Prop. 412 — an election that would have allowed Tucson Electric the continued right to access public rights of way for repairs — died a sputtering, sparkly death Tuesday. All sides have until 2026 to come up with a new deal.
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Short circuit: Tucson voters rebel against TEP deal, now it's time to get to work https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051723_prop_412_op/short-circuit-tucson-voters-rebel-against-tep-deal-now-its-time-get-work/
Prop. 412 — an election that would have allowed Tucson Electric the continued right to access public rights of way for repairs — died a sputtering, sparkly death Tuesday. All sides have until 2026 to come up with a new deal.
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