Vaccines tell a success story that RFK Jr. & Trump forget: Some key reminders https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/072924_vaccine_successes/vaccines-tell-success-story-that-rfk-jr-trump-forget-some-key-reminders/
Vaccinations have provided significant protection for the public against infectious diseases, but there was a decrease in support in 2023 nationwide for vaccine requirements for children to attend public schools, and top political candidates are among those critical of childhood vaccination.
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Arizonans left off voter rolls just before primary because of paperwork problems https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/072924_az_voter_rolls/arizonans-left-off-voter-rolls-just-before-primary-paperwork-problems/
Many Arizona residents seeking to register to vote ahead of Tuesday’s primary were blocked from the voter rolls because of problems with the paper registration forms they used, according to an analysis of longstanding issues with the forms.
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How could Project 2025 change education? https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/072924_project_2025_education/how-could-project-2025-change-education/
The proposals in the 2025 Presidential Transition Project — known as Project 2025 and designed for Donald Trump — would reshape the American education system, early education through college, from start to finish.
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Kids Online Safety Act could pass U.S. Senate soon amid calls to protect minors online https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/072924_youth_social_media/kids-online-safety-act-could-pass-us-senate-soon-amid-calls-protect-minors-online/
Congress hasn’t passed a law protecting children online since 1998, but a bill currently pending the Senate would require tech companies to protect minors from bullying, sexual exploitation, and material that promotes suicide and eating disorders.
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Pima County emergency voting sites open Monday, ahead of Tuesday election https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/072924_emergency_voting/pima-county-emergency-voting-sites-open-monday-ahead-tuesday-election/
Pima County voters can cast a ballot in the July 30 primary at multiple emergency voting locations on Monday, July 29, if that aren't able to vote in-person on Tuesday. It's too late to return ballots by mail.
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TUSD to start pilot program of 6th graders in elementary schools https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/072824_agenda_tusd_op/tusd-start-pilot-program-6th-graders-elementary-schools/
TUSD did some research and found out middle school absolutely sucks in general and are testing what happens if they delay entry by a year. The board will also review their cell tower deals, amid concerns and more from meetings around Tucson this week.
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U.S. home prices hit a record high as sales fell - How housing experts explain the trends https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/072824_housing_trends/us-home-prices-hit-record-high-as-sales-fell-how-housing-experts-explain-trends/
U.S. median home prices hit a record high for the second month in a row as sales continued to fall, and while total housing inventory has been rising, potential buyers continue to lie in wait for lower mortgage rates.
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FC Tucson defeats Oakland's 51O, moves on to national semifinal https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/072724_fc-tucson/fc-tucson-defeats-oaklands-51o-moves-national-semifinal/
Goals from Caliari and Neves got Tucson past Oakland-based club Project 51O and within shooting distance of the national championship.
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Long COVID puzzle pieces are falling into place – the picture is unsettling https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/072724_long_covid/long-covid-puzzle-pieces-are-falling-into-place-8211-picture-unsettling/
Since 2020, the condition known as long COVID-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe, and the intense scientific effort that long COVID sparked added clarity to this complex condition.
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The results of the biggest study on guaranteed income programs are finally in https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/072724_guaranteed_income/the-results-biggest-study-guaranteed-income-programs-are-finally/
For three years, 1,000 people received $1,000 per month — no strings attached. They took better jobs. Some went back to school. Others started opening businesses.
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Fatal consequences: Pima County Jail inmates were dying at alarming rate https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/072624_fatal_consequences/fatal-consequences-pima-county-jail-inmates-were-dying-alarming-rate/
Behind the bars of the Pima County Adult Detention Center, detainees awaiting trial and inmates serving sentences for low-level infractions were for years dying at a shocking rate. In early 2022, the Tucson Sentinel calculated that the rate of deaths here was higher than it was among those held at the notorious Rikers Island.
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Navigating a 'full-blown crisis' inside the Pima County Jail https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/072624_jail_deaths_patino/navigating-full-blown-crisis-inside-pima-county-jail/
In 2022, the death rate at the Pima County Jail was nearly four times the national average, a situation Sheriff Chris Nanos called "a full-blown crisis." The Sheriff's Department's proposed solution is a new jail, but the families of those who died say it won't solve the underlying issues.
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Pima jail inmates are dying from drugs; Incarceration may be a symptom rather than a treatment https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/072624_jail_drugs_kenowski/pima-jail-inmates-are-dying-from-drugs-incarceration-may-symptom-rather-than-treatment/
Sixty-three percent of the inmates who died inside the Pima County Jail last year had drugs as a factor in their deaths. In the midst of a nationwide fentanyl crisis, the Sheriff's Department wants to build a new jail to help alleviate the problem, but many say that's not enough.
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'Something about the internal culture': Lack of staff, officer violence at Pima County Jail https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/072624_jail_culture_crook/something-internal-culture-lack-staff-officer-violence-pima-county-jail/
Sheriff Nanos says the crisis at the Pima County Jail is due largely to a lack of staff. The families of inmates who died, often in violent circumstances, say that a culture of apathy and brutality is to blame, and that the problems will continue until it is fixed.
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Pima County opens emergency voting sites this weekend ahead of Tuesday primary election https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/072624_emergency_voting/pima-county-opens-emergency-voting-sites-this-weekend-ahead-tuesday-primary-election/
Pima County voters can cast a ballot in the July 30 primary at multiple emergency voting locations on Saturday, July 27, and Monday, July 29. The emergency voting locations will be closed on Sunday, July 28.
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FC Tucson to play Oakland squad for Western Division conference championship https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/072624_fc-tucson/fc-tucson-play-oakland-squad-western-division-conference-championship/
FC Tucson plays for the Western Division championship of USL League Two on Friday afternoon in Peoria, Ill. Whether or not this is the furthest that FC Tucson has made in the playoffs depends on how one reckons such things.
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Judge: Az GOP use of ‘unborn human being’ is a biased way to describe abortion rights ballot measure https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/072624_abortion_ballot_language/judge-az-gop-use-unborn-human-being-biased-way-describe-abortion-rights-ballot-measure/
Republican lawmakers violated state law when they used the phrase “unborn human being” to describe the Arizona Abortion Access Act in a voter information pamphlet, a Maricopa County judge ruled - a decision Republicans already said they will appeal.
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Democrats hammer out rules for post-Biden nomination process https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/072624_democrat_nomination/democrats-hammer-out-rules-post-biden-nomination-process/
Members of the Democratic National Convention’s Rules Committee met to lay out the timeline for delegates to cast their votes in the first open convention in decades, as Vice President Kamala Harris has been all but confirmed as the Democratic choice to run in November.
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Alabama man pleads guilty to threatening Arizona election workers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/072624_election_worker_threats/alabama-man-pleads-guilty-threatening-arizona-election-workers/
A former business professor who has taught at numerous colleges and universities, including Maricopa Community Colleges, pleaded guilty Thursday to sending threatening messages to Arizona election workers during and after the 2022 primaries.
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Texas sues Biden administration over confidential contraception for teens https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/072624_title_x_lawsuit/texas-sues-biden-administration-over-confidential-contraception-teens/
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced he is suing the Biden administration over a Nixon-era federal contraception program that provides teens birth control without requiring parental consent.
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