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ACLU threatens legal action if Cottonwood bans minors from drag performances tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Cottonwood is considering whether to bar children from attending drag shows, including family friendly ones, and it could face a lawsuit for doing so as the Arizona Pride Tour - headed by Tucsonan Chris Hall, who performs as Miss Nature - is set to visit the Northern Arizona city.

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‘Stonewalling’: Forest Service mum on firings during wildfire briefing for congressional staff tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
An annual wildfire briefing earlier this week between staffers for Southwestern members of Congress and Forest Service officials happened about a month earlier than is typical, and Forest Service officials stonewalled on firings and wildfire dispatch centers.

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Trump admin orders talking points instead of straight answers about nat'l parks cuts tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A series of emails sent to front-line staff at national parks across the country provided rangers with instructions on how to describe the highly publicized staff cuts, guidance that mirrors other measures instituted to dictate how federal employees communicate with the public.

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Verificando cinco mitos sobre los latinos y Medicaid tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Algunos de los mitos y la desinformación más comunes se refieren a los inmigrantes, los latinos y Medicaid. A continuación, presentamos cinco mitos que circulan en redes sociales, analizados por expertos en la materia.

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Checking the facts on Medicaid use by Latinos tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Some of the most common misinformation and myths are those surrounding immigrants, Latinos, and Medicaid. Here are five myths circulating on social media, analyzed by experts in the field.

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Az governor sets CD7 special election following Grijalva's death tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Declaring Arizona's 7th Congressional District seat vacant after the death of Rep. Raul Grijalva, Gov. Katie Hobbs set a special election — a primary on July 15 and general election on September 23.

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Dressed in green and nowhere to go? tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
If visiting The Shanty on Fourth Avenue isn't enough, here are some events happening in Tucson to celebrate St. Patrick's Day and Irish culture.

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10 things to know about the real St. Patrick tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
People around the world celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by parading in green hats, sporting images of shamrocks and leprechauns pinned to their lapels, but his own writings and early accounts of the saint’s career reveal many interesting details about the life of this patron saint of Ireland.

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Under Trump, Social Security resumes what it once called ‘clawback cruelty’ tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A year ago, the Social Security stopped cutting off people’s monthly checks to recoup money they had allegedly been overpaid - but beginning March 27, to recover new overpayments, the SSA will automatically withhold 100% of recipients’ monthly benefits.

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Battered by cuts & firings, VA employees describe serving veterans under ‘invisible cloud of dread’ tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Over the past month, the VA has cut 2,400 positions and plans to slash more than 70,000 - and while the department has promised the firings will not harm veterans or their care, VA employees across the country said the cuts and a climate of fear are already hurting veterans.

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COVID stole a parent from more than 200,000 children. Indian Country lost the most. tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
2,000 Indigenous children in the Navajo Nation lost a parent or caregiver to COVID-19, according to one analysis - yet that number doesn’t convey the grief that continues to reverberate at the five-year COVID anniversary.

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What the escalating trade wars mean for your grocery bill tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Life these days is expensive, and President Donald Trump’s latest trade decisions aren’t likely to help the situation. The pendulum-like nature of Trump’s trade policies almost certainly means higher grocery store prices.

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The most likely Medicaid cuts would hit rural areas hardest tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Working-age adults who live in small towns and rural areas are more likely to be covered by Medicaid than their counterparts in cities, creating a dilemma for Republicans looking to make deep cuts to the health care program.

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10 years of The Foilies: EFF looks back at the games governments play to avoid transparency tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
A lot has changed over the last decade, but one thing that hasn't is the steady flow of attempts by authorities to avoid their legal and ethical obligations to be open and accountable. This year, we reflect on the most absurd and frustrating winners from the last 10 years.

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FOIA Foilies 2025: Recognizing the worst in government transparency tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Every year during Sunshine Week, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, MuckRock and AAN Publishers team up to publish The Foilies — naming and shaming the most repugnant, absurd and incompetent responses to public records requests under FOIA and state transparency laws.

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Visit Sentinel crew at the Tucson Festival of Books tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Come meet the Tucson Sentinel staff and some of our friends at the Tucson Festival of Books this weekend.

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Az governor sets CD7 special election following Grijalva's death tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Declaring Arizona's 7th Congressional District seat vacant after the death of Rep. Raul Grijalva, Gov. Katie Hobbs set a special election — a primary on July 15 and general election on September 23.

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Effort to block non-citizens from voting could impact married women, too tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Millions of American women have a different last name than what’s on their birth certificates, and House Republicans have prioritized a bill that voting rights groups say could make it harder for them to vote.

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Arizona high school robotics teams pair ingenuity & teamwork in VEX State Championship tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Fifty Arizona high school robotics teams competed at Desert Ridge High School over the weekend for a trip to the VEX World Championship in Dallas from May 6-8.

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U.S. housing agency considers launching crypto experiment tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is considering taking a first step to using cryptocurrency, and some believe the initiative may be a trial run for the use of crypto across the federal government.

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