Tucson officials claim narrow 'yes' vote for Prop. 413 doesn't trigger recount https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111823_election/tucson-officials-claim-narrow-yes-vote-prop-413-doesnt-trigger-recount/
The slender voting margin in favor of substantial raises for Tucson's mayor and City Council won't lead to a recount, with city officials asserting that the measure falls between the cracks of Arizona's election recount statute.
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Pharmacists: Biden admin’s limit on drug-industry middlemen backfires https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/111823_pharma_regs/pharmacists-biden-admins-limit-drug-industry-middlemen-backfires/
The Biden administration’s first major step toward imposing limits on the pharmacy benefit managers who act as the drug industry’s price negotiators is backfiring, pharmacists say. Instead, it’s adding to the woes of the independent drugstores it was partly designed to help.
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Courts, state officials hesitate to keep Trump off 2024 ballots https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/111823_trump_ballots/courts-state-officials-hesitate-keep-trump-off-2024-ballots/
Some scholars say a little-known, Civil War-era provision in the U.S. Constitution should prohibit former President Donald Trump from appearing on state ballots in next year’s presidential election - but it seems increasingly unlikely that he will be disqualified.
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Family of Tohono O'odham man killed by Border Patrol agents to sue federal government https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111723_mattia_shooting_suit/family-tohono-oodham-man-killed-by-border-patrol-agents-sue-federal-government/
The family of a Tohono O'odham man shot and killed by Border Patrol agents in May has filed a notice of claim — a precursor to a federal lawsuit. "They murdered him in his front yard," an attorney said Friday.
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Biden signs stopgap spending bill, avoiding government shutdown https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/111723_biden_spending_bill/biden-signs-stopgap-spending-bill-avoiding-government-shutdown/
President Joe Biden has signed the stopgap spending bill, giving his administration and Congress about two months to work out agreement on the dozen annual spending bills.
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NY judge temporarily lifts gag orders in Trump Org civil fraud case https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/111723_trump_gag_order/ny-judge-temporarily-lifts-gag-orders-trump-org-civil-fraud-case/
A New York judge temporarily lifted a pair of gag orders against Donald Trump and his legal team pending a full appeal in the former president’s $250 million civil fraud trial.
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DOJ backs tenants in case alleging price-fixing by big landlords & a real estate tech company https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/111723_landlords_price_fixing/doj-backs-tenants-case-alleging-price-fixing-by-big-landlords-real-estate-tech-company/
The U.S. Department of Justice stepped into a massive antitrust lawsuit filed by dozens of tenants who are accusing a tech company’s apartment software of helping landlords collude to inflate rents - a practice that experts said may violate antitrust laws.
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Wee hours U.S. Senate drama: GOP colleagues on the floor battle Tuberville blockade https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/111723_tuberville_drama/wee-hours-us-senate-drama-gop-colleagues-floor-battle-tuberville-blockade/
After a marathon day and late-night vote to avert a Thanksgiving government shutdown, four U.S. Senate Republicans held the floor until the wee hours Thursday, urging their Alabama colleague to lift his months-long objections to hundreds of U.S. military nominations.
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Arizona voting rights trial takes 9th Circuit detour over legislative privilege https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111723_voting_rights/arizona-voting-rights-trial-takes-9th-circuit-detour-over-legislative-privilege/
Arizona state legislative leaders asked a Ninth Circuit panel to block an order from a lower court demanding they turnover “privileged” communications regarding two voting laws that are the subject of an ongoing federal trial.
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Backpage founder Michael Lacey dodges prostitution rap, but convicted on money laundering count https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111723_backpage_convictions/backpage-founder-michael-lacey-dodges-prostitution-rap-but-convicted-money-laundering-count/
A federal jury spared Michael Lacey, founder and former owner of the controversial classified advertising website Backpage.com, convictions for facilitating prostitution but did find him guilty of one count of international concealment money laundering.
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Democrats urge feds to update banking ‘red flags’ on legal marijuana businesses https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/111723_marijuana_banking/democrats-urge-feds-update-banking-red-flags-legal-marijuana-businesses/
Congressional Democrats urged the Treasury Department to change the banking ‘red flags’ policy on legal marijuana businesses, arguing the federal government unfairly penalizes state-legal marijuana businesses whose owners have been convicted of marijuana-related crimes.
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Colleges face gambling addiction among students as sports betting spreads https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/111623_college_gambling_op/colleges-face-gambling-addiction-among-students-as-sports-betting-spreads/
An estimated 2% to 3% of U.S. adults have a gambling problem, with the portion of college students with a problem is potentially twice that number - but colleges can take steps to curtail problem gambling among students.
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Arizona Theatre Company's 'Scrooge!' is all but humbug https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/111423_scrooge_atc/arizona-theatre-companys-scrooge-all-but-humbug/
Arizona Theatre Company premiered their new holiday musical on Friday, Nov. 10 in the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson - "Scrooge!"
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Trump moves for mistrial in Manhattan fraud case, claiming bias from the court https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/111623_trump_mistrial/trump-moves-mistrial-manhattan-fraud-case-claiming-bias-from-court/
Donald Trump’s legal team asked a Manhattan court for a mistrial in the $250 million civil fraud case against the former president, his family and his namesake business, arguing the court was biased against Trump throughout the trial’s proceedings.
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In late-night rally, Senate approves short-term federal budget, dodging shutdown https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/111623_senate_spending/in-late-night-rally-senate-approves-short-term-federal-budget-dodging-shutdown/
Congress appears to have averted a government shutdown for the second time this fall, as the Senate voted to approve a short-term spending patch that will keep federal programs funded into the new year.
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Tom Horne is violating students' rights & promoting Islamophobia, critics say https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111623_horne_rights/tom-horne-violating-students-rights-promoting-islamophobia-critics-say/
A local Muslim civil rights group is pushing back on criticism of Amnesty International in Arizona schools leveled last week by Tom Horne, the state’s schools chief, saying his comments violate the free speech rights of students and contribute to rising Islamophobia.
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Late disclosure in Backpage case could spell trouble for prosecution https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111623_backpage_disclosure/late-disclosure-backpage-case-could-spell-trouble-prosecution/
As a nearly deadlocked jury continues to grapple with 100 felony counts stacked against former owners and operators of Backpage.com, prosecutors seem to have inadvertently thrown yet another wrench in the case.
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State Bar of Arizona investigates Kari Lake’s election-challenge attorneys https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111623_lake_attorney_bar/state-bar-arizona-investigates-kari-lakes-election-challenge-attorneys/
Bryan Blehm and Kurt Olsen, the two attorneys who represented Kari Lake in her failed attempt to overturn the results of Arizona’s 2022 gubernatorial election are being investigated by the State Bar of Arizona.
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Shaken & stirred: NCAA transfer portal transforms Pac-12 basketball https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/111623_transfer_portal/shaken-stirred-ncaa-transfer-portal-transforms-pac-12-basketball/
The stakes are raised higher each offseason with college basketball coaches across the country scrambling to keep their top talent on rosters while dipping into the transfer portal to replenish the void left by NBA draft prospects, graduates and departed players.
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