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Environmentalists prevail in lawsuit over feds’ grasshopper suppression program tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal judge sided with two environmental advocacy organizations in their challenge to the U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's updated program to use pesticides to combat grasshopper infestations in Arizona and on rangeland in the western U.S.

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In picking a presidential nominee, voters have a voice but parties have the power tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Democrats have nominated Kamala Harris as their 2024 presidential candidate — even though voters chose someone else in all the party’s primaries - and as it turns out, presidential primaries are something of an electoral illusion.

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Contentious ‘Project 2025’ plan uses Arizona as education model tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Project 2025 seeks to dramatically concentrate power in the White House while fundamentally changing how the federal government operates, and when it comes to overhauling public education, the sweeping right-wing manifesto borrows heavily from Arizona’s playbook.

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Navajo Nation, Havasupai Tribe condemn transporting uranium ore across tribal land without notice tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The owner of Pinyon Plain Mine started transporting uranium ore from the mine near the Grand Canyon,, moving the uranium through several tribal communities despite promises to give neighboring tribes and other stakeholders two weeks’ notice before hauling the ore.

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Trump's Jan. 6 case back in federal judge’s hands after SCOTUS immunity decision tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The D.C. Circuit returned Donald Trump’s criminal election subversion case back to federal judge Tanya Chutkan on Friday, just over a month after the Supreme Court ruled that presidents are immune from criminal prosecution for any official act taken while in office.

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In rare bipartisan vote, U.S. Senate passes package aimed at protecting kids online tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Legislation aimed at protecting children online sailed through the U.S. Senate, marking what could be the first update since the late 1990s for companies who interact with minors on the internet.

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Tucson Water set for new PFAS limits; Roadrunners look to remain on Tucson ice tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Tucson Water wants to establish new guidelines for PFAS based on new federal limits; Roadrunners hockey may be here through 2027; Oro Valley to streamline affordable housing rules and more from government meetings around Tucson.

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Arizonans can now use smartphone app as ID for alcohol purchases tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizonans can use the new Smart ID Verifier app to buy alcohol at participating bars and retailers. The state-approved app provides an added layer of security by not displaying address or date of birth information, but it's not clear how many establishments are set up to use it.

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Unable to vote, undocumented migrants register Arizona voters tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona’s migrant communities have much on the line in the 2024 elections, and with no right to vote, some people in the country without legal status are finding ways to make their voices heard through grassroots activism – encouraging others to support sympathetic candidates.

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Teacher shortages persist in Arizona but may be easing tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A few weeks into last school year, 30% of teacher positions in Arizona remained unfilled — and while the shortage persists, there are signs of improvement.

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Drag queens unite to form political action committee ahead of 2024 election tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A new political action committee is stomping the runway, bringing together some of the biggest names in drag to push back against anti-LGBTQ legislation and politicians, and through a flurry of social media posts, the PAC has begun to raise funds ahead of the November election.

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Private prison giant GEO Group ramps up lobbying on immigrant surveillance tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
GEO Group, one of the world’s largest private prison companies, is ramping up its lobbying operation as lawmakers in Washington eye budget cuts to “alternatives to detention” programs.

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3 Sentinel journalists finalists for 2 national awards tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Three members of the Tucson Sentinel's newsroom are finalists for journalism awards from the Institute for Nonprofits News — Natalie Robbins and Dylan Smith for investigative reporting, and Paul Ingram for photojournalism.

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Mayes: Defendant in Az's fake Trump elector case flipped, will testify for prosecution tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is planning to announce next week that one of the 18 defendants indicted by a grand jury for signing bogus documents claiming that Donald Trump won the 2020 election will become a witness for the prosecution.

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Harris’ high-stakes veepstakes: Fundraising powerhouses vie for VP slot tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Many of Vice President Kamala Harris' potential vice presidential picks are also record-setting fundraisers, something that could prove imperative in the final months before Election Day.

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Study says undocumented immigrants paid almost $100 billion in taxes tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A new study shows that undocumented immigrants paid nearly $100 billion in federal, state and local tax revenue in 2022, while many are shut out of programs their taxes fund - findings that run counter to rhetoric that undocumented immigrants are “destroying” social programs.

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Harris wins enough delegates to be Democratic presidential nominee tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Democratic National Committee chair Jaime Harrison announced that Vice President Kamala Harris had received enough Democratic delegates' votes to be officially named the party's 2024 presidential nominee.

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Record-breaking stash of 4 million fentanyl pills seized by CBP officers at Arizona border crossing tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Federal officials discovered a record-breaking half-ton of fentanyl stashed in a trailer at the Lukeville Port of Entry in Southern Arizona earlier this month, officials announced Thursday.

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A bigger child tax credit isn’t coming. The Senate just voted against it. tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. Senate legislators sank a bipartisan bill that would have boosted the amount of the tax credit through the end of 2025 and extended more of its benefits to the nation’s poorest families.

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A handful of races remain close as Pima County continues to count votes tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The dust is still settling from this week’s primary election as Pima County officials continue to verify and count the last remaining votes.

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