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Arizona ‘excited’ for First Four matchup against Auburn in NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
For the fourth consecutive year, the Arizona women’s basketball team was invited to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament, and it might have been the first upset of the spring, with the Wildcats drawing a First Four bid as an 11-seed in Portland Region 3.

Planned Parenthood affiliates train abortion doulas to reduce stress for patients tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Doulas are trained, non-medical patient advocates, typically associated with pregnancy and childbirth and end-of-life care, but there’s a growing movement in the U.S. to have advocates provide physical and emotional support to other potentially high-anxiety reproductive health services.

Arizona House to vote on Ten Commandments in the classroom tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Republican state Senator Anthony Kern said the Ten Commandments shaped the country's heritage, as the Arizona’s House Education Committee advanced a bill that would allow public school teachers and administrators to post and discuss the Ten Commandments in the classroom.

Organizations assist Native American voters as election year ramps up tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Native Americans in Arizona continue to work within a system that has challenged their ability to vote for decades, and with new legislation affecting the upcoming election in November, the challenge just got harder for Native Americans looking to exercise their voting rights.

GOP measure would amend Az Constitution so restaurants can pay servers less than minimum wage tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Republican measure - backed by restaurant owners and other business groups - would ask voters to amend the Arizona Constitution and let Arizona businesses pay employees who work for tips 25% less than the minimum wage.

Az officials warn of potentially ‘explosive’ wildfires this summer tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona is on the verge of a volatile wildfire season, and forestry officials urge state residents to be prepared and to take steps now to head off the worst of it.

Despite lingering challenges, Trump, Biden cruise to victories in Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump cruised to victory in Arizona’s presidential preference election Tuesday, easily outdistancing challengers despite an organized protest vote and former challengers who were still on the ballot.

Baseball coach Ken Jacome earns 200th win at Pima as Aztecs sweep Glendale tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The No. 18-ranked Aztecs swept a doubleheader over the Gauchos and gave head coach Ken Jacome his 200th career win at Pima with the victory in the second game.

Az Republicans want to ask voters to ban early voting, put 1,000-person cap on precincts tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In an effort to bypass a veto from Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, Arizona Republicans want to ask voters to end early voting by mail, sharply limit early voting in person and cap precinct voting locations in Maricopa and Pima counties at 1,000 voters.

New Texas immigration law is blocked again by federal court tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal appeals court late Tuesday night stopped a state law allowing Texas police to arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the Texas-Mexico border — hours after the U.S. Supreme Court had allowed it to go into effect.

Gonzales leads with 18 but Pima men fall to Des Moines in nat'l tourney tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team (28-5) was forced to try overcome a double-digit deficit in its NJCAA Division II National Tournament second-round game against Des Moines Area CC but it proved to be too much.

Hoffmeyer posts double-double but Pima women fall in 2nd round of nat'l tourney tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (24-9) faced a tough task on Tuesday as they took on a Maryland team in the second round of the NJCAA Division II National Tournament.

Easy wins for Biden, Trump in Arizona's 'presidential preference election' tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: President Joe Biden and his predecessor in the White House, Donald Trump, easily won their partisan nominating elections in Arizona on Tuesday.

Polls closed in Arizona's 'presidential preference election' tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Democratic and Republican voters had until 7 p.m. Tuesday to have their say in Arizona's presidential nominating process.

In Nogales, Gallego & Mayes push for federal border bill tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Criticizing "extremists" in Washington D.C., Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes joined U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego and Santa Cruz County Sheriff David Hathaway in Nogales to push for the Senate's obstructed border bill.

After 15 years, judge grants asylum to Mexican journalist, son tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal immigration judge granted asylum Monday to a Mexican journalist who fled his country more than 15 years ago due to death threats, and who had been denied asylum twice.

Thomure named as next Tucson city manager tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Skipping an involved search process, the Tucson City Council has named Tim Thomure as the next city manager, to take over managing municipal administration after Mike Ortega leaves this summer.

Thomure oxxxxxxxxxxxxxx next Tucson city manager tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Tucson City Council may not have to look far or wide to find a replacement for outgoing City Manager Mike Ortega, as they are set to discuss next week the appointment of Tim Thomure as the city's next top administrator.

Free school meals may reduce childhood obesity, ease financial burdens for families & schools tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Growing research is showing the benefits of universal free school meals for the health and well-being of children, including policies that may slow the rise in childhood obesity rates and improvements in academic performance and reductions in suspensions.

Polls open until 7 pm for Arizona's 'presidential preference election' tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Democratic and Republican voters have until 7 p.m. Tuesday to have their say in Arizona's presidential nominating process.

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