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From Oro Valley to Sahuarita, budget season puts teeth into policies tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
It's the most mathematical time of the year. Budget time is when priorities with the force of dollars behind them are set for the next year. Next year's to-do puts a premium on capital investment and hiring talent. Plus more in local government meetings this week.

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Arizona officials anticipate a dry 2024 as federal water usage cuts loom tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Following one of the wettest winters in recent history, Arizona officials anticipate a dry 2024 - as over the 23-year drought, the wettest years have always been followed by some of the driest - while federal water usage cuts loom.

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With 'the border on one side and the cartel on the other,' migrants see little hope in Title 42’s end tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
As Title 42 enters what is supposed to be its final week, migrants waiting in Juárez for an opportunity to enter the United States have lost much of their hope that the end of the pandemic-era policy will make reaching their destination any easier.

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Hobbs says budget deal is 'very close,' House set to introduce budget bills Monday tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs and Republican lawmakers appear to be closing in on a deal to pass a state budget, and the state House of Representatives is poised to introduce a spending plan on Monday.

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Efforts to remove invasive giant reed in Arizona rivers & lakes continues with Forestry Dep't grants tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The stubborn Arundo donax plant, an invasive species brought to the U.S. from Southeast Asia, is wreaking havoc in about 30 mostly warm-weather states in the South and West - including Arizona - and a grant is now helping to remove Arundo in Tanque Verde Creek in east Tucson.

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Walensky to step down as CDC director as COVID emergency winds down tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is stepping down at the end of June after 2½ tumultuous years leading the nation’s primary public health agency — and much of the Biden administration’s effort to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

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9th Circuit orders feds to revisit OK of livestock grazing in Tonto Nat'l Forest tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Ninth Circuit panel sided with Arizona property owners who accused the U.S. Forest Service of violating the law in approving cattle grazing in the Tonto National Forest, ordering the decision partially vacated and directing the Forest Service to review the environmental assessment.

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Lower Colorado River water users anticipate dry 2024 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Following one of the wettest winters in recent history, Arizona officials anticipate a dry 2024 - as over the 23-year drought, the wettest years have always been followed by some of the driest - while federal water usage cuts loom.

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Climate change may spell disaster for Arizona’s saguaro tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Thriving through three distinct biomes and migrating north from Mexico over several million years, the prickly giants unique to Mexico and Arizona are perhaps the region’s most distinctive feature - but for more than 20 years, almost no new saguaros have sprouted from the desert soil.

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Interior Dep't to release new report on abuses in Indian boarding school program tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Over a year after the Department of the Interior released the first volume of its Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, which lays the groundwork to address intergenerational trauma created by federal policies, its second report will be made public later this year.

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With 'the border on one side and the cartel on the other,' migrants see little hope in Title 42’s end tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
As Title 42 enters what is supposed to be its final week, migrants waiting in Juárez for an opportunity to enter the United States have lost much of their hope that the end of the pandemic-era policy will make reaching their destination any easier.

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Biden, Hobbs order flags to half-staff to honor Allen, Texas shooting victims tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Flags across Arizona should be flown at half-staff immediately through sunset Thursday in honor of the victims of the mass shooting in Allen, Texas, Gov. Katie Hobbs ordered, in coordination with a national proclamation by President Joe Biden.

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Storytelling & photography exhibit show 'rich history' of El Pueblo Neighborhood Center tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Bringing life and activity back to the El Pueblo Neighborhood Center on Tucson's South Side is the goal of of a project supported by the Sunnyside Foundation and arts and humanities experts at the University of Arizona.

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Julie Willoughby sworn in to Az Legislature, replacing expelled Liz Harris tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Just hours after the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors selected her to fill a legislative vacancy in a Chandler-based district, Julie Willoughby took the oath of office and became a state representative, replacing former GOP Rep. Liz Harris, who was expelled on April 12.

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Cunningham: New TEP franchise agreement is flawed but necessary tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
A "yes" vote on 412 moves Tucson and Southern Arizona closer to carbon neutrality, and ensures continued partnership with our electrical utility. — Tucson City Councilman Paul Cunningham

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Hellertoon: Pollsters beware tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Those who conduct political polls are often critiqued and criticized, and even attacked — on social media, at least. They should praise cell phones and texts (even if so many people find their incessant queries a bit pestersome).

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Feds sued over pesticide use in critical habitats tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over four years of foot-dragging on a petition to regulate the use of pesticides in protected habitats.

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Pinal County election director saw glaring errors, cashed out, then fled tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Virginia Ross had proof of inaccuracies that she didn’t flag before county supervisors certified the November election results, even as she told them she stood by the numbers — and then collected a $25,000 bonus before quickly moving to an East Texas town.

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Arizona Republicans travel to Hungary for far-right conference tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
At the Hungarian edition of the Conservative Political Action Conference, Arizona is on center stage as U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar and failed gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake will share a stage with the leader of a far-right Austrian party founded by former Nazis.

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Feds sued over pesticide use in critical habitats tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over four years of foot-dragging on a petition to regulate the use of pesticides in protected habitats.

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