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TEP power-line project in Midtown under Corp Comm review tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A plan by Tucson Electric Power that would see new high-voltage transmission lines strung across central Tucson is being reviewed by state regulators. A meeting Monday will include time for public comments.

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Smuggler sentenced to 10 years for leaving woman to die near Ft. Huachuca tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A smuggling guide who abandoned a Mexican woman in the mountains near Fort Huachuca in 2021, where she died from exposure, was sentenced to 10 years in prison this week.

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Near record heat for for Tucson, Southern Az through Monday tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Parts of Southern Arizona will be under an excessive heat warning through Monday, as the Tucson metro area and other areas could see temperatures up to 114 degrees during a heat wave. Phoenix and the western deserts could hit 118 degrees.

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Unions, county attorney slam DOJ report finding Phoenix police routinely violate civil rights tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Police unions and the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office slammed an extensive Justice Department investigation into the Phoenix Police Department that concluded officers regularly violated civil and constitutional rights and used excessive and illegal force.

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Abortion ballot measure in Arizona could drive turnout as Biden campaigns hard on reproductive rights tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
After a coalition submitted a stack of 800,000 signatures Wednesday to get an abortion initiative in front of voters - Arizona Democrats hope the measure will mobilize voters and boost their chances in crucial contests that top the ballot.

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Ballot measure aims to raise the minimum wage in Arizona to $18 an hour tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The group behind the ballot measure that aims to raise Arizona's minimum wage while also incrementally lowering the amount of a worker’s tips restaurants could use to reconcile their wages with the state minimum turned in signatures in the hopes of getting on the ballot.

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Biden’s halt on border crossings — and Mexico’s policies — ‘disorient’ asylum seekers tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Many South American asylum seekers in Mexico City have adopted pay-by-the-week rooming houses and outdoor encampments as temporary shelter en route to the U.S., almost a month after President Biden's crackdown on the border and long wait times for an asylum appointment.

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Indigenous 2SLGTBQ+ people find Pride within culture, tradition & community tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Cities and communities across the country honored the LGBTQ+ community with Pride celebrations, but before colonization nearly destroyed Indigenous culture and tradition, there were communities where Indigenous 2SLGBTQ+ individuals were viewed as pillars of their community.

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ICE detainees suffer preventable deaths tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The 2024 Homeland Security appropriations bill increased funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but recent studies have exposed cracks that call into question the agency’s ability to medically care for the detainees it is entrusted with.

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Despite what some politicians say, crime rates are decreasing tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Violent crime in the United States dropped significantly in the first quarter of 2024 compared with the same period last year, though the widespread public perception that crime is rising — reinforced by many GOP candidates - could figure prominently in November’s election.

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Rate of young women getting sterilized doubled after ‘Roe’ overturned tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
After Roe was overturned in June 2022, doctors said a wave of young people started asking for permanent birth control like tubal ligations or vasectomies, and researchers found sharp increases in both male and female sterilization, though women are getting sterilized much more often.

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25 new Americans take citizenship oath on July 4 in Tucson tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
At Saguaro National Park West on Wednesday morning, more than a dozen people from nearly as many countries faced the scenery of the Sonoran Desert and achieved a long-sought dream: becoming U.S. citizens

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'Hangover': FC Tucson turns in limp offensive performance vs. Arsenal tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
FC Tucson needed three points on Wednesday night to solidify their spot in second place on the conference table. Instead, they had to share points with Arizona Arsenal in a scoreless draw.

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‘We the People’ includes all Americans – but July 4 is a reminder that democracy remains a work in progress tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
America’s founders did not trust everyone’s ability to equally participate in the new democracy, but, because of policy changes on issues like voting, the idea of who actually is represented in the phrase “We the People” has changed over time.

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Celebrate our free press on July 4: Give to Tucson Sentinel's nonprofit independent reporting tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
As you celebrate Independence Day, please support the free press that is the bedrock of our democracy, and help underwrite your local nonprofit news organization: the independent Tucson Sentinel.

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Democracy: Easy to understand, but the alternative is hard to wrap your head around tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Don't believe what the national media and pundits. Democracy is easy to understand and explain, so let's make every day the Fourth of July.

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Democracy: Easy to understand, but the alternative is hard to wrap your head around tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Don't believe what the national media and pundits. Democracy is easy to understand and explain, so let's make every day the Fourth of July.

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'Silver lining': Former Tucson TV reporter authors kid's book about clouds tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
"The Silver Lining" aims to not only to teach young readers about the science of clouds, but also inspire them to be the best version of themselves.

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Abortion rights measure files more than twice the signatures needed to make Arizona ballot tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona’s abortion rights initiative is one step away from being considered by voters in the fall, after the campaign behind it turned in more than double the number of signatures necessary to qualify for the ballot.

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Former Tucson City Councilman Steve Leal dead at 76 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Former Tucson City Councilman Steve Leal died on Tuesday, March 2. He was 76.

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