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Pima Supes set process to replace Grijalva in District 5 seat https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040125_pima_d5_appointment/pima-supes-set-process-replace-grijalva-district-5-seat/
Updated: The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to set up the process of appointing a new District 5 representative to replace Democrat Adelita Grijalva, who resigned this week to pursue her late father’s congressional seat.
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Pima Supes set process to replace Grijalva in District 5 seat https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040125_pima_d5_appointment/pima-supes-set-process-replace-grijalva-district-5-seat/
Updated: The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to set up the process of appointing a new District 5 representative to replace Democrat Adelita Grijalva, who resigned this week to pursue her late father’s congressional seat.
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BP: Man accused of smuggling 'critical' after rollover crash near Sonoita https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040125_smuggler_crash/bp-man-accused-smuggling-critical-after-rollover-crash-near-sonoita/
A U.S. citizen remains in critical condition after a rollover crash while attempting to evade U.S. Border Patrol agents on Saturday near Sonoita, Ariz., officials said.
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Real reporting is no joke: On Arizona Gives Day, please join with your fellow readers and support the Tucson Sentinel. We'll put your dollars to work holding politicians accountable, reporting the untold stories of the borderlands, and bringing you and the rest of Southern Arizona nonpartisan independent news without the spin.
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Arizona Freedom Caucus member Kolodin running for secretary of state in 2026 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/033125_sos_kolodin/arizona-freedom-caucus-member-kolodin-running-secretary-state-2026/
Republican state Rep. Alexander Kolodin - an election denier and a member of the far-right Arizona Freedom Caucus - on Monday announced his plans to run for Arizona secretary of state in 2026.
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Arizona bill aims to ban ultra-processed ingredients in public schools https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040125_processed_schools/arizona-bill-aims-ban-ultra-processed-ingredients-public-schools/
A bill that aims to cut out ultra-processed foods in the state’s public schools is now moving through the Arizona Senate after passing the House with overwhelming support.
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States sue Trump administration for $11 billion cuts to public health funding https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040125_health_funding_lawsuit/states-sue-trump-administration-11-billion-cuts-public-health-funding/
A coalition of Democratic officials from 23 states, including Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes - and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration for slashing more than $11 billion of critical public health funding "with no advance notice or warning."
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17 states want to end an abortion privacy rule. A federal judge is questioning HIPAA itself. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040125_hipaa_questions/17-states-want-end-abortion-privacy-rule-federal-judge-questioning-hipaa-itself/
The decades-old federal law protecting the privacy of individual health information is threatened by multiple lawsuits that seek to throw out a rule restricting disclosure of information in criminal investigations, including for those seeking legal abortion and other reproductive health care.
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Virologist: Measles can ravage immune system & brain, causing long-term damage https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/040125_measles_resurgence_op/virologist-measles-can-ravage-immune-system-brain-causing-long-term-damage/
The measles outbreak that began in west Texas continues to grow, with over 450 confirmed cases in Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma as of March 28 - though public health experts believe the numbers are much higher, and some worry about a bigger resurgence of the disease.
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Arizona battles rising wildfire threat in as state grows hotter, drier https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040125_wildfire_threat/arizona-battles-rising-wildfire-threat-as-state-grows-hotter-drier/
Arizona officials urged residents to take precautions as firefighters face longer hours battling more intense wildfires across the state.
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‘Getting in is easy, getting out is hard’: The recruitment tactics Mexican cartels use to lure victims https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040125_cartel_recruiting/getting-easy-getting-out-hard-recruitment-tactics-mexican-cartels-use-lure-victims/
Cartels are Mexico's fifth-largest employer, and while some are tricked into working for the cartels by a friendly face, recruitment these days can be just as duplicitous, including social media and false job advertisements that appear as from legitimate employers.
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Democrats ask congressional watchdog agency to probe Trump’s funding freezes https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040125_congress_funding/democrats-ask-congressional-watchdog-agency-probe-trumps-funding-freezes/
Top Democrats in Congress are asking the Government Accountability Office to open an investigation into whether the Trump administration violated federal law by freezing funding for several programs.
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Judge blocks Trump bid to strip residency status from 350,000 Venezuelan migrants https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/033125_tps_block/judge-blocks-trump-bid-strip-residency-status-from-350000-venezuelan-migrants/
A federal judge blocked U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem from stripping temporary protected status from nearly 350,000 Venezuelans living in the United States, citing the potential for harm and danger should they be removed.
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Democrats in Congress rally to support Transgender Day of Visibility https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/033125_trans_congress/democrats-congress-rally-support-transgender-day-visibility/
Nearly two dozen Democratic lawmakers Monday gathered on the National Mall in honor of Transgender Day of Visibility, pushing back against the Trump administration’s policies that harm the trans community.
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Pima Supes to accept Grijalva resignation, Oro Valley to vote on a height waiver for church school https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/033125_agenda_covid_op/pima-supes-accept-grijalva-resignation-oro-valley-vote-height-waiver-church-school/
Pima County will formally say "adios" to a supervisor, and is set to lose two federal grants that help address the COVID-19 pandemic, while a school at the Church of the Nazarene in Oro Valley wants to build too high up, and more from government meetings around Tucson this week.
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Adelita Grijalva to run for her late father's U.S. House seat https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/033125_grijalva_cd7/adelita-grijalva-run-her-late-fathers-us-house-seat/
Updated: Pima County Supervisor Adelita Grijalva announced Monday she will enter the race to fill her late father U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Southern Arizona Democrat died March 13; a special primary is set for July 15, with a Sept. 23 special election filling the seat.
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Legacy in letters: ATC's production of 'Bob & Jean' is a tribute to love & time https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/033125_atc_bob_jean/legacy-letters-atcs-production-bob-jean-tribute-love-time/
ATC’s production of Robert Schenkkan's "Bob & Jean: A Love Story" captures the aching need for intimacy in an era defined by separation—when lovers clung to words in place of touch, and relationships were sustained in silence.
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Tucson city offices closed Monday for César Chávez & Dolores Huerta Day https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/033025_cesar_chavez_day/tucson-city-offices-closed-monday-cesar-chavez-dolores-huerta-day/
Updated: All city of Tucson offices, except for emergency services, will be closed Monday, March 31, in observance of the César Chávez and Dolores Huerta Holiday.
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Tucson city offices closed Monday for César Chávez & Dolories Huerta Day https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/033025_cesar_chavez_day/tucson-city-offices-closed-monday-cesar-chavez-dolories-huerta-day/
Updated: All city of Tucson offices, except for emergency services, will be closed Monday, March 31, in observance of the César Chávez and Dolores Huerta Holiday.
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Attorney: Walmart shooter believed he was fulfilling Trump’s wishes in El Paso attack https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/033125_el_paso_shooter/attorney-walmart-shooter-believed-he-was-fulfilling-trumps-wishes-el-paso-attack/
The shooter who murdered 23 people and wounded 22 others at an El Paso Walmart in 2019 believed he was acting at the direction of President Donald Trump, though the president condemned the attack and the motives behind it two days after the shooting.
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