Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoes campus gun & anti-trans bills https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051723_hobbs_vetoes/arizona-gov-katie-hobbs-vetoes-campus-gun-anti-trans-bills/
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs on Tuesday used her veto stamp to reject Republican attempts to allow guns on college campuses and to permit shelters to discriminate against trans women.
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Hamadeh asks for more ballot inspections to prove Arizona AG’s race was unfairly won https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051723_hamadeh_ballot_inspection/hamadeh-asks-more-ballot-inspections-prove-arizona-ags-race-was-unfairly-won/
Abraham Hamadeh’s third appeal to nullify the results of the race for Arizona attorney general he lost last year hinges on permission to inspect more ballots, which attorneys for his Democratic opponent say proves that his claims continue to be evidence-free.
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Air pollution hits harmful levels Wednesday, Pima County warns https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051723_ozone_warning/air-pollution-hits-harmful-levels-wednesday-pima-county-warns/
Air pollution in the Tucson metro area hit harmful levels on Wednesday, with high concentrations of ground-level ozone, prompting an advisory from Pima County that residents should avoid intense physical outdoor activity.
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6 mos. later, why is Kari Lake still claiming in court the 2022 election was stolen https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051723_lake_lawsuits/6-mos-later-why-kari-lake-still-claiming-court-2022-election-was-stolen/
Kari Lake and Abe Hamadeh, GOP candidates for Arizona’s top offices who claim the November election was stolen from them, have spent months presenting shape-shifting arguments in court — and six months after races were called, they aren’t done.
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City voters flipping 'no' switch on Prop. 412 deal with Tucson Electric Power https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051623_tep_election/city-voters-flipping-no-switch-prop-412-deal-with-tucson-electric-power/
Updated: Proposition 412, a 25-year deal between the city of Tucson and TEP, didn't spark voters to cast their ballots for "yes." It was being defeated by a 55-45% margin as the first election returns were released Tuesday night.
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City voters flipping 'no' switch on Prop. 412 deal with Tucson Electric Power https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051623_tep_election/city-voters-flipping-no-switch-prop-412-deal-with-tucson-electric-power/
Updated: Proposition 412, a 25-year deal between the city of Tucson and TEP, didn't spark voters to cast their ballots for "yes." It was being defeated by a 55-45% margin as the first election returns were released Tuesday night.
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Kari Lake’s star trial witness was involved in 2020 election ‘audit’ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051623_lake_trial_witness/kari-lakes-star-trial-witness-was-involved-2020-election-audit/
The expert witness in Kari Lake’s imminent election challenge trial did work for the Arizona Senate’s debunked 2020 partisan election “audit” and was one of the speakers at the infamous Election Committee hearing that led to former Rep. Liz Harris being kicked out of the legislature.
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Rep. Gallego introduces bill targeting funds linked to fentanyl smugglers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051623_gallego_fentanyl_bill/rep-gallego-introduces-bill-targeting-funds-linked-fentanyl-smugglers/
U.S. Treasury officials could begin targeting foreign bank accounts used to support fentanyl smuggling if a bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego makes it way through Congress.
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FC Tucson to field women's team in new Division I pro soccer league https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/051623_fc-tucson/fc-tucson-field-womens-team-new-division-i-pro-soccer-league/
The owners of FC Tucson will be among the first franchisees in the startup USL Super League, a top-tier professional women’s soccer league that plans to kick off play in August 2024.
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Nat'l Missing & Murdered Indigenous Peoples comission meets in Arizona to hear testimony, recommendations https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051623_mmip_testimony/natl-missing-murdered-indigenous-peoples-comission-meets-arizona-hear-testimony-recommendations/
The Not Invisible Act Commission held a public hearing at the Twin Arrows Casino near Flagstaff on May 9 to hear testimony and recommendations from victims and families impacted by human trafficking and the missing and murdered Indigenous peoples crisis.
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Border migrant encounters have dropped by half since Title 42 ended, federal official says https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051623_migrant_encounters/border-migrant-encounters-have-dropped-by-half-since-title-42-ended-federal-official-says/
The number of encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border has dropped by half compared with the days leading up to the expiration of Title 42, though officials were "mindful that smugglers will continue to look for ways to take advantage of the change in border policies.”
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National commission on the MMIP crisis meets in Arizona to hear testimony, recommendations https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051623_mmip_testimony/national-commission-mmip-crisis-meets-arizona-hear-testimony-recommendations/
The Not Invisible Act Commission held a public hearing at the Twin Arrows Casino near Flagstaff on May 9 to hear testimony and recommendations from victims and families impacted by human trafficking and the missing and murdered Indigenous peoples crisis.
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March of Dimes Mom & Baby Unit brings mobile healthcare to Tucson's South Side https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051623_mobile_maternity/march-dimes-mom-baby-unit-brings-mobile-healthcare-tucsons-south-side/
The March of Dimes Tucson-based Mom and Baby Mobile Unit, operated in partnership with the University of Arizona College of Medicine, is designed to address a problem that more 7 million women in the United States face – limited or no access to maternity care.
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Special counsel report slams FBI for launching Trump-Russia probe https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051623_trump_russia/special-counsel-report-slams-fbi-launching-trump-russia-probe/
A federal special counsel has determined the Justice Department and FBI rushed to investigate potential ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign based on weak intelligence, and “failed to uphold their important mission of strict fidelity to the law.”
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Compañía de Phoenix trabaja en crear un detector de marihuana en el aliento https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051623_marijuana_breathalyzer_esp/compania-de-phoenix-trabaja-en-crear-un-detector-de-marihuana-en-el-aliento/
Los científicos de la empresa ElectraTect, con sede en Phoenix, están trabajando para crear un alcoholímetro de marihuana para detectar el consumo reciente de THC que está más relacionado con el deterioro que las pruebas actuales que detectan el uso de marihuana durante días.
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Kari Lake granted new trial, must prove Maricopa County ignored signature-verification rules https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051623_lake_trial/kari-lake-granted-new-trial-must-prove-maricopa-county-ignored-signature-verification-rules/
Kari Lake will have a chance to argue in court that her 17,000-vote election loss in 2022 should be overturned — but she will have to prove that Maricopa County brazenly failed to verify tens of thousands of early voter signatures and that, in doing so, the county affected the outcome.
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7 pm deadline to return ballots in Tucson election on TEP deal https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051623_tep_election/7-pm-deadline-return-ballots-tucson-election-tep-deal/
Voters have until 7 p.m. Tuesday to hand in their ballots in Tucson's special election to approve or refuse a new franchise agreement with Tucson Electric Power.
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The March of Dimes Mom & Baby Unit brings care to southern Tucson https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051623_mobile_maternity/the-march-dimes-mom-baby-unit-brings-care-southern-tucson/
The March of Dimes Tucson-based Mom and Baby Mobile Unit, operated in partnership with the University of Arizona’s College of Medicine, is designed to address a problem that more 7 million women in the United States face – limited or no access to maternity care.
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Rural electric co-ops to get $10.7B in USDA funds for clean energy grants, loans https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051623_rural_electric_funding/rural-electric-co-ops-get-107b-usda-funds-clean-energy-grants-loans/
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin to administer two loan and grant programs worth nearly $11 billion to boost clean energy systems in rural areas to equal footing with larger privately owned companies that have already put major funding into clean energy deployment.
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Claytoonz: Title 42 boo hoo https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051523_claytoonz_title_42/claytoonz-title-42-boo-hoo/
Republicans have been warning that the end of Title 42 would bring calamity and overwhelm our nation with an invasion of our southern border. Guess what: Border crossings actually went down.
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