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'Major gap in our system': Arizona lacks secure facilities for people with serious mental illness https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042025_smi_facilities/major-gap-our-system-arizona-lacks-secure-facilities-people-with-serious-mental-illness/
Since 2019, Arizona lawmakers have tried to create secure behavioral health residential facilities to fill gaps in the mental health system. SBHRFs would provide secure care for people with serious mental illness who are often trapped in the criminal legal system, but critics say more involuntary commitment could be damaging.
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For-profit immigration detention expands as Trump accelerates deportation plans https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041925_detention_profit/for-profit-immigration-detention-expands-as-trump-accelerates-deportation-plans/
The Trump administration has largely turned to the for-profit, private prison industry to reopen or repurpose shuttered and aging facilities to dramatically expand the nation’s capacity for detaining immigrants who do not have legal authorization to be in the United States.
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Thompson & Camacho throw gems as Pima softball sweeps Scottsdale for 12th straight win https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/041925_pcc_softball/thompson-camacho-throw-gems-as-pima-softball-sweeps-scottsdale-12th-straight-win/
The Pima Community College softball team (45-5, 33-5 in ACCAC) picked up another two wins on the road on Saturday at Scottsdale Community College (23-16, 18-16).
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Plasschaert falls a triple short of the cycle as Pima baseball rallies at Phoenix College https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/041925_pcc_baseball/plasschaert-falls-triple-short-cycle-as-pima-baseball-rallies-phoenix-college/
The Pima Community College baseball team (42-11, 26-11 in ACCAC) found their offense in the later innings on Saturday during an ACCAC conference game at Phoenix College (18-31, 13-23).
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Weed withdrawal: More than half of people using medical cannabis for pain have withdrawal symptoms https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042025_weed_withdrawal_op/weed-withdrawal-more-than-half-people-using-medical-cannabis-pain-have-withdrawal-symptoms/
In stark contrast to the overblown fears portrayed during decades past, these days, most people think cannabis is relatively harmless. While weed is indeed less dangerous than some other drugs, it is not without risks.
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Hip-hop artist Danobeytia drops out of Tucson City Council race https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041925_danobeytia_drops_out/hip-hop-artist-danobeytia-drops-out-tucson-city-council-race/
A local hip-hop artist is dropping out of the Ward 5 race for Tucson City Council. Fabian Danobeytia, who has worked in the software field, told the Tucson Sentinel he is ending his candidacy for the South Side seat.
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Ganter & Glueck combine for 6 RBIs as Aztec baseball overwhelms Scottsdale https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/041825_pcc_baseball/ganter-glueck-combine-6-rbis-as-aztec-baseball-overwhelms-scottsdale/
The Pima Community College baseball team (41-11, 25-11 in ACCAC) rallied in the 2nd inning to take the lead for good on Friday in their game against Scottsdale Community College (26-24, 16-20).
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Taking the fork: Local governments struggle with uncertainty in a time of budgeting https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041825_budget_woes_op/taking-fork-local-governments-struggle-with-uncertainty-time-budgeting/
The city of Tucson and Pima County are quite simply, screwed by lacking clairvoyance about the economy. Will 2026 be a horror show or Golden Age? So far, local officials appear more than happy to consider the upside. The downside is right next to it and can't be ignored.
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Both sides claim victory as Arizona fetal personhood lawsuit dismissed https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041825_personhood_suit/both-sides-claim-victory-as-arizona-fetal-personhood-lawsuit-dismissed/
A legal challenge against an Arizona law that gives fetuses rights has been dropped, putting the law back on the books despite an overwhelming majority of voters who agreed last year to make abortion a constitutional right in the Grand Canyon State.
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Arizona ‘fake electors’ claim prejudice in grand jury proceeding https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041825_az_fake_electors/arizona-fake-electors-claim-prejudice-grand-jury-proceeding/
Arizona Republicans who falsely claimed to be Arizona’s certified presidential electors in 2020 say their “fake elector” moniker prejudiced the grand jury and requires a remand.
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Trump Is spending billions on border security. Some residents living there lack basic resources. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041825_border_spending/trump-spending-billions-border-security-some-residents-living-there-lack-basic-resources/
Although billions of dollars flow into the majority-Latino communities along the nearly 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border, many remain among the poorest places in the nation, a disparity between the size of governments’ investment there and how little it’s reflected in the quality of life.
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Lawmakers fear AI data centers will drive up residents’ power bills https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041825_ai_power_bills/lawmakers-fear-ai-data-centers-will-drive-up-residents-power-bills/
Proposals in state legislatures seek to ensure that data centers don’t result in increased rates for other electric customers, but those goals are also under attack from President Donald Trump, with policies to block enforcement of all state climate policies and boost coal production.
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Why Easter is called Easter & other little-known facts about the holiday https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041825_easter_history_op/why-easter-called-easter-other-little-known-facts-holiday/
Easter is quite similar to other major holidays like Christmas and Halloween, which have evolved over the last 200 years or so. In all of these holidays, Christian and non-Christian (pagan) elements have continued to blend together.
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Hobbs vows to veto all bills until disability funding crisis resolved https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041725_hobbs_vetoes/hobbs-vows-veto-all-bills-until-disability-funding-crisis-resolved/
Arizona’s Democratic governor has promised to veto every piece of legislation that Republicans send to her until the legislature passes a “reasonable, negotiated” funding bill to prevent the state’s Division of Developmental Disabilities from going broke next month.
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Az militia founder wrongly identified as ICE agent in viral window-smashing video https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041725_lewis_arthur_ice/az-militia-founder-wrongly-identified-as-ice-agent-viral-window-smashing-video/
Social media posts falsely claimed a man with connections to Arizona and far-right militias — Michael "Lewis Arthur" Meyer — was the ICE agent who smashed a car's window with an axe to apprehend a Guatemalan immigrant. But that man has not been hired by ICE and is currently in Oklahoma spreading conspiracy theories there.
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'Constitutional crisis': Phx lawmaker to visit man wrongfully deported to El Salvador https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041725_ansari_el_salvador/constitutional-crisis-phx-lawmaker-visit-man-wrongfully-deported-el-salvador/
U.S. Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Phoenix, announced Wednesday that she is planning to travel to an El Salvador megaprison to attempt to visit a Maryland man who was wrongfully deported to that country.
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4th Circuit OKs inquiry into Trump’s efforts to return wrongfully deported Maryland man https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041725_abrego_garcia_inquiry/4th-circuit-oks-inquiry-into-trumps-efforts-return-wrongfully-deported-maryland-man/
In a sharp rebuke on Thursday, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump administration’s request to further delay an inquiry into the wrongful deportation of a Maryland father.
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Kozachik: Next Ward 6 councilmember must do homework, be principled https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041725_kozachik_council_op/kozachik-next-ward-6-councilmember-must-do-homework-principled/
The neighbors and businesses in Ward 6 deserve to know where someone committed to the full upcoming term stands on the issues that matter to residents of Midtown. — former Tucson City Councilmember Steve Kozachik
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In a ‘complete disregard for science,’ RFK Jr. declares autism ‘preventable’ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041725_kennedy_autism/in-complete-disregard-science-rfk-jr-declares-autism-preventable/
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the department will shift its research into autism toward potential environmental causes, though he declined to say the response if certain industries or pollutants were found responsible.
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Tucson City Council candidates reveal latest fundraising totals https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041725_tucson_campaign_finance/tucson-city-council-candidates-reveal-latest-fundraising-totals/
With less than three months before the Aug. 5 primary, the financial strengths of this year's Tucson City Council candidates are coming into focus with this week's filing of fundraising reports.
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