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Text 'join' to get COVID-19, health updates in rural Arizona https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041123_healthy_texting/text-join-get-covid-19-health-updates-rural-arizona/
Text messages updating rural Arizona residents about COVID-19 are now being expanded to other health issues to text people who have less access to health care, including people of color, migrants and those who are immunocompromised.
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UA’s Jordan Geist & Delaney Schnell win NCAA national titles https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/041123_ua_champions/uas-jordan-geist-delaney-schnell-win-ncaa-national-titles/
Jordan Geist and Delaney Schnell, both sixth-year athletes at the University of Arizona, recently won national championships in shot put and platform diving, respectively, ending long droughts for both programs.
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Oro Valley set to hire from 2 finalists for town manager job https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041023_ov_agenda_op/oro-valley-set-hire-from-2-finalists-town-manager-job/
The Oro Valley Town Council will hold three special meetings this week, hoping to hire a town manager six months after Mary Jacobs resigned her post. Plus school textbooks and more in local government meetings this week.
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Oro Valley set to hire from two finalists for town manager job https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041023_ov_agenda_op/oro-valley-set-hire-from-two-finalists-town-manager-job/
The Oro Valley Town Council will hold three special meetings this week, hoping to hire a town manager six months after Mary Jacobs resigned her post. Plus school textbooks and more in local government meetings this week.
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Justine Wadsack said she 'barely' met with lobbyists, but her calendar shows otherwise https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041023_wadsack_lobbyists/justine-wadsack-said-she-barely-met-with-lobbyists-but-her-calendar-shows-otherwise/
Tucson Republican state Sen. Justine Wadsack said last month that she "barely" meets with lobbyists after she faced criticism from gun control lobbyists who she refused to meet, but a copy of her legislative calendar shows the freshmen lawmaker meets regularly with lobbyists and special interest groups.
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Photos: Good Friday procession carries cross up Tucson's A Mountain https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040923_easter_procession/photos-good-friday-procession-carries-cross-up-tucsons-mountain/
Since 1967, Los Dorados Orphan League has held La Procesion De Viernes Santo up Tucson's Sentinel Peak to carry a 150 to 20-lb. cross up the mountain, where it's set in a metal frame and raised over the city to mark Easter.
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As heat-related deaths soar in Arizona, activists launch tree-planting initiatives https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041023_trees_planting/as-heat-related-deaths-soar-arizona-activists-launch-tree-planting-initiatives/
Arizona cities, environmental advocates and businesses are teaming up to combat extreme heat by launching a variety of tree-planting initiatives as the state's climate conditions are becoming more extreme, and fatalities from extreme heat have spiked in recent years.
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Army increasingly allows soldiers charged with violent crimes to leave military rather than face trial https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041023_soldiers_crimes/army-increasingly-allows-soldiers-charged-with-violent-crimes-leave-military-rather-than-face-trial/
A long-standing but little-known practice that permits service members facing criminal charges to circumvent trial by being discharged from the military - and though a federal watchdog agency in 1978 called for abolishing the practice, it remains in place nearly 50 years later.
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Democratic leaders warn abortion pill ruling could endanger other FDA-approved drugs https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041023_fda_drugs/democratic-leaders-warn-abortion-pill-ruling-could-endanger-other-fda-approved-drugs/
U.S. Senate Democratic leaders vowed to defend reproductive rights and abortion access Saturday, less than a day after a federal judge in Texas ruled the federal government needs to pull the abortion pill off the market within a week.
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Tucson's Nosotros program helps identify liver disease with free fibroscans https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041023_nosotros_health/tucsons-nosotros-program-helps-identify-liver-disease-with-free-fibroscans/
Liver disease disproportionately affects the Hispanic community, and a Tucson program is taking action to fight this trend by working to identify liver disease cases and promote healthy habits that prevent other health issues.
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Propuesta de FDA facilitaría donación de sangre para población LGBTQ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041023_blood_donations_esp/propuesta-de-fda-facilitaria-donacion-de-sangre-para-poblacion-lgbtq/
El fiscal general de Arizona, Kris Mayes, se unió a otros 21 fiscales generales estatales para apoyar una propuesta de la Administración de Drogas y Alimentos que facilitaría a las personas LGBTQ la donación de sangre y plasma.
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Not all Republicans feel 'Ukraine fatigue,' as GOP splits over continued aid https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041023_ukraine_aid/not-all-republicans-feel-ukraine-fatigue-as-gop-splits-over-continued-aid/
As some in the Republican Party call for halting aid to Ukraine, other GOP members of Congress are doubling down on supporting the war-torn nation and even criticizing the Biden administration for not doing enough.
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Kari Lake: Don’t sanction me because I believe my fact-free claims https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041023_lake_sanctions/kari-lake-dont-sanction-me-i-believe-my-fact-free-claims/
Kari Lake and her lawyers are asking the Arizona Supreme Court not to sanction them for their election challenge case because Lake “honestly believes that electoral misconduct and illegal votes determined the outcome of the 2022 gubernatorial election.”
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Arizona announces $233M in Colorado River water conservation efforts https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041023_water_investment/arizona-announces-233m-colorado-river-water-conservation-efforts/
On the heels of one of the wettest Arizona winters in history, federal, state, local and tribal leaders united to announce a total of $233 million in funding for water conservation agreements to aid the Gila River Indian Community and other Colorado River users.
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Arizona announces $233 million in Colorado River water conservation efforts https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041023_water_investment/arizona-announces-233-million-colorado-river-water-conservation-efforts/
On the heels of one of the wettest Arizona winters in history, federal, state, local and tribal leaders united to announce a total of $233 million in funding for water conservation agreements to aid the Gila River Indian Community and other Colorado River users.
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Federal judge orders abortion pill off U.S. market, appeal announced https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040723_abortion_pill_removed/federal-judge-orders-abortion-pill-off-us-market-appeal-announced/
A federal judge revoked the FDA’s two-decade-old approval of the abortion pill, though a judge in Washington state released a separate opinion telling the FDA it cannot alter “the status quo," and Attorney General Garland announced an intention to appeal the former decision.
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UA's Hisey plays against the boys; Biagi prepares for upcoming season https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/040823_soccer-notes/uas-hisey-plays-against-boys-biagi-prepares-upcoming-season/
"It was odd not to be playing against women," Hisey said of this week's Arizona soccer scrimmage against RSL's Under-14 boys squad. Plus, FC Tucson gets ready.
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Skateboard postal stamps have Indigenous design https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040723_indigenous_skate_stamps/skateboard-postal-stamps-have-indigenous-design/
Indigenous artists are helping the U.S. Postal Service with a new series of stamps that recognizes the artwork that adorns skateboard decks and marks the cultural impact skateboarding has had on the country.
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Skateboard postal stamps have Indigenous design https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032823_indigenous_skate_stamps/skateboard-postal-stamps-have-indigenous-design/
Indigenous artists are helping the U.S. Postal Service with a new series of stamps that recognizes the artwork that adorns skateboard decks and marks the cultural impact skateboarding has had on the country.
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TUSD's 'faith-based advisory committee' is ill-advised https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/040723_tusd_faith_op/tusds-faith-based-advisory-committee-ill-advised/
A "faith-based advisory committee" that the Tucson Unified School District has under consideration is unnecessary and unconstitutional. The creation of a committee consisting of religious leaders and organizations raises grave First Amendment concerns.
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