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Texas presses federal judge to end DACA program tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Having already declared an Obama-era policy that shields around 600,000 immigrants from deportation illegal, a federal judge indicated in a hearing Thursday he will also rule in a challenge led by Texas against a new version rolled out by President Joe Biden.

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Arizona school voucher program growth explodes to $900 million for the upcoming school year tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona's universal school voucher program that was estimated to cost only $65 million is now poised to cost the state $900 million over the next year, exceeding its available funding by hundreds of millions of dollars.

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Arizona school voucher program growth explodes to $900 million for the upcoming school year tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona's universal school voucher program that was estimated to cost only $65 million is now poised to cost the state $900 million over the next year, exceeding its available funding by hundreds of millions of dollars.

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U.S. Senate votes to block student loan relief, White House will veto tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to overturn the Biden administration’s one-time student debt relief plan that is on hold due to a pending Supreme Court decision, though President Joe Biden has vowed to veto the resolution.

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Claytoonz: Rich white drug dealers tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The Sackler family, the owners of Purdue Pharma, reached a settlement in federal court yesterday that will give them full immunity from all civil legal claims, current and future, over their role in the company’s prescription opioids business.

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Millions in federal funding set to restore public lands across western states tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Bureau of Land Management announced that it is receiving $161 million in federal funding to restore several landscapes across the western United States, an effort the agency says will create jobs and recreational opportunities while improving water quality and critical habitats.

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The Bee is not to be: Final Arizona spellers out of National Spelling Bee tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The last of Arizona's three spellers at the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee were eliminated Wednesday afternoon, end of two days of competition that began with 229 spellers from every state and a handful of foreign countries.

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GOP-led states plan new voter data systems to replace one they rejected. Good luck with that. tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
So far this year, seven Republican-led states have left the Electronic Registration Information Center, an interstate compact for sharing voter registration data, and amid the exodus, some states have said they plan to create their own data-sharing networks to replace ERIC.

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Arizona delegation in rare agreement on debt limit bill – nobody likes it tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The House approved a debt-limit bill that was almost universally disliked, but one which some lawmakers said they would vote for because failing to do so could spark a default - including Arizona lawmakers, where party lines were blurred by supporters and opponents of the bill.

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U.S. House approves debt limit package, sending it to Senate days before default deadline tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. House took a broadly bipartisan vote Wednesday night on the debt limit package, sending it to the U.S. Senate where lawmakers are expected to vote quickly to clear the measure.

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As Medicaid purge begins, 'staggering numbers' of Americans lose coverage tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
More than 600,000 Americans have lost Medicaid coverage since pandemic protections ended on April 1, as states are deciding who stays and who goes - and the overwhelming majority of people who have lost coverage were dropped because of technicalities.

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Border Patrol chief announces retirement by June tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The head of the U.S. Border Patrol announced his retirement Tuesday, following a tenure marked by the pandemic-era restriction known as Title 42 and thousands of migrant encounters by agents across the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Chad Campbell, former Arizona Dem legislative leader, will be Katie Hobbs’ new chief of staff tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After several staff shake ups in the past few months, Gov. Katie Hobbs has hired former Arizona House of Representatives Democratic Leader Chad Campbell as her new chief of staff.

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Chad Campbell, former Arizona Dem legislative leader, will be Katie Hobbs’ new chief of staff tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After several staff shake ups in the past few months, Gov. Katie Hobbs has hired former Arizona House of Representatives Democratic Leader Chad Campbell as her new chief of staff.

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Arizona appeals court says some marijuana sales convictions can be expunged tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Some convictions for marijuana sales are eligible for expungement under Proposition 207 - which legalized the drug for adult use - the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled, ruling voters must have meant to include transportation of marijuana for sales to be eligible for expungement.

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Citing wildfire risk, State Farm will stop selling home insurance in California tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
State Farm announced that it would no longer offer home insurance to new customers in California, a decision at least partially motivated by the effects of climate change, and one that could impact other places at high risk of climate change-fueled natural disasters.

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Denials of health insurance claims are rising — and getting weirder tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Millions of Americans in the past few years have filed a health care insurance claim that once might have been paid immediately but now is denied, and the Department of Health and Human Services - tasked with with monitoring denials - hasn’t fulfilled that assignment.

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Spellbound: Arizona middle schoolers compete in national spelling bee tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Three Arizona students, including Marana Middle School's Karen Baaba Opoku-Appoh, are among the 229 young spellers from around the U.S. and a handful of foreign countries competing at the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee.

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New work requirements for some SNAP recipients included in debt limit deal tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The debt ceiling deal struck by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy showed concessions from both sides, and preserves in part new work requirements for some food stamp recipients but now with exceptions for certain populations, including veterans.

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Political cudgel hangs above McCarthy after debt compromise tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Critical of the deal on the debt ceiling that's been struck with the White House, Republican lawmakers say they can wield the same leverage they used to install Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House to strip him of his party leadership.

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