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How Trump’s funding & hiring freezes are leaving America vulnerable to catastrophic wildfire tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s efforts to shrink the federal government, launched as the deadly Palisades and Eaton fires burned across Los Angeles, have left the country’s wildland firefighting force unprepared for the rapidly approaching wildfire season.

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What happens to a school that refuses to obey Trump ban on transgender athletes? tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump’s recent executive order prohibiting transgender athletes from competing on women’s sports teams consistent with their gender identity raises complex questions about enforcement mechanisms and consequences for schools that do not comply.

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State lawmakers embrace RFK Jr.’s health policies tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Republican state legislators across the country are filing a flurry of bills to advance the “Make America Healthy Again” agenda promoted by activist lawyer and former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was confirmed as the next U.S. health secretary.

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Presidential greatness rarely fixed in stone – changing attitudes lead to dramatic shifts tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Every American president lands in the history books, and historians’ assessments of their performance have been generally consistent over time, but some presidents’ rankings have changed as the nation – and historians themselves – reassessed the country’s values and priorities.

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Pima County Public Library surveying public about services tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Pima County Public Library is conducting a survey to help determine what the community would like to see from the library system. The survey will close on midnight on Monday, March 17 and is available in both English and Spanish.

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Most gov't offices closed on Presidents Day; Tucson-area schools open tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
What's open, what's closed on President's Day: Federal, Arizona state, Pima County and city of Tucson government offices will be closed on Monday, but Sun Tran buses and trash and recycling collection remain on a normal schedule.

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Arizona cattle & milk test positive for H5N1 bird flu tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Department of Agriculture announced Friday that bird flu had been detected in milk produced by dairy cows in Arizona, one of approximately 12 states that have had confirmed cases of avian flu that are being monitored by federal, state and local health officials.

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Rivera blasts 3 homers, Flores throws no-hitter as Pima softball roasts Scottsdale tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College softball team (14-0, 10-0 in ACCAC) handed Scottsdale Community College (8-2, 4-2) their first two defeats of the season on Friday in an ACCAC conference doubleheader.

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Local hip-hop artist Fabian Danobeytia running for Tucson City Council tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Local hip-hop artist Fabian Danobeytia is joining the crowded field of candidates eyeing a run in Ward 5 on the South Side; plus more City Council race updates.

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Baseball’s back: Az’s Cactus League opens for 78th year of spring training with a few twists tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
One of baseball’s finest rituals is again taking place in Arizona, and fans can watch their favorite baseball teams play again after a long winter. Spring training has commenced.

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Cash-strapped rural fire districts plead case before Pima Supes; Civil rights hero Huerta to get Tucson holiday tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Pima County still trying to wrap its arms around disaster preparedness, and is moving to change shift from "alien" to "person" for patients receiving indigent care, plus more from government meetings around Tucson this week.

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Trump targeting up to 220,000 probationary employees in mass firing spree tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Trump administration continued its mass firing of thousands of probationary federal employees in an attempt to remove workers recently hired under the Biden administration and to cull the federal workforce.

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Bayard Rustin: Often-forgotten civil rights activist, gay rights advocate, union organizer, pacifist tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Bayard Rustin was America’s signature radical voice during the 20th century, and today, scholars would call Rustin an intersectionalist, a man who understood the complex effects of multiple forms of discrimination, including racism, sexism and classism.

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Az medical examiner: Emergency delays didn’t cause death of IRS agent tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A federal agent accused of accidentally killing a colleague was dealt a heavy blow in court when an Arizona medical examiner said the victim couldn’t have survived the gunshot in any circumstance.

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Rex Scott: Homelessness requires common-sense approach by Pima County tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Our community has been struggling for many years to deal with the ravages of homelessness. Although we face many challenges in lifting people out of homelessness and ensuring public health and safety, embracing measures shaped by common sense will help us to find the path forward. — Sup. Rex Scott

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Tucson officials say Prop. 414 would help hire 911 operators, decrease wait times for emergency calls tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The city of Tucson's 911 response center has an operator shortage. Officials hope funding from Prop. 414 will allow them to hire more staff and improve technology.

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Tucson officials say Prop. 414 will help hire 911 operators, decrease wait times for emergency calls tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The city of Tucson's 911 response center has an operator shortage. Officials hope funding from Prop. 414 will allow them to hire more staff and improve technology.

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Cunningham: A valentine for Arizona's statehood tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
It's Valentine's Day for the rest of the country, most of the rest of the world, really. But here in Arizona, it's also Statehood Day. — Councilman Paul Cunningham

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Top Az anti-abortion lobbyist Herrod retires following key 2024 defeats tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Cathi Herrod, who led the decades-long fight to enact dozens of anti-abortion laws in Arizona, retired from her post as president of the Center for Arizona Policy last month and introduced her successor, Peter Gentala, who served as an attorney for the CAP from 2004 to 2008.

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Arizona ranks 5th highest in losses to romance scams tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Looking for love online? Be on guard: That suitor tugging at your heartstrings over text messages and emails may be interested only in your purse strings, costing Arizona residents more than $47 million in 2022 and 2023 in losses from online romance scams.

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