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Lawsuit could strike down restrictive Az rules for gender changes on birth certificates tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A federal judge in Tucson approved a class action request in a lawsuit first filed three years ago by a trio of trans minors and their parents who argued that the rules for editing their Arizona birth certificates are harmful and intrinsically unfair.

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Tribal health workers aren’t paid like their peers. See why Nevada changed that. tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Only three other states, including Arizona and now Nevada, treat community health representatives serving Native American populations as eligible for the same Medicaid reimbursement as their similarly named counterparts in nontribal areas, limiting tribes' ability to expand services.

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Journalism org offers $20k to defend Kansas paper in wake of police raid, death of 98-year-old co-owner tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Society of Professional Journalists’ unanimously offered $20,000 to the family-owned Marion County Record for legal costs in wake of the seizure of newspaper and personal property by local law enforcement investigating allegations of identity theft and illegal use of a computer.

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Judge puts strict limits on Trump sharing evidence in Jan. 6 case tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Donald Tump must abide by strict rules as he handles the majority of the evidence against him in the criminal case over his alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 election, following a federal judge's protective order.

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Pot smell & safety concerns ignite disputes over public smoking tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Most states that have legalized marijuana forbid public consumption due to public safety concerns and a general distaste for the pungent odor of pot smoke, but the debate has grown since 23 states and the District of Columbia have legalized adult-use cannabis.

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'Uncivil obedience' becomes an increasingly common form of protest in the U.S. tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Like civil disobedience, the purpose of uncivil obedience is to change laws, but it does so by “mastering the system’s rules” - following the law but in ways that challenge the practicality and fairness of laws and processes.

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Advocates accuse U.S. border officials of relying on 'old habits' to block asylum seekers tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Immigration advocates challenged the Biden administration's use of CBP One — a cellphone application to create appointments for asylum seekers — arguing the border-wide policy violates federal law by sending people back to dangerous circumstances in Mexico.

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Raise a pint to bicycles, sustainable art at Beer for Bikes fundraiser tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Dragoon Brewing Company is working with the Bicycle Inter Community Art and Salvage group, also known as BICAS, on a fundraiser dedicated to sustainable art and bicycle advocacy.

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Children's Museum Tucson receives $242k grant for diversity & inclusion programs tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The Children's Museum Tucson received a $242,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to develop diversity and inclusion.

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Arizona Arts Live announces 23-24 season tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Arizona Arts Live announces a season full of "world-class artists and captivating new experiences" for the 2023-2024 season. Offerings ranging from music performances to dance productions kick of in September and run through April.

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Abe Hamadeh asks the Arizona Supreme Court to greenlight his new trial tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
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 tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
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 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
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 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
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 tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
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 tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
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 tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
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 tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
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 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
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 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
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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