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Campaign launches to open Arizona primary elections, implement ranked-choice voting https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092023_primary_ranked_choice/campaign-launches-open-arizona-primary-elections-implement-ranked-choice-voting/
An initiative dubbed the “Make Elections Fair Arizona Act” would open up primaries in Arizona to any candidate or voter, regardless of their party affiliation — and under the act, the Legislature would set up a system of ranked choice voting, in which voters sort candidates by most to least favorite.
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Kari Lake appeals again, accuses Maricopa County of ‘engineered Election Day chaos’ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091923_lake_appeal/kari-lake-appeals-again-accuses-maricopa-county-engineered-election-day-chaos/
More than 10 months after she lost the 2022 race for Arizona governor, Republican Kari Lake is still fighting the results of the election, telling an appeals court that Maricopa County “engineered the Election Day chaos.”
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Striking auto workers want a 4-day workweek. It makes sense. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091923_strike_workweek/striking-auto-workers-want-4-day-workweek-it-makes-sense/
Thousands of auto workers are on strike over pay raises, healthcare and pension benefits - the most aggressive move by the United Auto Workers in modern history - yet none of the union’s demands has grabbed more attention than its call for a four-day workweek.
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Graduates of Az’s English immersion model say it was traumatizing https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091923_ell_psychology/graduates-azs-english-immersion-model-say-it-was-traumatizing/
Former Arizona students said their experience in the full immersion learning model to teach English language contributed to an educational experience that felt isolating, confusing and sometimes even depressing - and also left them lagging behind their peers in other subjects.
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Az polygamist’s wife charged in kidnapping scheme loses bid for pretrial release https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091923_polygamist_kidnapping/az-polygamists-wife-charged-kidnapping-scheme-loses-bid-pretrial-release/
One of the many wives of a man accused of sexually abusing nearly a dozen underage girls, who is herself accused of helping to kidnap minors in 2022 — will remain in prison until at least May, the fourth defendant charged in the scheme to see a judge deny her bid for pretrial release.
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SAG-AFTRA Arizona members rally as part of national strike for TV, film worker protections, higher wages https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091923_sag_strike/sag-aftra-arizona-members-rally-as-part-national-strike-tv-film-worker-protections-higher-wages/
Members of the Arizona-Utah chapter of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists rallied to demand increased benefits and residuals, prohibition of artificial intelligence content and protections against unauthorized use of their likeness.
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Feds probe Huckelberry's 'secret' retirement from Pima County https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091923_huckelberry/feds-probe-huckelberrys-secret-retirement-from-pima-county/
The 2022 resignation of longtime Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry, who for months had continued to collect his salary while also being paid pension benefits behind the scenes, has caught the attention of federal investigators, sources told the Tucson Sentinel.
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Nanos denies foot-dragging investigation in Pima County deputy rape case https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091823_pcsd_deputy_rape/nanos-denies-foot-dragging-investigation-pima-county-deputy-rape-case/
Pima County Supervisor Sharon Bronson wants the Arizona Attorney General's Office or the Department of Public Safety to investigate claims Sheriff Chris Nanos failed to conduct a "timely and thorough investigation" into the alleged sexual assault of a deputy by her supervisor in December.
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Tucson House set to get $50 million for upgrades, Marana reworks transitional housing rules https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/091823_agenda_magistrate_op/tucson-house-set-get-50-million-upgrades-marana-reworks-transitional-housing-rules/
Tucson House was built as a luxury apartment building in 1963. Now it's up for a $50 million federal grant to rehab the place for low-income tenants. If the price tag gets too much higher, it's a dubious investment. Plus more from the City Council, Pima and Santa Cruz counties, and other local government meetings.
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Sheriff Nanos pulls deputies from future Pima County Board of Supervisors meetings https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091823_pima_bos_deputies/sheriff-nanos-pulls-deputies-from-future-pima-county-board-supervisors-meetings/
Pima County sheriff's deputies will no longer provide security during Board of Supervisors' meetings, a decision one supervisor called "retaliation" on the part of the sheriff.
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After winning impeachment fight, Texas AG Paxton still faces felony fraud case & FBI probe https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091823_paxton_fbi_fraud/after-winning-impeachment-fight-texas-ag-paxton-still-faces-felony-fraud-case-fbi-probe/
After a 10-day trial, Texas senators voted to acquit Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on allegations of bribery and corruption, but Paxton still faces state securities fraud charges, and he has been under investigation by the FBI since Oct. 2020, although no charges have been filed.
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Tucson lands $5M federal grant for Million Trees initiative https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091823_tree_grant/tucson-lands-5m-federal-grant-million-trees-initiative/
Mayor Regina Romero’s Tucson Million Trees initiative is bringing a $5 million federal grant to the city.
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Pima County can reduce poverty with pay equity https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/091823_pima_salaries_op/pima-county-can-reduce-poverty-with-pay-equity/
"Pay equity is the key to families thriving instead of surviving. Investing in government workers who dedicate their lives to public service would send a powerful message of community empowerment." — Sahaurita librarian Elizabeth Langley
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The storied life of Tucson drummer Arthur Vint https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/091823_arthur_vint/the-storied-life-tucson-drummer-arthur-vint/
A rooster atop a weathervane, equally well-versed in modern jazz, salsa, country or rock, in 2007 drummer Arthur Vint left Tucson for the bright lights of New York City. Now he's back, running the Century Room at Hotel Congress, a NYC-style jazz club.
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NASA report finds no evidence that UFOs are extraterrestrial https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/091823_nasa_alien_op/nasa-report-finds-no-evidence-that-ufos-are-extraterrestrial/
NASA’s independent study team released its highly anticipated report on UFOs on Sept. 14, 2023, and bottom line: The study team found no evidence that reported unidentified anomalous phenomena observations are extraterrestrial.
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Hospitals plead with Congress to avert $8 billion in cuts to Medicaid https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091823_medicaid_cuts/hospitals-plead-with-congress-avert-8-billion-cuts-medicaid/
Health care representatives from across the United States are urging Congress to halt cuts to funding that helps hospitals care for uninsured or low-income patients who rely on Medicaid.
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Health workers warn lifting mask advice in hospitals would harm patients & providers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091823_hospital_masks/health-workers-warn-lifting-mask-advice-hospitals-would-harm-patients-providers/
Nurses, researchers and workplace safety officers worry new guidelines from the CDC updating its 2007 standards for infection control in hospitals might reduce protection against coronavirus and other airborne pathogens in hospitals.
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DACA faces ongoing challenge, Az immigration advocates call for change https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091823_daca_challenge/daca-faces-ongoing-challenge-az-immigration-advocates-call-change/
More than 30,000 DACA recipients call Arizona home, but a federal judge’s ruling last week — which determined the policy that shields them from deportation is illegal — puts their future safety in jeopardy.
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U.S. saw pandemic influx of migrants from India, Venezuela & China in 2021-22 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091823_migrant_influx/us-saw-pandemic-influx-migrants-from-india-venezuela-china-2021-22/
A late-pandemic surge of new arrivals from India, Venezuela and China, reflecting people with legal visas and those fleeing across the United States’ southern border seeking asylum, helped bring more than 900,000 new immigrants to the U.S. between 2021 and 2022.
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Lawmakers back striking auto workers, but mileage varies https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091823_auto_worker_strike/lawmakers-back-striking-auto-workers-but-mileage-varies/
Members of Congress praised the United Auto Workers’ walkout - began last week after contract negotiations broke down with Detroit automakers - as a revolt against unfair labor conditions, but others have used it as a vehicle to attack the Biden administration’s electric cars campaign.
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