Az House Ethics Committee says legislator committed a ‘pattern of disorderly conduct’ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/013124_sun_conduct/az-house-ethics-committee-says-legislator-committed-pattern-disorderly-conduct/
Arizona state Representative Leezah Sun committed a “pattern of disorderly behavior” that culminated in a death threat against a lobbyist, the Arizona House Ethics Committee concluded, paving the way to a possible censure or expulsion from the legislature.
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Arizona House Ethics Committee says legislator committed a ‘pattern of disorderly conduct’ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/013124_sun_conduct/arizona-house-ethics-committee-says-legislator-committed-pattern-disorderly-conduct/
Arizona state Representative Leezah Sun committed a “pattern of disorderly behavior” that culminated in a death threat against a lobbyist, the Arizona House Ethics Committee concluded, paving the way to a possible censure or expulsion from the legislature.
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Az lawmakers approve $8 million to continue busing asylum seekers from border https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/013124_border_buses/az-lawmakers-approve-8-million-continue-busing-asylum-seekers-from-border/
Arizona legislators on Tuesday approved an additional $8 million that will let the Department of Emergency and Military Affairs keep busing migrants away from border communities, a program that has transported more than 81,000 people since 2022.
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Pima's Gonzales has 44 points & 14 3-pointers to earn ACCAC Player of the Week nod https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/013024_pcc_mens_basketball/pimas-gonzales-has-44-points-14-3-pointers-earn-accac-player-week-nod/
Pima Community College men’s basketball player Cohenj Gonzales (Mesquite HS) was a major factor in the team's two wins during the week of Jan. 21-27.
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Arizona school vouchers cost taxpayers more per student, but Republicans say they don’t https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/013124_esa_horne/arizona-school-vouchers-cost-taxpayers-more-per-student-but-republicans-say-they-dont/
The Republicans in charge of the Arizona Department of Education and the state Senate say that the state’s school voucher program saves taxpayers money, and that any statements to the contrary are myths - but the numbers say something different.
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Advocates: Poor sex education & outreach is to blame for HIV increase in Arizona https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/013124_hiv_rates/advocates-poor-sex-education-outreach-blame-hiv-increase-arizona/
A state health department report released last December shows that HIV transmissions in Arizona have grown to alarming numbers, bucking national trends where the virus is declining across most of the country.
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Texas' border standoff with the feds is igniting calls for secession & fears of violence https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013124_texas_border/texas-border-standoff-with-feds-igniting-calls-secession-fears-violence/
The calls for Texas to defend itself and defy the federal government have set fire to a long simmering fight over states’ rights, emboldening right-wing figures small and large, a standoff that comes amid a recent and growing acceptance of political violence.
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Texas' standoff with the feds in Eagle Pass is igniting calls for secession & fears of violence https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013124_texas_border/texas-standoff-with-feds-eagle-pass-igniting-calls-secession-fears-violence/
The calls for Texas to defend itself and defy the federal government have set fire to a long simmering fight over states’ rights, emboldening right-wing figures small and large, a standoff that comes amid a recent and growing acceptance of political violence.
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ATC's 'Intimate Apparel' weaves individual brilliance with uneven execution https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/013024_intimate_apparel/atcs-intimate-apparel-weaves-individual-brilliance-with-uneven-execution/
Arizona Theatre Company opens the new year with a potent third installment of an otherwise boilerplate season. "Intimate Apparel" is a riveting script, but ATC's production doesn't fully unpack as technical elements overshadow the performances.
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Facing $177M shortfall, University of Arizona moves to stop financial bleeding https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/013024_ua_budget/facing-177m-shortfall-university-arizona-moves-stop-financial-bleeding/
The University of Arizona faces a $177 million deficit, and over the next 18 to 36 months the school will pursue consolidations and layoffs throughout its administration, as well as across-the-board budget cuts of 5 to 15 percent.
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Desert SOS: Save Our Saguaros month begins with day of buffelgrass removal https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/013024_buffelgrass_removal/desert-sos-save-our-saguaros-month-begins-with-day-buffelgrass-removal/
Uprooting non-native fire-prone buffelgrass will be the focus of a series of upcoming volunteering events hosted by the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum at A Mountain.
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Hobbs pushes for Az school funding plan, GOP stands by its own proposal https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/013024_school_funding/hobbs-pushes-az-school-funding-plan-gop-stands-by-its-own-proposal/
Gov. Katie Hobbs and Arizona Democrats formally introduced legislation to expand funding for public education and teacher pay, even as Republicans insist they will continue to push their own plan.
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Minor League Baseball pushes for minimum wage exemption in Arizona https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/013024_mlb_minimum_wage/minor-league-baseball-pushes-minimum-wage-exemption-arizona/
A bill that would exempt Minor League Baseball from abiding by Arizona’s minimum wage requirements just took one step closer to becoming law, and while many players support the bill, activists say it would set a precedent to allow corporations to skirt minimum wage requirements.
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Holub: School vouchers aren't evil; they're actually good for public education https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/013024_holub_esas_op/holub-school-vouchers-arent-evil-theyre-actually-good-public-education/
Amid the noise surrounding how much ESAs are costing the state, and questions about oversight and accountability, the actual stories of the actual kids who benefit from the program can get lost. — Schoolteacher Annie Holub on Arizona's Empowerment Scholarship Account program
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Democrats want to nix Arizona’s early ballot collection prohibition https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/013024_early_ballots/democrats-want-nix-arizonas-early-ballot-collection-prohibition/
House Bill 2335 would get rid of ballot collection restrictions that say voted early ballots in Arizona can only be returned by the voter’s family member, a member of their household or their caregiver, legislation almost certainly dead on arrival with Republicans in control of the legislature.
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As immigration debate heats up, migrant encounters in December set record https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013024_border_disorder/as-immigration-debate-heats-up-migrant-encounters-december-set-record/
Border officials said they encountered more than 300,000 migrants at the southern border in December, setting a one-month record that pushed the total for the first quarter of fiscal 2024 to 785,422, a continuing surge that comes as debate on immigration is heating up in Washington.
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There’s an affordable housing crisis in Arizona, but no consensus on how to solve it https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/013024_affordable_housing/theres-affordable-housing-crisis-arizona-but-no-consensus-how-solve-it/
Republicans and Democratic lawmakers have laid out their priorities to address Arizona’s affordable housing woes with wildly different plans, as GOP lawmakers announced their intention of “cutting red tape”, while Democrats are voicing support for creating capping rents.
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U.S. Supreme Court schedules March 26 oral arguments in abortion pill access case https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013024_scotus_mifepristone/us-supreme-court-schedules-march-26-oral-arguments-abortion-pill-access-case/
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on March 26 in the case that could significantly curtail access to a prescription drug used for both abortions and miscarriage care, a pharmaceutical the U.S. Food and Drug Administration originally approved in 2000..
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In Tucson & other cities, neighbors are planting trees to provide shade — and food https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/013024_food_forests/in-tucson-other-cities-neighbors-are-planting-trees-provide-shade-and-food/
Tucson’s shadeless neighborhoods, which are predominantly low-income and Latino, soak up the heat, and a movement is underway to populate the city’s street corners and vacant lots with groves of trees - not just to keep sidewalks cool, but also to help feed people.
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Longtime UA Prof. N. Scott Momaday, first Native winner of Pulitzer Prize for fiction, dead at 89 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012924_momaday_obit/longtime-ua-prof-n-scott-momaday-first-native-winner-pulitzer-prize-fiction-dead-89/
N. Scott Momaday, the much-lauded author of "House Made of Dawn" and for years a professor at the University of Arizona, has died at age 89.
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