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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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