Pima County's free legal clinics help seal old criminal records https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061323_pima_legal_clinics/pima-countys-free-legal-clinics-help-seal-old-criminal-records/
Pima County will hold free legal clinics on June 20 and August 22 for those looking to seal their criminal records. Attorneys will help fill out paperwork and answer questions about a new state law.
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Pima County's free legal clinics help seal old criminal records https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061323_pima_legal_clinics/pima-countys-free-legal-clinics-help-seal-old-criminal-records/
Pima County will hold free legal clinics on June 20 and August 22 for those looking to seal their criminal records. Attorneys will help fill out paperwork and answer questions about a new state law.
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Maynards Kitchen gets 'summer refresh,' reopens June 15 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/061223_maynards_reopening/maynards-kitchen-gets-summer-refresh-reopens-june-15/
Maynards Kitchen will reopen after a "summer refresh" on Thursday, June 15. They closed on June 2 to develop new menu items and a new vision for the Downtown Tucson restaurant.
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Legislature approves hand counts in Arizona elections https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061323_ballot_hand_count/legislature-approves-hand-counts-arizona-elections/
The Arizona House of Representatives passed a Republican-backed bill along party lines that would allow hand count of ballots, but it will almost assuredly meet with Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs’ veto stamp.
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Feds to preserve history of Indian boarding schools https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061323_boarding_school_history/feds-preserve-history-indian-boarding-schools/
The Department of Interior is partnering with the National Endowment for the Humanities to preserve the oral history and records collected as part of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative.
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Budgets rain across school districts in Tucson area https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/061123_agenda_budgets_op/budgets-rain-across-school-districts-tucson-area/
Tucson, Flowing Wells, Tanque Verde and Catalina Foothills school district governing boards are taking action on their budgets this week. So too will the elected board overseeing Pima Community College — plus more in local government meetings around Tucson.
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Republican states arm teachers, fortify buildings in another year of school shootings https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061323_gop_school_safety/republican-states-arm-teachers-fortify-buildings-another-year-school-shootings/
As another school year defined by mass shootings ends in America, Republican-led state legislatures passed measures this session to fortify schools, create guidelines for active shooter drills and safety officer responses, and allow teachers to be armed.
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Burnout threatens primary care workforce and doctors' mental health https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061323_healthcare_burnout/burnout-threatens-primary-care-workforce-and-doctors-mental-health/
Burnout in the health care industry is a widespread and long-standing problem, and while burnout occurs across medical specialties, some studies have shown that primary care doctors, such as pediatricians and family physicians, may run a higher risk.
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Ruling against Obamacare preventive care mandate put on hold https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061323_preventive_care_hold/ruling-against-obamacare-preventive-care-mandate-put-hold/
Parties in a Texas lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act’s preventive service requirements have agreed in principal to a partial stay of a March order which struck down part of the law’s requirement for coverage of certain preventive services at no cost.
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Biden administration extends protections to over 330,000 immigrants https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061323_tps_migrants/biden-administration-extends-protections-over-330000-immigrants/
The Department of Homeland Security is extending immigration relief and work permits for roughly 333,500 people from four countries residing in the U.S., reversing a Trump administration policy that sought to terminate their legal protections.
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Donald Trump pleads not guilty to 37 federal charges in classified documents case https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061323_trump_plea/donald-trump-pleads-not-guilty-37-federal-charges-classified-documents-case/
Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 37 federal charges Wednesday in his first court appearance on charges stemming from the hundreds of classified documents found at his private residence in Florida after leaving office.
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Funding for 33 rural broadband projects unveiled by USDA https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061323_rural_broadband/funding-33-rural-broadband-projects-unveiled-by-usda/
The Biden administration announced it will send $714 million to help rural areas in 19 states connect to the internet, including $28.5 million for projects in Arizona.
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Nogales CBP officers intercept $2.7M in fish bladders harvested from endangered species https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061223_fish_bladders_seized/nogales-cbp-officers-intercept-27m-fish-bladders-harvested-from-endangered-species/
Nogales-area U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized dozens of fish bladders harvested from an endangered species in the Gulf of California, which were destined for China's black market.
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Let local Republicans indulge themselves in front of Pima Supes https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/061223_supes_audience_op/let-local-republicans-indulge-themselves-front-pima-supes/
The Republican Party's performance protesting a new time limit on call to the audience was a display of hatred, ignorance and hypocrisy. It's just that they were kind of right about the new Pima County policy itself.
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Free sandbags available as Tucson & Pima County prep for monsoon https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061223_sandbag_pickup/free-sandbags-available-as-tucson-pima-county-prep-monsoon/
Pima County and the city of Tucson are distributing fill-your-own sandbags at pickup sites across the area in advance of monsoon storms this summer.
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Junior Brown: An original guitar slinger as American as apple pie https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/061223_junior_brown/junior-brown-original-guitar-slinger-as-american-as-apple-pie/
Trimmed our with a cowboy hat, suit jacket and tie, musical maverick Junior Brown, one of the fiercest guitarists around — who croons in a deep-chested baritone with a rural twang — reflected on his life and times with the Tucson Sentinel in advance of his performance at the Fox this Wednesday.
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Let local Republicans indulge themselves in front of Pima Supes https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/061223_supes_audience_op/let-local-republicans-indulge-themselves-front-pima-supes/
The Republican Party's performance protesting a new time limit on call to the audience was a display of hatred, ignorance and hypocrisy. It's just that they were kind of right about the new Pima County policy itself.
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Arizona's wild horses have clear impact on environment, but does the good outweigh the bad? https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061323_wild_horses_sitegreaves/arizonas-wild-horses-have-clear-impact-environment-but-does-good-outweigh-bad/
About 500 horses roams an area of Arizona's Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest - and though conservationists say the presence of horses in national forests contributes to the decline of endangered species, others point to environmental benefits - like reducing wildfire risk.
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Arizona officials petitioning for federal aid in extreme heat situations https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061223_az_heat_relief/arizona-officials-petitioning-federal-aid-extreme-heat-situations/
As heat-related deaths continue to climb in Arizona, Rep. Ruben Gallego is pushing for federal heat-resistance legislation in Washington with the proposed Extreme Heat Emergency Act, urging FEMA to consider adding extreme heat to the existing list of declared major disasters.
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Fighting the heat: Arizona officials petitioning for federal aid in extreme heat situations https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061223_az_heat_relief/fighting-heat-arizona-officials-petitioning-federal-aid-extreme-heat-situations/
As heat-related deaths continue to climb in Arizona, Rep. Ruben Gallego is pushing for federal heat-resistance legislation in Washington with the proposed Extreme Heat Emergency Act, urging FEMA to consider adding extreme heat to the existing list of declared major disasters.
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