Arizonans who need health insurance in 2025 face Sunday deadline to buy ACA policy https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120924_aca_deadline/arizonans-who-need-health-insurance-2025-face-sunday-deadline-buy-aca-policy/
Arizonans who are seeking to purchase health insurance coverage via the Affordable Care Act must choose a policy by Sunday, Dec. 15, if they want coverage to begin on Jan. 1.
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Biden commutes nearly 1,500 sentences, pledges more https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121324_biden_clemency/biden-commutes-nearly-1500-sentences-pledges-more/
President Joe Biden will commute the sentences of 1,499 people who were released from prison on home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic, he announced on Thursday, and pardon 39 people convicted of nonviolent crimes.
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Inmate knocked unconscious by Pima Jail officer files civil suit; CO faces charges https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121324_jail_assault/inmate-knocked-unconscious-by-pima-jail-officer-files-civil-suit-co-faces-charges/
An inmate punched multiple times by a corrections officer at the Pima County jail in August has filed a lawsuit against Sheriff Chris Nanos and the five officers involved.
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Biden grants commutes nearly 1,500 sentences, pledges more https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121324_biden_clemency/biden-grants-commutes-nearly-1500-sentences-pledges-more/
President Joe Biden will commute the sentences of 1,499 people who were released from prison on home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic, he announced on Thursday, and pardon 39 people convicted of nonviolent crimes.
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'I've never been so excited': Inmate-led program preserves endangered languages behind Az bars https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121314_prison_language/ive-never-been-so-excited-inmate-led-program-preserves-endangered-languages-behind-az-bars/
Thomas Steres, an inmate in Arizona, founded the Linguistic Legacies Initiative to teach endangered languages such as Welsh, Nahuatl and Guosa while incarcerated in a state prison in Buckeye, Ariz.
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Tucson sues Davis-Monthan AFB over PFAS contamination https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121324_tucson_pfas_suit/tucson-sues-davis-monthan-afb-over-pfas-contamination/
City of Tucson officials filed a lawsuit against the federal government, arguing Davis-Monthan Air Force Base has "taken inadequate action" to stop PFAS "forever chemicals" from contaminating Tucson's water.
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AI enters Congress: Sexually explicit deepfakes target women lawmakers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121324_congress_deepfakes/ai-enters-congress-sexually-explicit-deepfakes-target-women-lawmakers/
More than two dozen members of Congress have been the victims of sexually explicit deepfakes — and an overwhelming majority of those impacted are women, and there is currently limited policy to restrict its creation and spread.
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Feds obtain $215 million in Backpage.com forfeiture settlement https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121324_backpage_forfeiture/feds-obtain-215-million-backpagecom-forfeiture-settlement/
Federal prosecutors announced that they obtained $215 million in assets linked Backpage.com profits as part of a settlement of a forfeiture lawsuit against the now-defunct website that ran ads for prostitutes.
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Groundbreaking development: Mosaic Quarter set to transform Tucson sports scene with 2027 opening https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121324_mosaic_corner/groundbreaking-development-mosaic-quarter-set-transform-tucson-sports-scene-with-2027-opening/
Tucson’s newest sports and recreational complex - which is being developed on the south side of Interstate 10, directly across from Pima County-owned Kino Sports Complex - is under construction after the recent official groundbreaking ceremony on Nov. 20.
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U.S. Senate GOP wants mass deportations to ‘start early’ next year, Graham says https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121324_gop_deportations/us-senate-gop-wants-mass-deportations-start-early-next-year-graham-says/
A top Republican on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee said that when Donald Trump takes office and the GOP takes control of the Senate, lawmakers’ first priority will be to pass a border security package through a complex process known as budget reconciliation.
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After Republican electoral victories, Az GOP anti-trans student bills are back https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121324_anti_trans_bills/after-republican-electoral-victories-az-gop-anti-trans-student-bills-are-back/
The ability of trans kids in Arizona to be who they are at school is once again under attack, as Republican lawmakers, buoyed by November’s electoral wins, revive bills restricting preferred pronouns and prohibiting the use of school facilities based on gender identity.
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Wildland firefighter pay raises could vanish without action by Congress within days https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121324_firefighter_pay/wildland-firefighter-pay-raises-could-vanish-without-action-by-congress-within-days/
The $20,000 salary increase for wildland firefighters in the 2021 infrastructure law could be coming to an end next week if Congress doesn’t act, and Firefighters, their advocates and some members of Congress are now pushing to have the pay raise made permanent.
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Union for federal immigration judges fights for survival, right to speak https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121224_immigration_judge_union/union-federal-immigration-judges-fights-survival-right-speak/
With a second Trump administration on the horizon, the union representing U.S. immigration judges is engaged in two separate legal fights this week.
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Pima Dems elect party leadership for next 2 years https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121224_pima_dems/pima-dems-elect-party-leadership-next-2-years/
The Pima County Democratic Party elected new leadership last weekend. Eric Robbins will continue to chair the local political organization.
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Az death penalty foes want Hobbs to publish independent report she spiked https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121224_death_penalty_hobbs/az-death-penalty-foes-want-hobbs-publish-independent-report-she-spiked/
Several advocacy groups on Wednesday called on Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs to finish and release an investigation into the state’s death penalty practices after she abruptly fired the commissioner who was hired to examine how the corrections department carried out executions.
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Arizona AG sues megafarm for excessive groundwater pumping https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121224_mayes_fondomonte/arizona-ag-sues-megafarm-excessive-groundwater-pumping/
Following through on a promise made in April, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes sued a corporate megafarm she says is responsible for irreversible damage to underground water aquifers and wells in La Paz County.
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Biden urged to ensure immigrants’ temporary legal status before Trump mass deportations https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121224_tps_daca_biden/biden-urged-ensure-immigrants-temporary-legal-status-before-trump-mass-deportations/
Immigrants and advocates are pressing the Biden administration to redesignate TPS, and also stressed that the White House should direct the Department of Homeland Security’s immigration agency to speed up renewal applications for those in the DACA program.
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Immigration judges seek 4th Circuit’s OK to sue over free speech https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121224_immigration_speech/immigration-judges-seek-4th-circuits-ok-sue-over-free-speech/
Federal immigration judges argued on appeal they had a right to sue the government over a policy that prohibits them from providing their personal opinions on immigration issues.
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FBI director to step down before Trump inauguration https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121224_fbi_wray/fbi-director-step-down-before-trump-inauguration/
FBI Director Christopher Wray announced he will resign from his position before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January, after Trump tapped ally Kash Patel to serve as his next FBI director.
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After losing 2 elections in AZ, Kari Lake tapped to lead Voice of America https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121224_voa_lake/after-losing-2-elections-az-kari-lake-tapped-lead-voice-america/
President-elect Donald Trump announced that he had picked Kari Lake, a former newscaster who lost two statewide races in Arizona in 2022 and 2024, to helm of the taxpayer-funded Voice of America.
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