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Two Az GOP bills putting restrictions on SNAP are headed to Hobbs’ desk https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032824_snap_workers/two-az-gop-bills-putting-restrictions-snap-are-headed-hobbs-desk/
Republicans in the Arizona Legislature have voted to pass two bills that would make it more difficult for Arizonans to receive or keep government benefits to help them buy food - but both are likely to get a veto from Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. names Silicon Valley patent attorney as 2024 running mate https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032824_kennedy_campaign/robert-f-kennedy-jr-names-silicon-valley-patent-attorney-as-2024-running-mate/
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Nicole Shanahan as running mate, an attorney and businesswoman from the San Francisco Bay Area, who will join him in his presidential bid as a third party candidate under his We the People party.
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Bill allowing lawsuits if Az schools let trans students use locker room showers advances https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032824_trans_showers/bill-allowing-lawsuits-if-az-schools-let-trans-students-use-locker-room-showers-advances/
Arizona Republicans want to give students free license to sue their schools if they were allowed to use a shower facility where a person of the opposite biological sex was present — even if that person is the parent of another student or a minor who needs help showering.
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Indigenous advocates host townhall for victims, families of Az sober living crisis https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032824_sober_living_townhall/indigenous-advocates-host-townhall-victims-families-az-sober-living-crisis/
A town hall meeting hosted in Phoenix Tuesday night by the advocacy group StolenPeopleStolenBenefits for those who were looking for more information or help regarding the sober living home crisis that has impacted the state for years.
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Mayes: APS surcharge on Arizona solar users is ‘discriminatory’ & ‘unconstitutional’ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032824_aps_surcharge/mayes-aps-surcharge-arizona-solar-users-discriminatory-unconstitutional/
Attorney General Kris Mayes is demanding the Arizona Corporation Commission reconsider a decision to allow Arizona Public Service to increase its rates on customers who have rooftop solar panels, stating the rate increase unconstitutionally discriminates against solar users.
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Establecimiento de contactos: conectarse en la nación Tohono O’odham https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032824_tohono_internet_esp/establecimiento-de-contactos-conectarse-en-la-nacion-tohono-oodham/
La Autoridad de Servicios Públicos de Tohono O’odham recibió una subvención de $10 millones del USDA para establecer una red de fibra óptica para implementar y mejorar la conectividad a Internet.
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Same sad story: TUSD's deseg battle a result of lousy Az school funding https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032724_tusd_deseg_op/same-sad-story-tusds-deseg-battle-result-lousy-az-school-funding/
The Governing Board of Tucson's largest school district got a briefing about redeploying funding from desegregation efforts to academic intervention. The federal COVID relief money that's paid for those instructors runs out in September.
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Same sad story: TUSD's deseg battle a result of lousy Az school funding https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032724_tusd_deseg_op/same-sad-story-tusds-deseg-battle-result-lousy-az-school-funding/
The Governing Board of Tucson's largest school district got a briefing about redeploying funding from desegregation efforts to academic intervention. The federal COVID relief money that's paid for those instructors runs out in September.
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Former users & experts debate whether kratom, an herbal substance, helps or harms those who take it https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032824_kratom_debate/former-users-experts-debate-whether-kratom-herbal-substance-helps-or-harms-those-who-take-it/
When the DEA first intended to categorize kratom, an herbal substance, as a “drug of concern” back in 2016, it was met with resistance causing it to withdraw that designation - and ever since, there has been an ongoing discussion about how kratom helps or harms people.
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Community gathering says 'hasta' to Tucson Councilman Steve Kozachik https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032724_kozachik_farewell/community-gathering-says-hasta-tucson-councilman-steve-kozachik/
A crowd of supporters gathered Tuesday to say farewell to Tucson City Councilman Steve Kozachik, who is resigning from his Ward 6 seat on Sunday.
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5th Circuit rejects Texas’s attempt to enforce state immigration law https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032724_tx_immigration_rejection/5th-circuit-rejects-texass-attempt-enforce-state-immigration-law/
Texas again failed to convince the courts to allow its controversial immigration law to take effect while the challenges against it proceed, placing SB 4 on hold pending any action from the Supreme Court.
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14th straight win for Pima softball with sweep over Chandler-Gilbert https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/032624_pcc_softball/14th-straight-win-pima-softball-with-sweep-over-chandler-gilbert/
The Pima Community College softball team (23-8, 10-2 in ACCAC) picked up its 14th straight win on Tuesday in an ACCAC doubleheader sweep over Chandler-Gilbert Community College (11-12, 7-10).
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Haiku Hike: 20 'serenity' poems now displayed in Downtown Tucson https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/032724_haiku_hike/haiku-hike-20-serenity-poems-now-displayed-downtown-tucson/
From more than 2,000 submissions, 20 haiku exploring the theme of "serenity" were chosen to be planted around Downtown Tucson this spring.
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Arias & Hennesy spark rallies as Pima baseball splits at Chandler-Gilbert https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/032624_pcc_baseball/arias-hennesy-spark-rallies-as-pima-baseball-splits-chandler-gilbert/
The Pima Community College baseball team (29-9, 15-7 in ACCAC) was forced to rally in both games on Tuesday at Chandler-Gilbert Community College (22-13, 11-11).
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Networking: Getting connected on the Tohono O’odham Nation https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032724_tohono_internet/networking-getting-connected-tohono-oodham-nation/
Classes on the the fundamentals of email composition are one of programs that benefit from the assistance of the Tohono O’odham Utility Authority, which received a $10 million grant from the USDA to establish a fiber-optic network to to implement and improve Internet connectivity.
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Supreme Court appears unlikely to uphold limits on abortion pill https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032624_scotus_abortion_pill/supreme-court-appears-unlikely-uphold-limits-abortion-pill/
A challenge to a popular abortion pill fell flat at the Supreme Court as the justices appeared unconvinced that anti-abortion doctors had been harmed by pills they do not prescribe, and the association could not point to a declaration that proved mifepristone led to their claimed injuries.
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Opening arguments in trial of Santa Cruz County rancher accused of murdering migrant man https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032624_kelly_trial/opening-arguments-trial-santa-cruz-county-rancher-accused-murdering-migrant-man/
Santa Cruz County prosecutors and defense attorneys presented opening arguments in a crowded courtroom Friday, marking an official start to the jury trial of George Alan Kelly – a Kino Springs resident charged with second-degree murder of Mexican citizen Gabriel Cuen Buitimea.
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Arizonans bought $1.4 billion of marijuana in 2023, led by recreational buyers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032624_marijuana_sales/arizonans-bought-14-billion-marijuana-2023-led-by-recreational-buyers/
Arizona cannabis sales totaled more than $1.4 billion for the third consecutive year in 2023, as medical sales continued to tank and recreational buyers made up an overwhelming share of the sales.
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Arizona registra aumento del 20% en casos de VIH que afectan sobre todo a comunidad hispana https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032724_hiv_spike_esp/arizona-registra-aumento-del-20-en-casos-de-vih-que-afectan-sobre-todo-comunidad-hispana/
Arizona informó un aumento del 20% en nuevos casos de VIH en 2022, y 405 de los 975 nuevos casos de VIH en el estado fueron pacientes hispanos, más que cualquier otro grupo étnico, una ola reciente de nuevos casos de VIH en el estado.
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Az Republicans could ask voters to enshrine right to a gas stove in state Constitution https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032624_gas_stove_rights/az-republicans-could-ask-voters-enshrine-right-gas-stove-state-constitution/
Republicans are considering asking voters to amend the Arizona Constitution to slow down efforts towards a zero-emission future by prohibiting towns and cities from restricting the sale and use of things like stoves and lawn care equipment because they use fossil fuels.
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