6,000 doctors urge the Supreme Court to keep abortions in medical emergencies legal https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052324_emergency_medical_abortions/6000-doctors-urge-supreme-court-keep-abortions-medical-emergencies-legal/
Nearly 6,000 doctors, hailing from all 50 states, have drafted a letter asking the Supreme Court to uphold a federal law that requires hospital emergency departments to provide abortions when they are needed to stabilize patients.
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Newsom signs bill allowing Arizona doctors to offer abortions in California https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052424_az_cali_abortions/newsom-signs-bill-allowing-arizona-doctors-offer-abortions-california/
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill immediately allowing Arizona doctors to travel to the Golden State and perform abortions for their patients, for most of the remaining year.
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Bipartisan border bill loses support, fails procedural vote in U.S. Senate https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052424_senate_border_bill/bipartisan-border-bill-loses-support-fails-procedural-vote-us-senate/
The U.S. Senate failed to advance a border security bill negotiated by Republican James Lankford and Arizona independent Kyrsten Sinema, as both parties seek to hone their messages on immigration policy in the runup to November’s elections.
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Arizona judge is Biden’s 200th judicial confirmation https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052324_az_fed_judge/arizona-judge-bidens-200th-judicial-confirmation/
Senate Democrats confirmed Arizona judge Angela Martinez as President Joe Biden’s 200th federal court nominee on Wednesday, putting the White House well on track to surpass the number of lifetime judges appointed by former President Donald Trump.
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Tucson clears part of '100 Acre Wood' homeless camp https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052324_100_acre_clearing/tucson-clears-part-100-acre-wood-homeless-camp/
Tucson city officials cleared a section of a homeless camp at "100 Acre Wood" on Thursday morning, removing about nine people to clear the way for testing for the chemical PFAS and for a fall renovation of a bike park near Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.
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Arizona tax revenues dip in April after months of steady growth https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052324_tax_revenue/arizona-tax-revenues-dip-april-after-months-steady-growth/
Arizona sales taxes have grown slowly since the fiscal year began in July 2023, but that growth has significantly weakened in 2024, and the state took in $93 million less than that new forecast in April, thanks largely to disappointing sales tax collections that continue to trend downward.
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Arizona tax revenues dip in April after months of steady growth https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052324_tax_revenue/arizona-tax-revenues-dip-april-after-months-steady-growth/
Arizona sales taxes have grown slowly since the fiscal year began in July 2023, but that growth has significantly weakened in 2024, and the state took in $93 million less than that new forecast in April, thanks largely to disappointing sales tax collections that continue to trend downward.
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Biden cancels $7.7 billion in student loan debt https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052324_student_loans/biden-cancels-77-billion-student-loan-debt/
President Joe Biden on Wednesday wiped out another $7.7 billion in student loan debt for 160,000 people, bringing the total amount of debt forgiveness under his administration to $167 billion for nearly 4.8 million people.
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Why more veterans & active duty service members are dying by suicide than in battle https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/052324_military_suicide_op/why-more-veterans-active-duty-service-members-are-dying-by-suicide-than-battle/
Despite recent calls to action to improve suicide prevention within the military, suicide rates remain elevated among service members, and an estimated four times as many active duty service members and veterans died by suicide as died in battle since 9/11.
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Why more veterans & active duty service members are dying by suicide than in battle https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/052324_military_suicide_op/why-more-veterans-active-duty-service-members-are-dying-by-suicide-than-battle/
Despite recent calls to action to improve suicide prevention within the military, suicide rates remain elevated among service members, and an estimated four times as many active duty service members and veterans died by suicide as died in battle since 9/11.
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Kari Lake didn’t dispute a talk show host’s false claim her opponent supports veteran suicides https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052324_lake_veteran_suicide/kari-lake-didnt-dispute-talk-show-hosts-false-claim-her-opponent-supports-veteran-suicides/
Kari Lake appeared on the show of an Islamaphobic conspiracy theorist who has espoused white nationalist views and offered no pushback when host Laura Loomer claimed her combat veteran opponent in the U.S. Senate race wants his fellow veterans to kill themselves.
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Tucson Council plays turf game with RTA https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/052324_council_rta_no_op/tucson-council-plays-turf-game-with-rta/
The Tucson City Council has treated RTA Next for three years the same way four-year-old Blake treated spinach on his plate. Sneer at it. Poke it with a fork. Move it around. Hope it goes away.
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FC Tucson starts league season with match against familiar foe Ventura County Fusion https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/052324_fc-tucson/fc-tucson-starts-league-season-with-match-against-familiar-foe-ventura-county-fusion/
FC Tucson is scheduled to play against Ventura County in Ventura on Friday night in their first league match of the season. It would be easy to be bitter about Ventura’s role in keeping the local side from the playoffs last season, but the team learned some important lessons.
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Border vigilantes are blurring the lines of law enforcement https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052324_border_vigilantes/border-vigilantes-are-blurring-lines-law-enforcement/
All along the border, organized vigilante groups are filming themselves conducting patrols, taking photos of themselves alongside law enforcement, and sharing footage online to solicit donations - actions that appear to elevate the risk of violence in already volatile areas.
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Pima County issues air pollution advisory for Thursday https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052324_air_ozone/pima-county-issues-air-pollution-advisory-thursday/
Air pollution in the Tucson metro area, including moderate concentrations of ground-level ozone, prompted an advisory Thursday from Pima County that some residents should avoid intense physical outdoor activity.
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Members of U.S. Senate face a vote on whether they support contraception access https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052324_birth_control_support/members-us-senate-face-vote-whether-they-support-contraception-access/
U.S. senators will go on record next month with whether they support legislation from Democrats that would guarantee access to contraception — a right currently upheld by two Supreme Court cases, but one that has been singled out by a conservative justice.
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Arizona AG join lawsuit, sues Ticketmaster, Live Nation over live concert monopoly https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052324_mayes_livenation/arizona-ag-join-lawsuit-sues-ticketmaster-live-nation-over-live-concert-monopoly/
Az AG Mayes joined the the Justice Department and a coalition of states in an antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation Entertainment, accusing them of them of monopolistic control as "gatekeeper for the delivery of nearly all live music in America today.”
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Arizona House advances immigration resolution amid racial profiling claims https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052324_border_entry/arizona-house-advances-immigration-resolution-amid-racial-profiling-claims/
Arizona's Senate floor session ended in chaos Wednesday as members of the gallery shouted out in protest of a voter resolution that would establish illegal border entry as a state crime.
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Giuliani, Arizona GOP leaders plead not guilty in election interference case https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052224_election_interference/giuliani-arizona-gop-leaders-plead-not-guilty-election-interference-case/
Updated: Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani railed against his latest indictment over his role in the 2020 election in a Maricopa County courtroom Tuesday morning.
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Pima County issues air pollution advisory for Wednesday https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052224_air_ozone/pima-county-issues-air-pollution-advisory-wednesday/
Air pollution in the Tucson metro area, including moderate concentrations of ground-level ozone, prompted an advisory Wednesday from Pima County that some residents should avoid intense physical outdoor activity.
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