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Claytoonz: Gonna getcha getcha getcha tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
At a hearing last week, Judge Tanya Chutkan warned Trump to refrain from making statements that could intimidate witnesses or prejudice potential jurors after he “truthed” on Truth Social, “IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I’M COMING AFTER YOU!”.

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South32 mine boss: No manganese plant planned for Rio Rico tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Mining company South32 will not build a manganese processing plant in Rio Rico, the head of the project told residents in a company "town hall” meeting on Thursday. Moments later his speech was cut short by shouts and interruptions from the audience.

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Help for tribes to electrify homes available through new grant program tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Thousands of homes across Indian Country are still not connected to electricity, including more than 14,000 on the Navajo Nation alone, but could change with the launch of the Tribal Electrification Program, which will provide funding to help tribal nations get connected to electricity.

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FEMA’s disaster relief fund is running low on cash. What happens now? tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster relief fund is in desperate need of cash, with the agency projecting at least a $4 billion deficit in the weeks ahead — even as the government responds to devastating fires in Hawaii and hurricane season continues.

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After hottest summer on record, heat-related illnesses are now being tracked nationwide tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A new dashboard launched by the Biden administration to track heat-related illnesses will help municipalities and medical professionals with prevention efforts and assist families as they make housing decisions, particularly for older adults.

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Trump’s lawyers offer 2026 start date for Jan. 6 election subversion trial tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Donald Trump’s legal team proposed a start date for a trial in the 2020 election subversion case against the former president Thursday evening that would begin well into the next presidential term: April 2026.

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Nearly half the states now allow in-state tuition for immigrant students tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
24 states, including Arizona, allow immigrants without legal status access to in-state tuition, and while bipartisan supporters say it helps reduce workforce shortages and boosts tax revenue, critics argue an influx of immigrants has states stretched too thin to pay for needed services.

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That 1% cut in federal spending in the debt limit law? It’s complicated. tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A provision in the debt limit law Congress approved earlier this year would cut all federal spending by 1% if Republicans and Democrats fail to reach agreement on the dozen government funding bills before Jan. 1, but there are "some weird incentives and disincentives" in the law.

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Renowned Chicano photographer's work to show at Pima Community College tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery at Pima Community College will feature an exhibit of the work of the gallery's namesake, photographer Louis Carlos Bernal.

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Low turnout, big spending: Notes on Tucson's 2023 primary election tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Turnout in Tucson’s August 1 primary election was a paltry 19 percent citywide, but those numbers climb, at least a bit, if you dig into specific races. Spending per vote, on the other hand, wasn't modest at all.

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Pima County jail commission to redo meeting online after protest scuttled previous event tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After last week's meeting was derailed by a raucous protest, the committee tasked with evaluating whether Pima County should build a new jail said they will reconvene Monday. However, the next meeting will not be in person, but will instead be held online.

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Dragons & burning Bibles: 9 things to know about the Az abortion rights amendment headed toward a ballot near you tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Let's just center this, fellas: the abstraction of the "abortion issue" and big questions about life and the power of the state can cloud just how real and concrete the topic is for women who are forced to confront it.

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Kansas authorities back off from raid of Marion Record newspaper tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Marion County Attorney has directed items seized from the controversial raid of rural Kansas weekly newspaper the Marion County Record be returned, and a state agency will now handle the investigation of the outlet without the information gleaned from the seizures.

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Appeals court says Phoenix Diocese can’t duck sex abuse lawsuit tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A civil lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix alleging the church helped in covering up abuse is being allowed to go forward after an Arizona appellate court reversed a dismissal by a trial court judge.

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Missing & Murdered Indigenous Peoples task forces given years to solve problem centuries in making tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
At least 10 states, including Arizona, and various federal agencies have launched efforts to address the problem of missing and murdered Indigenous people, but those efforts have had to grapple with historical neglect, modern bureaucracy and myriad disparities in public services.

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FactCheck: Q&A on Trump’s Georgia indictment tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
For the fourth time in a little more than four months, former President Donald Trump was indicted, this time, by a special state grand jury in Georgia that alleges Trump and 18 co-defendants conspired “to unlawfully change the outcome” of the 2020 presidential election.

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Abortion pill to stay on the market until U.S. Supreme Court ruling tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal appeals court ruled the abortion pill remains legal and on the market in states that haven’t banned it, until the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether to take the case, and can be used under modifications approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

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Defining which young person is 'homeless' affects aid state by state tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Arizona Department of Education estimated that there were nearly 14,000 homeless public school students in 2020-21, but there is no single, uniform definition of homelessness across states or even within the federal government, greatly complicating efforts to help young people.

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Pima County's free legal clinic Tues. helps seal old criminal records tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County will hold a free legal clinic on August 22 to help those who have been convicted of, charged with, or arrested for certain crimes petition to seal their criminal records.

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Hellertoon: Kansas police stop presses with raid on local newspaper tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
In a blatant move to halt local investigative reporting, police raided the offices of the Marion Record newspaper last Friday.

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