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Agribusiness & hospitality, threatened by deportations, poured millions into Republican victories https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062825_deportation_donations/agribusiness-hospitality-threatened-by-deportations-poured-millions-into-republican-victories/
Despite threats of deportations of undocumented workers by President Donald Trump, the agribusiness and hospitality sectors funneled hundreds of millions to Republicans and conservative groups in 2024.
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‘A purpose in this world’: Older adults fear elimination of program that helps them find work https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062825_senior_workers/a-purpose-this-world-older-adults-fear-elimination-program-that-helps-them-find-work/
Congress is considering axing funding for programs that fall under the Older Americans Act, a 1965 law that provides social and meal services for older people, a position President Trump supports in his budget for the coming fiscal year.
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Hobbs signs Arizona budget averting shutdown after House GOP holdout ends https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062725_hobbs_budget/hobbs-signs-arizona-budget-averting-shutdown-after-house-gop-holdout-ends/
After weeks of feuding between the Republicans who control the Arizona House of Representatives and Senate, Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has signed the $17.6 billion state budget that was passed with bipartisan majorities in both chambers.
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Mars Orbiter learns new tricks as Tucson-linked spacecraft continues search for water https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062725_mars_orbiter/mars-orbiter-learns-new-tricks-as-tucson-linked-spacecraft-continues-search-water/
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was taught a new maneuver that will allow the spacecraft to look deeper underground as it searches for liquid and frozen water.
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Arizona highways: Numbers of wrong-way drivers & crashes decrease https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062725_az_drivers/arizona-highways-numbers-wrong-way-drivers-crashes-decrease/
A recent string of wrong-way drivers and wrong-way crashes on Arizona freeways raises a key question: Has there been an uptick in these kinds of situations? In short, the answer is no.
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Preventive health care mandate survives Supreme Court scrutiny https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062725_scotus_preventive_care/preventive-health-care-mandate-survives-supreme-court-scrutiny/
The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a panel of medical experts recommending preventive health care coverage on Friday, finding that the executive branch had sufficient control over the independent task force.
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New ‘Trump Accounts’ program faces criticism for benefiting wealthy over poor children https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062725_trump_accounts/new-trump-accounts-program-faces-criticism-benefiting-wealthy-over-poor-children/
Tucked in the “one big beautiful bill” is a proposal for tax-advantaged “Trump Accounts,” each seeded with $1,000 from the government for certain babies born in the U.S. over the next few years - but financial experts and advocates for low-income children are not overly impressed.
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Thousands of LGBTQ+ veterans were supposed to get pardons. A year later, only four have succeeded https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062725_lgbtq_veterans/thousands-lgbtq-veterans-were-supposed-get-pardons-year-later-only-four-have-succeeded/
Of the tens of thousands of veterans who were separated from the military due to their sexuality over decades, only 21 ended up applying for a pardon - and only four have received one.
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Arizona House, Senate finally come to $17.6B budget agreement https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062725_arizona_budget/arizona-house-senate-finally-come-176b-budget-agreement/
Just days ahead of a government shutdown, the Republicans who lead the Arizona House of Representatives and Senate and the Democratic governor finally came to agreement on a bipartisan budget.
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Maricopa County Recorder’s Office mails incorrect letters to 83,000 voters https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062725_maricopa_voters/maricopa-county-recorders-office-mails-incorrect-letters-83000-voters/
The Maricopa County Recorder’s Office mailed about 83,000 voters an incorrect letter warning them that they would be moved to the inactive voter list if they didn’t respond, a mistake the Recorder’s Office blamed on a printing error.
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Supreme Court hands Trump win on birthright citizenship, judicial oversight https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062725_scotus_birthright_citizenship/supreme-court-hands-trump-win-birthright-citizenship-judicial-oversight/
President Donald Trump can enforce limits on birthright citizenship for some immigrants, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday, allowing the White House to implement one of its most controversial policies.
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Supreme Court ruling on LGBTQ+ books gives religious parents more say over what students learn https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062725_scotus_lgbtq_books/supreme-court-ruling-lgbtq-books-gives-religious-parents-more-say-over-what-students-learn/
The Supreme Court sided Friday with a group of Maryland parents who object to their children reading LGBTQ+-inclusive books in public schools, delivering a win to religious liberty advocates and potentially altering the course of public education nationwide.
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2 Az Dems angling to replace Grijalva say Iran strikes warrant impeachment probe of Trump https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062725_az_trump_impeachment/2-az-dems-angling-replace-grijalva-say-iran-strikes-warrant-impeachment-probe-trump/
Two of the Arizona Democrats running to replace the late Raúl Grijalva in Congress in July – his daughter Adelita Grijalva and Daniel Hernandez – said Thursday they support an impeachment inquiry over the air strikes President Donald Trump ordered on Iran.
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Nonprofit leaders: GOP's funding cuts would 'tear at fabric' of charity efforts in Southern Arizona https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062525_community_foundation_cuts/nonprofit-leaders-gops-funding-cuts-would-tear-fabric-charity-efforts-southern-arizona/
The Community Foundation of Southern Arizona, joined by six other Tucson-based nonprofits, said Wednesday the budget bill moving through Congress would have an "immediate and catastrophic impact" as it cut support for social service organizations.
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Hemp industry hopes Arizona cannabis regulations go up in smoke https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062625_hemp_protections/hemp-industry-hopes-arizona-cannabis-regulations-go-up-smoke/
The Hemp Industry Trade Association of Arizona plans to appeal a denied petition that sought to enjoin the state attorney general from enforcing marijuana laws against sellers of chemically distinct hemp products.
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Tohono O’odham PD takes mandatory training on missing & murdered Indigenous peoples https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062625_tohono_mmiw_training/tohono-oodham-pd-takes-mandatory-training-missing-murdered-indigenous-peoples/
In May, April Ignacio - co-founder of Indivisible Tohono - began providing mandatory training on MMIW for the Tohono O’odham Police Department, with the goal of training every officer in the department by the end of August.
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SCOTUS lets South Carolina ‘defund’ Planned Parenthood from Medicaid, threatening access for thousands https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062625_planned_parenthood/scotus-lets-south-carolina-defund-planned-parenthood-from-medicaid-threatening-access-thousands/
South Carolina can block Planned Parenthood clinics from receiving Medicaid funds, the Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision — a major step toward the longtime conservative goal of “defunding” the nation’s largest family planning provider.
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U.S. Senate GOP mega-bill suffers major blow with ruling on Medicaid cuts https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062625_senate_medicaid/us-senate-gop-mega-bill-suffers-major-blow-with-ruling-medicaid-cuts/
U.S. Senate Republicans suffered a significant setback when the parliamentarian ruled several changes to Medicaid in the “big, beautiful bill” don’t comply with the complex rules for moving a reconciliation package.
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Supreme Court narrows window for immigrants to challenge deportation orders https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062625_scotus_deportation_window/supreme-court-narrows-window-immigrants-challenge-deportation-orders/
The Supreme Court ruled against an immigrant seeking to challenge his potential deportation over fears of persecution in his home country on Thursday, finding he filed his challenge well beyond the deadline for a final removal order.
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Proposed Arizona settlement recommends more warnings for voters coming off early-voting list https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062625_early_voting/proposed-arizona-settlement-recommends-more-warnings-voters-coming-off-early-voting-list/
Arizona election officials would be instructed to provide more notice to voters who are at risk of being removed from the state’s early-voting list, under a conditional legal settlement with voting rights groups.
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