It's not CFUSD's fault if kids won't discuss gender identity with parents https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042523_cfusd_pronouns_op/its-not-cfusds-fault-if-kids-wont-discuss-gender-identity-with-parents/
I can't speak to life as a transgender kid but their fight is our fight. If you don't think it's yours, you are crazy. A relentless political quest to identify and destroy enemies will go far beyond the rainbow.
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Tucson moves to return ancestral Tohono O’odham land at base of A Mountain https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050123_sentinel_peak_land/tucson-moves-return-ancestral-tohono-oodham-land-base-mountain/
The Tucson City Council unanimously approved a motion to transfer land ownership of ancestral homelands near the base Sentinel Peak to the Tohono O’odham Nation for its continued preservation and reverence.
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Tucson moves to return ancestral Tohono O’odham land at base of A Mountain https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050123_sentinel_peak_land/tucson-moves-return-ancestral-tohono-oodham-land-base-mountain/
The Tucson City Council unanimously approved a motion to transfer land ownership of ancestral homelands near the base Sentinel Peak to the Tohono O’odham Nation for its continued preservation and reverence.
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Despite warnings, safeguard to prevent extremist training for Arizona law enforcement removed https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050123_law_enforcement_extremism/despite-warnings-safeguard-prevent-extremist-training-arizona-law-enforcement-removed/
Warnings issued by high-profile civil rights and advocacy groups to Arizona’s governor and attorney general failed to stop a rule change that effectively lowers the bar for extremist organizations attempting to radicalize law enforcement officers through government-funded training.
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Native student settles discrimination suit against Arizona school district https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050123_indigenous_student_lawsuit/native-student-settles-discrimination-suit-against-arizona-school-district/
Four years after being denied entry into her graduation ceremony because she wore an eagle plume on her graduation cap, Larissa Waln is finally getting a bit of justice as her family settled their lawsuit against the Dysart Unified School District.
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A top GOP lawyer wants to crack down on the college vote. Some states already are. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050123_gop_college_vote/a-top-gop-lawyer-wants-crack-down-college-vote-some-states-already-are/
A top Republican election lawyer told GOP donors that the party should work to make it harder for college students to vote in key states - following numerous efforts in recent years by Republican lawmakers across the country to restrict voting by college voters.
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Map of border surveillance towers shows growing 'virtual wall' along U.S. southern border https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050123_surveillance_towers/map-border-surveillance-towers-shows-growing-virtual-wall-along-us-southern-border/
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is aggressively expanding a “virtual wall” of border surveillance towers in the Southwest, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which is mapping the locations of each tower along America’s southern border.
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San Carlos Apache take copper mine fight to United Nations https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050123_un_oak_flat/san-carlos-apache-take-copper-mine-fight-united-nations/
Arizona's San Carlos Apache Tribe has taken its fight to the United Nations to save Chi’chil Bildagoteel - also known as Oak Flat and the tribe’s most sacred site - from a massive copper mine.
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Biden proposal on transgender student athletes met with praise but also questions https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050123_biden_transgender/biden-proposal-transgender-student-athletes-met-with-praise-but-also-questions/
Transgender legal scholars and advocates say they were relieved to see the Biden administration extend some protections for transgender students’ sports participation - but they say they remain cautious about the effect on high school and college sports.
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Wet winter allows for rare 'high-flow' Lake Powell release to help river https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050123_river_releases/wet-winter-allows-rare-high-flow-lake-powell-release-help-river/
An extra pulse of water was sent through the Grand Canyon, part of a Bureau of Reclamation “high-flow experiment” designed to redeposit sediment from Glen Canyon Dam in northern Arizona, and in response to above average spring snowmelt forecasts in the Rocky Mountains.
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Despite warnings, safeguard to prevent extremist training for law enforcement removed https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050123_law_enforcement_extremism/despite-warnings-safeguard-prevent-extremist-training-law-enforcement-removed/
Warnings issued by high-profile civil rights and advocacy groups to Arizona’s governor and attorney general failed to stop a rule change that effectively lowers the bar for extremist organizations attempting to radicalize law enforcement officers through government-funded training.
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Wendy Rogers insults traditional media, but defends far-right media personalities like Alex Jones https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050123_rogers_media/wendy-rogers-insults-traditional-media-but-defends-far-right-media-personalities-like-alex-jones/
Sen. Wendy Rogers, who filed an order of protection against a reporter investigating whether Rogers actually lives in Flagstaff - which she represents - has a history of disparaging journalists, even as she defends and praises members of the fringe right wing media.
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Zach Yentzer off ballot for Tucson mayor due to lack of valid signatures https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/043023_yentzer_mayor_end/zach-yentzer-off-ballot-tucson-mayor-due-lack-valid-signatures/
Zach Yentzer, one of two independent candidates vying to challenge Regina Romero as Tucson's mayor in November, said his campaign was ending after losing a challenge over his petition signatures.
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Gonzales: Pursuing more insurance reimbursements would bolster Medicare funding https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/043023_gonzales_medicare_op/gonzales-pursuing-more-insurance-reimbursements-would-bolster-medicare-funding/
"Unfortunately, just as America’s largest working generation begins to retire, the United States faces the frightening reality that Social Security and Medicare are running out of money, and Washington is running out of time to fix it." — State Sen. Sally Ann Gonzales
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Hobbs orders flags to half-staff for Az Peace Officers Memorial Day https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042823_peace_officers_half-staff/hobbs-orders-flags-half-staff-az-peace-officers-memorial-day/
Flags across Arizona should be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Monday, May 1, to mark Arizona Peace Officers Memorial Day, Gov. Katie Hobbs ordered.
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Tucson rockers Greyhound Soul are 29 years strong https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/042823_greyhound_soul/tucson-rockers-greyhound-soul-are-29-years-strong/
"At our shows people know the words to our songs and are singing along. That still blows me away," said Greyhound Soul stalwart leader Joe Peña ahead of this weekend's gigs marking the band's nearly three decades of music.
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Melissa Etheridge, a silver thorn on a Midwest rose https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/042523_etheridge/melissa-etheridge-silver-thorn-midwest-rose/
Seemingly “born a silver thorn on a Midwest rose,” in finding her angels Melissa Etheridge found her soul. ne of rock's great female performers and an LGBTQ activist, she spoke with the Sentinel ahead of a Tucson concert.
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Despite federal restrictions, cattle have damaged conservation area along San Pedro River https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042823_cattle_san_pedro/despite-federal-restrictions-cattle-have-damaged-conservation-area-along-san-pedro-river/
Cattle grazing has seriously damaged much of the 42-mile long San Pedro conservation area in Southeastern Arizona, according to a study by the Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity, which pointed a finger at "cow-worshipping, rancher-fearing BLM employees."
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Arizona to sink more than $85 million into potholes, other repairs https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042823_adot_potholes/arizona-sink-more-than-85-million-into-potholes-other-repairs/
After a tough winter for roadways, the Arizona Department of Transportation has pledged more than $85 million to patch potholes and to resurface, repair and improve highways in the state.
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Lawsuit aims to reduce horses' hoof print in Tonto National Forest https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042823_horses_tonto_salt_river/lawsuit-aims-reduce-horses-hoof-print-tonto-national-forest/
Led by the Center for Biological Diversity, a group of conservationists sued the U.S. Forest Service on Thursday to protect a region of the Tonto National Forest from “hundreds of unowned horses” they say threaten endangered species in the area.
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