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Arizona Greens push to regain party recognition and get on 2024 ballot https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101123_az_green_party1/arizona-greens-push-regain-party-recognition-and-get-2024-ballot/
The Arizona Green Party is collecting signatures to register as a new party after losing party recognition in the state in 2019. If the party is successful, it will be ballot eligible for the 2024 elections.
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Arizona Greens push to regain party recognition and get on 2024 ballot https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101123_az_green_party/arizona-greens-push-regain-party-recognition-and-get-2024-ballot/
The Arizona Green Party is collecting signatures to register as a new party after losing party recognition in the state in 2019. If the party is successful, it will be ballot eligible for the 2024 elections.
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Kari Lake, who insists she won Az in 2022, enters Senate race with Trump’s endorsement https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101023_lake_senate/kari-lake-who-insists-she-won-az-2022-enters-senate-race-with-trumps-endorsement/
Kari Lake, who still hasn’t conceded her loss in the 2022 race for Arizona governor, formally launched her campaign for U.S. Senate on Tuesday.
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Kari Lake, who insists she won in 2022, enters the U.S. Senate race with Donald Trump’s endorsement https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101023_lake_senate/kari-lake-who-insists-she-won-2022-enters-us-senate-race-with-donald-trumps-endorsement/
Kari Lake, who still hasn’t conceded her loss in the 2022 race for Arizona governor, formally launched her campaign for U.S. Senate Tuesday.
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Cannabis corps buy up 'social equity' licenses as Az dispensary deadline looms https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101023_dispensary_deadline/cannabis-corps-buy-up-social-equity-licenses-as-az-dispensary-deadline-looms/
As Arizona’s remaining social equity license holders scramble to open marijuana dispensaries before a looming October deadline, private investors and major cannabis corporations have continued to wrest control away from the individuals the program was designed to benefit.
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Investors, cannabis corporations acquire more social equity licenses as deadline to open dispensaries looms https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101023_dispensary_deadline/investors-cannabis-corporations-acquire-more-social-equity-licenses-as-deadline-open-dispensaries-looms/
As Arizona’s remaining social equity license holders scramble to open marijuana dispensaries before a looming October deadline, private investors and major cannabis corporations have continued to wrest control away from the individuals the program was designed to benefit.
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Signing bonuses on Vail schools agenda; other district boards meeting https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/101023_agenda_vail_op/signing-bonuses-vail-schools-agenda-other-district-boards-meeting/
The Vail school board will vote Tuesday on $600 bonuses for groundskeepers and maintenance workers. It's not Aaron Rodgers money but it highlights the ongoing worker shortage. Plus more in local government meetings.
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AHCCCS reaches out to recipients, community to help with Medicaid 'unwinding' https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101023_ahcccs_medicaid/ahcccs-reaches-out-recipients-community-help-with-medicaid-unwinding/
For the past six months, the nation has been undergoing a Medicaid “unwinding,” wherein millions of individuals who were enrolled in Medicaid health insurance during the COVID-19 pandemic are being disenrolled because their current income makes them ineligible.
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States that send a mail ballot to every voter really do increase turnout, scholars find https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101023_mail_ballot_turnout/states-that-send-mail-ballot-every-voter-really-do-increase-turnout-scholars-find/
When every registered voter gets sent a ballot in the mail — a system known as universal vote-by-mail — voting rates tend to rise, numerous studies have found.
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Photos: Hundreds of Tucsonans pray for victims of violence in Israel https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100923_jcc_israel_solidarity/photos-hundreds-tucsonans-pray-victims-violence-israel/
Updated: Hundreds of people filled the sculpture garden at the Tucson Jewish Community Center on Monday night to show solidarity for Israel after the country endured a series of attacks over the weekend.
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Jobs report surprises as employers add 336,000 jobs in September https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101023_jobs_report/jobs-report-surprises-as-employers-add-336000-jobs-september/
Employers continued their hiring streak in September, surprising economists by boosting jobs for workers in restaurants, health care, and government.
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UA Poetry Center opens exhibit of Kore Press feminist publishing https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101023_kore_opening/ua-poetry-center-opens-exhibit-kore-press-feminist-publishing/
The Poetry Center at the University of Arizona is opening an exhibit dedicated to the Kore Press titled "FieldNotes: 30 Years of Kore Press + Institute." The opening reception is accessible to the public and will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 10 at 6 p.m.
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Photos: Hundreds of Tucsonans pray for victims of violence in Israel https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100923_jcc_israel_solidarity/photos-hundreds-tucsonans-pray-victims-violence-israel/
Hundreds of people filled the sculpture garden at the Tucson Jewish Community Center on Monday night to show solidarity for Israel after the country endured a series of attacks over the weekend.
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ASU paid $11k in security costs for a white nationalist who spoke on campus in 2022 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101023_asu_white_nationalist/asu-paid-11k-security-costs-white-nationalist-who-spoke-campus-2022/
Arizona State University spent more than $11,000 on security for a speech on campus by white nationalist Jared Taylor last year, public records show.
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‘Nobody really knows’ where to find the right care after a sexual assault https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101023_sexual_assault_nurses/nobody-really-knows-where-find-right-care-after-sexual-assault/
Across the U.S., forensic nurses are scarce, and despite a 2022 law requiring a national directory of sexual assault nurse examiner locations, there is no comprehensive national resource to direct survivors of violence to the nearest forensic exam.
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FactCheck: Biden’s border wall, explained https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101023_border_wall_factcheck/factcheck-bidens-border-wall-explained/
After the Department of Homeland Security announced it would waive laws to enable miles of border wall construction in Texas, President Joe Biden said he “can’t stop” the money being spent on border barriers because of the way it was appropriated by Congress. That’s correct, experts told us.
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Arizona agrees to pay for gender-affirming surgery for state employees https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100923_transgender_coverage/arizona-agrees-pay-gender-affirming-surgery-state-employees/
Arizona legislators said they are “disappointed” that the state has agreed to pay for gender-affirming surgeries for state employees in a consent decree that settles years of class action litigation by a University of Arizona professor.
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There you go again: Lake's Senate candidacy is a test of which universe we inhabit https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/100923_lake_senate_op/there-you-go-again-lakes-senate-candidacy-test-which-universe-we-inhabit/
This election is a debatable question of whether we still live in a universe where up is still above us and down is still below. If so, Kari Lake can't win. If it's the opposite, she can't lose.
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Abortion rights advocates say consequences dire if SCOTUS declines to hear pill case https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/100923_scotus_abortion_pill/abortion-rights-advocates-say-consequences-dire-if-scotus-declines-hear-pill-case/
More than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court decided states could set their own abortion laws, including bans, the nation's highest court now could cut off abortion access in states where abortion is still legal.
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There you go again: Lake's Senate candidacy is a test of which universe we inhabit https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/100923_lake_senate_op/there-you-go-again-lakes-senate-candidacy-test-which-universe-we-inhabit/
This election is a debatable question of whether we still live in a universe where up is still above us and down is still below. If so, Kari Lake can't win. If it's the opposite, she can't lose.
#Tucson #Arizona