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America is increasingly dependent on foreign doctors − but their path to immigration is getting harder tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed a pressing issue: The U.S. health care system is increasingly dependent on immigrant physicians, but it’s becoming harder for aspiring ones to work and settle in the U.S.

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Weatherbie goes for 45 assists & 4 aces as Pima volleyball beats Chandler-Gilbert tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College volleyball team (10-8, 7-2 in ACCAC) got back to ACCAC Division II conference play on Wednesday as they hosted Chandler-Gilbert Community College (8-7, 4-5) at the West Campus Aztec Gymnasium.

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Navajo uranium mine survivors demand action on stalled compensation program tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
People exposed to radiation from atomic bomb tests and uranium mines rallied at the U.S. Capitol – along with tribal leaders – to demand action on a stalled compensation program.

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U.S. Senate panel probes federal government’s role in affordable housing crisis tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Housing experts urged senators to take a multipronged government approach to tackling the lack of affordable housing, such as reforming zoning, expanding land for building and streamlining permits.

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Will abortion swing the first post-Roe presidential election? tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Arizona and Wisconsin are among seven swing states expected to determine the country’s next president and federal leaders, and in many ways they’re being viewed as referendums on how much the right to have an abortion can move the needle in a tight presidential election.

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Arizona bans high-potency kratom, but it is easy to find because no one is enforcing the law tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Tablets that claim to consist, in part, of the leaf of a plant called kratom often have higher concentrations of the active ingredient than one can get from the plant alone, but the pills are pills easily available, and enforcement and testing of these products seems to exist in a gray area.

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Days ahead of government shutdown, House passes short-term spending patch tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Congress appeared on track Wednesday afternoon to avert a government shutdown, as the House passed short-term budget legislation that will fund federal programs into the winter.

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Debate over Az’s nonpartisan primary prop Thursday night tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Voters will have a chance on Thursday night to hear arguments for and against a proposition that would dramatically change Arizona’s election system. Plus more local political events this week.

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Rocco's Little Chicago moves down Broadway, marquee not included tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
After nearly 26 years, Rocco’s Little Chicago is leaving its home on East Broadway. Fans of Rocco’s deep dish pizza, chicken wings, and irreverent signage needn’t worry, however — the Tucson restaurant will re-open in a larger building just down the block next month.

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Tucson Int'l Airport signs EPA Superfund deal to manage PFAS 'forever chemicals' tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Officials at the Tucson International Airport will be required to determine the extent of a plume of "forever chemicals" that have leached into the ground over the past decades, under a Superfund agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency, officials said Wednesday.

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Little-noticed statehouse races could reshape election policies next year tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A small number of lower-profile state legislative races in districts around the country could shift partisan control of legislative chambers in several key swing states next year, potentially allowing state lawmakers to reshape how elections are run.

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Montealegre & Lund-Iversen each net 2 as PCC men roast Scottsdale 7-0 tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s soccer team (8-1) got back on track in a big way on Tuesday against Scottsdale Community College (3-5-1).

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Pima women's rally falls short in loss to Scottsdale tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s soccer team (6-2) faced off against an NJCAA Division II nationally ranked opponent for a second straight game.

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Arizona's clean-energy jobs growing, but GOP says Inflation Reduction Act is wasteful tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A planned solar-powered cobalt processing facility will break ground next year in Yuma County, one of two dozen projects underway in Arizona catalyzed by the Inflation Reduction Act, legislation championed by Democrats and criticized by Republicans as a waste of taxpayer money.

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Enviros: Cattle grazing on federal lands in Az has pushed garter snake closer to extinction tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Center for Biological Diversity and Maricopa Audubon Society are accusing federal agencies of allowing livestock grazing that has put the northern Mexican garter snake at risk.

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‘It will ease the pain’: Family of Navajo woman gets justice in MMIW case tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After five years of fighting for justice, the family of Navajo woman Jamie Lynette Yazzie left a Phoenix courtroom with a sense of relief and joy as the man convicted of her murder was sentenced to life in prison.

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Despite federal protections, LGBTQ+ people are being mistreated at work tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Despite federal protections, LGBTQ+ people across the country — especially transgender and nonbinary people — continue to face rampant discrimination at work and don’t feel safe being out.

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Arizona Supreme Court Justice Brutinel to retire next month tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Justice Robert Brutinel will retire from the Arizona Supreme Court at the end of October, allowing Gov. Katie Hobbs to appoint his replacement, making her the first Democrat to appoint a justice to the high court in more than 15 years.

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Moms sue Az Dept. of Ed over school voucher requirements demanded by state AG tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Two Arizona mothers are suing the state Department of Education over curriculum requirements for the school voucher program that Attorney General Kris Mayes has instructed the department to enforce.

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Tucson Pride 2024 brings entertainment & education to Tucson's LGBTQ+ community, allies tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Tucson Pride has been part of Tucson since 1977.

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