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Laws banning gender-affirming treatments can block trans youth from receiving other care tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
In Arizona and other states, new laws banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth are dissuading health care providers from offering mental health services and other medical care that isn’t explicitly banned by those laws.

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Happy when it rains... A monsoon tunes playlist tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
It's hot, it's humid, and it's (finally) raining buckets of cats and dogs, or at least kittens and puppies, across parts of Tucson. Here are a few monsoon tunes to play as you celebrate.

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Judge juggles competing motions in Arizona voting rights lawsuit tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A judge heard arguments on nearly a dozen motions for summary judgment in a lawsuit aimed at a 2022 Arizona voting law that requires already-registered voters to provide proof of citizenship to remain registered to vote, a law plaintiffs say will lead to mass voter disenfranchisement.

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Biden quick to appeal judge’s block on asylum seeker restrictions at the US-Mexico border tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Just hours after a federal judge on barred the Biden administration’s restrictions on how people can seek refuge in the United States, the administration announced it would appeal the order, opening the next chapter of litigation that has twisted through two presidential administrations.

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U.S. Senate votes to curb farmland purchases by China, Iran, North Korea, Russia tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. senators approved bipartisan amendments to the annual defense policy bill Tuesday night that would prohibit China, Iran, North Korea and Russia from purchasing U.S. farmland and screen American investment in high-tech ventures on foreign adversary soil.

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Activists for hand-counting ballots don’t acknowledge drawbacks: More mistakes, time & money tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Despite widespread coverage of the follies of hand-counting ballots, the quest to expand use of the method continues. This year alone, there have been 16 bills in 8 states that would ban the use of tabulators. It’s a really bad idea.

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Activists for hand-counting ballots don’t acknowledge drawbacks: More mistakes, time & money tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Despite widespread coverage of the follies of hand-counting ballots, the quest to expand use of the method continues. This year alone, there have been 16 bills in 8 states that would ban the use of tabulators. It’s a really bad idea.

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Far-right U.S. House members slam spending bills tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A handful of ultra-conservative U.S. House Republicans - including Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs - rebuked their leadership over the annual government funding process, but appeared at odds on whether they should force a government shutdown later this year.

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Tucson & other Az cities coordinate to save water, a model for parched Western areas tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Tucson has been working on sustainable water solutions for more than three decades, well before the current controversy over how to allocate water from the shrinking Colorado River, and cities around Arizona already have begun collaborating to better allocate water resources.

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Border wall fundraiser fraudster sentenced to 63 months in prison tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A judge sentenced Tim Shea to more than five years behind bars on convictions for his role in the We Build the Wall fundraiser, a bogus charity that cheated $25 million from private donors who thought they were funding the construction of former President Donald Trump’s border wall.

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Decrying attempts to 'bury history,' Biden designates Emmett Till national monument tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
On what would have been the 82nd birthday of Emmett Till, a Black boy kidnapped and murdered by two white men in Mississippi, President Joe Biden designated a new national monument at sites connected to the lynching that became a catalyst for the civil rights movement.

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Bisbee's Copper Queen to receive $9.9 million for rural hospital expansion tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Copper Queen Hospital in Bisbee will receive a $9,937,500 grant from the USDA to construct a 27,000-square-foot addition — the largest amount awarded among $129 million in Emergency Rural Health Care Grants.

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$50 million federal grant to fund rehab of Tucson House tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The city of Tucson has been awarded a $50 federal million grant to redevelop the Tucson House tower and the surrounding neighborhood along North Oracle Road near Drachman Street.

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Antenori: 'Snowflake' Sen. Wadsack weaponizes Pima GOP vs. perceived party enemies tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
"Right here in Arizona, a fragile snowflake of a state senator, who seems incapable of receiving any kind of criticism without throwing a tantrum, has now weaponized the Pima County GOP to exact revenge on her perceived enemies." — former state Sen. Frank Antenori

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Antenori: 'Snowflake' Sen. Wadsack weaponizes Pima GOP against preceived enemies tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
"Right here in Arizona, a fragile snowflake of a state senator, who seems incapable of receiving any kind of criticism without throwing a tantrum, has now weaponized the Pima County GOP to exact revenge on her perceived enemies." — former state Sen. Frank Antenori

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Pima schools chief accepting applications to fill Marana board opening tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County Superintendent of Schools Dustin Williams is accepting applications to fill a vacancy on the Marana Unified School District Governing Board following the death of longtime Boardmember Dan Post.

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Federal judge blocks Biden limits on asylum for migrants at U.S.-Mx border tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal judge blocked the Biden administration’s rule that restricts migrants from seeking asylum if they arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border without first seeking protection in another country or applying for an asylum appointment online.

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Join us Thursday for the Unretirement Party: Nintzel returns to reporting tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
He's back! Jim Nintzel has again picked up his pen and notebook, returning to journalism as the new Government & Political Impact reporter for the Tucson Sentinel. Please join us Thursday evening to celebrate his "unretirement."

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Pima County Supes name Villegas as Cano's replacement in Az House tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 3-1 on Tuesday to appoint Democrat Betty Villegas to one of the two House seats in Legislative District 20.

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Hermosa Mine in Southern Az revalued at $1.3B less, down 50%, parent firm announces tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Stock in Australian mining company South32 slumped Monday after the firm announced the planned Hermosa Mine in Southern Arizona is now worth less than half the value previously thought.

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