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'Tripledemic': Pima County issues public health advisory as COVID, flu, RSV cases fill hospitals https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120122_pima_health_advisory/tripledemic-pima-county-issues-public-health-advisory-as-covid-flu-rsv-cases-fill-hospitals/
COVID transmission is back at "high" levels across Arizona, and local hospitals are being filled up with flu and RSV cases as well, prompting Pima County to issue a public health advisory about the "tripledemic" of respiratory infections.
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Cochise County Board of Supervisors approves the canvass of the election 2-0 after a judge's order. Sup. Tom Crosby refused to show up for the meeting.

Cochise County Board of Supervisors approves the canvass of the election 2-0 after a judge's order. Sup. Tom Crosby refused to show up for the meeting.

Arizona judge orders Cochise County to certify election: "The board has exceeded its lawful authority. You will meet today; you will canvass the election no later than 5 o'clock."

Nuclear buildup sickened his Navajo community. Then it caught up with him. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120122_nuclear_navajo_effects/nuclear-buildup-sickened-his-navajo-community-then-it-caught-up-with-him/
Companies extracted an estimated 30 million tons of uranium ore on or near the Navajo Nation - largely for the U.S. government’s nuclear arsenal and in later years for commercial purposes - that left a trail of radioactive waste that — is largely unremediated and is still causing harm.
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Cunningham: Disability Pride Day on Saturday to promote understanding, mobilize support https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/120122_cunningham_disability_pride_op/cunningham-disability-pride-day-saturday-promote-understanding-mobilize-support/
Our Disability Pride Day is scheduled to coincide with the United Nations’ International Day of People With a Disability on Dec. 3, which was first proclaimed in 1992. It was started to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of people with disabilities. — Councilman Paul Cunningham
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'Free water' was never free, writes a historian of the American West https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/120122_western_water_op/free-water-was-never-free-writes-historian-american-west/
Subsidized water cultivated the West, but to accommodate growth without limits as the population boomed, this required becoming increasingly profligate with the region’s scarcest resource.
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The out-of-state conspiracy theorists pushing for a 'revote' in Arizona https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120122_conspiracy_theorists_revote/the-out-of-state-conspiracy-theorists-pushing-revote-arizona/
In the wake of Maricopa County’s polling site problems on Election Day, out-of-state actors who have been driving forces behind other Arizona — and national — election conspiracies for the past two years have once again turned their - and their followers - attention to the state.
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Judges mull whether Arizona’s 1864 abortion ban can co-exist with 50 years of laws regulating abortion https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120122_az_abortion_ban/judges-mull-whether-arizonas-1864-abortion-ban-can-co-exist-with-50-years-laws-regulating-abortion/
The future of abortion access in Arizona remains in limbo after a three-judge panel in Tucson heard arguments Wednesday on the validity and application of a near-total ban from 1864 — and whether it can coexist with a 15-week ban passed this year.
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U.S. House Democrats make history electing first Black party leader in Congress https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120122_jeffries_house_leadership/us-house-democrats-make-history-electing-first-black-party-leader-congress/
Hakeem Jeffries of New York was named U.S. House Democratic leader - making history as the first Black lawmaker to head any party in Congress - when Democrats gathered Wednesday to elect its top leaders for the 118th Congress.
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Cochise County supes didn’t question election equipment when they won in 2020 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120122_cochise_supes_election/cochise-county-supes-didnt-question-election-equipment-when-they-won-2020/
The two Republican Cochise County supervisors who have so far refused to certify the Nov. 8 election because of ostensible concerns about the trustworthiness of electronic ballot tabulators weren’t concerned when that same equipment confirmed their electoral victories in 2020.
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Majority of Arizonans trust elections, despite persistence of election denialism https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120122_election_denialism/majority-arizonans-trust-elections-despite-persistence-election-denialism/
An overwhelming majority of Arizona voters trust elections and don’t want to see baseless challenges to their outcomes - a resounding consensus that is a stark contrast to the narrative of election deniers that has come to characterize the state.
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At tribal summit, Biden pledges federal commitment to Indian Country https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120122_biden_tribal_summit/at-tribal-summit-biden-pledges-federal-commitment-indian-country/
President Biden is poised to designate Avi Kwa Ame, a sacred site for Native American tribes in southern Nevada, as a national monument, and announced economic, climate and land management actions the administration is taking to foster a strong relationship with Indian Country.
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Arizona lawmakers vote to impose contract on rail workers, fend off strike https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120122_railroaded_unions/arizona-lawmakers-vote-impose-contract-rail-workers-fend-off-strike/
Most members of Arizona’s congressional delegation joined the rest of the House Wednesday to give overwhelming bipartisan approval to a bill that would head off a national rail strike by imposing contract terms on rail workers’ unions.
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Pima County libraries to host mobile COVID & STD clinics https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/113022_mobile_clinic/pima-county-libraries-host-mobile-covid-std-clinics/
A new mobile health clinic will be making its way to Pima County public libraries starting this Friday.
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Pima County libraries to host mobile COVID & STD clinics https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/113022_mobile_clinic/pima-county-libraries-host-mobile-covid-std-clinics/
A new mobile health clinic will be making its way to Pima County public libraries starting this Friday.
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Pima County Health Dept., Pima County Public Libraries roll out mobile clinic https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/113022_mobile_clinic/pima-county-health-dept-pima-county-public-libraries-roll-out-mobile-clinic/
A new mobile clinic will be making its way to Pima County Public Libraries starting Friday, Dec. 2 from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.. It will make its first visit to the Eckstrom-Colombus Library, 4350 E. 22nd St.
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Feds are failing gray wolves under Endangered Species Act, groups allege https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/113022_gray_wolves_lawsuit/feds-are-failing-gray-wolves-under-endangered-species-act-groups-allege/
Accusing the government of failing to comply with the Endangered Species Act, a conservation group asked a federal judge on Tuesday to demand a nationwide recovery plan for the gray wolf.
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School leaders: Ducey needs to call a special session to lift the school spending cap https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/113022_ducey_school_spending_cap/school-leaders-ducey-needs-call-special-session-lift-school-spending-cap/
More than 50 Arizona school boards are calling on Gov. Doug Ducey to take action to head off a funding cliff that would force public schools to cut $1.4 billion from their budgets in the middle of the school year, resulting in widespread layoffs and closures.
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Same-sex & interracial marriages protected under bill passed by Senate with GOP support https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/113022_same_sex_marriage_senate/same-sex-interracial-marriages-protected-under-bill-passed-by-senate-with-gop-support/
The U.S. Senate approved legislation Tuesday that would enshrine protections for same-sex and interracial marriages, codifying many of the rights that would disappear if the Supreme Court were to overturn those decisions the way it overturned the nationwide right to an abortion.
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