Supreme Court orders Texas to allow Border Patrol access to U.S.-Mexico border https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012224_scotus_razor_wire/supreme-court-orders-texas-allow-border-patrol-access-us-mexico-border/
The Supreme Court granted the Biden administration’s request for emergency relief to access the Southwest border despite efforts by Texas to commandeer the area that have led to the deaths of several migrants.
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New grant program available for Tucson small businesses https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012224_tucson_ida_grants/new-grant-program-available-tucson-small-businesses/
Local small businesses can apply for up to $10,000 in funding from the new Tucson Changemakers Grant Program.
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Character study: Ed Moore leaves a legacy of vengeance, pettiness, smarts & decency https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/012224_moore_obit_op/character-study-ed-moore-leaves-legacy-vengeance-pettiness-smarts-decency/
In the early '90s, Moore stood as the dominant force in Pima County government. He launched a crusade against the professional civil service. Moore would lose his misguided war but it sure was — like the man himself — one for the ages.
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Az women rally for reproductive rights as they look to the 2024 elections https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012224_abortion_right_rally/az-women-rally-reproductive-rights-as-they-look-2024-elections/
Hundreds of Arizonans gathered on Saturday across the street from the state Capitol to commemorate the fall of Roe v. Wade, and call for the election of pro-choice candidates.
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Women rally for reproductive rights as they look to the 2024 elections https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012224_abortion_right_rally/women-rally-reproductive-rights-as-they-look-2024-elections/
Hundreds of Arizonans gathered on Saturday across the street from the state Capitol to commemorate the fall of Roe v. Wade, and call for the election of pro-choice candidates.
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Proposed Az bill would outlaw forcing pregnant inmates to give birth before due dates https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012224_pregnant_inmates/proposed-az-bill-would-outlaw-forcing-pregnant-inmates-give-birth-before-due-dates/
A fundamental respect for the dignity of all people is the driving force behind Arizona legislation ensuring that pregnant prisoners are not forced to induce labor before their due dates, and that strip searches are only performed by correctional officers of the same gender as the prisoners.
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Women & minorities bear the brunt of medical misdiagnosis https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012224_medical_misdiagnosis/women-minorities-bear-brunt-medical-misdiagnosis/
Nearly 1 in 4 hospital patients who died or were transferred to intensive care had experienced a diagnostic error, and women and racial and ethnic minorities are 20% to 30% more likely than white men to experience a misdiagnosis.
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Immigration courts clearing cases at 50% higher rate amid backlog https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012224_court_backlog/immigration-courts-clearing-cases-50-higher-rate-amid-backlog/
Immigration judges completed double the amount of cases during the first quarter of 2024 compared to the same period a year ago, with almost 200,000 cases completed between October and December 2023, compared to 132,000 cases completed during the same time the year prior.
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Roe is gone, but Arizonans still join abortion opponents marching in D.C. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012224_roe_march/roe-gone-but-arizonans-still-join-abortion-opponents-marching-dc/
Thousands turned out for the 51st annual anti-abortion rally held to mark the anniversary of Roe v. Wade - and though Roe was overturned in 2022 and the fight has moved to states - including Arizona - abortion opponents still march with the ultimate goal to “make abortion unthinkable.”
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Biden says he’s ‘ready to act’ on ‘significant’ changes at the border, including asylum https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012224_biden_border/biden-says-hes-ready-act-significant-changes-border-including-asylum/
President Joe Biden said he backs “significant policy changes” to asylum law, amid ongoing immigration policy negotiations between the White House and Senate tied to passage of a global security package.
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Ron DeSantis drops out of 2024 presidential race https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012224_desantis_drops/ron-desantis-drops-out-2024-presidential-race/
Florida governor Ron DeSantis ended his bid for the Republican nomination on Sunday after disappointing results in the Iowa caucuses and dwindling poll numbers, throwing his support behind former President Donald Trump.
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Rylei Waugh nets 23 but No. 16 Pima women's basketball falls off table vs. No. 6 Mesa https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/012024_pcc_womens_basketball/rylei-waugh-nets-23-but-no-16-pima-womens-basketball-falls-off-table-vs-no-6-mesa/
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (12-6, 7-4 in ACCAC) played another tight game at Mesa Community College (13-4, 8-3) on Saturday in a battle between two NJCAA Division II nationally ranked programs.
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Oldham & Sika's double-doubles help Pima men stop skid at Mesa https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/012024_pima_mens_basketball/oldham-sikas-double-doubles-help-pima-men-stop-skid-mesa/
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team (15-3, 7-3 in ACCAC) got back in the win column on Saturday at Mesa Community College (4-13, 2-9).
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Valenzuela breaks one-mile school record as Pima men's track sets 10 nat'l qualifying marks to open 2024 season https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/012024_pcc_mens_track_and_field/valenzuela-breaks-one-mile-school-record-as-pima-mens-track-sets-10-natl-qualifying-marks-open-2024-season/
The Pima Community College men’s track & field team opened the 2024 season with a lot of noise on Saturday as it hosted the Jim Mielke Memorial Invitational at the West Campus Aztec Track.
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PCC's Moseley & Thompson each set 2 nat'l qualifying marks, Bethea breaks 400m school record to open 2024 season https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/012024_pcc_womens_track_and_field/pccs-moseley-thompson-each-set-2-natl-qualifying-marks-bethea-breaks-400m-school-record-open-2024-season/
The Pima Community College women’s track & field team opened the 2024 season on Saturday and set a total of seven NJCAA National Qualifying marks at the Jim Mielke Memorial Invitational held at the West Campus Aztec Track.
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Biden signs short-term funding extension to avoid government shutdown https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011924_funding_extension/biden-signs-short-term-funding-extension-avoid-government-shutdown/
President Biden signed a short-term budget to fund the federal government through early March, the third time since September 2023 that Congress has kicked a long-term spending plan down the road as Republicans block measures that don’t address the U.S.-Mexico border.
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America’s health system isn’t ready for the surge of seniors with disabilities https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012024_senior_disability_surge/americas-health-system-isnt-ready-surge-seniors-with-disabilities/
The number of older adults with disabilities will soar in the decades ahead, as baby boomers enter their 70s, 80s, and 90s, but the American health care system isn’t ready to address their needs.
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Native nations with scarce internet are building their own broadband networks https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012024_native_broadband/native-nations-with-scarce-internet-are-building-their-own-broadband-networks/
Native nations historically have lagged in access to high-speed internet, because of the cost and incomplete broadband coverage data, among other barriers, so some nations are taking the matter into their own hands by building their own high-speed internet networks.
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Former Pima County Supervisor Ed Moore dead at 88 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011924_ed_moore_obit/former-pima-county-supervisor-ed-moore-dead-88/
Ed Moore, who served on the Pima County Board of Supervisors during a tumultuous period between 1984 and 1996, died Wednesday at age 88.
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Ciscomani, Grijalva & others in Congress want to name Az post office for Sandra Day O'Connor https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011824_oconnor_post_office/ciscomani-grijalva-others-congress-want-name-az-post-office-sandra-day-oconnor/
U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-Dist. 6) wants to name the post office in Duncan, Ariz., after O’Connor, who became the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court after she was appointed by then-President Ronald Reagan in 1981.
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