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Arizona Two Spirit Powwow empowers community amid growing anti-trans legislation tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Two Spirit Powwow returned to Phoenix to spotlight Indigenous LGBTQ+ and two-spirit people for a day of cultural celebration and community, as recent actions by President Donald Trump have left transgender and two-spirit communities uncertain about their rights.

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How a tribe won a legal battle against the federal Bureau of Indian Education — and still lost tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Six Havasupai families sued the federal government, alleging that the Bureau of Indian Education deprived their children of their federal right to an education - and though they won, recent BIE changes threaten the government’s long-established trust responsibility to tribal nations.

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Rising prices make it harder to become a homeowner — and widen racial wealth gap tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Housing market appreciation widened the median wealth gap between white and Black households by nearly $50,000 between 1984 and 2021. Given that home prices have continued to rise since 2021, it’s fair to assume that this gap has widened further over the past few years.

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Judge blocks Elon Musk and DOGE from accessing Dept of Education, personnel office systems tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal judge in Maryland temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Education and the Office of Personnel Management from providing “personally identifiable information” to Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service.

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In Tucson, a push to support immigrant veterans in face of Trump deportations tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Holding roses as a symbol of support, several dozen people showed up to show support for immigrants, especially veterans who face deportation under the Trump administration, during a rally at a Downtown Tucson park this weekend.

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Az GOP lawmakers scheduled to speak at ‘Galactic Federation’ conspiracy event tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Sen. Mark Finchem and Rep. Leo Biasiucci are set to speak at a convention for a fringe conspiracy theory that claims extraterrestrials are helping shape national and global policy.

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Judge limits ICE raids in places of worship involved in suit against Trump administration tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal judge in Maryland on Monday partly granted a request from Quakers and other religious groups to limit the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s authority to conduct immigration enforcement in houses of worship.

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Saguaro National Park visitor center will be closed Mondays as Trump cuts NPS staff tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The visitor centers of both the Tucson and Rincon districts of Saguaro National Park will now be closed on Mondays, starting this week.

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Ex-Pima Sheriff's Dep't Sgt. Garcia gets one year in jail for attempted sexual assault of fellow deputy tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Former Pima County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Ricardo “Ricky” Garcia was sentenced Monday to one year in the Pima County Jail and three years' probation for the attempted sexual assault of a coworker in 2022.

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New plane is part of Tucson police's high hopes for Prop. 414 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Tucson Police Department’s request for an airplane as part of Proposition 414 has been a target of some opponents of the measure, which Tucson voters will decide in a March 11 election.

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Ex-Pima Sheriff's Dep't Sgt. Garcia gets one year in jail for attempted sexual assault of fellow deputy tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Former Pima County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Ricardo “Ricky” Garcia was sentenced Monday to one year in the Pima County Jail and three years' probation for the attempted sexual assault of a coworker in 2022.

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Democrat Barajas throws launch party for Tucson City Council campaign tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Democrat Selina Barajas said Saturday that she is running for Tucson City Council “to bring fresh energy to re-engage our youth and to ensure that every family has a city that works for them.” She spoke at the launch party for her campaign for the Ward 5 seat.

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Sinex: A case for election reform in Tucson tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
" The right to vote is fundamental to the American experiment of self-governance. Within that right comes a requirement of the equality of each vote. One voter, one equal vote. This has not always been the case, but it should be the goal of any election system in a representative democracy." — Council candidate Jim Sinex

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5 ways Trump tariffs on Mexico & Canada would hit Arizona wallets tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The tariffs President Donald Trump has threatened to impose on imports from Mexico and Canada would drive up the price of gas, groceries and homes in Arizona, economists say – and could blow a hole in state and local budgets that rely heavily on tourism.

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A town without football: Az border town San Luis rallies behind its standout soccer team tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Friday night lights mean something else in the tiny border town of San Luis. San Luis High School has made itself into an Arizona soccer powerhouse ready to compete with nearly any team in the state, backed by the support of an entire town.

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Texas wants the NCAA to start ‘sex-screening’ its student athletes tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Texas is suing the largest college sports governing body in the country in the hopes that a court will order the organization to “immediately begin screening the sex of student athletes,” although the NCAA has already barred transgender women from playing in women’s sports.

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Democratic AGs win preliminary injunction against DOGE access to Treasury payment systems tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
In a suit brought by 19 Democratic attorneys general, a federal judge in New York on Friday night in a preliminary injunction blocked the U.S. DOGE Service from accessing the Department of Treasury’s payment systems.

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Trump administration backtracks on defunding legal help for migrant children tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Trump administration’s decision to rip federal funding away from organizations that provide free legal services to migrant children has been reversed, after igniting chaos among immigrant aid groups who feared tens of thousands of children would be left without attorneys.

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Federal judge clears way for mass dismissal of USAID employees tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal judge denied a request by a union coalition of U.S. Agency for International Development employees to block the Trump administration’s effort to dismantle the humanitarian aid agency, clearing the way for the mass dismissal of USAID employees.

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Supreme Court delays Trump’s bid to fire government watchdog tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court avoided a resolution in the first battle over presidential authority to reach the high court, postponing President Donald Trump’s emergency request to throw an independent government watchdog out of office.

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