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Az GOP anti-trans school measures are back, and this time they may avoid Hobbs’ veto pen tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Faced with the certainty of Gov. Hobbs’ veto, Arizona GOP lawmakers are hoping to circumvent her by sending a proposal to voters that would restrict how teachers respect the identities of trans students, and bar those same students from using school facilities that best fit who they are.

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GOP anti-trans school measures are back, and this time they may avoid Hobbs’ veto pen tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Faced with the certainty of Gov. Hobbs’ veto, Arizona GOP lawmakers are hoping to circumvent her by sending a proposal to voters that would restrict how teachers respect the identities of trans students, and bar those same students from using school facilities that best fit who they are.

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Arizona moves up 2024 primary as part of bipartisan fixes to election timeline problems tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona has fixed a looming crisis for the election in a way that election officials say will allow them to submit presidential results to Congress in time. Republicans are touting the fix as a boon for election integrity, and Democrats say it protects voters in the long run.

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Az House votes to equip schools & nurses with critical diabetes drug tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona House unanimously voted to allow schools to annually obtain a standing order to maintain a supply of glucagon medications - used to reverse severe low blood sugar - that can be administered to pupils in need by designated “voluntary diabetes care assistants.”

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Supreme Court leans toward putting Trump back on the ballot tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court appeared likely to reverse a Colorado court’s ruling removing former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot, worrying the impact would extend to other states.

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Late disclosure won’t get Backpage execs out of federal charges tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A federal judge denied a motion to dismiss the federal case against Michael Lacey and other former Backpage executives, finding the government's late disclosure of discovery either didn’t violate procedural statute or didn’t prejudice the jury against the defendants.

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Rain check: How Arizonans can prepare for rainy drives tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
With the winter months bringing rain and snow to Arizona, concerns are growing over driver safety on the roads as almost 4,300 accidents in 2022 occurred when there was precipitation, about 3.5% of all crashes for that year.

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Arizona projected to have largest nursing shortage in U.S. in 2025 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona will have 28,100 fewer registered nurses than are needed in the state by 2025, a bigger disparity than in any other state in the country, and the evolving nursing shortage across the country already has caused delays in care.

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Drop off hazardous household waste, old documents & more at Tucson collection event Saturday tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Get rid of your old paint, computers and sensitive documents this Saturday at the City of Tucson’s monthly household hazardous waste collection event.

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In managing Colorado River dam, feds ignored climate change, conservationists tell appeals court tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Conservationists asked the Ninth Circuit to reverse a summary judgment finding that the federal government’s plan to manage water flow through the Glen Canyon Dam properly addressed the future impacts of climate change.

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As a strong El Niño winds down, a look at what’s ahead for 2024 tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The strong El Niño responsible for the weather that has been roiling North America for the past few months is now starting to weaken and will likely be gone by late spring 2024, and although it wasn’t the strongest in recent decades, many aspects have been unusual.

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GOP bid to ‘protect’ cis women would scrap all legal protections for trans Arizonans tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In a bid to keep transgender women off of girl’s sports teams and out of public restrooms, Arizona Republicans are pushing to insert a narrow and inflexible definition of biological sex into state law that would effectively eliminate all legal recognition of transgender people.

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5 followers of Az polygamist church leader Samuel Bateman plead not guilty to new charges tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Five followers of the polygamist church leader Samuel Rappylee Bateman, who stands accused of sexually abusing 10 underage girls over three years, pleaded not guilty Wednesday morning to various crimes associated with Bateman's activities.

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Arizona Heart Association lobbies for bill mandating cardiac arrest emergency plans in schools tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
More than 23,000 children each year will experience cardiac arrest, and of these incidents, 40% are related to sports - leading advocates to lobby the Arizona Legislature in support of legislation which aims to mandate cardiac emergency response plans in Arizona schools.

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Az resolution that would ask voters to require life sentences for sex traffickers clears first hurdle tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A number of proposals in the Arizona legislature aimed at sex trafficking, including one that would make the punishment for conviction a life sentence, moved forward with support from groups inspired by a QAnon-linked film.

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Arizona bill to ban satanic displays advances after heated debate on religion tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
An Arizona Senate committee gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a bill that would ban satanic displays on public grounds, following an often-testy debate over whether Satanism is a religion to be respected or a “desecration of public property.”

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PCC women use 30-3 first quarter to cruise to 5th straight win tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (17-6, 12-4 in ACCAC) picked up an ACCAC conference road victory on Wednesday at South Mountain Community College (0-20, 0-15).

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Pima men use 2nd-half runs to beat South Mountain for 6th straight win tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team (20-3, 12-3 in ACCAC) secured its 20+ win season for the fifth time in seven years (excluding the 2020-21 COVID season) on Wednesday after beating South Mountain Community College (8-15, 3-12) in Phoenix.

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Az children’s medical confidentiality would be eliminated under GOP proposal tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona children wouldn't be able to count on the confidentiality of their doctors under a Republican proposal that the American Civil Liberties Union warns will turn minors away from health care providers.

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Az children’s medical confidentiality would be eliminated under GOP proposal tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona children wouldn't be able to count on the confidentiality of their doctors under a Republican proposal that the American Civil Liberties Union warns will turn minors away from health care providers.

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