Don't touch that clock! Rest of U.S. springing ahead to Daylight Saving Time https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030824_daylight_saving_time/dont-touch-that-clock-rest-us-springing-ahead-daylight-saving-time/
It's back: time to get confused about calling someone back East. Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday morning for most of the United States, but Arizona residents won't have to switch their clocks — we don't observe DST.
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A neurologist & sleep expert explains the downside to that borrowed hour of ‘springing forward’ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/030824_daylight_time_op/a-neurologist-sleep-expert-explains-downside-that-borrowed-hour-springing-forward/
About one-third of Americans say they don’t look forward to the switch from standard time to daylight saving time, but researchers are discovering that “springing ahead” is connected with serious negative health effects, including an uptick in heart attacks and sleep deprivation.
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Biden: 'Wake up Congress & alert American people that this is no ordinary moment' https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/030724_biden_sotu/biden-wake-up-congress-alert-american-people-that-this-no-ordinary-moment/
"What makes our moment rare is that freedom and democracy are under attack, both at home and overseas, at the very same time." — full text of President Biden's annual address
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Sinema brings Border Patrol union head to State of the Union https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030724_sinema_judd_sotu/sinema-brings-border-patrol-union-head-state-union/
U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema said Brandon Judd, the president of the union that represents most Border Patrol agents, will be her guest at this year's State of Union address.
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Vote ’em if you’ve got ’em: Az voters could see flood of questions on ballot https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030724_petition_pandemic/vote-em-if-youve-got-em-az-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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Senate passes bill to allow casitas across Arizona, over objections of cities who say it goes too far https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030724_casita_housing/senate-passes-bill-allow-casitas-across-arizona-over-objections-cities-who-say-it-goes-too-far/
Republicans and Democrats in the Arizona Senate came together in an effort to legalize construction of casitas, or accessory dwelling units, in cities and towns across the state as a way to combat housing shortages - though cities say it goes too far.
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Pima's Waugh named Player of the Year, Lopez named top defender https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/030624_pcc_womens_basketball/pimas-waugh-named-player-year-lopez-named-top-defender/
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team produced four representatives on the All-ACCAC Conference Team and three on the NJCAA All-Region Team.
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Waugh named Player of the Year, Lopez named top defender as Pima women represented on All-ACCAC & All-Region teams https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/030624_pcc_womens_basketball/waugh-named-player-year-lopez-named-top-defender-as-pima-women-represented-all-accac-all-region-teams/
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team produced four representatives on the All-ACCAC Conference Team and three on the NJCAA All-Region Team.
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Gonzales named Freshman of the Year, 4 Pima players named All-ACCAC & All-Region https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/030724_pcc_mens_basketball/gonzales-named-freshman-year-4-pima-players-named-all-accac-all-region/
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team received more recognition for their play during the regular season as the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference released their All-Conference and All-Region teams.
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After Super Tuesday, exhausted Americans face 8 more months of presidential campaigning https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/030724_campaign_season_op/after-super-tuesday-exhausted-americans-face-8-more-months-presidential-campaigning/
Now that Super Tuesday is over and the Democratic and Republican nominees are all but officially chosen, as everyone expected, voters can turn the page to the general election - but they’re not excited about it, and they haven’t been for months.
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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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