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New technologies could refine copper the world needs — without dirty smelting tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A handful of startups have announced partnerships with major mining firms and scooped up tens of millions of dollars of investment, and all claim their technology can help meet humanity’s surging appetite for copper, while driving down the industry’s environmental footprint.

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U.S. House Republicans grill immigration agency chief over parole program tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Republican House Judiciary Committee panel members scrutinized the head of the Department of Homeland Security agency tasked with processing legal pathways to immigration during a contentious hearing about the Biden administration’s parole program.

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Az & other states poised to end coverage for millions if Trump cuts Medicaid funding tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
More than 3 million adults in nine states - including Arizona - would be at immediate risk of losing their health coverage should the GOP reduce the extra federal Medicaid funding that’s enabled states to widen eligibility to cover more low-income Americans.

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$849 million for Western water projects announced by Biden administration tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Department of the Interior announced this week that it has awarded a total of $849 million to repair and improve water infrastructure projects across 11 Western states, including $28.3 million for Glen Canyon Dam.

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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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Give to real local journalism that matters — your donation TRIPLED before Dec. 31! Support the watchdog reporters of the nonprofit independent newsroom at the Tucson Sentinel.

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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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