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Sentinel journalists take top awards from Arizona Press Club https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/122822_sentinel_press_club/sentinel-journalists-take-top-awards-from-arizona-press-club/
From column writing to sports photography and Spanish-language reporting, the staff of the Tucson Sentinel was recognized with a number of top awards announced by the Arizona Press Club.
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Feds will close stretch of Coronado Nat'l Forest while Arizona pulls down shipping container wall at border https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122822_container_wall_closure/feds-will-close-stretch-coronado-natl-forest-while-arizona-pulls-down-shipping-container-wall-border/
Federal officials are closing access to a section of the Coronado National Forest where Arizona officials installed hundreds of cargo containers in a failed attempt to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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2022 in review: Tucson Sentinel's top stories of the year https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122822_2022_year_in_review/2022-review-tucson-sentinels-top-stories-year/
Tucson rang in 2022 much as we left the previous year, but with a few new twists: in the grip of a pandemic that has become a fevered political question, more immigration and asylum issues, a growing megadrought due to climate change, and a burgeoning housing crisis.
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Muchas escuelas encuentran modos de resolver el problema del ausentismo sin suspensiones https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122822_pandemic_absenteeism_esp/muchas-escuelas-encuentran-modos-de-resolver-el-problema-del-ausentismo-sin-suspensiones/
Para el año escolar 2021-22, los distritos de todo el país enfrentaban lo que muchos denominaron una crisis de ausentismo debido a que el cierre de escuelas relacionado con la pandemia causó estragos en la asistencia, y los educadores tuvieron que actuar.
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Southwest Airlines’ holiday meltdown brings on federal investigation https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/122822_southwest_airlines_meltdown/southwest-airlines-holiday-meltdown-brings-federal-investigation/
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines faces a federal investigation into whether it violated its own legally required customer service plan amid a blizzard of flight cancellations that ruined plans and angered travelers over the Christmas holiday.
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Justices take up fight to prolong pandemic-born asylum barriers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/122822_scotus_title_42_states/justices-take-up-fight-prolong-pandemic-born-asylum-barriers/
In a split decision, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a fight over the conclusion of Title 42 - and while the Biden administration’s immigration policy hangs in the balance, the court agreed only to decide if the 19 states have a basis to intervene in the case.
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New GOP-proposed bill targets pronoun use in Arizona schools https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122822_gop_school_pronouns/new-gop-proposed-bill-targets-pronoun-use-arizona-schools/
Arizona legislators are beginning to file bill proposals for the upcoming legislative session and one of the first seeks to restrict the use of students’ preferred pronouns in schools.
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Police & prosecutors used junk science to decide 911 callers were liars https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/122822_junk_science_prosecution/police-prosecutors-used-junk-science-decide-911-callers-were-liars/
Junk science in the justice system is nothing new, and the system is at its most opaque when prosecutors know evidence - like 911 call analysis - is unfit for court but choose to game the rules, hoping judges and juries will believe it and vote to convict.
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Pima Health Dep't director Cullen tapped by Hobbs to lead ADHS https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122722_cullen_azdhs/pima-health-dept-director-cullen-tapped-by-hobbs-lead-adhs/
Arizona Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs has picked Dr. Theresa Cullen, Pima County health director, to lead the state Department of Health Services. Cullen has spent 35 years working in public health and took the helm in Pima County in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Photos: Paul Ingram's picks for TucsonSentinel.com's best pictures of 2022 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122722_photos_of_the_year/photos-paul-ingrams-picks-tucsonsentinelcoms-best-pictures-2022/
2022 often felt like one of the most violent years in recent memory, with many of our stories about the immediate and longterm consequences of crime, but there were also moments of genuine hope and beauty reflected in the Sentinel's coverage throughout the year.
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Judge will not sanction Kari Lake for failed election suit https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122722_lake_election_suit/judge-will-not-sanction-kari-lake-failed-election-suit/
Kari Lake and her lawyers will not face sanctions for bringing a suit that challenged her loss in the race for Arizona governor, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday.
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Judge will not sanction Kari Lake for election suit https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122722_lake_election_suit/judge-will-not-sanction-kari-lake-election-suit160/
Kari Lake and her lawyers will not face sanctions for bringing a suit that challenged her loss in the race for Arizona governor, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday.
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U.S. Supreme Court keeps Title 42, the pandemic-era policy to quickly turn away migrants, for now https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/122722_scotus_title_42/us-supreme-court-keeps-title-42-pandemic-era-policy-quickly-turn-away-migrants-now/
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Biden administration has to continue with an emergency health order the federal government has used for more than two years to quickly turn away migrants, including those seeking asylum, at the southwest border.
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Southern Az set for big investments from $1.7T federal spending package https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122722_tucson_federal_budget/southern-az-set-big-investments-from-17t-federal-spending-package/
The $1.7 trillion spending package that Congress passed last week as part of the annual budget includes million-dollar investments for a wide range of projects by Pima County, Tucson, Pima Community College and others.
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Southwest apologizes for stranding passengers, flight crews across U.S. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/122722_southwest_flight_meltdown/southwest-apologizes-stranding-passengers-flight-crews-across-us/
Airport terminals across the United States are crowded with surly travelers and waylaid luggage Tuesday with airlines struggling to get back on track from disruptions caused by a deadly winter storm - and 90% of all U.S. flight cancellations on Tuesday were Southwest flights.
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The IRS hasn’t released nearly half a million nonprofit tax records https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/122722_irs_nonprofit_tax_records/the-irs-hasnt-released-nearly-half-million-nonprofit-tax-records/
If you’re trying to evaluate a charity this year, you might have a hard time as the IRS is behind on releasing Form 990s, limiting access to key financial information the public uses to evaluate the nation’s tax-exempt companies.
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Tribes need tax revenue. States keep taking it. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/122722_tribal_tax_revenue/tribes-need-tax-revenue-states-keep-taking-it/
Courts have protected states’ ability to tax most economic interactions between tribal-run entities and non-tribal companies or individuals, a modern version of wealth extraction, treating tribes as lesser entities whose sovereignty can be ignored.
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It’s electric: ADOT planning statewide network of EV chargers along Arizona interstates https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122722_ev_charger_expansion/its-electric-adot-planning-statewide-network-ev-chargers-along-arizona-interstates/
Electric vehicle drivers across Arizona can expect more chargers on interstate highways in the next few years thanks to $76.5 million in funding via the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that was signed into law in November 2021.
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Estudiantes afroamericanos y latinos son suspendidos más por faltar a clase https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122722_school_suspensions_disparities_esp/estudiantes-afroamericanos-y-latinos-son-suspendidos-mas-por-faltar-clase/
Los estudiantes de Arizona son suspendidos por no presentarse a clase, y los datos muestran que los estudiantes negros, latinos y nativos americanos con frecuencia están sobrerrepresentados entre los que no pueden asistir a clases por faltar a clase.
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Pascua Yaqui Tribe to get back cultural land near Grant & I-10 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122722_yaqui_land_return/pascua-yaqui-tribe-get-back-cultural-land-near-grant-i-10/
The Pascua Yaqui Tribe is getting a portion of land back in Tucson that is culturally significant to the tribe after the U.S. Senate passed the Old Pascua Community Land Acquisition Act.
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