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FactCheck: Q&A on Trump’s Georgia indictment https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081723_factcheck_trump_indictment/factcheck-qa-trumps-georgia-indictment/
For the fourth time in a little more than four months, former President Donald Trump was indicted, this time, by a special state grand jury in Georgia that alleges Trump and 18 co-defendants conspired “to unlawfully change the outcome” of the 2020 presidential election.
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Abortion pill to stay on the market until U.S. Supreme Court ruling https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081723_abortion_pill_ruling/abortion-pill-stay-market-until-us-supreme-court-ruling/
A federal appeals court ruled the abortion pill remains legal and on the market in states that haven’t banned it, until the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether to take the case, and can be used under modifications approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
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Defining which young person is 'homeless' affects aid state by state https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081723_homeless_youth/defining-which-young-person-homeless-affects-aid-state-by-state/
The Arizona Department of Education estimated that there were nearly 14,000 homeless public school students in 2020-21, but there is no single, uniform definition of homelessness across states or even within the federal government, greatly complicating efforts to help young people.
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Pima County's free legal clinic Tues. helps seal old criminal records https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081723_pima_legal_clinic/pima-countys-free-legal-clinic-tues-helps-seal-old-criminal-records/
Pima County will hold a free legal clinic on August 22 to help those who have been convicted of, charged with, or arrested for certain crimes petition to seal their criminal records.
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Hellertoon: Kansas police stop presses with raid on local newspaper https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/081623_hellertoon_kansas/hellertoon-kansas-police-stop-presses-with-raid-local-newspaper/
In a blatant move to halt local investigative reporting, police raided the offices of the Marion Record newspaper last Friday.
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Forest Service moves to 'thin' 775 acres on Mt. Lemmon to reduce wildfire threat https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081623_thinning_forest_lemmon/forest-service-moves-thin-775-acres-mt-lemmon-reduce-wildfire-threat/
In an effort to mitigate future forest fires on Mt. Lemmon, crews with the U.S. Forest Service will cut down and pile small trees on 775 acres beginning in September, officials announced Wednesday.
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Universal ESA vouchers: Arizona’s $1 billion failed experiment https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/081623_esa_vouchers_op/universal-esa-vouchers-arizonas-1-billion-failed-experiment/
It’s becoming abundantly clear that Arizona’s universal voucher program is a failed $1 billion experiment that comes at the expense of over 1 million Arizona kids, and GOP legislators have done nothing to create controls for the program, or even budget to cover its ballooning costs.
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AG Mayes asks Arizona Supreme Court to reject Hamadeh’s appeal https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081623_hamadeh_appeal/ag-mayes-asks-arizona-supreme-court-reject-hamadehs-appeal/
The Arizona Supreme Court should reject Abraham Hamadeh’s insincere attempt to fast-track his appeal that aims to overturn his 2022 election loss, say lawyers for Attorney General Kris Mayes, arguing delays in the case were due to lack of action by Hamadeh’s attorneys.
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Feds won’t honor gun charge agreement with Hunter Biden, U.S. attorney says https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081623_hunter_biden_charges/feds-wont-honor-gun-charge-agreement-with-hunter-biden-us-attorney-says/
Though counsel for Hunter Biden told the District of Delaware Court that the government should still honor part of their client’s plea deal, the federal prosecutor investigating the case said a diversion program negotiated as part of Biden’s gun charge never actually went into effect.
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Feds ease Colorado River water cuts for thirsty Western states https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081623_water_guidelines/feds-ease-colorado-river-water-cuts-thirsty-western-states/
Following a winter of above-average precipitation, the Bureau of Reclamation released its Colorado River Basin plan that reduces the cuts states reliant on the river will have to shoulder, as Lakes Mead and Powell sit at a combined 36% of capacity.
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Tom Horne, Kris Mayes clash over dual-language teaching in Az classrooms https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081623_dual_language_teaching/tom-horne-kris-mayes-clash-over-dual-language-teaching-az-classrooms/
The fight between GOP Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne and Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes over whether Arizona schools can use dual-language models to teach students who are learning English continued, with Horne again threatening to take legal action.
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Rulebook for Arizona’s 2024 elections faces criticism from multiple sides https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/3_fontes_election_rulebook/rulebook-arizonas-2024-elections-faces-criticism-from-multiple-sides/
As Secretary of State Adrian Fontes makes rules for how next year’s elections must be run in Arizona, Republican legislative leaders say he’s overstepping his authority - and voting rights advocates say he isn’t exerting enough authority.
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Freeze on DACA approvals leaves thousands of Arizona migrants in limbo https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081623_daca_delays/freeze-daca-approvals-leaves-thousands-arizona-migrants-limbo/
There are more than 1.1 million undocumented individuals in the U.S. eligible for DACA protection – 44,000 in the state of Arizona - but fewer than half that number actually have DACA protection, according to the latest data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
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Hellertoon: Trump indictments enter new territory https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/081523_heller_indictment/hellertoon-trump-indictments-enter-new-territory/
With Donald Trump being indicted in yet another place, it's hard to tell who will turn up next with a subpoena or fresh indictment.
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Claytoonz: Peaches & crimes https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/081523_claytoonz_trump/claytoonz-peaches-crimes/
Not only is Trump indicted in Georgia, but he has company in 18 other co-defendants, including such MAGA luminaries as Mark Meadows, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Jeffrey Clark, Jenna Ellis, and…..RUDY GIULIANI. Hot digitty dog!
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Claytoonz: Peaches & crimes https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/081523_claytoonz_trump/claytoonz-peaches-crimes/
Not only is Trump indicted in Georgia, but he has company in 18 other co-defendants, including such MAGA luminaries as Mark Meadows, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Jeffrey Clark, Jenna Ellis, and…..RUDY GIULIANI. Hot digitty dog!
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State pension fund helping a Middle Eastern firm export Arizona groundwater https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081523_groundwater_export/state-pension-fund-helping-middle-eastern-firm-export-arizona-groundwater/
As Arizonans face water shortages, foreign firms are sucking up vast amounts of the state’s groundwater to grow hay for Saudi Arabia and other wealthy nations - and now it turns out that a key investor in this water transfer scheme is Arizona’s own employee retirement fund.
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Trump's indictment in Georgia: A confirmation of states' rights https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/081523_states_rights_indictment_op/trumps-indictment-georgia-confirmation-states-rights/
Donald Trump's activities in Georgia and New York may be prosecuted independently by state prosecutors under state criminal codes, and at the same time, many of the facts could be relevant to federal criminal prosecutions - representing the essence of states' rights in action.
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Abortion impasse that has stalled military promotions fires up defense secretary https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081523_military_leadership/abortion-impasse-that-has-stalled-military-promotions-fires-up-defense-secretary/
The chief of U.S. naval operations officially stepped down Monday, bringing the total of military branches without a Senate-confirmed leader up to three as the standoff on Senate confirmation votes stretches into a fifth month.
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Student loan repayments will hit economy; how hard depends on who’s being hit https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081523_debt_doubts/student-loan-repayments-will-hit-economy-how-hard-depends-whos-being-hit/
When federal student loan payments resume this fall, they are expected to pull as much $71 billion in otherwise disposable income out of the economy every year, $5.3 billion of which will come from Arizona.
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