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Kopec: As Arizona's private school vouchers bust budget, GOP lawmakers' heads are elsewhere https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/062825_school_vouchers_kopec_op/kopec-as-arizonas-private-school-vouchers-bust-budget-gop-lawmakers-heads-are-elsewhere/
Arizona's coffers have run dry because the private school vouchers, which the Republicans said would only cost our state $360 million, will actually cost about $1 billion. Heads in the sand doesn't quite cover this one. — Amphi Schools Boardmember Matt Kopec
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Arizona trust land is an answer for Tucson housing, but our national forests are not https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/062825_trust_land_op/arizona-trust-land-answer-tucson-housing-but-our-national-forests-are-not/
Southern Arizona has a lot of land that is meant to accommodate growth and not in the hands of private developers.
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Skies the limit? UA's Monsoon Fantasy Forecast is back https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/062825_monsoon_fantasy/skies-limit-uas-monsoon-fantasy-forecast-back/
The Monsoon Fantasy Forecast contest is back for its fifth year, with players attempting to predict the amount of summer rainfall for major Southwest cities.
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Agribusiness & hospitality, threatened by deportations, poured millions into Republican victories https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062825_deportation_donations/agribusiness-hospitality-threatened-by-deportations-poured-millions-into-republican-victories/
Despite threats of deportations of undocumented workers by President Donald Trump, the agribusiness and hospitality sectors funneled hundreds of millions to Republicans and conservative groups in 2024.
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‘A purpose in this world’: Older adults fear elimination of program that helps them find work https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062825_senior_workers/a-purpose-this-world-older-adults-fear-elimination-program-that-helps-them-find-work/
Congress is considering axing funding for programs that fall under the Older Americans Act, a 1965 law that provides social and meal services for older people, a position President Trump supports in his budget for the coming fiscal year.
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Hobbs signs Arizona budget averting shutdown after House GOP holdout ends https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062725_hobbs_budget/hobbs-signs-arizona-budget-averting-shutdown-after-house-gop-holdout-ends/
After weeks of feuding between the Republicans who control the Arizona House of Representatives and Senate, Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has signed the $17.6 billion state budget that was passed with bipartisan majorities in both chambers.
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Mars Orbiter learns new tricks as Tucson-linked spacecraft continues search for water https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062725_mars_orbiter/mars-orbiter-learns-new-tricks-as-tucson-linked-spacecraft-continues-search-water/
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was taught a new maneuver that will allow the spacecraft to look deeper underground as it searches for liquid and frozen water.
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Arizona highways: Numbers of wrong-way drivers & crashes decrease https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062725_az_drivers/arizona-highways-numbers-wrong-way-drivers-crashes-decrease/
A recent string of wrong-way drivers and wrong-way crashes on Arizona freeways raises a key question: Has there been an uptick in these kinds of situations? In short, the answer is no.
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Preventive health care mandate survives Supreme Court scrutiny https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062725_scotus_preventive_care/preventive-health-care-mandate-survives-supreme-court-scrutiny/
The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a panel of medical experts recommending preventive health care coverage on Friday, finding that the executive branch had sufficient control over the independent task force.
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New ‘Trump Accounts’ program faces criticism for benefiting wealthy over poor children https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062725_trump_accounts/new-trump-accounts-program-faces-criticism-benefiting-wealthy-over-poor-children/
Tucked in the “one big beautiful bill” is a proposal for tax-advantaged “Trump Accounts,” each seeded with $1,000 from the government for certain babies born in the U.S. over the next few years - but financial experts and advocates for low-income children are not overly impressed.
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Thousands of LGBTQ+ veterans were supposed to get pardons. A year later, only four have succeeded https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062725_lgbtq_veterans/thousands-lgbtq-veterans-were-supposed-get-pardons-year-later-only-four-have-succeeded/
Of the tens of thousands of veterans who were separated from the military due to their sexuality over decades, only 21 ended up applying for a pardon - and only four have received one.
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Arizona House, Senate finally come to $17.6B budget agreement https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062725_arizona_budget/arizona-house-senate-finally-come-176b-budget-agreement/
Just days ahead of a government shutdown, the Republicans who lead the Arizona House of Representatives and Senate and the Democratic governor finally came to agreement on a bipartisan budget.
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Maricopa County Recorder’s Office mails incorrect letters to 83,000 voters https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062725_maricopa_voters/maricopa-county-recorders-office-mails-incorrect-letters-83000-voters/
The Maricopa County Recorder’s Office mailed about 83,000 voters an incorrect letter warning them that they would be moved to the inactive voter list if they didn’t respond, a mistake the Recorder’s Office blamed on a printing error.
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Supreme Court hands Trump win on birthright citizenship, judicial oversight https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062725_scotus_birthright_citizenship/supreme-court-hands-trump-win-birthright-citizenship-judicial-oversight/
President Donald Trump can enforce limits on birthright citizenship for some immigrants, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday, allowing the White House to implement one of its most controversial policies.
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Supreme Court ruling on LGBTQ+ books gives religious parents more say over what students learn https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062725_scotus_lgbtq_books/supreme-court-ruling-lgbtq-books-gives-religious-parents-more-say-over-what-students-learn/
The Supreme Court sided Friday with a group of Maryland parents who object to their children reading LGBTQ+-inclusive books in public schools, delivering a win to religious liberty advocates and potentially altering the course of public education nationwide.
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2 Az Dems angling to replace Grijalva say Iran strikes warrant impeachment probe of Trump https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062725_az_trump_impeachment/2-az-dems-angling-replace-grijalva-say-iran-strikes-warrant-impeachment-probe-trump/
Two of the Arizona Democrats running to replace the late Raúl Grijalva in Congress in July – his daughter Adelita Grijalva and Daniel Hernandez – said Thursday they support an impeachment inquiry over the air strikes President Donald Trump ordered on Iran.
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Nonprofit leaders: GOP's funding cuts would 'tear at fabric' of charity efforts in Southern Arizona https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062525_community_foundation_cuts/nonprofit-leaders-gops-funding-cuts-would-tear-fabric-charity-efforts-southern-arizona/
The Community Foundation of Southern Arizona, joined by six other Tucson-based nonprofits, said Wednesday the budget bill moving through Congress would have an "immediate and catastrophic impact" as it cut support for social service organizations.
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