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Recreational cannabis sales still smoking the medical market in 2023 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042623_rec_cannabis_sales/recreational-cannabis-sales-still-smoking-medical-market-2023/
After nearly $1.5 billion in sales in 2022, Arizona’s cannabis market continues to be robust in the first months of 2023, driven by a growing recreational market, with the medical marijuana market remaining in a freefall.
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Poorly executed: Murderer’s final words contained secret message about problematic Az execution https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042623_arizona_executions_personnel/poorly-executed-murderers-final-words-contained-secret-message-problematic-az-execution/
Arizona executed 10 men in 2011 and 2012, and the Federal Defender’s Office routinely filed lawsuits about dubious practices and an ever-changing protocol - but there were also problems with the personnel performing the executions.
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Poorly executed: Murderer’s final words contained secret message about problematic execution https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042623_arizona_executions_personnel/poorly-executed-murderers-final-words-contained-secret-message-problematic-execution/
Arizona executed 10 men in 2011 and 2012, and the Federal Defender’s Office routinely filed lawsuits about dubious practices and an ever-changing protocol - but there were also problems with the personnel performing the executions.
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Az GOP push to override veto of 'tamale bill' fails after Democrats balk at going against Hobbs https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042623_tamale_bill_override/az-gop-push-override-veto-tamale-bill-fails-after-democrats-balk-going-against-hobbs/
An attempt by Arizona Republicans to rebuke Gov. Katie Hobbs for vetoing a bill aimed at expanding the sale of homemade foods failed after most legislative Democrats sided with her, slamming the move to override her veto as just another effort to undermine her.
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Arizona increase in drunken driving deaths among highest in nation in 2021 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042623_drunken_rising/arizona-increase-drunken-driving-deaths-among-highest-nation-2021/
COVID-19 was not the only killer accounting for an increase in Arizona deaths in 2021: A surge in drunken driving deaths on the state’s highways that year was among the highest in the nation.
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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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