Az voters might decide whether banks can ‘discriminate’ against firearms companies https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030724_gun_banks/az-voters-might-decide-whether-banks-can-discriminate-against-firearms-companies/
Republicans want Arizona voters to decide if state agencies should be barred from working with any bank that “discriminates” against firearms companies or individuals who work in the firearms industry.
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5 Arizona marijuana bills remain after weeks of deliberations https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030724_marijuana_legislation/5-arizona-marijuana-bills-remain-after-weeks-deliberations/
Arizona legislators introduced more than a dozen bills focused on amending marijuana laws this year, but just five are left standing as lawmakers have passed the midpoint of their annual session.
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Bill to spur ‘starter home’ construction, opposed by Az cities, heads to Hobbs’ desk https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030724_home_construction/bill-spur-starter-home-construction-opposed-by-az-cities-heads-hobbs-desk/
A Republican measure dubbed the “Arizona Starter Home Act” has passed out of both chambers of the Arizona legislature and will now head to Gov. Katie Hobbs’ desk, where its fate remains unclear.
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GOP bill to ‘erase’ trans & nonbinary Arizonans from law inches toward passage https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030724_gop_trans_law/gop-bill-erase-trans-nonbinary-arizonans-from-law-inches-toward-passage/
A Republican proposal seeking to enshrine a narrow definition of biological sex into state law allows for gender-nonconforming Arizonans to be pushed out of locker rooms, bathrooms, domestic violence shelters and even sexual assault crisis centers that don’t align with their biological sex.
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States & tribes scramble to reach Colorado River deals before election https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030724_river_deal/states-tribes-scramble-reach-colorado-river-deals-before-election/
The states and tribes in the Colorado River basin have been fighting over the waterway for more than a century, and issues are converging ahead of this fall’s presidential election, which could upend negotiations by ushering in a new Congress and new Bureau of Reclamation leadership.
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Vote ’em if you’ve got ’em: Voters could see flood of questions on ballot https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030724_petition_pandemic/vote-em-if-youve-got-em-voters-could-see-flood-questions-ballot/
There are already four initiatives on the Arizona ballot, and another 15 that have been filed with the Secretary of States’ Office and will be added if supporters can collect enough signatures - evidence of either voter enthusiasm or voter unhappiness with their elected officials.
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How to write fiction set in our Southern Arizona Borderlands https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030724_banks_on_writing/how-write-fiction-set-our-southern-arizona-borderlands/
Tucson journalist and novelist Leo W. Banks shares some tips of the trade when it comes to writing about the Borderlands of Southern Arizona.
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At Copper World mine hearing, questions about water quality clashed with hope for economic opportunities https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030524_copper_world_water/at-copper-world-mine-hearing-questions-water-quality-clashed-with-hope-economic-opportunities/
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality held a final public hearing to decide whether to approve a groundwater permit for the Copper World project, an open-pit copper mine in the Santa Rita Mountains, about 30 miles southeast of Tucson.
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Drop off hazardous household waste, old documents & more at Tucson collection event Saturday https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030624_hazwaste/drop-off-hazardous-household-waste-old-documents-more-tucson-collection-event-saturday/
Updated: 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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Tsosie-Hood & Waddell help lead on both sides of diamond as Pima softball sweeps South Mtn https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/030524_pima_softball/tsosie-hood-waddell-help-lead-both-sides-diamond-as-pima-softball-sweeps-south-mtn/
The Pima Community College softball team (13-8, 2-2 in ACCAC) got back to ACCAC conference play on Tuesday in a road matchup at South Mountain Community College (4-5, 2-4).
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The world according to Sinema: It's the voters who got small https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/030624_sinema_op/the-world-according-sinema-its-voters-who-got-small/
Channeling her inner Nora Desmond, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema read the electorate wrong and now says it's the people's fault that she's unpopular.
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Alvarez throws complete game as Pima baseball splits at Paradise Valley https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/030524_pcc_baseball/alvarez-throws-complete-game-as-pima-baseball-splits-paradise-valley/
The Pima Community College baseball team (18-6, 6-4 in ACCAC) fell short of earning an ACCAC conference road sweep on Tuesday at Paradise Valley Community College (15-9, 5-7).
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PCC guard Rylei Waugh named ACCAC Division II Player of the Week for 6th time https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/030524_pcc_waugh/pcc-guard-rylei-waugh-named-accac-division-ii-player-week-6th-time/
Pima Community College women’s basketball player Rylei Waugh was selected as ACCAC Division II Player of the Week on Tuesday for the sixth time.
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Drop off hazardous household waste, old documents & more at Tucson collection event Saturday https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030624_hazwaste/drop-off-hazardous-household-waste-old-documents-more-tucson-collection-event-saturday/
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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Somber Nikki Haley suspends presidential campaign https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030624_haley_campaign/somber-nikki-haley-suspends-presidential-campaign/
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley suspended her presidential campaign Wednesday, a withdrawal from the campaign trail that leaves Donald Trump as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to face President Joe Biden in November.
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Five months late, Congress is poised to pass a huge chunk of federal spending https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030624_congress_budget/five-months-late-congress-poised-pass-huge-chunk-federal-spending/
Congress is on track to approve a staggering $468 billion in government spending this week, finishing part of the work it was supposed to complete by Oct. 1 — including a big boost intended to shore up the federal WIC nutrition program for women, infants and children.
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Biden to push for return of expanded child tax credit in State of the Union speech https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030624_biden_state_union/biden-push-return-expanded-child-tax-credit-state-union-speech/
President Joe Biden will announce how his administration is tackling economic issues — from the housing crisis to restoring the expansion of the child tax credit — during this week’s State of the Union address to Congress and the nation.
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Federal government announces cap on credit card late fees https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030624_credit_card_fees/federal-government-announces-cap-credit-card-late-fees/
The Biden administration announced Tuesday it will limit late fees for credit cards to $8 in a new set of efforts aimed at targeting hidden fees for consumers.
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White House launches water conservation initiative for western U.S. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030624_colorado_conservation/white-house-launches-water-conservation-initiative-western-us/
The Biden administration unveiled an initiative to tackle the pressing issue of water scarcity and drought resilience in the U.S. West, and specifically the Colorado River Basin, with an ambitious goal to conserve at least 3 million acre-feet of water by the end of 2026.
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Az GOP bill would let college students challenge grades based on ‘political bias’ of professors https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030624_political_grades/az-gop-bill-would-let-college-students-challenge-grades-based-political-bias-professors/
Republican state senator Anthony Kern, of Glendale, who has previously described himself as “not a university guy,” wants to give students at Arizona’s public universities a new way to challenge grades that they believe were handed down due to a professor’s political bias.
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