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Tucson City Council approves marijuana dispensary opening tied to social equity license tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Tucson City Council approved a special exception to open a marijuana dispensary despite warnings from community advocates that the social equity license tied to the business was obtained through what they called “exploitative” business practices.

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A murky outlook for Ukraine aid with U.S. House leadership in turmoil tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Additional military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine was on shaky ground earlier this week, before U.S. House Republicans evicted Kevin McCarthy from the speaker’s office.

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‘We stand with the victims’: Navajo Nation has sweeping new victim’s rights law tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Navajo Nation Victim's Rights Act of 2023 will provide victims of sexual assault and rape, domestic violence and other violent assaults with the protection and support they need as they wait for justice.

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Fontes: Donald Trump can’t be barred from Az ballot by 14th Amendment tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Former President Donald Trump, who is currently facing 91 criminal charges in four states, is likely to appear on the Arizona ballot in 2024, despite arguments that his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection disqualifies him from running for office.

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Waila musicians to celebrate S. Az native sounds at Why casino Saturday tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The music and dancing of Southern Arizona's unique waila style will be featured at a Saturday celebration at Why location of Desert Diamond Casino on Saturday.

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Biden administration reverses course, resumes border wall construction tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Biden administration reversed course Thursday and said it would resume border wall construction, citing an “acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers” at the southern border to handle record-breaking numbers of immigrants.

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You might need an ambulance, but your state might not see it as ‘essential’ tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Most states don’t declare emergency medical services to be an “essential service,” meaning the state government isn’t required to provide or fund them, but a a growing number of states are recognizing ambulance services as essential to combat the rural health care shortage.

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Climate risks place 39 million U.S. homes at risk of losing property insurance tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Across America, homeowners have been facing a new climate reality: Insurance companies don’t want to cover their properties, leading companies such as Allstate, State Farm, Nationwide, and others to pull out of areas with a high threat of wildfire, floods, and storms.

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Humane Society fires Farley for 'terribly negligent' handling of missing small pets tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Steve Farley, CEO of the Humane Society of Southern Arizona, has been fired and his second in command pushed out in the wake of more than 250 small animals going unaccounted for after being transferred from the San Diego Humane Society in August.

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Humane Society fires Farley for 'terribly negligent' handling of missing small pets tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Steve Farley, CEO of the Humane Society of Southern Arizona, has been fired and his second in command pushed out in the wake of more than 250 small animals going unaccounted for after being transferred from the San Diego Humane Society in August.

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'Eternally complex problems': Bipartisan advocates talk affordable housing in Az tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A bipartisan group of housing reform advocates, from current and former state lawmakers to government leaders, gathered last Thursday to talk about the lack of affordable housing in Arizona and solutions.

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Humane Society fires Farley for 'terribly negligent' handling of missing small pets tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Steve Farley, the CEO of the Humane Society of Southern Arizona, has been fired and his second in command pushed out in the wake of more than 250 small animals going unaccounted for after being transferred from the San Diego Humane Society in August.

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With move from pandemic to endemic, AZ changes how it reports COVID data tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Department of Health Services has updated its COVID-19 dashboard to remove some data and changed up its reporting on the virus to fall more in line with how the agency handles reporting other respiratory illnesses.

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How does a 'frozen' U.S. House function without a speaker? Everyone’s got an opinion. tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The stunning ouster of U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday — the first time a speaker has been removed in Congress' 234-year history — created a leadership vacuum in the chamber and left multiple questions about how legislative business would proceed.

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Shelters can help homeless people by providing quiet and privacy, not just a bunk and a meal tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Homeless shelters struggle to provide dignified spaces that offer privacy, storage space and quiet environments, but people need this kind of environmental support in order to battle recurring physical and mental health issues that often accompany homelessness.

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Nearly a third of Az teacher slots vacant this school year, highest in eight years tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Nearly one-third of teaching positions in Arizona public and charter schools were still vacant one month into the school year, according to a new report, the most in eight years of data on school vacancies.

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Latest student debt relief plan could save 11,700 Arizonans $840 million tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The Biden administration said Wednesday that it has cleared the way for another $9 billion in student debt relief for as many as 125,000 borrowers – 11,700 of them in Arizona.

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States sweeten offers to computer chipmakers to outdo one another tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Since Congress passed the $52.7 billion CHIPS Act in 2022 to encourage domestic semiconductor manufacturing design and research, states have been competing to lure chipmakers by sweetening the pot with tax credits and other enticements.

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Hobbs ends leases for water-guzzling alfalfa farms owned by Saudi Arabia tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs terminated the lease of state trust land by a controversial Saudi Arabian company, and said the state would not renew the farm's leases next year. The deals have been controversial because of the large amounts of water used to grow alfalfa for export.

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Ehler, Loredo, Ruiz & Sanchez net goals as Pima men flatten Mesa tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s soccer team (10-1, 7-1 in ACCAC) secured another double-digit win season as they picked up a 4-1 win on Tuesday at home.

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