Arizona GOP legislators continue to give oxygen to disproven election conspiracies https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022723_election_consipracies/arizona-gop-legislators-continue-give-oxygen-disproven-election-conspiracies/
Arizona Republicans are continuing their parade of election conspiracy theorists spreading unproven claims in legislative hearings, even after a report from the former Attorney General’s office showed that all of the 2020 election fraud theories it investigated were baseless.
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Long road ahead for Rio Verde Foothills water solution https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022723_rio_verde_solutions/long-road-ahead-rio-verde-foothills-water-solution/
Only a week after Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes confirmed its legality, an intergovernmental agreement that could give much-needed water to Rio Verde Foothills sits in the hands of Maricopa County.
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Ciscomani: Busy first 2 months in Congress https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/022723_ciscomani_op/ciscomani-busy-first-2-months-congress/
"I’m incredibly excited for what the future holds and am honored to represent our community in Congress." — U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani
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Pro-Lake PAC didn’t fabricate its source of $2.1 million, officials concluded last year https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022723_lake_pac_funding/pro-lake-pac-didnt-fabricate-its-source-21-million-officials-concluded-last-year/
A campaign finance complaint accusing a super PAC that spent $2.1 million boosting Kari Lake of inventing the source of its funding was quietly dismissed last year after elections officials determined that a media report questioning the money’s origin was inaccurate.
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One Texas judge will decide fate of abortion pill used by millions of American women https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022523_abortion_pill_texas/one-texas-judge-will-decide-fate-abortion-pill-used-by-millions-american-women/
Abortion rights advocates — galvanized by the reversal of Roe v. Wade — are girding for another decision from a Texas courtroom that could force the FDA to remove a widely used abortion pill from pharmacies and physicians’ offices nationwide.
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Comunidades de color pueden enfrentar menos opciones de tratamiento de adicción a opioides https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022723_epidemia_opioides_esp/comunidades-de-color-pueden-enfrentar-menos-opciones-de-tratamiento-de-adiccion-opioides/
La epidemia de opiáceos ha afectado a todas las razas, pero cuando se trata de buscar tratamiento, algunos grupos minoritarios están en clara desventaja, dijo un panel de expertos en un foro reciente en línea.
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Families are taking a hit as pandemic aid ends, inflation continues https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022723_family_struggles_inflation/families-are-taking-hit-as-pandemic-aid-ends-inflation-continues/
Forty million people in the U.S. are having difficulty affording household expenses, and a little more than 25 million people say they sometimes or often do not have enough to eat, reflecting Americans continuing struggle, made worse by the disappearance of pandemic relief.
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Az poison control, dispensaries on alert as number of kids who accidentally eat marijuana edibles rises https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022723_safe_cannabis/az-poison-control-dispensaries-alert-as-number-kids-who-accidentally-eat-marijuana-edibles-rises/
The number of children who mistake edible marijuana for candy is on the rise, with panicked parents calling Arizona poison control centers for help- and experts say nearly 60% of 394 pediatric cannabis incidents last year required a hospital visit.
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Arizona poison control, dispensaries on alert as kids who accidentally eat marijuana edibles rises https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022723_safe_cannabis/arizona-poison-control-dispensaries-alert-as-kids-who-accidentally-eat-marijuana-edibles-rises/
The number of children who mistake edible marijuana for candy is on the rise, with panicked parents calling Arizona poison control centers for help- and experts say nearly 60% of 394 pediatric cannabis incidents last year required a hospital visit.
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Claytoonz: Dilbert exposed https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/022623_dilbert_claytoonz/claytoonz-dilbert-exposed/
So "Dilbert" cartoonist Scott Adams has exposed himself as a racist now. What happened? On YouTube, Adams called Black Americans a “hate group” and said white people should “get the hell away from” them.
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With abortion challenges heating up, Arizona advocates turn their focus to 2024 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022423_abortion_focus/with-abortion-challenges-heating-up-arizona-advocates-turn-their-focus-2024/
As Arizona teeters between abortion access and increased restrictions, reproductive rights advocates are hoping voters in 2024 will guarantee the right to abortion in the Grand Canyon State.
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Documentary film works to preserve the legacy of Arizonan Stewart Udall https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/022423_udall_movie/documentary-film-works-preserve-legacy-arizonan-stewart-udall/
A new documentary - “Stewart Udall and the Politics of Beauty” - paints the former Interior secretary, who died in 2010, as a uniting force revered for pushing forward the environmentalist movement in addition to promoting desegregation and tribal sovereignty.
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Conservation groups, highway advocates square off on proposed Interstate 11 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022423_i11_lawsuit/conservation-groups-highway-advocates-square-off-proposed-interstate-11/
A plan to extend Interstate 11 has been in the works for the past decade - but while some see economic benefits to expanding the north-south highway, the proposed corridor has drawn the attention of conservation groups and the Tohono O’odham community.
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Brian Peabody earns 200th career win at Pima as men's basketball dominates Chandler-Gilbert https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/022223_pcc_mens_basketball/brian-peabody-earns-200th-career-win-pima-as-mens-basketball-dominates-chandler-gilbert/
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team (22-6, 14-6 in ACCAC) took control in the second half on Wednesday against Chandler-Gilbert Community College (20-8, 12-8) in a crucial ACCAC conference match-up.
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Feds push local election officials to boost security ahead of 2024 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022423_feds_election_security/feds-push-local-election-officials-boost-security-ahead-2024/
Some of the nation’s top cybersecurity leaders are warning state and local election officials of ongoing foreign and domestic national security threats to election systems, urging them to upgrade their defenses ahead of next year’s presidential election.
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Acosta nets 18 points off the bench as Pima women trounce Chandler-Gilbert https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/022223_pcc_womens_basketball/acosta-nets-18-points-off-bench-as-pima-women-trounce-chandler-gilbert/
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (22-6, 15-5 in ACCAC) led from the get-go on Wednesday against Chandler-Gilbert Community College (10-17, 6-14) at the West Campus Aztec Gym.
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Arizona Senate passes ‘born alive’ abortion bill https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022423_born_alive_abortion_bill/arizona-senate-passes-born-alive-abortion-bill/
Republicans want health care workers to provide life-saving care for all babies born alive, taking aim at abortion, but critics say a bill passed by the Arizona Senate could mandate the torture of premature babies who have no chance of survival.
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For some, gambling's extreme growth in Arizona leads to addiction and worse https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022423_sports_gambling_addiction/for-some-gamblings-extreme-growth-arizona-leads-addiction-and-worse/
A myriad of sports bettors converged in Arizona in February, and with significant sportsbook traffic came aggressive marketing campaigns and a multitude of “free play” promotions - but the promotions tend to be difficult for bettors who are trying to curtail their gambling addiction.
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This 'climate-friendly' fuel comes with an astronomical cancer risk https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022423_biofuel_fraud_risks/this-climate-friendly-fuel-comes-with-astronomical-cancer-risk/
Almost half of products cleared so far under the new federal biofuels program are not in fact biofuels — and the EPA acknowledges that the plastic-based ones may present an “unreasonable risk” to human health or the environment.
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Hobbs vetoes Arizona GOP-backed rental tax cut https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022423_hobbs_rent_cut_veto/hobbs-vetoes-arizona-gop-backed-rental-tax-cut/
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a GOP-backed bill that sought to eliminate the rental tax in what Republican lawmakers called an attempt to mitigate rising inflation and housing costs, yet likely would not have benefited renters and was potentially catastrophic for municipalities.
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