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Mohave County official blasts plans for expanded national monuments tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Mohave County supervisor said Wednesday that a proposed new national monument in northern Arizona would “devastate the economic growth potential” of the region, leaving little more than what he called “poverty with a view.”

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Arizona schools chief moves to defend sports ban for trans girls tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Less than a dozen trans students in Arizona have asked to play on girl’s sports teams’ in the past decade, but Republican Superintendent Tom Horne said that girls across the state are facing unfair competition, which is why he is vehemently defending Arizona’s trans athlete ban.

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After years of bipartisan spending boosts, House GOP won’t lift debt ceiling without cuts tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Republicans and Democrats in Congress brokered dozens of debt limit agreements, including several during the past decade, but House Republicans now are pushing for the federal government to spend less next year than it will this year in order for the party to move a debt limit bill.

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Chiricahua monument could become Arizona’s 4th national park tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Chiricahua National Monument – one of Arizona’s unique sky islands with a history that includes Geronimo, Buffalo Soldiers and the 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps – could become Arizona’s fourth national park if a bipartisan bill finally passes this year in Congress.

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Taking on Trump, DeSantis launches presidential run tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a rising star in the Republican Party and former Donald Trump acolyte, announced his campaign for president of the United States on Wednesday during a problem-plagued Twitter Spaces event.

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Oath Keepers leader sentenced to 18 years in prison for mounting insurrection tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Stewart Rhodes, the veteran who founded the far-right Oath Keepers group, was sentenced to 18 years in prison Thursday for his role in planning a “bloody revolution” to keep former President Donald Trump in power after the 2020 election.

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Congress considers naming Chiricahua National Monument as Arizona’s 4th national park tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Chiricahua National Monument – one of Arizona’s unique sky islands with a history that includes Geronimo, Buffalo Soldiers and the 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps – could become Arizona’s fourth national park if a bipartisan bill finally passes this year in Congress.

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Prosecutors seek 17-year sentence for Arizona defendant in Jan. 6 attack tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Prosecutors are seeking a 17-year sentence for Arizona resident Edward Vallejo, one of nine members of the Oath Keepers who were convicted of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

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Congress considers making Chiricahua National Monument Arizona’s 4th national park tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Chiricahua National Monument – one of Arizona’s unique sky islands with a history that includes Geronimo, Buffalo Soldiers and the 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps – could become Arizona’s fourth national park if a bipartisan bill finally passes this year in Congress.

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EPA authority to regulate wetlands clobbered by Supreme Court tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Limiting the government’s authority to regulate wetlands under the Clean Water Act, the Supreme Court ended a nearly two-decade-old dispute Thursday, offering a new definition of waters of the United States.

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Still in Mexico: Asylum seekers face increased risks of violence & extortion as they weigh next move tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Although the restrictions to immediately expel people seeking asylum at the border – nicknamed Title 42 – ended on May 11, uncertainty and and violence remain in its wake.

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Arizona AG leads nat'l lawsuit vs. Tucson company over billions of robocalls tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes joined 47 other states in a lawsuit filed Tuesday against a telecommunications company accused of facilitating billions of illegal robocalls to people on the national do no call registry.

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Arizona isn’t banning machines to count ballots. Why a top senator’s declaration means nothing. tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A letter from Arizona GOP Senate Majority Leader Sonny Borrelli to all of the state’s 15 counties is sowing confusion over whether Arizona counties can still use machines to count ballots in future elections - but it changes nothing about existing laws governing election equipment.

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Arizona attorney general leads lawsuit against telecom company over robocalls tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes joined 47 other states in a lawsuit filed Tuesday against a telecommunications company accused of facilitating billions of illegal robocalls to people on the national do no call registry.

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Lake’s big ballot chasing announcement is standard for any Arizona campaign tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A day after a judge shot down her challenge to the results of the 2022 governor’s race, Kari Lake announced that she’s starting a ballot chasing initiative - but ballot chasing is standard practice for all political campaigns, and not something Lake just discovered.

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When faith says to help migrants – and the law says don’t tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Many religious traditions preach the need to care for strangers, and after Title 42 restrictions at the U.S. border ended, debates about immigration and border security have heated up again – but the treatment of immigrants is deeply intertwined with religious freedom.

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Lawyer for megadonor Harlan Crow condemns Justice Thomas probe as unconstitutional tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A lawyer representing the conservative megadonor who has for decades footed the bill on secret transactions benefiting Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas argued in a letter Monday that lawmakers have no legal grounds to force the high court to adopt a code of ethics.

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Colorado River agreement punts on drastic cuts & difficult negotiations tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
State and federal officials are celebrating an agreement reached this week by Arizona, California and Nevada to reduce their use of Colorado River water by millions of gallons over the next three years - but it’s a temporary reprieve.

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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has been banned from Russia tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Gov. Katie Hobbs was listed among two other notable Arizonans on a list of 500 people permanently barred from Russia in response to U.S. sanctions against the country amid its invasion of Ukraine.

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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has been banned from Russia tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Gov. Katie Hobbs was listed among two other notable Arizonans on a list of 500 people permanently barred from Russia in response to U.S. sanctions against the country amid its invasion of Ukraine.

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