Investigation of Maricopa County’s Election Day problems costing up to $1,000 an hour https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030223_election_printer_problems/investigation-maricopa-countys-election-day-problems-costing-up-1000-hour/
Maricopa County is spending nearly $1,000 for each hour that a team of investigators works to find out what went wrong on Election Day in November, though it's unclear what the independent review will find that county officials don’t already know.
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Kari Lake asks Arizona Supreme Court to take up case to overturn 2022 election https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030223_lake_supreme_court/kari-lake-asks-arizona-supreme-court-take-up-case-overturn-2022-election/
Kari Lake, the failed Republican candidate for governor, has asked the Arizona Supreme Court to review the decisions in her election contest case after the case was shot down by both the Maricopa County Superior Court and Arizona Court of Appeals.
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Investigation of Maricopa County’s Election Day problems costing up to $1,000 an hour https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030223_election_printer_problems/investigation-maricopa-countys-election-day-problems-costing-up-1000-hour/
Maricopa County is spending nearly $1,000 for each hour that a team of investigators works to find out what went wrong on Election Day in November, though it's unclear what the independent review will find that county officials don’t already know.
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GOP bill barring preferred pronoun use in Arizona schools passes Senate https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030223_pronoun_school_bill/gop-bill-barring-preferred-pronoun-use-arizona-schools-passes-senate/
Arizona Republican lawmakers unanimously backed a measure that critics warn would harm trans students, ignoring pleas from parents and students to reject it, and in spite of its unconstitutionality and guaranteed veto.
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Tohono O’odham leader says lack of infrastructure, capital hinders development https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030223_tribal_economies/tohono-oodham-leader-says-lack-infrastructure-capital-hinders-development/
The vice chairwoman of the Tohono O’odham Nation told a House panel Wednesday that economic development on her remote reservation is hobbled by everything from a lack of basic infrastructure like roads and water to inadequate capital.
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Cochise County gives election skeptic recorder near full control of elections https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030123_cochise_elections_stevens/cochise-county-gives-election-skeptic-recorder-near-full-control-elections/
Elections in Cochise County will now be run almost entirely by Recorder David Stevens, an election skeptic who has said he does not fully trust all of his county’s election procedures and believes the county can and should move to hand-counting ballots.
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How judge who could ban abortion pill won Senate confirmation https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030123_abortion_pill_judge/how-judge-who-could-ban-abortion-pill-won-senate-confirmation/
The U.S. District Court judge who could end more than two decades of legal access to medication abortion underwent extensive questioning about LGBTQ equality at his December 2017 confirmation hearing — and very little about his views on abortion.
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Student loan forgiveness plan on life support at Supreme Court https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030123_student_loan_forgiveness/student-loan-forgiveness-plan-life-support-supreme-court/
The conservative majority of the Supreme Court appeared skeptical on Tuesday that President Joe Biden has the authority to forgive billions in student loan debt, but questions remain over whether the states that brought the challenge have the requisite standing to do so.
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Snow day? 1-3 inches could fall around Tucson, high winds forecast overnight https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030123_snow/snow-day-1-3-inches-could-fall-around-tucson-high-winds-forecast-overnight/
Snow could fall across Southern Arizona overnight Wednesday, with flakes accumulating as low as 2,500 feet and the Tucson metro area seeing anything from a trace to 1-3 inches. High winds, with gusts of 55 mph or more, are forecast.
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Az Republican senators pass anti-trans school bathroom bill https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030123_anti_trans_bathroom_bill/az-republican-senators-pass-anti-trans-school-bathroom-bill/
Just three states bar transgender students from using bathrooms that best fit their gender identity, and Republican lawmakers want to make Arizona the fourth - though a similar bill barring preferred pronoun use in schools was dismissed by Hobbs’ chief of staff as dead on arrival.
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How the judge who could ban the abortion pill won confirmation in the U.S. Senate https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030123_abortion_pill_judge/how-judge-who-could-ban-abortion-pill-won-confirmation-us-senate/
The U.S. District Court judge who could end more than two decades of legal access to medication abortion underwent extensive questioning about LGBTQ equality at his December 2017 confirmation hearing — and very little about his views on abortion.
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Upper Colorado River Basin states want to pause Flaming Gorge water releases https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030123_flaming_gorge_release/upper-colorado-river-basin-states-want-pause-flaming-gorge-water-releases/
Four states in the upper basin of the Colorado River have asked the federal government to pause water releases from the Flaming Gorge Reservoir that were aimed at propping up falling water levels downstream at Lake Powell.
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Pinal, Yuma officials tell House migration surge is overwhelming them https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030123_immigration_surge/pinal-yuma-officials-tell-house-migration-surge-overwhelming-them/
Arizona officials told a House committee that local law enforcement and health care workers are ill-equipped to handle the recent surge of immigration at the southern border, the latest in a string of GOP hearings attacking the Biden administration for its handling of the border.
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Arizona House Republicans pass bill that could codify fetal personhood https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030123_fetal_personhood_bill/arizona-house-republicans-pass-bill-that-could-codify-fetal-personhood/
Arizona has moved one step closer to what critics say is a sneaky attempt to add fetal personhood into state law in a way that would avoid a federal court ruling that blocked a straightforward personhood law passed two years ago.
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States strive to help SNAP recipients cope with lower benefits https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030123_snap_benefit_struggles/states-strive-help-snap-recipients-cope-with-lower-benefits/
In every state, participants in SNAP, commonly known as food stamps, face the loss of pandemic-related benefits in March - if they haven’t already lost them - and states, community groups and food banks are scrambling to help families cope.
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Arizona Senate Democrats will pick new leaders after two step aside https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022823_az_senate_leaders/arizona-senate-democrats-will-pick-new-leaders-after-two-step-aside/
Senate Minority Leader Raquel Terán of Phoenix and Senate Minority Caucus Whip Rosanna Gabaldón of Sahuarita both announced Feb. 28 that they were stepping down from their leadership positions this week.
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TitleMax fined $15 million for predatory lending https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022823_predatory_lending_fine/titlemax-fined-15-million-predatory-lending/
A federal consumer watchdog group has fined TitleMax $15 million for predatory lending practices and intentionally evading laws meant to protect military families from predatory lenders and, separately, charged illegal insurance fees to more than 17,000 customers.
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A refugee law expert looks at the legality and impact of Biden’s border crackdown https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/022823_biden_border_crackdown_op/a-refugee-law-expert-looks-legality-and-impact-bidens-border-crackdown/
Anticipating a potential surge of migrants at the southern border, the Biden administration announced a crackdown on those seeking asylum after unlawfully entering the U.S.- a proposed change that has been condemned by immigration rights groups.
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Republicans condemn 'disgraceful' bribery allegations, but blame each other for their airing https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022823_conspiracy_theories_hearing/republicans-condemn-disgraceful-bribery-allegations-but-blame-each-other-their-airing/
Wild and unsubstantiated allegations made in a hearing that dozens of elected officials, including Arizona lawmakers, are secretly on the payroll of a Mexican drug cartel have roiled the state legislature, with Republican lawmakers denouncing the allegations as “disgraceful”.
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Crime survivors rally at Arizona Capitol to demand better trauma care https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022823_trauma_care_rally/crime-survivors-rally-arizona-capitol-demand-better-trauma-care/
Crime survivors and their families from across Arizona gathered at the state Capitol, asking lawmakers to fund trauma recovery centers that offer therapy and social services.
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