Senate Republicans push voting changes that could limit Az voting centers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030625_voting_centers/senate-republicans-push-voting-changes-that-could-limit-az-voting-centers/
Arizona’s Republican legislators are taking another crack at voting law changes, after the Democratic governor vetoed their recent attempt to make the state’s elections more like Florida’s.
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Judge puts federal funding freeze on ice, finding Trump placed himself ‘above Congress’ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030625_funding_freeze/judge-puts-federal-funding-freeze-ice-finding-trump-placed-himself-above-congress/
A second federal judge indefinitely stopped the Trump administration from enforcing a broad federal spending freeze outlined in a January memo from the White House’s budget office.
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How Tucson voters can cast their ballots in Tuesday's Prop. 414 election https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030625_prop_414_voting_locations/how-tucson-voters-can-cast-their-ballots-tuesdays-prop-414-election/
If you haven’t yet sent back your Proposition 414 ballot, Tucson election officials say it's too late to mail it but you can drop it off in person on or before Election Day on Tuesday, March 11.
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Pima County Jail officer gets 3 years of probation for punching inmate https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030625_jail_assault_sentencing/pima-county-jail-officer-gets-3-years-probation-punching-inmate/
A corrections officer at the Pima County jail who pleaded guilty to aggravated assault of an inmate last August was sentenced to three years on probation Wednesday.
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How Tucson voters can cast their ballots in Tuesday's Prop. 414 election https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030625_prop_411_voting_locations/how-tucson-voters-can-cast-their-ballots-tuesdays-prop-414-election/
If you haven’t yet sent back your Proposition 414 ballot, Tucson election officials say it's too late to mail it but you can drop it off in person on or before Election Day on Tuesday, March 11.
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How Scott Blades helped build a lifeline for people living with HIV in Tucson https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030625_tihan_anniversary/how-scott-blades-helped-build-lifeline-people-living-with-hiv-tucson/
In 1994, Scott Blades founded Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network to provide support to Tucsonans living with HIV. Three decades later, medical advancements have made the prognosis for HIV much brighter, though the stigma remains, Blades said.
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High court tips scales against veterans seeking disability benefits https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030525_scotus_veterans/high-court-tips-scales-against-veterans-seeking-disability-benefits/
The Supreme Court - testing the limits of a longstanding rule that puts extra weight behind veterans’ claims - ruled against two veterans who were denied post-traumatic stress disorder disability benefits by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Eva Burch is resigning from Az Senate because it’s too partisan & doesn’t pay well enough https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030625_burch_resignation/eva-burch-resigning-from-az-senate-its-too-partisan-doesnt-pay-well-enough/
Mesa Democratic Sen. Eva Burch announced late Wednesday afternoon that she would be resigning next week, citing partisan gridlock and the low pay state lawmakers receive.
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‘It is not efficiency, it is destruction’: Dem AGs challenge Trump & Musk’s federal cuts https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030625_dems_musk/it-not-efficiency-it-destruction-dem-ags-challenge-trump-musks-federal-cuts/
The attorneys general of Arizona, Minnesota, New Mexico and Oregon vowed at a town hall in Phoenix Wednesday evening that they would continue to fight back against sweeping federal cuts being made by President Donald Trump and his ally, Elon Musk.
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Arizona election center thief gets jail time https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030625_election_theft/arizona-election-center-thief-gets-jail-time/
An Arizona man caught stealing a security fob from a Maricopa County election center will serve six months in prison followed by three years of supervised probation.
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Scientists detect higher microplastic levels in brains linked to dementia https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030625_human_microplastics/scientists-detect-higher-microplastic-levels-brains-linked-dementia/
The tiny plastic particles found in air, water, and food known as microplastics are now turning up in the human brain. Scientists have detected them in brain tissue, with people who have dementia carrying three to five times more than those who don’t.
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Advocates express concerns over recent Az bills that would limit reproductive care https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030625_az_abortion_limits/advocates-express-concerns-over-recent-az-bills-that-would-limit-reproductive-care/
The organization Reproductive Freedom for All Arizona and Democratic legislators gathered at the state Capitol to voice opposition to recent bills that would restrict reproductive rights.
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Court rules Arizona governmental bodies must authorize lawsuits in public votes https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030625_open_meeting_litigation/court-rules-arizona-governmental-bodies-must-authorize-lawsuits-public-votes/
Arizona’s open meeting laws require that city councils, school boards and other governmental bodies authorize litigation in public votes, after the Arizona Court of Appeals invalidated the City of Flagstaff’s lawsuit against Desert Mountain Energy.
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Contentious hearing ends with committee approval of Az transgender restrictions https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030625_az_trans_restrictions/contentious-hearing-ends-with-committee-approval-az-transgender-restrictions/
Members of the nonbinary and transgender community urged Arizona lawmakers to vote no on a proposal that they say would lead to further violence against their community and erasure of their identities -t hough the bill passed out of committee along party lines.
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Tucson HIV/AIDS groups host benefit concert, honor TIHAN founder https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/022625_red_concert/tucson-hiv-aids-groups-host-benefit-concert-honor-tihan-founder/
All the proceeds from Sunday's Red Concert, honoring TIHAN founder Scott Blades, will be split between the Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network and the Center for Health and Hope. The show will feature local band ONESALL.
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Trump speech to Congress leaves Arizona Democrats unimpressed, Republicans giddy https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030625_az_dems_trump/trump-speech-congress-leaves-arizona-democrats-unimpressed-republicans-giddy/
Arizona Democrats walked out early on President Donald Trump and others made no secret of their disapproval, though the state’s Republican lawmakers heaped praise on his Tuesday night speech and chided colleagues across the aisle over their behavior.
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Judge indefinitely blocks Trump’s cuts to National Institutes of Health research funding https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030625_nih_funding/judge-indefinitely-blocks-trumps-cuts-national-institutes-health-research-funding/
A federal judge put the Trump administration’s expected $4 billion slash to National Institutes of Health research funding on ice, granting a scathing preliminary injunction in favor of universities, hospitals, research institutions and 22 states.
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Most Tucson City Council candidates slow to start the dash for campaign cash https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030525_council_campaign_finance/most-tucson-city-council-candidates-slow-start-dash-campaign-cash/
Most of the candidates running for the Tucson City Council had raised less than $1,000 in contributions as of Feb. 22. In Midtown Ward 6, Democrat Miranda Schubert was leading in fundraising, while in Ward 5 on the South Side, Democrat Selena Barajas had the biggest bankroll.
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Johnson scores 17 off bench as Pima men beat South Mtn 80-55 to advance to regional finals https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/030525_pcc_mens_basketball/johnson-scores-17-off-bench-as-pima-men-beat-south-mtn-80-55-advance-regional-finals/
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team (31-0) opened the 2024-25 winter playoff season on Wednesday, hosting South Mountain Community College (12-19) in the Region I, Division II Semifinals.
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Judge: Wrongful death suit over 2020 death of man hobbled by Tucson cops to move forward https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030525_alvarado_decision/judge-wrongful-death-suit-over-2020-death-man-hobbled-by-tucson-cops-move-forward/
A lawsuit, filed by the mother of a 29-year-old man who died during a struggle with Tucson police in March 2020, can move forward, a federal judge ruled, rejecting claims of "qualified immunity" for seven of the officers involved.
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