Grijalva: Protecting our students' right to read https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042623_grijalva_reading_op/grijalva-protecting-our-students-right-read/
"If we cannot teach or read the true history of our nation, our education becomes fiction. Ignorance is not bliss." — U.S. Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva
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Hobbs appoints Randi Burnett to Pima Superior Court bench https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042523_burnett_judge/hobbs-appoints-randi-burnett-pima-superior-court-bench/
Randi Burnett, a former family lawyer who has served as a court commissioner since 2021, has been appointed as a judge in Pima County Superior Court, Gov. Katie Hobbs announced Tuesday.
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Cochise County ready to hire elections director who spread false claims of 2020 election rigging https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042523_cochise_elections_director/cochise-county-ready-hire-elections-director-who-spread-false-claims-2020-election-rigging/
Cochise County is close to hiring an elections director who has repeatedly shared false claims about widespread election fraud on Facebook, including claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against former President Donald Trump.
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Tucker Carlson’s departure & Fox News’ expensive legal woes show problem with faking 'authenticity' https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042523_carlson_departure_op/tucker-carlsons-departure-fox-news-expensive-legal-woes-show-problem-with-faking-authenticity/
Tucker Carlson’s departure after Fox News’ settlement over the network’s promotion of 2020 election misinformation reveals Fox’s biggest strength and weakness: the network’s incredible understanding of what its audience wants and its unrelenting willingness to deliver exactly that.
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Poorly executed: The 'Golden Age of executions' comes to an end https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042523_arizona_executions_protocols/poorly-executed-golden-age-executions-comes-end/
Modern execution methods are designed as much to increase the comfort of the witnesses as to ease the pain of the person actually being killed, but a search for viable execution drugs caused problems for Arizona and other states looking to execute prisoners.
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Four more years: Biden unveils reelection plan https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042523_biden_reelection/four-more-years-biden-unveils-reelection-plan/
Distinguishing himself from what he calls MAGA extremists who want to take away America's freedoms, President Joe Biden kicked off his campaign Tuesday for a second term in 2024 office.
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Both Az Republicans tapped to replace Liz Harris are closely aligned with her https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042523_harris_replacements/both-az-republicans-tapped-replace-liz-harris-are-closely-aligned-with-her/
The two Republicans nominated to replace expelled Arizona lawmaker Liz Harris both have strong connections to the conspiracy-pushing lawmaker.
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Both Republicans tapped to replace Liz Harris are closely aligned with her https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042523_harris_replacements/both-republicans-tapped-replace-liz-harris-are-closely-aligned-with-her/
The two Republicans nominated to replace expelled Arizona lawmaker Liz Harris both have strong connections to the conspiracy-pushing lawmaker.
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Arizona’s veterinary medicine grads aid shortfall of vets in nation, state https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042523_veterinarian_shortage/arizonas-veterinary-medicine-grads-aid-shortfall-vets-nation-state/
To bolster the shortfall of veterinarians in Arizona and the United States, Midwestern University College of Veterinary Medicine started a four-year program in Glendale, and the University of Arizona created a College of Veterinary Medicine and started a three-year program in Oro Valley.
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Phoenix vuelve a estar entre las ciudades más contaminadas https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042523_bad_air_esp/phoenix-vuelve-estar-entre-las-ciudades-mas-contaminadas/
El área metropolitana de Phoenix es una de las ciudades más contaminadas con ozono en los EE. UU., y las personas de color se ven especialmente afectadas por la contaminación del aire y los problemas de salud que puede causar.
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Claytoonz: Tucker Carlson canceled https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042423_carlson_claytoonz/claytoonz-tucker-carlson-canceled/
Those of us in the news business have known for years that Tucker Carlson lies on his show.
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Survey says: TUSD & parents not at odds over new code of conduct https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042423_agenda_tusd_code_op/survey-says-tusd-parents-not-odds-over-new-code-conduct/
TUSD's revisions in code of conduct include advice from district staff and parents about what kinds of consequences should be meted out for certain infractions. So much for the culture war. Parents and staff are largely simpatico. Plus, news about other local government meetings this week.
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Nearly 25% of Arizona Daily Star newsroom laid off https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042423_star_layoffs/nearly-25-arizona-daily-star-newsroom-laid-off/
From the top editor on down, the Arizona Daily Star staff was cut by nearly one-quarter on Monday, as the newspaper's corporate chain owners told local journalists they were being laid off.
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Arizona Forestry to hold prescribed burn south of Sonoita on Tuesday https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042423_prescribed_burn/arizona-forestry-hold-prescribed-burn-south-sonoita-tuesday/
Arizona fire officials will ignite a prescribed burn about 50 miles southeast of Tucson this week, as part of a long-term project to reduce the possibility of wildfires in the grasslands surrounding a Southern Arizona ranch.
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$180K of Narcan will 'blanket' Pima County to stem overdoses from 'ubiquitous' fentanyl https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042423_pima_narcan/180k-narcan-will-blanket-pima-county-stem-overdoses-from-ubiquitous-fentanyl/
The Pima County Board of Supervisors plans spend $180,000 from a multi-million dollar settlement with drug manufacturers to purchase and distribute Narcan, "blanketing" the area with the medication that can reverse otherwise fatal opioid overdoses.
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Hellertoon: Tucker Carlson ejected from Fox https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042423_carlson_hellertoon/hellertoon-tucker-carlson-ejected-from-fox/
Without even a chance to say "goodbye" to viewers, longtime conservative commentator Tucker Carlson was fired by Fox News in the wake of the $787 million settlement of a defamation lawsuit against the cable giant.
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Republican bill aims to help small Arizona religious congregations stay safe https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042423_congregation_support_bill/republican-bill-aims-help-small-arizona-religious-congregations-stay-safe/
A Republican bill with bipartisan support in the Arizona legislature could help small congregations that are sometimes the targets of hate crimes or terror attacks shore up their security with state money.
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A pandemic experiment in universal free school meals gains traction in the states https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042423_school_meals/a-pandemic-experiment-universal-free-school-meals-gains-traction-states/
Every public school kid in the U.S. was eligible for free school meals during the COVID-19 pandemic - regardless of family income - and since the program ended, a growing number of states across the country are enacting universal school meal laws to bolster child food security.
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Poorly executed: How Arizona has failed at carrying out death penalty https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042423_arizona_executions_witness/poorly-executed-how-arizona-has-failed-carrying-out-death-penalty/
When done correctly, execution by lethal injection doesn’t look like much of anything - but Arizona has a long history of not doing it correctly - and while "we go to great lengths to try to convince ourselves that this is not a violent act, we are still killing someone.”
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With workers scarce, some states seek to loosen child labor laws https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042423_child_labor_laws/with-workers-scarce-some-states-seek-loosen-child-labor-laws/
In the past two years, lawmakers in at least 11 states have sought to loosen child labor laws to help employers fill empty jobs, even as federal officials and news investigations suggest that many minors working in manufacturing, meatpacking and construction jobs are being exploited.
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