Anillos mexicanos de pastillas abortivas cruzan la frontera para ayudar a inmigrantes sin acceso https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091023_after_roe_pill_networks_esp/anillos-mexicanos-de-pastillas-abortivas-cruzan-la-frontera-para-ayudar-inmigrantes-sin-acceso/
Los activistas abortistas mexicanos que distribuyen medicamentos abortivos, así como organizaciones a favor del aborto en Estados Unidos, han comenzado a construir una red transfronteriza para brindar asistencia con píldoras abortivas a mujeres inmigrantes indocumentadas.
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Schools chief Tom Horne sues AG, governor over dual-language instruction in Az schools https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090823_horne_lawsuit/schools-chief-tom-horne-sues-ag-governor-over-dual-language-instruction-az-schools/
Arizona’s public schools chief Tom Horne is taking the governor and attorney general to court in an ongoing spat over how English Language Learner students should be taught.
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Horne sues AG, governor over dual language instruction in Arizona schools https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090823_horne_lawsuit/horne-sues-ag-governor-over-dual-language-instruction-arizona-schools/
Arizona’s public schools chief Tom Horne is taking the governor and attorney general to court in an ongoing spat over how English Language Learner students should be taught.
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GAO: Rush to build border wall caused harm, damages continued after pause https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/090823_wall_damages/gao-rush-build-border-wall-caused-harm-damages-continued-after-pause/
A new Government Accountability Office report confirms that the Trump administration’s rush to build a border wall caused significant environmental damage, depleted water sources and devastated sacred tribal sites.
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CTE study reveals alarming numbers about athletes who died before reaching 30 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/090823_cte_under_30/cte-study-reveals-alarming-numbers-athletes-who-died-before-reaching-30/
Head injuries have been a part of sports for decades, and with every passing year, player safety is put further into question as the alarming damage from collisions becomes more clear and neuroscientists worry about the impact head injuries can have on youth development.
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Tohono O’odham partners with wireless internet provider to connect tribal citizens https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090823_tohono_wireless/tohono-oodham-partners-with-wireless-internet-provider-connect-tribal-citizens/
Tohono O’odham citizens now have access to wireless internet options thanks to a partnership the Tohono O’odham Utility Authority established with Baicells Technologies to provide high-speed broadband connectivity to villages across the largely rural Native American nation.
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Will 14th Amendment bar Trump from Arizona ballot in 2024? https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/090823_trump_ballot/will-14th-amendment-bar-trump-from-arizona-ballot-2024/
Lawsuits have been filed in three states so far to attempt to keep former President Donald Trump off the ballot in the 2024 presidential election, but at this point, it’s unclear if a suit filed in Arizona will follow.
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Millions more workers would receive overtime pay under proposed Biden admin rule https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/090823_worker_overtime/millions-more-workers-would-receive-overtime-pay-under-proposed-biden-admin-rule/
Salaried workers who have been ineligible for overtime pay would benefit from a proposed Biden administration regulation that would raise the wage threshold for the standard salary level to $55,068 annually.
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Some states back hospital mergers despite record of service cuts, price hikes https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/090823_hospital_mergers/some-states-back-hospital-mergers-despite-record-service-cuts-price-hikes/
As supersized health care systems gobble up smaller hospitals and clinics, hospital trade groups and some states say mergers can save failing hospitals, especially rural ones - but research shows that a lack of competition often leads to fewer services at higher costs.
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Texas can keep buoys in Rio Grande while legal challenge continues, federal appeals court rules https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/090823_rio_grande_buoys/texas-can-keep-buoys-rio-grande-while-legal-challenge-continues-federal-appeals-court-rules/
Nearly three months after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the deployment of the 1,000-foot line of buoys and mesh in the Rio Grande, a federal judge ordered the state to remove the barrier and stop building further obstructions in the river. One day later a higher court sided with Texas.
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Judge refuses to block exploratory mining projects in Patagonia Mountains https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090523_south32_mine/judge-refuses-block-exploratory-mining-projects-patagonia-mountains/
A U.S. District Court judge denied an attempt to block two exploratory mining projects in Arizona’s Patagonia Mountains, ruling against a coalition of environmental groups who challenged federal permitting in the Coronado National Forest.
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Repairs slow in coming at Tucson's new affordable housing complex https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090723_gateway_apts/repairs-slow-coming-tucsons-new-affordable-housing-complex/
The plight of a resident of a new affordable housing complex offers lessons for city officials and nonprofit agencies as they work to build more low-income apartments in Tucson.
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Whatton's double-double helps Pima volleyball topple Yavapai in 5-set thriller https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/090623_pcc_volleyball/whattons-double-double-helps-pima-volleyball-topple-yavapai-5-set-thriller/
The Pima Community College volleyball team (6-6, 2-0 in ACCAC) protected home court on Wednesday in a thrilling match against Yavapai College (5-7, 1-3).
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Arizona's ESA school voucher program added almost 50,000 students in past year https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090723_esa_climbs/arizonas-esa-school-voucher-program-added-almost-50000-students-past-year/
Arizona added nearly 12,000 students to the Empowerment Scholarship Account program in the last quarter, bringing total enrollment to 61,689 at the end of June and renewing debates about the costs and benefits of the program.
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Federal judge orders Texas to remove floating border barrier; Governor appeals https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/090723_tx_river_barrier/federal-judge-orders-texas-remove-floating-border-barrier-governor-appeals/
Nearly three months after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the deployment of the 1,000-foot line of buoys and mesh in the Rio Grande, an Austin federal judge ordered the state to remove the barrier and stop building further obstructions in the river - a decision that was immediately appealed.
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Az schools chief Horne cancels $70M in COVID-19 funding to set up tutoring program https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090723_horne_funding_canceled/az-schools-chief-horne-cancels-70m-covid-19-funding-set-up-tutoring-program/
Arizona schools chief Tom Horne is canceling millions of dollars in contracts funded by COVID-19 aid in order to funnel the money into a new tutoring program for struggling students that will help only about 10% of the students who are falling behind academically.
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Paper ballots are good, but accurately hand-counting them all is next to impossible https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/090723_ballot_count_op/paper-ballots-are-good-but-accurately-hand-counting-them-all-next-impossible/
There’s something of a movement among people who remain the most suspicious of the 2020 presidential election results to return to the days when ballots were counted by hand - but there are two good reasons to avoid hand-counting ballots: speed and accuracy.
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Federal judge orders Texas to remove floating border barrier; Abbott appeals https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/090723_tx_river_barrier/federal-judge-orders-texas-remove-floating-border-barrier-abbott-appeals/
Nearly three months after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the deployment of the 1,000-foot line of buoys and mesh in the Rio Grande, an Austin federal judge ordered the state to remove the barrier and stop building further obstructions in the river - a decision that was immediately appealed.
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Biden administration cancels Trump-era Alaskan Arctic oil & gas leases, limiting future development https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/090723_alaska_drilling/biden-administration-cancels-trump-era-alaskan-arctic-oil-gas-leases-limiting-future-development/
The Biden administration announced the end of seven oil drilling leases in Alaska’s Arctic Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday, reversing deals under the Trump administration while promising to limit new leasing for oil development within Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve.
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Congress & nonprofit working to put women’s suffrage monument on National Mall https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/090723_suffrage_monument/congress-nonprofit-working-put-womens-suffrage-monument-national-mall/
As Congress considers a bill to place a women’s suffrage monument - dedicated to the 19th and 20th century activists fighting for women’s right to vote and other rights - on the National Mall, a nonprofit is working to raise the estimated $50 million needed to build it.
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