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No frogs in that hill: FC Tucson defeats Guanajuato Selección XI tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
FC Tucson defeated Guanajuato Selección XI in a preseason tune-up at Kino North Stadium on Sunday night. Los Tucsonenses came away with a 2-0 win for the Cinco de Mayo crowd.

Millions of Latinas stand to be impacted by abortion bans in Florida & Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Millions of Latinx Floridians and Arizonans started off the month of May with new and looming restrictions on their reproductive health decisions, and while Arizona’s total abortion ban will be in effect only temporarily, it underscores the outsize impact of abortion bans on Latinas.

Though noncitizens can vote in few local elections, GOP goes big to make it illegal tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Preventing people who are not United States citizens from casting a ballot has reemerged as a focal point in the ongoing Republican drive to safeguard “election integrity,” even though noncitizens are rarely involved in voter fraud.

Thompson surrenders single hit as Pima softball sweeps Az Western to close season tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College softball team closed out the regular season on Saturday with some statement wins at Arizona Western College (27-21, 19-13).

Tucson City Council to fill Kozachik's Ward 6 seat Monday tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: The Tucson City Council will pick from four candidates — former Councilmember Karin Uhlich, former state lawmaker Pamela Powers, current Ward 2 aide Ted Prezelski and attorney Vince Rabago — in a special meeting Monday, filling the vacant seat.

Hobbs: Flags to half-staff Monday in honor of Arizona Peace Officers Memorial Day tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs ordered flags at all state buildings be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset Monday, May 6, in honor of law enforcement officers who have died on duty.

Drake throws complete-game shutout with 11 strikeouts as Pima advances to 2nd consecutive Region I finals tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College baseball team (44-14) is heading back to the Region I, Division I Championship round for a second consecutive season.

FC Tucson starts 2024 with friendly against local best Selección XI tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
FC Tucson starts this year’s season with a tune-up match against Guanajuato Selección XI, a collection of top players from Tucson’s Mexican-American soccer leagues. It will be the first game managed by former FC Tucson defender Sebastian Pineda.

Best foot forward: Tucson farrier educates Native American communities on horseshoeing tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
George Goode started his horseshoeing school in Tucson in 1972, and over a half-century later, he retired and founded the nonprofit Native American Horse Education Foundation in hopes of bringing a new mindset to Indigenous communities.

KVOA losing 150+ years of Tucson TV talent: Lupita Murillo to retire as owner Byron Allen slashes ranks tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: About 9 Tucson TV news staffers are being let go by KVOA, including a trio who together have more than 150 years of experience. Reporter Lupita Murillo will soon retire as the station cuts staff, while employees who started at KVOA in 1965 and 1975 are being laid off.

Shackelford hits go-ahead homer as Pima takes game 1 over Az Western in regional semis tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College baseball team (43-14) was forced to rally in the first game of the Region I, Division I Semifinals on Thursday against Arizona Western College (37-16) at the West Campus Aztec Field.

Kern uses Az Senate video studio to bash drag performers with pro-Hitler talk show host tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Glendale Republican lawmaker who was at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and is facing criminal charges for being a fake elector used legislative video gear to appear on a far-right talk show this week with a host who has declared Adolf Hitler a “hero.”

KVOA losing 150+ years of Tucson TV talent: Lupita Murillo to retire as owner Byron Allen slashes ranks tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
About 9 Tucson TV news staffers are being let go by KVOA, including a trio who together have more than 150 years of experience. Reporter Lupita Murillo will soon retire as the station cuts staff, while employees who started at KVOA in 1965 and 1975 are being laid off.

KVOA losing 150+ years of Tucson TV talent: Lupita Murillo to retire as owner Byron Allens slashes ranks tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
About 9 Tucson TV news staffers are being let go by KVOA, including a trio who together have more than 150 years of experience. Reporter Lupita Murillo will soon retire as the station cuts staff, while employees who started at KVOA in 1965 and 1975 are being laid off.

Biden administration to issue rule expanding DACA health care access tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Biden administration will publish a final rule that will allow about 100,000 uninsured people in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to enroll in state-run or private health insurance plans provided under the Affordable Care Act.

How the federal gov't can help cities absorb immigrants fleeing violence & persecution tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Immigration has become a defining issue in the 2024 elections and a major challenge in many U.S. cities, but with support, refugees and people receiving asylum successfully integrate into life in the U.S. and contribute more to the national economy than they cost.

Appeals court hears Kari Lake election case, has to remind her lawyer how appeals work tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona appellate judges listening to arguments Thursday in Kari Lake’s challenge to her 2022 election loss had to keep reminding her lawyer how appeals courts work.

Gov. Katie Hobbs signs bill to repeal Civil War-era abortion ban tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After nearly a month of political squabbling in the state Legislature, Governor Katie Hobbs signed a bill to repeal the recently reenacted near-total abortion ban and return Arizona to its previous legal regime, under which abortion is legal until around the 15th week of pregnancy.

Many states eager to extend Medicaid to people soon to be released from prison tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A new policy that allows states to provide Medicaid health care coverage to incarcerated people at least a month prior to their release has drawn bipartisan interest and a slew of state applications.

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