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Election officials recommend voters mail back S. Az congressional ballot by Tuesday https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091625_political_calendar/election-officials-recommend-voters-mail-back-s-az-congressional-ballot-by-tuesday/
A roundup of upcoming Tucson-area political events: Public meeting on a proposed homeless camping site on Wednesday; the special congressional election on Sept. 23; City Council races on the horizon; Sentinel team on the airwaves & more
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Arizona Democrats say they feel unsafe around GOP lawmaker after email rejecting a plea for unity https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091625_dems_safety_gillette/arizona-democrats-say-they-feel-unsafe-around-gop-lawmaker-after-email-rejecting-plea-unity/
Some Democrats in the Arizona House of Representatives say they feel unsafe around a Republican lawmaker after he responded to a call for unity in the face of political violence with a misinformation-filled diatribe where he claimed that the Democratic Party “has woken the sleeping giant” following the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
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Arizona Democrats say they feel unsafe around GOP lawmaker after email rejecting a plea for unity https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091625_dems_safety_gillette1/arizona-democrats-say-they-feel-unsafe-around-gop-lawmaker-after-email-rejecting-plea-unity/
Some Democrats in the Arizona House of Representatives say they feel unsafe around a Republican lawmaker after he responded to a call for unity in the face of political violence with a misinformation-filled diatribe where he claimed that the Democratic Party “has woken the sleeping giant” following the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
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Aging U.S. railroad bridges are self-inspected & the findings are kept secret https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091625_aging_bridges/aging-us-railroad-bridges-are-self-inspected-findings-are-kept-secret/
Railroad bridge safety across the U.S. is hamstrung by minimal government oversight and limited transparency, leaving companies largely in control of inspecting and maintaining their own bridges and allowing them to keep most details about problems out of sight from the public.
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Trump administration sued for using Ghana as ‘end-run’ around deportation protections https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091525_deportations_ghana/trump-administration-sued-using-ghana-as-end-run-around-deportation-protections/
A Friday lawsuit from a civil rights group accused the Trump administration of bypassing deportation restrictions on immigrants slated for removal by sending them to Ghana and having the West African nation deport them to their countries of origin, despite credible findings they could face harm there.
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GOP states try new ways to target abortion pills & telehealth https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091525_abortion_pills_telehealth/gop-states-try-new-ways-target-abortion-pills-telehealth/
In state legislatures around the country, medication abortion has emerged as the central focus of the fight over abortion rights.
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Remembering the immigration raids that swept Los Angeles four decades ago https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091525_la_immig_raids/remembering-immigration-raids-that-swept-los-angeles-four-decades-ago/
For working-class Latinos in Los Angeles in the 1980s, INS agents were a part of everyday life, just as ICE is becoming under the second Donald Trump administration.
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DOJ is sharing state voter roll lists with Homeland Security https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091525_doj_voter_rolls/doj-sharing-state-voter-roll-lists-with-homeland-security/
The U.S. Department of Justice is sharing state voter roll information with the Department of Homeland Security in a search for noncitizens, the Trump administration confirmed.
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Battle over Az’s election manual expands to citizenship checks, early voting & hand counts https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091525_az_election_manual/battle-over-azs-election-manual-expands-citizenship-checks-early-voting-hand-counts/
The release of new draft rules dictating how Arizona’s elections must be run has reopened partisan battles over such issues as how officials handle voter citizenship checks, conduct early voting, and count ballots.
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Take a deep breath — marriage equality is probably here to stay https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/091525_marriage_equality_op/take-deep-breath-marriage-equality-probably-here-stay/
There’s good news for LGBTQ+ married couples who want to stay married: The Supreme Court is not likely to overturn marriage equality any time soon.
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Freeport mining & FWS to build fish barrier on Arizona's Eagle Creek to block nonnative species https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091525_eagle_creek_conservation/freeport-mining-fws-build-fish-barrier-arizonas-eagle-creek-block-nonnative-species/
Four species listed under the Endangered Species Act are at the center of a conservation agreement between a mining company and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which will see a fish barrier installed at Eagle Creek, about a hundred miles northeast of Tucson.
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Democrats outraise Republicans in Tucson City Council races https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091525_tucson_campaign_finance/democrats-outraise-republicans-tucson-city-council-races/
Ahead of the first forum of the general election cycle on Monday night, the Republican candidates in this year’s City Council races are trailing the Democratic candidates on the fundraising front.
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Az Ethics Committee won’t investigate Islamophobic comments from GOP representative https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091425_gillette_ethics/az-ethics-committee-wont-investigate-islamophobic-comments-from-gop-representative/
The House Ethics Committee will not investigate an ethics complaint by Democratic leaders against Kingman Republican John Gillette, after he called Muslims “f***ing savages” and posted a series of Islamophobic comments on social media calling members of the faith “terrorists” from “sh*t hole countries” intent on destroying America.
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Changes at NIH giveTrump political appointees greater power to fund or block health research https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091525_nih_power/changes-nih-givetrump-political-appointees-greater-power-fund-or-block-health-research/
The Trump administration has given notice that political appointees, rather than scientists, will ultimately decide who gets grant money from the world’s largest biomedical research funder — the federal government’s National Institutes of Health.
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With more self-driving cars on the road, states put more rules in place https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091525_self_driving_rules/with-more-self-driving-cars-road-states-put-more-rules-place/
Self-driving vehicle technology continues to advance, prompting a wave of liability and safety regulations from state lawmakers.
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More states guarantee students a right to school-day religious instruction off campus https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091525_school_religion/more-states-guarantee-students-right-school-day-religious-instruction-off-campus/
Federal courts have dealt a string of blows to conservatives’ push for the biblical Ten Commandments to be posted in public schools, yet many states are working on another route to faith-based education by allowing kids to attend off-campus religious instruction.
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Scottsdale can’t decide whether to sue state over Axon zoning law https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091525_scottsdale_axon/scottsdale-cant-decide-whether-sue-state-over-axon-zoning-law/
The Scottsdale City Council last week tabled plans to move forward with a lawsuit over a new state law that cancels a public vote on the proposed headquarters for law enforcement technology company Axon.
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Can a shift in strategy reduce intimate partner violence? https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091525_domestic_violence/can-shift-strategy-reduce-intimate-partner-violence/
Perceived lenience toward men who have threatened or hurt women is understandably controversial. Yet momentum is growing for less frequent arrests — or at least more selective ones — and more attention to the emotional wounds and stress that can lead men to violence.
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Tucson City Council candidate forum set for Monday https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091425_political_calendar/tucson-city-council-candidate-forum-set-monday/
A roundup of upcoming Tucson-area political events: A City Council candidate forum Monday night, public meeting on a proposed homeless camping site; the special congressional election on Sept. 23; Sentinel team on the airwaves & more
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Coconino prosecutors will investigate Rodney Glassman over alleged campaign finance violations https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091425_glassman_finance_probe/coconino-prosecutors-will-investigate-rodney-glassman-over-alleged-campaign-finance-violations/
After numerous counties turned down the case over the past few weeks, Coconino County has finally agreed to investigate allegations that Republican candidate for Attorney General Rodney Glassman violated campaign finance law.
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