Abe Hamadeh asks the Arizona Supreme Court to greenlight his new trial https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081123_hamadeh_trial/abe-hamadeh-asks-arizona-supreme-court-greenlight-his-new-trial/
The Arizona Supreme Court should give failed GOP attorney general candidate Abraham Hamadeh another chance to overturn his 2022 loss, his legal team argued in an appeal to the high court.
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Red states accuse Biden administration of censorship before 5th Circuit https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081123_biden_censorship/red-states-accuse-biden-administration-censorship-before-5th-circuit/
The Biden administration urged a Fifth Circuit panel on Thursday to nix an injunction that limits its communications with social media companies, arguing that persuading platforms to take down misleading posts did not cross the line into unconstitutional coercion.
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Group mentor program in Tucson teaches male youth about healthy relationships https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081123_boys_to_men/group-mentor-program-tucson-teaches-male-youth-healthy-relationships/
A mentoring program in Tucson is using talking circles, adventure outings and overnight camping trips to help young men develop positive and healthy relationships.
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Dairy farms are still draining the Colorado River dry https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081123_colorado_river_dairy/dairy-farms-are-still-draining-colorado-river-dry/
A new report warns that the Colorado River - depended upon by more than 40 million people - is facing severe decline as it is being ‘drained dry,’ with agriculture largely to blame, particularly industrial meat and crops raised to feed livestock.
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For the love of Google! Family wrongly kept in dark about son's fate by Pima Sheriff's Luddite ways https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/081123_jail_death_failure_op/for-love-google-family-wrongly-kept-dark-sons-fate-by-pima-sheriffs-luddite-ways/
I'm not saying the Pima County Sheriff's Department didn't give a flip about a family frantically searching for their son. I'm saying they acted like they didn't give a flip, because that young man died in their custody, and they didn't bother to tell family it happened.
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Part punk, part theatre: Tucson’s Holy Faint indulge age-old musical bacchanalia https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/081123_holy_faint/part-punk-part-theatre-tucsons-holy-faint-indulge-age-old-musical-bacchanalia/
Artfully mashing together the grandeur of theater with the serrated-edge of punk rock — juxtaposing a Baroque-era aesthetic against a contemporary social consciousness — Tucson’s Holy Faint offers “Charisma I,” the band’s debut EP.
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Special counsel appointed as prosecutors move to bring Hunter Biden case to trial https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081123_hunter_biden_probe/special-counsel-appointed-as-prosecutors-move-bring-hunter-biden-case-trial/
The lead prosecutor investigating federal tax evasion charges against Hunter Biden has been elevated to special counsel as the government says it has reached an impasse in negotiations and must move forward with a trial.
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Feds push for January trial date in Jan. 6 case against Donald Trump https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081123_trump_trial/feds-push-january-trial-date-jan-6-case-against-donald-trump/
Special counsel Jack Smith proposed a Jan. 2, 2024 start date for a trial in the 2020 election subversion case against Donald Trump, a day that would coincide with the three-year anniversary of the Capitol insurrection and the beginning of the Republican primary season.
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Arizona Republican Party’s fundraising abysmal in run up to pivotal 2024 election https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081123_gop_fundraising/arizona-republican-partys-fundraising-abysmal-run-up-pivotal-2024-election/
The Arizona Republican Party’s fundraising efforts so far this year have been dismal, with Democrats outpacing them seven to one, leaving political operatives wondering if the party’s new chairman can right the ship in time to mount any sort of meaningful campaign in 2024.
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Arizona Republican Party’s fundraising abysmal in run up to pivotal 2024 election https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081123_gop_fundraising/arizona-republican-partys-fundraising-abysmal-run-up-pivotal-2024-election/
The Arizona Republican Party’s fundraising efforts so far this year have been dismal, with Democrats outpacing them seven to one, leaving political operatives wondering if the party’s new chairman can right the ship in time to mount any sort of meaningful campaign in 2024.
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Feds forced to review grazing on biodiverse Sonoran Desert National Monument https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081123_sonoran_grazing/feds-forced-review-grazing-biodiverse-sonoran-desert-national-monument/
The federal government failed to take a "hard look” at the environmental impact of grazing on the Sonoran Desert National Monument and was ordered by a federal judge to rewrite its resource management plan.
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Congress brought back earmarks. Now they’re one more point of drama in divided House. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081123_earmarks_drama/congress-brought-back-earmarks-now-theyre-one-more-point-drama-divided-house/
The Republican chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee said she planned to “tweak” how the chamber earmarks spending - changes that infuriated Democrats, who argue the GOP has politicized a relatively bipartisan process renewed in 2021 after a decade-long hiatus.
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'Blue Ribbon Commission' Pima jail meeting scuttled by brass band, protesters https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081023_jail_commission_meeting/blue-ribbon-commission-pima-jail-meeting-scuttled-by-brass-band-protesters/
A committee tasked with evaluating whether Pima County should build a new jail halted their meeting Thursday morning after a few dozen people, led by a small brass band and a drummer, took over the room and began chanting and cheering.
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Thousands helped, thousands more may still be in need after Arizona Medicaid scams https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081023_native_fraud_fallout/thousands-helped-thousands-more-may-still-need-after-arizona-medicaid-scams/
A state hotline has helped thousands of tribal victims in the two months since state officials uncovered a string of fraudulent Medicaid-funded addiction care facilities in Arizona, but the exact scale of the problem is still unknown.
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USDA’s climate grants for farms & forests run into Republican buzzsaw https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081023_usda_gop_climate/usdas-climate-grants-farms-forests-run-into-republican-buzzsaw/
The Biden administration is spending more than $3 billion to cultivate more American farmers and forest landowners as partners to mitigate climate change — even while some Republicans on Capitol Hill try to stop the program entirely.
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The Trump indictments: a 7-year timeline of key developments https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081023_trump_indictments/the-trump-indictments-7-year-timeline-key-developments/
Former President Donald Trump is a defendant in three criminal proceedings - with a possible fourth indictment in Georgia - and in months to come, the legal proceedings will demand Trump’s time and attention as he wages his campaign for the 2024 GOP nomination for president.
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Using 'recycled plastic' in construction materials may not be a great idea after all https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081023_plastic_construction/using-recycled-plastic-construction-materials-may-not-great-idea-after-all/
Using “recycled” plastic in construction materials might seem like a pretty good idea, but independent experts tell a much more complicated story, suggesting that most applications involving plastic waste in infrastructure are not ready for prime time.
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Lost Medicaid health coverage? Here’s what you need to know https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081023_medicaid_loss/lost-medicaid-health-coverage-heres-what-you-need-know/
Medicaid is undergoing tremendous upheaval as an estimated 8.2 million people, including over 150,000 Arizonans, will need to find new coverage since pandemic protections for Medicaid enrollees came to an end - and though there is help, consumers should be wary.
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The other billionaires who have treated the Supreme Court justice to luxury travel https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081023_thomas_travel/the-other-billionaires-who-have-treated-supreme-court-justice-luxury-travel/
During his three decades on the Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas’ leisure activities have been underwritten by benefactors who share the ideology that drives his jurisprudence, and he appears to have violated the law by failing to disclose flights, yacht cruises and expensive tickets.
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Wildcat soccer flies away, yeah, to Malibu https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/081023_arizona-soccer/wildcat-soccer-flies-away-yeah-malibu/
Arizona’s women’s soccer team opens their season against Pepperdine University in Malibu on Thursday. The Waves have been a tough opponent for the Wildcats, but that is fine with the players.
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