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Senate GOP bill could sell off millions of acres in public land, including Sabino Canyon https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061825_gop_lands_sabino/senate-gop-bill-could-sell-off-millions-acres-public-land-including-sabino-canyon/
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released a proposal calling for the sale of millions of acres in public lands as part of the reconciliation spending bill. The long list of federal lands that might be auctioned includes such local landmarks as Sabino Canyon and Mount Lemmon.
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Arizona tries again to ensure that manual audits of election results get done https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061825_election_audit/arizona-tries-again-ensure-that-manual-audits-election-results-get-done/
In Arizona, where distrust in elections runs high, many people agree that a manual check of election results could help boost confidence. And state law requires counties to do such audits. Yet they aren’t always happening.
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Judge swats Trump’s passport rule in win for trans, nonbinary travelers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061825_trans_passports/judge-swats-trumps-passport-rule-win-trans-nonbinary-travelers/
A federal judge in Massachusetts extended a preliminary injunction barring President Trump from enforcing his gender identity policy on passports and granted class certification to trans and nonbinary plaintiffs challenging the administration's directive.
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Trump pardons for Jan. 6 defendants, white-collar criminals wipe out $1.3 billion in legal debts https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061825_trump_pardons/trump-pardons-jan-6-defendants-white-collar-criminals-wipe-out-13-billion-legal-debts/
The White House’s mass clemency campaign — whose beneficiaries include white-collar criminals and people convicted in connection to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot — has so far deleted more than $1.3 billion in debts to victims and the federal government.
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Bipartisan Az Senate budget clears 1st hurdle, leaves both parties wanting more https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061825_az_senate_budget/bipartisan-az-senate-budget-clears-1st-hurdle-leaves-both-parties-wanting-more/
Arizona senators from both parties expressed displeasure with the Senate’s budget proposal, but the chamber’s Appropriations Committee chairman told them that was a sign of a well-negotiated bipartisan plan.
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LGBTQ+ asylum seeker alleges abuse at Arizona immigration detention center https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061825_detention_abuse/lgbtq-asylum-seeker-alleges-abuse-arizona-immigration-detention-center/
An openly gay Russian dissident being held in an Arizona immigration detention center says he has been threatened and abused by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials as he faces deportation to Russia, where he fears torture or execution.
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Evidence-free Medicaid fraud claims come to Arizona as GOP pushes health care cuts https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061825_az_fraud_claims/evidence-free-medicaid-fraud-claims-come-arizona-as-gop-pushes-health-care-cuts/
A Republican state senator and a pro-Trump group accused Arizona’s Democratic governor of presiding over a massive health care fraud scheme. But Sen. Janae Shamp and the MAGA group she claimed made the discovery produced no evidence.
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Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061825_scotus_trans_care/supreme-court-upholds-tennessee-ban-gender-affirming-care-minors/
The Supreme Court ruled that Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth should remain in place, and does not violate the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause — a finding that experts worry will set new precedent for how transgender people can be treated.
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Bipartisan Arizona Senate budget clears first hurdle, leaves both parties wanting more https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061825_az_senate_budget/bipartisan-arizona-senate-budget-clears-first-hurdle-leaves-both-parties-wanting-more/
Arizona senators from both parties expressed displeasure with the Senate’s budget proposal, but the chamber’s Appropriations Committee chairman told them that was a sign of a well-negotiated bipartisan plan.
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Az Republicans split on extending Prop. 123 school funding as deadline approaches https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061825_prop_123_deadline/az-republicans-split-extending-prop-123-school-funding-as-deadline-approaches/
A major public school funding plan is set to expire in less than two weeks, but Arizona lawmakers have yet to figure out a solution — and public education advocates are unhappy with the current proposal that GOP lawmakers are pushing.
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Early voting starts in Southern Az CD7 special election https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061825_early_voting_cd7/early-voting-starts-southern-az-cd7-special-election/
Early voting began Wednesday in the Congressional District 7 primary election that voters will decide on July 15.
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