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Colorado River stakeholders tackle climate change, water rights at annual conference tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Members of the nonprofit Colorado River Water Users Association gathered for their annual conference to understand each other's water situations and attempt to find solutions for water problems.

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Conservative justices raise red flags over gender-affirming care for transgender teens tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court seemed likely to uphold Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender teens as conservative justices’ expressed skepticism over transition-related care for transgender individuals.

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U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón unveils O'odham poet's work at Saguar Nat'l Park installation tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Ada Limón's signature project "You Are Here" includes a poetry anthology titled "You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World" and art installations in the form of accessible picnic tables in seven national parks as "You Are Here: Poetry in Parks."

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With new leaders, Maricopa County’s well-guarded elections may see shake-up tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A new crew of Republican politicians will soon take control of Maricopa County’s high-profile elections, a major change for a key swing county that has for years contended with unproven claims of widespread voter fraud.

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Iowa claims Biden administration illegally denied access to citizenship records tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Iowa’s attorney general and secretary of state sued federal immigration officials Tuesday, claiming they are breaking the law by failing to turn over the names of noncitizens Iowa officials believe have illegally registered to vote.

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El cáncer afecta a cualquiera, pero los hispanos enfrentan resultados desproporcionadamente duros tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Si bien los arizonenses blancos tuvieron las tasas de cáncer más altas entre 2017 y 2021, los hispanos tienen mayores posibilidades de morir de cáncer que de adquirirlo en comparación con sus homólogos blancos.

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Az bill to add restrictions to early ballot drop-offs returns for next year tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The first bill introduced in the Arizona Senate for next year’s legislative session aims to add new restrictions for voters who return early ballots to polling places, including limiting the amount of time they have to do so.

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Taxpayers spend 22% more per patient to support private alternative to Medicare that promised to cost less tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Medicare Advantage – the commercial alternative to traditional Medicare – is drawing down federal health care funds, costing taxpayers an extra 22% per enrollee to the tune of $83 billion a year.

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U.S. Education Dep't pings states, schools to set policies on cellphone use tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Education Department called on every state, school and district to adopt policies on cellphone use in schools, but does not dictate exactly what those policies should be.

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Vote dilution an injury to Az voting rights? A federal judge has doubts tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
U.S. District Judge Dominic Lanza will likely dismiss a lawsuit filed by three registered voters in Maricopa County - including Arizona Republican Party Chair Gina Swoboda - challenging Arizona’s compliance with the National Voting Rights Act.

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Pima County to release sheriff’s recount results Friday tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The race for Pima County sheriff will be settled in court at 10 a.m. Friday.

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Phoenix woman gets 3 years for transporting unauthorized migrants in Az tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A 37-year-old Phoenix woman was sentenced to nearly three years in prison by a federal judge last month for agreeing to pick up three men in the U.S. without authorization and attempting to transport them further into Arizona.

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After years of funding with little headway, Indigenous women still missing & murdered at alarming rates tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Despite grants and numerous programs to help mitigate the issue, cases of missing or murdered Indigenous women continue at relatively high rates, and the extent of the problem is almost certainly underestimated.

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Following abortion rights election victory, lawsuit aims to overturn Az’s 15-week abortion ban tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After voters last month approved sweeping constitutional protections for abortion in Arizona, two local doctors and Planned Parenthood are suing to void the state’s 15-week gestational ban.

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Arizona high school basketball underclassmen & coaches reveal early recruiting realities tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Middle school athletes receiving offers from university sports programs before ever playing a high school game is becoming more common - but support for early recruiting is mixed.

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Door opens to potential predatory behavior as sportsbooks implement AI tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Sports gambling operators are using artificial intelligence to track and limit problem gambling exposure for their users, but the introduction of this technology and the use of personal data also raises questions about whether it could be used for the wrong reasons.

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Arizona voters said yes to abortion rights, but old restrictions are still on the books tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizonans overwhelmingly voted to make abortion a fundamental right, but overturning the state’s current 15-week gestational ban — and multiple other anti-abortion laws still on the books — isn’t automatic.

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Az budget surplus grows to $660 million after strong income tax collections in October tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
State tax collections beat forecasts in October, growing more than 25% over the prior year and swelling the budget surplus to $660 million just months before lawmakers return to the Capitol and begin crafting a spending plan for 2026.

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