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Arizona elections bills move forward, mostly along party lines tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona senators voted to approve several election reform bills in one day, though lawmakers on both sides of the aisle strayed from the norm of straight party-line votes on numerous bills.

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Partial gov't shutdown is days away with no agreement on federal funding tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Joe Biden huddled with top congressional leaders at the White House amid a crunch over government funding as well as a familiar stalemate over assistance to two major allies — and no solution immediately in sight.

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AG Mayes asked if Tucson can hold sales tax election that conflicts with Az law tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Sen. Rosanna Gabaldón has asked Attorney General Kris Mayes if Tucson can legally go ahead with a scheduled sales tax election, despite an “apparent conflict” with state law.

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Pima men use 24-2 run to beat Glendale for 10th straight basketball win tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team’s (24-3, 16-3 in ACCAC) winning streak has eclipsed double digits, as they used a big run in the first half to fuel a win over Glendale Community College (12-15, 7-12) on Saturday.

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QAnon Shaman goes to the Arizona Capitol tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Jacob Chansley, more commonly known as the QAnon Shaman, was a guest of Glendale Republican Anthony Kern at the Arizona Capitol this week, allowing Chansley access to areas where the public is generally prohibited.

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At least two neo-Nazis & white nationalists at CPAC from Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Neo-Nazis and white nationalists who touted official badges on social media who were also seen harassing journalists and speakers were spotted at CPAC, the conservative conference, and some of them are from the Grand Canyon State.

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New Az-developed software tool takes on institutionalized racism in health care tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A new comprehensive health equity software platform developed in Arizona is designed to identify and remedy the institutionalized racism and bias in medicine researchers have highlighted as reasons behind the disparate Black maternal mortality rates.

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New Az-developed software tool takes on institutionalized racism in health care tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A new comprehensive health equity software platform developed in Arizona is designed to identify and remedy the institutionalized racism and bias in medicine researchers have highlighted as reasons behind the disparate Black maternal mortality rates.

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As Pima County runs out of funds for sheltering migrants, what's next? tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County will be forced to stop sheltering asylum seekers by March 31—on Easter Sunday—after federal funding is exhausted. The looming "fiscal cliff" has led some local leaders to make dramatic suggestions — such as sending migrants to area military bases — to prompt more federal action.

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Going on offense over Defense spending: Biden touts benefits to states tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Domestic defense spending was highlighted by President Joe Biden as he urged House leaders to take up the Ukraine aid package, and a study done by the governor’s office said total military spending in Arizona in fiscal 2022 was $15.5 billion on an industry that supported 78,780 jobs.

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Bail clampdowns don’t match what research says about suspects, experts say tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Politicians on both sides of the debate often connect bail policy to crime rates, but doing so is problematic, because so much of the crime data that states and cities use is unreliable, and misconceptions about crime can leave voters vulnerable to misinformation.

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Arizona business leaders blast proposed ‘anti-immigration’ laws tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Local business owners and activists gathered at the Arizona Capitol building Monday to denounce a proposed immigration-related ballot measure they compare to Arizona’s infamous Senate Bill 1070.

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13 Az presidential primary test ballots mistakenly mailed out in Pima County tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
As a result of a testing glitch, 13 Pima County households were mailed ineligible ballots for the upcoming March 9 presidential preference election.

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GOP senators move to ensure 14th Amendment won’t block Trump in Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Republican state senators passed a bill to ensure Donald Trump isn’t barred from running for president in Arizona for supporting an insurrection and violating the 14th Amendment - though Secretary of State Adrian Fontes has already said that Trump cannot be barred from the state ballot.

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Bombs away: Sahuarita gets info on explosive finds near town tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is just now starting a clean up on something called the Sahuarita Bombing Range, which has been closed for 65 years. TUSD is figuring out life after federal COVID money, plus more from government meetings around Tucson this week.

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Arizona Attorney General joins FTC lawsuit to halt Kroger-Albertsons merger tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, the Federal Trade Commission and a bipartisan coalition of states announced the filing of a lawsuit challenging the proposed merger of Kroger and Albertsons.

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Migrantes huyen de la violencia y piden asilo en EE.UU. tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Una familia que huyó de la violencia en México se sumó a las más de 1.3 millones de personas que solicitaron asilo en Estados Unidos a través de la solicitud CBP One.

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Why reparations are always about more than money tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Past atrocities do not end when the physical violence comes to an end. It continues to affect the social, cultural and economic lives of those targeted far into the future - making societies sometimes turn to a set of tools, used to respond to past mass violence, we refer to as reparations.

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Az bill aims to reclaim social equity licenses from investors, corporate marijuana dispensaries tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona lawmakers are pushing to return social equity licenses for marijuana dispensaries to their original owners, alleging private investors and cannabis corporations used predatory tactics to seize control of nearly all the lucrative licenses.

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Facing future of shortages, Colorado River users dream of making more water tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
As more people depend on the Colorado River, less and less flows downstream each year, and as cities are increasingly having to ask how they’re going to deliver enough water to fulfill everyone’s needs, some have started dreaming of a future where the West generates water.

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