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Wildfire near Patagonia spreads to nearly 900 acres within hours tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Southern Arizona's fire season continues be hectic as a new wildfire broke out Wednesday morning near the U.S.-Mexico border, consuming an estimated 889 acres about 19 miles south of Patagonia, Ariz.

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Tucson HIV/AIDS groups face major cuts amid Trump admin reductions tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Multiple Tucson organizations, including El Rio and SAAF, will lose funds and end programs after the Trump administration’s cuts to HIV/AIDS services.

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Summer heat is here, but so are Pima County cooling centers tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County has opened nearly three dozen cooling centers from Tucson to Ajo as summer heat approaches.

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Trump administration rescinds policy protecting emergency room abortions tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Trump administration has rescinded a Biden-era policy that protected emergency room abortions, stripping away a critical legal shield for doctors and pregnant women who live in states that ban the procedure.

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Supreme Court changes the game on federal environmental reviews tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Getting federal approval for permits to build major infrastructure projects has long been a complicated and time-consuming process - in one fell swoop, the U.S. Supreme Court has changed a big part of the game.

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Trump wants Congress to slash $9.4B in spending now, defund NPR & PBS tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Trump administration sent its first spending cuts request to Congress, asking lawmakers to swiftly eliminate $9.4 billion in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and various foreign aid programs.

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What REAL ID delay tells us about implementing proof-of-citizenship laws tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Proponents of proof of citizenship to register to vote laws describe them as a commonsense step to ensure that only eligible voters cast ballots - but the REAL ID saga shows that a proof-of-citizenship requirement might not be such a simple step.

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Judge preserves Education Department injunction for states’ COVID fund spending tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Trump administration remains barred from enforcing a Department of Education decision to rescind extensions to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in previously approved COVID-19 relief funds for schools.

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Pima County to move Main Library across street into Wells Fargo building tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County will buy the Wells Fargo building Downtown to house main branch of the Public Library system, moving from the Joel D. Valdez Main Library across the street, the Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday.

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Tucson moves to dismiss Wadsack's $8M 'coup' lawsuit as 'political charade' tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The city of Tucson is asking a federal judge to toss out an $8 million lawsuit filed by ousted Republican state lawmaker Justine Wadsack. "This case is a political charade," lawyers for the city said.

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Army surveillance balloons spotted over Tucson raise privacy concerns from advocates tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The U.S. Army and a private company are flying high-altitude surveillance balloons over the Tucson area, raising concerns among privacy advocates.

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Immigration advocates sue over DHS stonewalling on DNA collection program tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Three civil rights advocacy groups sued the Department of Homeland Security on Monday, claiming the federal agency has refused to detail how it collects and uses DNA taken from immigrants.

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Pima County to spend $250M on affordable housing over 10 years tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Pima County Board of Supervisors approved two measures that aim to address affordable housing without raising property taxes, voting Tuesday to budget $250 million over the next decade.

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Native Americans hurt by federal health cuts, despite RFK Jr.’s promises of protection tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
While Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren said HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. had already done a lot, primarily saving the Indian Health Service from staffing cuts rippling through the federal government, cuts to health programs outside the IHS are hurting Native Americans.

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GOP lawmakers trying to undermine progressive measures red state voters approved tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
In the wake of ballot measures that increased abortion access and improved sick leave for workers, a coordinated effort is unfolding across the country to restrict direct democracy — and shift power to partisan legislatures.

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Abortion opponents are coming for mifepristone using what medical experts call ‘junk science’ tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Using flawed studies and scientific journal publications, abortion opponents are building a body of research meant to question the safety of the abortion pill mifepristone, a key target for the movement.

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Back to the drawing board: Hermosa Mine air quality permit rejected by EPA tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Environmental Protection Agency has ruled that an air quality permit issued by state authorities for the planned Hermosa Mine south of Tucson does not comply with the Clean Air Act. Owner South32 said they'll address those concerns, and continue to develop the mine.

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Lawsuit by mother of Arizona man says insurer's ghost network to blame for his death tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The mother of Arizonan Ravi Coutinho is suing Centene and the subsidiary that oversaw her son’s plan, Health Net of Arizona, for publishing “misleading” information that gave her son a false impression about the kinds of mental health care that were actually available.

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Trump presses Supreme Court for mass firings in record 18th emergency appeal tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump revived a push for mass firings across the government, filing a record-breaking 18th emergency appeal at the Supreme Court in just the first four months of his second term.

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Az youth confront lawmakers over anti-LGBTQ+ moves — including from Democrats tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Organizers from across Arizona gathered at the state Capitol on Monday to mark the start of Pride Month and push back against what they called a continued onslaught of anti-LGBTQ+ bills passed by the state Legislature.

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