Barta has 4 RBIs, Grenert scores 5 as Pima baseball sweeps Glendale https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/022525_pcc_baseball/barta-has-4-rbis-grenert-scores-5-as-pima-baseball-sweeps-glendale/
The Pima Community College baseball team (18-4, 8-4 in ACCAC) got two ACCAC conference wins on Tuesday as they played on the road at Glendale Community College (8-14, 1-9).
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That $5,000 DOGE check from Elon Musk? Don’t spend it quite yet. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022625_doge_checks/that-5000-doge-check-from-elon-musk-dont-spend-it-quite-yet/
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, claims American taxpayers could receive a $5,000 refund from the federal government — despite no apparent support in Congress, which controls the nation’s purse strings.
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Pinal County Attorney joins Trump’s push to police teachers over 'radical indoctrination' https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022625_pinal_push/pinal-county-attorney-joins-trumps-push-police-teachers-over-radical-indoctrination/
Pinal County Attorney Brad Miller has pledged to work with the Justice Department to monitor Arizona teachers for what it considers “radical indoctrination,” while Pima County Attorney Laura Conover said her office would not pre-comply, calling the order unconstitutional.
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Court blocks Arizona’s laws requiring proof of citizenship to vote for president https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022625_citizenship_block/court-blocks-arizonas-laws-requiring-proof-citizenship-vote-president/
Two Arizona laws that restrict voting by people who don’t prove their U.S. citizenship are “unlawful measures of voter suppression,” a win for voting rights group that banded together to challenge the Gov. Doug Ducey-era laws.
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Ciscomani votes to advance federal budget with deep Medicaid cuts; Grijalva absent https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022625_ciscomani_budget_vote/ciscomani-votes-advance-federal-budget-with-deep-medicaid-cuts-grijalva-absent/
After signaling he was uncomfortable with cuts to Medicaid last week, U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani voted Tuesday in favor of advancing a House budget that reduces spending for the federal program by as much as $880 billion dollars over the next decade.
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Marx has 4 RBIs but Pima softball has 19-game win streak snapped by Phoenix College https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/022525_pcc_softball/marx-has-4-rbis-but-pima-softball-has-19-game-win-streak-snapped-by-phoenix-college/
The Pima Community College softball team (19-1, 13-1 in ACCAC) faced a tough test on Tuesday as it hosted Phoenix College in an ACCAC conference doubleheader at the West Campus Aztec Softball Field.
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Federal judge blocks Trump order suspending refugee admissions https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022625_refugee_block/federal-judge-blocks-trump-order-suspending-refugee-admissions/
An executive order cutting funding to the nation’s refugee resettlement program and pausing refugee admissions hit a roadblock after a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction from the bench in Seattle.
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DHS will require migrants without legal status to register with U.S. government https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022625_migrant_registration/dhs-will-require-migrants-without-legal-status-register-with-us-government/
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced a campaign to compel people in the United States without legal authority to register with the U.S. government and then self-deport.
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Az abuse victims say Mormon bishop neglected duty to report https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022625_mormon_abuse/az-abuse-victims-say-mormon-bishop-neglected-duty-report/
Three children sexually abused by their father asked the Arizona Court of Appeals to reverse a summary judgment action clearing the children’s physician, who didn’t report the abuse because it was disclosed to him under religious confession.
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Arizona LGBTQ clinic joins federal lawsuit against Trump https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022625_prisma_lawsuit/arizona-lgbtq-clinic-joins-federal-lawsuit-against-trump/
One of Arizona’s largest LGBTQ+ clinics, Prisma Community Care, has joined a lawsuit against three Trump-era executive orders that would strip federal funding from health providers serving LGBTQ+ people.
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Weds deadline: Request ballot by 5 pm for Tucson's Prop. 414 election https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022525_tucson_ballot_request/weds-deadline-request-ballot-by-5-pm-tucsons-prop-414-election/
Tucson voters who have misplaced or did not receive a ballot for the March 11 Prop. 414 election have until 5 p.m. Wednesday to request a ballot be mailed to them.
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Federal judge blocks Trump’s ‘unfathomable’ funding freeze, saying it produced a ‘nationwide crisis’ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022625_funding_freeze/federal-judge-blocks-trumps-unfathomable-funding-freeze-saying-it-produced-nationwide-crisis/
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from implementing the type of sweeping freeze on grant and loan programs proposed in a memo the Office of Management and Budget released in late January.
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Az's Prisma Community Care resumes gender-affirming care, court decision leaves trans youth in limbo https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021825_prisma_trans_care/azs-prisma-community-care-resumes-gender-affirming-care-court-decision-leaves-trans-youth-limbo/
In a turn of events, Prisma Community Care - formerly known as Southwest Center for HIV and AIDS, and one of Arizona’s oldest and largest LGBTQ+ clinics - started resuming gender-affirming care just a week after cutting its program due to a federal executive order.
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U.S. House Republicans overcome own members’ doubts to push through sweeping budget https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022525_house_budget/us-house-republicans-overcome-own-members-doubts-push-through-sweeping-budget/
U.S. House Republicans - despite their slim majority - approved their budget resolution in a dramatic turn Tuesday night, following days of lobbying by leadership to sway a handful of members who originally planned to vote against the measure.
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Vote yes on Tucson's Prop 414 if protecting our community’s safety is a priority https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/022625_fernandez_414_op/vote-yes-tucsons-prop-414-if-protecting-our-communitys-safety-priority/
Accelerating Tucson's investments in the technology and the specific safety strategies funded through Prop 414 would move us leap years ahead in both preventing and solving violent and gun-related crimes.
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