Federal trial in 'forever chemicals' case delayed as 3M nears PFAS settlement https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060623_pfas_trial/federal-trial-forever-chemicals-case-delayed-as-3m-nears-pfas-settlement/
The bellwether trial over PFAS contamination of public water systems was expected to offer legal observers their first glimpse into a sprawling case that could rival the asbestos crisis in its impact, but the case is on hold as attorneys told the court they were nearing a settlement.
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Dollar stores, giant grocery chains push healthy food out of reach for many https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060623_healthy_food_struggles/dollar-stores-giant-grocery-chains-push-healthy-food-out-reach-many/
Huge grocery chains and ubiquitous dollar stores are limiting some rural and urban communities’ access to healthy food at the same time they bankrupt the farmers who produce it.
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Tucson puts CART captions forward in City Council meetings https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060623_tucson_council_captions/tucson-puts-cart-captions-forward-city-council-meetings/
Hearing-impaired residents will now have better access to the Tucson City Council, as a new on-screen captioning system will provide more accurate real-time transcriptions of what elected leaders and others say during meetings.
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Arizona claims immunity in negligence case over foster home sex abuse https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060623_foster_negligence/arizona-claims-immunity-negligence-case-over-foster-home-sex-abuse/
Arizona claimed qualified immunity as a child sex abuse victim argued for partial summary judgment in a negligence suit against the state over its placement of foster children in the care of former civilian army leader David Frodsham and leaving him there despite numerous complaints.
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True the Vote leadership accused of using donations for personal gain https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060623_true_the_vote_fraud/true-vote-leadership-accused-using-donations-personal-gain/
Conservative activists Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Phillips used the conspiracy-peddling nonprofit True the Vote to enrich themselves, with the group making loans to founder Engelbrecht and issuing contracts to director Phillips that may have violated state and federal law.
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Eating disorders marked by diagnosis, treatment gap for men, women of color https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060623_eating_disorders/eating-disorders-marked-by-diagnosis-treatment-gap-men-women-color/
Eating disorders are on the rise in the U.S.,and while attention still centers on women, who are most likely to suffer from eating disorders like bulimia and anorexia, research, diagnosis and treatment lags for men, LGBTQ individuals and Latina and Black women.
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Feds defend Mexican wolf recovery plan before 9th Circuit panel https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060623_wolf_recovery/feds-defend-mexican-wolf-recovery-plan-before-9th-circuit-panel/
A 9th Circuit panel heard arguments over whether the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must once again rewrite its recovery plan for the endangered Mexican wolf, as conservationists argued the new plan didn’t include site-specific management data and is too similar to the old one.
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Tucson puts CART captions forward in City Council meetings https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/053123_cart_city_tucson/tucson-puts-cart-captions-forward-city-council-meetings/
Hearing-impaired residents will now have better access to the Tucson City Council, as a new on-screen captioning system will provide more accurate real-time transcriptions of what elected leaders and others say during meetings.
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Federal trial in 'forever chemicals' case delayed as 3M nears settlement https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060623_pfas_trial/federal-trial-forever-chemicals-case-delayed-as-3m-nears-settlement/
The bellwether trial over PFAS contamination of public water systems was expected to offer legal observers their first glimpse into a sprawling case that could rival the asbestos crisis in its impact, but the case is on hold as attorneys told the court they were nearing a settlement.
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Despite GOP senator's claims, no 'practice of filming porn' in Az schools https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060523_hoffman_schools/despite-gop-senators-claims-no-practice-filming-porn-az-schools/
Republican Arizona Sen. Jake Hoffman is urging the Arizona governor to sign a bill that would end the “practice of filming pornography in K-12 schools,” something that is currently not allowed or encouraged at public schools in the state.
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Az GOP senator proudly flies flag adopted by 'fringe' far-right extremists https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060523_shamp_flag/az-gop-senator-proudly-flies-flag-adopted-by-fringe-far-right-extremists/
Arizona Republican state Sen. Janae Shamp proudly displays a flag tied to Christian nationalism and other extremist movements on her desk at the Arizona Senate, and says she embraced the symbol for its historical meaning and doesn’t care that “fringe groups” have adopted it.
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Why top abortion rights groups could sit out Arizona’s key 2024 Senate race https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060523_sinema_abortion_rights/why-top-abortion-rights-groups-could-sit-out-arizonas-key-2024-senate-race/
Abortion is set to be a major issue in 2024’s most competitive Senate races, but abortion rights groups could stay on the sidelines in Arizona after a party switch by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, whose seat is up next year.
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Arizona advocates push back against 'feral' classification of historic horses https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060523_sitegreaves_horses/arizona-advocates-push-back-against-feral-classification-historic-horses/
Roughly 500 horses inhabit an area along the Black River through Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in eastern Arizona, and while some say the herd descends from Spanish colonial horses, others say the herd is more recent and doesn’t belong on the land it now grazes.
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No rules for Maricopa as it replaces faulty ballot printers, spends $8 million https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060523_maricopa_printers/no-rules-maricopa-as-it-replaces-faulty-ballot-printers-spends-8-million/
After relying on retail-grade printers to print hundreds of thousands of ballots on the spot and then experiencing a countywide Election Day breakdown, Maricopa County is planning on spending millions to buy much larger, high-performance printers for each of its 2024 polling places.
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AI is used widely, but lawmakers have set few rules https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060523_artificial_intel_rules/ai-used-widely-but-lawmakers-have-set-few-rules/
Artificial intelligence tools - defined broadly as technologies that can perform complex analysis and problem-solving tasks - frequently determine many aspects of Americans' lives, but federal legislation on the technology has stalled, creating a patchwork of state and municipal laws.
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FactCheck: Debt limit agreement breakdown https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060523_factcheck_debt_limit/factcheck-debt-limit-agreement-breakdown/
President Joe Biden signed a two-year agreement - a compromise between Republicans, who wanted larger spending reductions, and the White House, which wanted no spending cuts - to suspend the debt limit until Jan. 1, 2025, with both cuts and increases in federal spending.
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Arizona Republic reporters to strike for 2 days to protest low pay, unfair working conditions https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060223_reporter_strike/arizona-republic-reporters-strike-2-days-protest-low-pay-unfair-working-conditions/
Updated: For two days, unionized reporters at the Arizona Republic and 24 other newsrooms and across the country will walk off the job in order to send a message to parent company Gannett about unfair working conditions.
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Pop-punks Meet Me At The Altar reflect on 'Past, Present and Future' https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/060323_meet_me_at_altar/pop-punks-meet-me-altar-reflect-past-present-and-future/
In a genre dominated by angry white men, this all-female trio of POC, 20-something pop-punk divas — with their brash attitude, ferocious guitar riffs, earworm melodies, and innate badassery — are blazing trails through a new frontier. They'll rock Tucson's 191 Toole on Tuesday.
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Arizona AG Mayes sues 3M & Raytheon over production of 'forever chemical' PFAS https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060223_mayes_pfas/arizona-ag-mayes-sues-3m-raytheon-over-production-forever-chemical-pfas/
While Arizona wrestles with the future of its water, state Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a lawsuit against dozens of companies — including manufacturing giant 3M and the defense contractor Raytheon — for producing products containing PFAS or forever chemicals, causing "widespread" groundwater pollution.
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Arizona AG Mayes sues 3M & Raytheon over production of 'forever chemical' PFAS https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060223_mayes_pfas/arizona-ag-mayes-sues-3m-raytheon-over-production-forever-chemical-pfas/
While Arizona wrestles with the future of its water, state Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a lawsuit against dozens of companies — including manufacturing giant 3M and the defense contractor Raytheon — for producing products containing PFAS or forever chemicals, causing "widespread" groundwater pollution.
#Tucson #Arizona
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