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Pima Animal Care Center continues limiting intake to limit disease outbreak at shelter https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060923_pacc_distemper/pima-animal-care-center-continues-limiting-intake-limit-disease-outbreak-shelter/
The Pima Animal Care Center is extending limits on accepting new pets to emergencies only until June 16, to continue to stem the spread of infectious diseases among dogs at the Tucson shelter.
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Tucson opens cooling stations to combat excessive heat https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060923_cooling_stations/tucson-opens-cooling-stations-combat-excessive-heat/
In an effort to meet the need for respite from high temperatures this summer, the city of Tucson opened cooling centers in each ward this week. They will remain available based on usage.
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Rising artist Buffalo Nichols is learning ‘How to Love’ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/060923_buffalo_nichols/rising-artist-buffalo-nichols-learning-how-love/
Making his way through a world that at times resembles a “Living Hell,” out on the road promoting his self-titled debut album — “like an eagle with a broken wing misses the skies above” — rising artist Buffalo Nichols is learning “How to Love.”
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Out in the town with Pride in Tucson https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/060823_tucson_pride_roundup/out-town-with-pride-tucson/
Tucson isn't falling behind when it comes to celebrating Pride Month, even though the main local celebration of the LGBT community is held in the fall. Here is a list of things to do for Pride in June.
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CBP announces new chief for Border Patrol https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060923_bp_chief/cbp-announces-new-chief-border-patrol/
After the end of Title 42, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials announced new leaders at Border Patrol and the agency's Office of Field Operations. The acting director of ICE is also leaving.
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Arizona legislators host town hall on guardianship abuses & hear brutal realities of probate court https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060923_guardianship_hearing/arizona-legislators-host-town-hall-guardianship-abuses-hear-brutal-realities-probate-court/
Arizona state legislators and disability advocates hosted town hall Thursday on guardianship abuses and to hear the brutal realities of the state probate system.
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Az Gov. Hobbs vetoes transgender bathroom bill, reaches 111 vetoes https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060923_hobbs_veto_streak/az-gov-hobbs-vetoes-transgender-bathroom-bill-reaches-111-vetoes/
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs continued to bring down her veto stamp on Republican-backed bills on Thursday, adding five more for a record total of 111 and putting a stop to a contentious transgender bathroom bill.
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Indian boarding school Truth & Healing Commission bill heads to U.S. Senate floor https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060923_native_healing_commission/indian-boarding-school-truth-healing-commission-bill-heads-us-senate-floor/
A bill that would create a Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States was passed out of committee Wednesday and is now headed to the full Senate for consideration.
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Enviros warn switching on CBP's stadium lights along Az-Mexico border will threaten species https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060923_border_lights/enviros-warn-switching-cbps-stadium-lights-along-az-mexico-border-will-threaten-species/
The Center for Biological Diversity mapped 1,800 stadium lights installed on the border over two years, and warned that flipping them on at night could drastically alter the behavior of endangered and threatened species in the region.
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Environmentalists warn switching on CBP's powerful stadium lights along Az-Mexico border will threaten species https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060923_border_lights/environmentalists-warn-switching-cbps-powerful-stadium-lights-along-az-mexico-border-will-threaten-species/
The Center for Biological Diversity mapped 1,800 stadium lights installed on the border over two years, and warned that flipping them on at night could drastically alter the behavior of endangered and threatened species in the region.
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Social media, trauma, hate speech add to youth mental health crisis, Senate panel told https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060923_mental_health_crisis/social-media-trauma-hate-speech-add-youth-mental-health-crisis-senate-panel-told/
U.S. senators agreed during a hearing Thursday the country’s children are going through a youth mental health crisis, though some of the committee’s members disagreed about what role Congress has to play.
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Supreme Court pooh-poohs Arizona firm’s parody defense in trademark case https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060923_trademark_parody/supreme-court-pooh-poohs-arizona-firms-parody-defense-trademark-case/
A Scottsdale company that makes doggy chew toys spoofing Jack Daniel’s and other brands is not protected from trademark infringement suits by its claim that it was merely parodying, not appropriating, those brands, the Supreme Court ruled.
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On a record day in D.C. for smoke pollution, U.S. Senate panel debates wildfire strategy https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060923_senate_wildfires/on-record-day-dc-smoke-pollution-us-senate-panel-debates-wildfire-strategy/
As smoke from Canadian wildfires has lingered this week from New England to North Carolina, members of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee said that Congress should lift federal firefighter pay and encourage logging to reduce the risk of future blazes.
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Arizona AG Mayes: Ruling dropping preventive drugs from insurance would be devastating https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060923_mayes_preventative_care/arizona-ag-mayes-ruling-dropping-preventive-drugs-from-insurance-would-devastating/
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes vowed Thursday to “fight like heck” against a federal court ruling that could overturn a mandate that requires insurance companies to provide select preventive care services at no additional charge to the customer.
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Biden announces initiatives to support LGBTQ+ community https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060823_biden_lgbtq/biden-announces-initiatives-support-lgbtq-community/
Ahead of a Pride Month party on the South Lawn, considered the largest Pride celebration in White House history, President Joe Biden announced several initiatives to counter mounting efforts across the country to roll back the rights and recognition of the LGBTQ+ community.
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Donald Trump indicted by a Florida grand jury https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060823_trump_indictment/donald-trump-indicted-by-florida-grand-jury/
Former President Donald Trump became the first ever president to be federally charged with a crime after a long-awaited indictment of his alleged mishandling of classified documents at his residence and private club Mar-a-Lago in Florida after he lost the presidency.
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Pima Supes agree to cut public comment at meetings to one hour https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060823_supervisors_audience/pima-supes-agree-cut-public-comment-meetings-one-hour/
In a 3-2 vote, the Pima County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to limit call to the audience to an hour, cutting short an increasingly fraught and lengthy part of each meeting marked by personal attacks against the supervisors.
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Supes agree to cut public comment at meetings to one hour https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060823_supervisors_audience/supes-agree-cut-public-comment-meetings-one-hour/
In a 3-2 vote, the Pima County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to limit call to the audience to an hour, cutting short an increasingly fraught and lengthy part of each meeting marked by personal attacks against the supervisors.
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'Young people are being harmed': The effect of anti-trans legislation https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060823_trans_legislation/young-people-are-being-harmed-effect-anti-trans-legislation/
Hundreds of anti-transgender bills proposed in state legislatures are sold as measures to protect minors, but advocacy groups and doctors warn that the effect is exactly the opposite.
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Lawmakers zero in on AI, insulin costs, pandemic prep in D.C. policy discussion https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060823_legislative_policy/lawmakers-zero-ai-insulin-costs-pandemic-prep-dc-policy-discussion/
Nearly a dozen members of Congress outlined their work on policy during an annual legislative session and touched on topics in which bipartisanship could be key such as artificial intelligence, agriculture and pandemic preparation.
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