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Arizona DES providing utility & water bill help for low-income residents tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
As Pima County remains stuck in an unprecedented heat wave, Arizona's state household energy assistance and water assistance programs are available for low-income families and individuals.

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Arizona Rep. Gosar shares story from site with history of antisemitic posts, again tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
U.S. Congressman from Arizona Paul Gosar once again promoted a website, using his official House.gov newsletter, that has shared antisemitic messages such as denying the Holocaust and told readers to “stand up for Hitler.”

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Paul Cunningham faces Dem primary challenge from real estate agent Lisa Nutt tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The two Democrats seeking the nomination for the Ward 2 seat in the August 1 Tucson City Council primary election have some sharp disagreements about the city’s direction.

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Residents in historically redlined neighborhoods deal with greater heat stress tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
As record-breaking temperatures and heat domes envelop swaths of the U.S., heat stress disproportionately affects poor and non-white residents in historically redlined neighborhoods, where discriminatory land use and housing policies caused segregation and racism to flourish.

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Residents in historically redlined neighborhoods deal with greater heat stress than those in other areas tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
As record-breaking temperatures and heat domes envelop swaths of the U.S., heat stress disproportionately affects poor and non-white residents in historically redlined neighborhoods, where discriminatory land use and housing policies caused segregation and racism to flourish.

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Laws banning gender-affirming treatments can block trans youth from receiving other care tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
In Arizona and other states, new laws banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth are dissuading health care providers from offering mental health services and other medical care that isn’t explicitly banned by those laws.

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Happy when it rains... A monsoon tunes playlist tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
It's hot, it's humid, and it's (finally) raining buckets of cats and dogs, or at least kittens and puppies, across parts of Tucson. Here are a few monsoon tunes to play as you celebrate.

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Judge juggles competing motions in Arizona voting rights lawsuit tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A judge heard arguments on nearly a dozen motions for summary judgment in a lawsuit aimed at a 2022 Arizona voting law that requires already-registered voters to provide proof of citizenship to remain registered to vote, a law plaintiffs say will lead to mass voter disenfranchisement.

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Biden quick to appeal judge’s block on asylum seeker restrictions at the US-Mexico border tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Just hours after a federal judge on barred the Biden administration’s restrictions on how people can seek refuge in the United States, the administration announced it would appeal the order, opening the next chapter of litigation that has twisted through two presidential administrations.

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U.S. Senate votes to curb farmland purchases by China, Iran, North Korea, Russia tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. senators approved bipartisan amendments to the annual defense policy bill Tuesday night that would prohibit China, Iran, North Korea and Russia from purchasing U.S. farmland and screen American investment in high-tech ventures on foreign adversary soil.

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Activists for hand-counting ballots don’t acknowledge drawbacks: More mistakes, time & money tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Despite widespread coverage of the follies of hand-counting ballots, the quest to expand use of the method continues. This year alone, there have been 16 bills in 8 states that would ban the use of tabulators. It’s a really bad idea.

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Activists for hand-counting ballots don’t acknowledge drawbacks: More mistakes, time & money tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Despite widespread coverage of the follies of hand-counting ballots, the quest to expand use of the method continues. This year alone, there have been 16 bills in 8 states that would ban the use of tabulators. It’s a really bad idea.

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Far-right U.S. House members slam spending bills tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A handful of ultra-conservative U.S. House Republicans - including Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs - rebuked their leadership over the annual government funding process, but appeared at odds on whether they should force a government shutdown later this year.

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Tucson & other Az cities coordinate to save water, a model for parched Western areas tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Tucson has been working on sustainable water solutions for more than three decades, well before the current controversy over how to allocate water from the shrinking Colorado River, and cities around Arizona already have begun collaborating to better allocate water resources.

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Border wall fundraiser fraudster sentenced to 63 months in prison tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A judge sentenced Tim Shea to more than five years behind bars on convictions for his role in the We Build the Wall fundraiser, a bogus charity that cheated $25 million from private donors who thought they were funding the construction of former President Donald Trump’s border wall.

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Decrying attempts to 'bury history,' Biden designates Emmett Till national monument tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
On what would have been the 82nd birthday of Emmett Till, a Black boy kidnapped and murdered by two white men in Mississippi, President Joe Biden designated a new national monument at sites connected to the lynching that became a catalyst for the civil rights movement.

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Bisbee's Copper Queen to receive $9.9 million for rural hospital expansion tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Copper Queen Hospital in Bisbee will receive a $9,937,500 grant from the USDA to construct a 27,000-square-foot addition — the largest amount awarded among $129 million in Emergency Rural Health Care Grants.

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$50 million federal grant to fund rehab of Tucson House tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The city of Tucson has been awarded a $50 federal million grant to redevelop the Tucson House tower and the surrounding neighborhood along North Oracle Road near Drachman Street.

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Antenori: 'Snowflake' Sen. Wadsack weaponizes Pima GOP vs. perceived party enemies tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
"Right here in Arizona, a fragile snowflake of a state senator, who seems incapable of receiving any kind of criticism without throwing a tantrum, has now weaponized the Pima County GOP to exact revenge on her perceived enemies." — former state Sen. Frank Antenori

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Antenori: 'Snowflake' Sen. Wadsack weaponizes Pima GOP against preceived enemies tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
"Right here in Arizona, a fragile snowflake of a state senator, who seems incapable of receiving any kind of criticism without throwing a tantrum, has now weaponized the Pima County GOP to exact revenge on her perceived enemies." — former state Sen. Frank Antenori

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