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Not everyone is celebrating the big ‘ag-to-urban’ program to fuel housing development https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082725_ag_to_urban/not-everyone-celebrating-big-ag-to-urban-program-fuel-housing-development/
Politicians from both sides of the aisle, housing developers and farmers in increasingly urban areas celebrated the signing of Arizona’s new “ag-to-urban” water program, but some say the bill does either too little or too much to protect the state’s water future.
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Environmental laws waived to build border wall in Texas wildlife refuge https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082725_border_environment/environmental-laws-waived-build-border-wall-texas-wildlife-refuge/
Secretary Kristi Noem waived the protections of the Endangered Species Act and other federal statutes to “ensure the expeditious construction” of the border wall through the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge in Texas.
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Trump threatens to cut $81 million in funding over transgender references in sex ed https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082725_trans_funding/trump-threatens-cut-81-million-funding-over-transgender-references-sex-ed/
President Donald Trump’s administration demanded that dozens of states, including Arizona, remove from sex education materials any references to a person’s gender departing from their sex assigned at birth, or lose federal funding.
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Heather Honey, who questioned 2020 election, appointed to Homeland Security election post https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082725_dhs_honey/heather-honey-who-questioned-2020-election-appointed-homeland-security-election-post/
Heather Honey, a prominent election activist whose research questioned the 2020 election results, is now working in an election-related leadership position at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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Federal judge pauses some Trump administration grant conditions for coalition of cities, counties https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082725_grant_conditions/federal-judge-pauses-some-trump-administration-grant-conditions-coalition-cities-counties/
A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration over its attempt to withhold funding from localities that don’t comply with executive orders and other policy preferences.
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Early voting starts in Southern Az's CD 7 special election https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082725_early_voting/early-voting-starts-southern-azs-cd-7-special-election/
Early voting is beginning Wednesday in the special Congressional District 7 election that voters will decide on Sept. 23.
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