DOGE threat: How government data would give an AI company extraordinary power https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/031025_ai_doge_op/doge-threat-how-government-data-would-give-ai-company-extraordinary-power/
DOGE personnel simultaneously hold positions with at least one of Elon Musk’s companies, creating a conduit for federal data to potentially be siphoned to Musk-owned enterprises, including xAI, and a private entity could use government data to wield massive influence over society.
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Wildcat soccer victorious against Lumberjacks in 1st spring contest https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/030925_arizona-soccer/wildcat-soccer-victorious-against-lumberjacks-1st-spring-contest/
Promising goals by Sami Baytosh and new transfer Lily Boydstun gave Arizona soccer an early lead against Northern Arizona University in a spring season contest on Saturday afternoon. That early dominant performance didn't keep NAU from getting back into the match late, however.
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Arizona’s public health feels the weight of federal orders https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031025_az_public_health/arizonas-public-health-feels-weight-federal-orders/
In Arizona – home to roughly 34,000 federal employees – President Donald Trump’s orders could impact a massive workforce of health care professionals and the individuals who rely on their services.
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Electric vehicle industry will persist, experts say, despite Trump funding cuts https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/031025_ev_survival/electric-vehicle-industry-will-persist-experts-say-despite-trump-funding-cuts/
Despite hostility from the new Trump administration, electric vehicles will eventually become a major part of the nation’s vehicle fleet, though Trump’s policies will likely have some effect on how the EV industry continues to develop over the next few years.
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Stat shaming: Amphi school board looks at audit designed to make it look bad, CFUSD extends contracts https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/030925_agenda_amphi_audit_op/stat-shaming-amphi-school-board-looks-audit-designed-make-it-look-bad-cfusd-extends-contracts/
A low percentage of funding going directly to Amphi school classrooms is as much a function of the denominator as numerator — and if that doesn't make sense, maybe poorly funded Arizona public schools are to blame.
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Wildcat soccer draws against Lumberjacks in 1st spring contest https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/030925_arizona-soccer/wildcat-soccer-draws-against-lumberjacks-1st-spring-contest/
A promising early goal by Sami Baytosh gave Arizona soccer an early lead against Northern Arizona University in a spring season contest at Phoenix’s Reach 11 soccer complex on Saturday afternoon. A late NAU goal meant that the Wildcats had to settle for a tie, however.
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Arizona national parks & forests already feeling strain from federal worker firings https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030925_park_freeze/arizona-national-parks-forests-already-feeling-strain-from-federal-worker-firings/
Arizona national parks and forests are already feeling a strain on resources after President Donald Trump’s executive order for a federal hiring freeze and extensive firings.
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Senior has 4 RBIs, Roberts throws gem as Pima baseball sweeps Mesa https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/030925_pcc_baseball/senior-has-4-rbis-roberts-throws-gem-as-pima-baseball-sweeps-mesa/
The Pima Community College baseball team (22-6, 10-6 in ACCAC) got back on track in ACCAC conference play on Saturday with a road sweep at Mesa Community College (17-10, 8-8).
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Why sizzling cities are mapping hot spots street by street https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030925_heat_mapping/why-sizzling-cities-are-mapping-hot-spots-street-by-street/
Locating the hottest parts of cities with precision is critical for guiding efforts to contend with heat’s dangerous effects - especially important when heat risk overlaps with poverty, where communities may have less access to air conditioning and fewer ways to stay cool.
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What do firings of DOD & VA inspectors general mean for military whistleblowers? https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030825_military_whistleblowers/what-do-firings-dod-va-inspectors-general-mean-military-whistleblowers/
President Trump raised alarm with his unprecedented sacking of more than a dozen heads of inspector general offices during his first week back in the White House, and some advocates for greater independence and accountability are asking: Could IG reform really come?
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Public lands: The places that hold our nation’s stories are not for sale https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/030925_public_lands_op/public-lands-places-that-hold-our-nations-stories-are-not-sale/
Interior Secretary Douglas Burgum’s plans to “unleash” industrial exploitation of public lands seeks to gut public land stewardship principles enshrined in law and in the time-honored American tradition of bipartisan conservation.
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Arizona court: Saying ‘no snitching’ is felony witness intimidation https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030725_snitching_intimidation/arizona-court-saying-no-snitching-felony-witness-intimidation/
Snitches may get stitches, but telling that to an accomplice or witness to a crime is a felony in Arizona, an appellate court ruled.
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States - including Arizona - slam White House over ‘slap in the face’ mass federal layoffs https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030725_layoffs_lawsuit/states-including-arizona-slam-white-house-over-slap-face-mass-federal-layoffs/
A coalition of 20 Democratic attorneys general - including Az Attorney General Kris Mayes - are suing the Trump admin over “unlawful” mass terminations of probationary employees in the federal government, a directive the coalition says was carried out without required legal notice.
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$28M more funding for Pima IDA's downpayment help for 1st-time homebuyers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030725_lighthouse_downpayment/28m-more-funding-pima-idas-downpayment-help-1st-time-homebuyers/
Pima County has added another $28 million in funding for first-time homebuyers through its Lighthouse program, the county announced Friday.
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‘Say her name’: Hundreds gather to honor Native teen Emily Pike, demanding justice for her death https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030725_pike_vigil/say-her-name-hundreds-gather-honor-native-teen-emily-pike-demanding-justice-her-death/
Signs reading “Justice for Emily Pike” and “No More Stolen Sisters” stood out among the hundreds of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people gathered at Encounter AZ church in Mesa for a candlelight vigil for San Carlos Apache teen Emily Pike, who was murdered in February.
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‘Say her name’: Hundreds gather to honor Native teen Emily Pike, demanding justice for her death https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030725_pike_vigil/say-her-name-hundreds-gather-honor-native-teen-emily-pike-demanding-justice-her-death/
Signs reading “Justice for Emily Pike” and “No More Stolen Sisters” stood out among the hundreds of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people gathered at Encounter AZ church in Mesa for a candlelight vigil for San Carlos Apache teen Emily Pike, who was murdered in February.
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Arizona appeals court ruling puts instructions for this year’s elections in doubt https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030725_ballot_instructions/arizona-appeals-court-ruling-puts-instructions-this-years-elections-doubt/
Az Secretary of State Adrian Fontes violated state law by giving the public only 15 days to comment on a draft of his elections rulebook, casting some doubt on which set of instructions will apply to this year’s all-mail local elections, one of which is currently taking place in Pima County.
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‘Donald J. Trump Highway’ proposal fails in Arizona Senate by a single vote https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030725_trump_highway/donald-j-trump-highway-proposal-fails-arizona-senate-by-single-vote/
Arizona’s Senate Republicans couldn’t find the votes they needed to recommend that State Route 260, which runs through rural areas between Cottonwood and Show Low, be renamed “Donald J. Trump Highway.”
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Federal office working to end surprise medical bills just got slashed https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030725_surprise_billing/federal-office-working-end-surprise-medical-bills-just-got-slashed/
President Trump signed legislation in 2020 to protect Americans from surprise medical bills - but the president’s wide-ranging push to slash government spending, led by billionaire Elon Musk, is weakening the federal office charged with implementing the No Surprises Act.
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Millions of people, including 600K in Az, could lose Medicaid coverage under anticipated GOP cuts https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030725_medicaid_cuts/millions-people-including-600k-az-could-lose-medicaid-coverage-under-anticipated-gop-cuts/
A report by Democrats details how many people in each state would lose access to Medicaid if Republicans in Congress were to cut the program by one-third — a scenario some GOP lawmakers have floated as an option to help pay for tax cuts.
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