Gunman found guilty of 2022 murder of UA Prof. Thomas Meixner https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052124_dervish_guilty/gunman-found-guilty-2022-murder-ua-prof-thomas-meixner/
After less than three hours of deliberation, a Pima County jury found Murad Dervish guilty of first-degree murder Tuesday for the fatal shooting University of Arizona Prof. Thomas Meixner in 2022.
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If suspended, Kari Lake lawyer Blehm would be barred from challenging 2024 election https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052124_blehm_elections/if-suspended-kari-lake-lawyer-blehm-would-barred-from-challenging-2024-election/
Lawyer Bryan Blehm, who challenged the results of Arizona’s 2022 election in court on behalf of GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, faces a suspension of his law license that would likely block him from challenging the results of the state’s upcoming election.
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Tucson Parks & Rec to host summer road races, track & field events https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052124_road_races/tucson-parks-rec-host-summer-road-races-track-field-events/
Tucson Parks and Recreation will be hosting a series of summer track and field competitions and road races every Tuesday and Thursday in June and July.
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Pima baseball's season comes to a close at West District Tournament https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/051724_pcc_baseball/pima-baseballs-season-comes-close-west-district-tournament/
The Pima Community College baseball team’s season came to an end on Friday in the second day of the NJCAA West District Tournament.
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Dem files ethics complaint against 2 Az GOP senators indicted as fake electors for Trump https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052124_fake_electors_ethics/dem-files-ethics-complaint-against-2-az-gop-senators-indicted-as-fake-electors-trump/
Republican Sens. Jake Hoffman and Anthony Kern, who were indicted last month for being fake electors who tried to help Donald Trump steal the 2020 election in Arizona, are now facing an ethics complaint in the state Senate.
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Az Dem files ethics complaint against 2 GOP senators indicted as fake electors for Trump https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052124_fake_electors_ethics/az-dem-files-ethics-complaint-against-2-gop-senators-indicted-as-fake-electors-trump/
Republican Sens. Jake Hoffman and Anthony Kern, who were indicted last month for being fake electors who tried to help Donald Trump steal the 2020 election in Arizona, are now facing an ethics complaint in the state Senate.
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Supreme Court won’t review parents’ objection to school policy on gender identity https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052124_scotus_gender_schools/supreme-court-wont-review-parents-objection-school-policy-gender-identity/
The Supreme Court refused on Monday to review a Maryland school policy on gender identity that several parents claim violates their rights, letting stand lower court decisions finding the parents lacked standing to challenge the policy.
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Arizona weighs when lawyers’ long-shot election challenges cross the line https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052124_election_lawyers/arizona-weighs-when-lawyers-long-shot-election-challenges-cross-line/
The Arizona Supreme Court and the state bar association are grappling with how to apply professional standards of conduct, as a rise in sanctions and disciplinary scrutiny is prompting debate about exactly when lawyers who bring election challenges are crossing the line.
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Az ethics committee drops complaint of Democrats bullying one of their own https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052124_bullying_ethics/az-ethics-committee-drops-complaint-democrats-bullying-one-their-own/
The Arizona House Ethics Committee dismissed a complaint filed by Rep. Lydia Hernandez, accusing four of her Democratic colleagues of bullying, harassment and intimidation - identical to a request for a workplace harassment investigation she filed last year that was dismissed.
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Hobbs issues executive order expanding access to birth control for Az gov't workers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052124_birth_control_access/hobbs-issues-executive-order-expanding-access-birth-control-az-govt-workers/
Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs issued an executive order expanding access to birth control for Arizonans who work for the state, a move that comes shortly after the state legislature moved to repeal an 1864 near-total ban on abortion.
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U.S. senators introduce bill to end a state’s Medicaid funding if it blocks IVF https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052124_gop_ivf_block/us-senators-introduce-bill-end-states-medicaid-funding-if-it-blocks-ivf/
Two Republican U.S. senators have teamed up to try to prevent states from banning in vitro fertilization, months after the Alabama state Supreme Court upended access to the procedure by ruling fertilized embryos were children under state law.
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Hobbs issues executive order expanding access to birth control for state gov't workers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052124_birth_control_access/hobbs-issues-executive-order-expanding-access-birth-control-state-govt-workers/
Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs issued an executive order expanding access to birth control for Arizonans who work for the state, a move that comes shortly after the state legislature moved to repeal an 1864 near-total ban on abortion.
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Dem files ethics complaint against 2 GOP senators indicted as fake electors for Trump https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052124_fake_electors_ethics/dem-files-ethics-complaint-against-2-gop-senators-indicted-as-fake-electors-trump/
Republican Sens. Jake Hoffman and Anthony Kern, who were indicted last month for being fake electors who tried to help Donald Trump steal the 2020 election in Arizona, are now facing an ethics complaint in the state Senate.
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Experts, Arizona beekeepers weigh in on local honey for seasonal allergies https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052124_honey_allergies/experts-arizona-beekeepers-weigh-local-honey-seasonal-allergies/
Though the jury is still out as to whether consuming local honey to alleviate allergy symptoms is a good strategy, Arizona beekeepers and experts agree that local honey is both tastier and healthier than honey at the supermarket.
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Red light, green light: City Council must decide if Tucson is on board RTA https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051924_agenda_budgets_op/red-light-green-light-city-council-must-decide-if-tucson-board-rta/
RTA compromise up for Tucson City Council consideration, a bond election may be on the horizon for South Tucson, spending (and speeding) limits to be set and more from government meetings this week.
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Chacon & Martin provide clutch hits, Waddell goes distance as Pima softball wins opener at NJCAA World Series https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/052024_pcc_softball/chacon-martin-provide-clutch-hits-waddell-goes-distance-as-pima-softball-wins-opener-njcaa-world-series/
The Pima Community College softball team (43-12) opened play at the NJCAA Division I World Series on Monday in Oxford, Ala., defeating Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, 7-5.
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Az House Ethics Cmte drops complaint vs. GOP Rep accused of signature fraud https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052024_smith_ethics/az-house-ethics-cmte-drops-complaint-vs-gop-rep-accused-signature-fraud/
An ethics complaint filed against Republican state Rep. Austin Smith, after he was accused of petition signature fraud, was dropped by the Arizona House Ethics Committee Friday, after the committee chair said he does not see the accusations as a violation of the House rules.
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CBP faces lawsuit from family of man killed in June 2023 shooting https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/05204_mattia_lawsuit/cbp-faces-lawsuit-from-family-man-killed-june-2023-shooting/
A year after a Tohono O'odham man was shot and killed by U.S. Border Patrol agents near his home, his family filed a federal lawsuit Thursday accusing the agency of excessive force and demanded the names of the agents who killed him.
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From niche to norm: Sports betting’s relentless expansion grips Az & the nation https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/051924_sports_betting_anniversary/from-niche-norm-sports-bettings-relentless-expansion-grips-az-nation/
As Tuesday marked the sixth anniversary of sports betting legalization in America due to the landmark 2018 Supreme Court decision that paved the way for states to legalize sports betting, the industry has become an unmissable part of mainstream sports.
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Az ties to a secretive far-right Christian policy group trying to reshape America https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052024_az_christian_right/az-ties-secretive-far-right-christian-policy-group-trying-reshape-america/
The Council for National Policy, a secretive Christian policy group that has been pushing Christian nationalism and fringe-right ideology into mainstream politics, includes some notable Arizona members who share certain conservative beliefs and connections to the fake elector scheme.
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