Banning noncompete contracts for medical staff riles hospitals https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/033123_hospital_noncompete_contracts/banning-noncompete-contracts-medical-staff-riles-hospitals/
The FTC proposed prohibiting noncompete clauses in employment contracts, allowing doctors to practice wherever their services are needed - but the proposal faces resistance from employers in all industries, including hospitals and private equity-backed medical groups.
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Tucson city offices closed Friday for César Chávez Day https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/033123_cesar_chavez_day/tucson-city-offices-closed-friday-cesar-chavez-day/
All city of Tucson offices, except for emergency services, will be closed Friday, March 31, in observance of César Chávez Day.
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Biden: Honor César Chávez by championing the dignity & rights of every worker https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/033123_chavez_biden/biden-honor-cesar-chavez-by-championing-dignity-rights-every-worker/
Today, we honor César E. Chávez by carrying on the cause — “La Causa” — to which he dedicated his life: championing the dignity and rights of every worker, using nonviolence to fight for justice, and standing with organized labor to build an economy that rewards work and not just wealth.
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Liz Harris claims she didn’t do anything wrong by inviting person to air wild conspiracy theory https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/033123_harris_conspiracy_hearing/liz-harris-claims-she-didnt-do-anything-wrong-by-inviting-person-air-wild-conspiracy-theory/
The Arizona House of Representatives Ethics Committee questioned Republican Rep. Liz Harris about the Feb. 23 meeting she organized wherein a speaker accused a church and a list of elected officials of being involved in an illicit money laundering scheme.
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Hobbs vetoes bills punishing businesses for denying vaccine exemptions, public camping https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/033123_hobbs_vetoes/hobbs-vetoes-bills-punishing-businesses-denying-vaccine-exemptions-public-camping/
Gov. Katie Hobbs on Thursday vetoed Republican-backed bills that would have fined businesses that didn’t grant their employees religious exemptions from vaccines and made it illegal for the unhoused to camp in public spaces.
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Game changers: 2 years after historic sports broadcast, rise of women shakes up industry https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/033123_female_sports_broadcasters/game-changers-2-years-after-historic-sports-broadcast-rise-women-shakes-up-industry/
It’s been two years since women ruled the court and controlled every single on-air role of a national NBA broadcast, but it’s not as if one monumental night completely altered decades of policies rooted in tradition and, sometimes, sexism.
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Game changers: 2 years after historic broadcast, rise of women shakes up industry https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/033123_female_sports_broadcasters/game-changers-2-years-after-historic-broadcast-rise-women-shakes-up-industry/
It’s been two years since women ruled the court and controlled every single on-air role of a national NBA broadcast, but it’s not as if one monumental night completely altered decades of policies rooted in tradition and, sometimes, sexism.
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How Maricopa County tried to improve its voter signature review before 2022 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/033123_maricopa_signature_improvements/how-maricopa-county-tried-improve-its-voter-signature-review-before-2022/
A Maricopa County judge may soon allow Kari Lake to attempt to prove one of the claims challenging her loss to Gov. Katie Hobbs: That bad actors forged signatures on tens of thousands of mail-in ballot envelopes, and the county failed to follow state law when approving them.
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Maricopa County leads nation in population increase, surpasses 4.5 million https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/033123_booming_maricopa/maricopa-county-leads-nation-population-increase-surpasses-45-million/
Maricopa County added 56,831 residents between July 2021 and June 2022, the largest population growth for a county in the nation, with an estimated 4.5 million residents last year - the second straight year the county led the nation in population growth.
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Pima soccer's NJCAA '21 nat'l champ Fernando Garate commits to Ivy League https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/033023_pcc_mens_soccer/pima-soccers-njcaa-21-natl-champ-fernando-garate-commits-ivy-league/
Pima Community College men’s soccer player Fernando Garate (Salpointe Catholic HS) is continuing his collegiate career at Cornell University, an Ivy League institution in Ithaca, N.Y.
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Claytoonz: The Indicted Presidents Club https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/033023_trump_claytoonz/claytoonz-indicted-presidents-club/
Donald Trump is in the Corrupt Presidents Club with Richard Nixon the Impeached Presidents Club with Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton, Twice-Impeached President Club all by himself and now… he’s in the Indicted Presidents Club all by his lonesome.
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Trump indictment won’t keep him from presidential race, but will make his bid much harder https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/033023_trump_campaign_op/trump-indictment-wont-keep-him-from-presidential-race-but-will-make-his-bid-much-harder/
What are the consequences of an indictment and potential trial for Donald Trump's election campaign and, if his effort is successful, his future presidency?
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Trump indictment won’t keep him from presidential race, but will make his bid much harder https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/033023_slug/trump-indictment-wont-keep-him-from-presidential-race-but-will-make-his-bid-much-harder/
What are the consequences of an indictment and potential trial for Donald Trump's election campaign and, if his effort is successful, his future presidency?
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Grand jury vote to indict Donald Trump shows he, like all other presidents, is not an imperial king https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/033023_trump_jury_op/grand-jury-vote-indict-donald-trump-shows-he-like-all-other-presidents-not-imperial-king/
Presidents are not kings. But Donald Trump was just another example of a president acting as if he was king by just another name.
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Indictment filed in NY makes Trump 1st U.S. president to face criminal charges https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/033023_trump_nyc_indictment/indictment-filed-ny-makes-trump-1st-us-president-face-criminal-charges/
Donald Trump will face criminal charges after a Manhattan grand jury returned an unprecedented indictment Thursday related to the payment of hush money during his 2016 run for office - the first ever criminal indictment against a current or former U.S. president.
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Indictment filed in NY makes Trump first US president to face criminal charges https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/033023_trump_nyc_indictment/indictment-filed-ny-makes-trump-first-us-president-face-criminal-charges/
Donald Trump will face criminal charges after a Manhattan grand jury returned an unprecedented indictment Thursday related to the payment of hush money during his 2016 run for office - the first ever criminal indictment against a current or former U.S. president.
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Facing recall, Wadsack threatens GOP control of Arizona Legislature https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/033023_wadsack_recall_op/facing-recall-wadsack-threatens-gop-control-arizona-legislature/
Sen. Justine Wadsack is acting like there's not a book she won't censor and a decision she won't make for parents as their state legislative overlord. Recalling her is tricky. Beating her the old-fashioned way may be easy and the path to Democratic control in the Legislature.
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U.S. judge rules insurers don’t have to cover many free preventive health services https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/033023_insurers_preventive_care/us-judge-rules-insurers-dont-have-cover-many-free-preventive-health-services/
Health insurance companies may no longer need to cover a wide swath of preventive health care services that were required by the 2010 Affordable Care Act, under a federal judge’s ruling issued Thursday in Texas.
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'Complex' $185 million Major League Baseball deal closes minor leaguer pay saga https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/033023_mlb_minor_leagues/complex-185-million-major-league-baseball-deal-closes-minor-leaguer-pay-saga/
Major League Baseball will pay big in a sprawling class action over whether minor leaguers qualify as year-round employees, after a federal judge repudiated the league's contention that they're seasonal workers, and separately liable for violating Arizona’s record-keeping law.
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Arizona had highest COVID-19 death rate in U.S. over 3 years https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/033023_covid_deaths/arizona-had-highest-covid-19-death-rate-us-over-3-years/
Arizona had the highest rate of COVID-19 deaths in the nation over three years, a death rate similar to that of the three nations with the highest coronavirus death rates in the world, and Latinos and Blacks were more likely to die of COVID-19 than other racial groups.
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