Don't touch that clock! Rest of U.S. springing ahead to Daylight Saving Time https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030824_daylight_saving_time/dont-touch-that-clock-rest-us-springing-ahead-daylight-saving-time/
It's back: time to get confused about calling someone back East. Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday morning for most of the United States, but Arizona residents won't have to switch their clocks — we don't observe DST.
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An Az GOP candidate appears to be registered to vote, and casting ballots, illegally https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032924_gop_illegal_voting/an-az-gop-candidate-appears-registered-vote-and-casting-ballots-illegally/
Republican hopeful Neil DeSanti is mounting his fourth campaign for elected office since 2020, and he’s voted in 16 state and local elections since registering to vote in 2012 - but he appears to be ineligible to vote under Arizona law.
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Democrats’ quest to hang on to U.S. Senate majority centers on Arizona, Montana & Ohio https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040324_democrats_senate/democrats-quest-hang-us-senate-majority-centers-arizona-montana-ohio/
Come November, voters will make the choice for control of a narrowly split U.S. Senate - and the road to the majority in the upper chamber of Congress mostly runs through Arizona, Montana and Ohio.
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Vice President Harris tells Tucson crowd that Trump is to blame for Az abortion ban https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041224_harris_abortion/vice-president-harris-tells-tucson-crowd-that-trump-blame-az-abortion-ban/
Vice President Kamala Harris laid the blame for the Arizona Supreme Court’s decision to uphold an 1864 abortion ban squarely on former president and presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump during a Tucson visit Friday
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Biden rolls back school sex misconduct reporting limits imposed by Trump & Betsy DeVos https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041924_title_ix_rollback/biden-rolls-back-school-sex-misconduct-reporting-limits-imposed-by-trump-betsy-devos/
The U.S. Department of Education on Friday announced a final rule that will update Title IX regulations governing how schools respond to sexual misconduct, undoing changes made under the Trump administration and former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
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4 ways vaccine skeptics mislead you on measles & more https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052524_vaccine_skeptics/4-ways-vaccine-skeptics-mislead-you-measles-more/
A growing number of parents are deciding not to get their children vaccinated against measles, as well as diseases like polio and pertussis, due to a flood of misinformation - rhetoric that erodes confidence in the science backing routine childhood vaccines.
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Az Gov. Hobbs vetoes antisemitism bill, says it’s an attack on teachers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061125_antisemitism_veto/az-gov-hobbs-vetoes-antisemitism-bill-says-its-attack-teachers/
Arizona’s Democratic governor has vetoed a GOP-backed bill that would ban the teaching of antisemitism in public schools and universities — and allow teachers to be personally sued for alleged violations.
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Unable to vote, undocumented migrants register Arizona voters https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/080424_migrant_mobilization/unable-vote-undocumented-migrants-register-arizona-voters/
Arizona’s migrant communities have much on the line in the 2024 elections, and with no right to vote, some people in the country without legal status are finding ways to make their voices heard through grassroots activism – encouraging others to support sympathetic candidates.
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Arizona ‘fake electors’ use anti-SLAPP defense, claim 1st Amendment privilege https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082724_fake_electors_slapp/arizona-fake-electors-use-anti-slapp-defense-claim-1st-amendment-privilege/
Rudy Giuliani and Az GOP leaders argued that an indictment accusing them of conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election should be dismissed under Arizona’s newly amended anti-SLAPP statute, barring prosecutions intended to inhibit free exercise of First Amendment rights.
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Harris campaign focuses on Arizona in its push to drive Gen Z voters to the polls https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082824_ua_harris_frost/harris-campaign-focuses-arizona-its-push-drive-gen-z-voters-polls/
The Harris effort to mobilize Generation Z voters on campuses across battleground states is focusing its “Back-to-School” campaign kick-off in Arizona, with U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost — the first Gen Z member of Congress — set to join students Wednesday at the University of Arizona.
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Arizona ID laws may disenfranchise thousands of trans voters https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091224_az_trans_voters/arizona-id-laws-may-disenfranchise-thousands-trans-voters/
LGBTQ+ voting rights advocates are raising concerns over Arizona’s strict voter ID laws that were reinstated by the U.S. Supreme Court last month. The reason? The law inadvertently makes it harder for transgender people to vote.
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Trump opposes funds for Phoenix chip factory, could scrap deal with semiconductor giant if elected https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101824_trump_chips/trump-opposes-funds-phoenix-chip-factory-could-scrap-deal-with-semiconductor-giant-if-elected/
The federal government promised billions to a Taiwanese semiconductor giant to bring thousands of high-paying jobs to Phoenix. Former President Donald Trump is critical of the funding, and if elected, he could claw back the subsidies – putting those jobs at risk.
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GOP threatens 2026 ballot measure after Hobbs vetoes Arizona ICE Act https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042225_az_ice_act/gop-threatens-2026-ballot-measure-after-hobbs-vetoes-arizona-ice-act/
Republican lawmakers in Arizona want to force law enforcement agencies, city officials and even school leaders to make it easier for ICE to deport people — and they’re threatening to go to the ballot to do it.
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Texas judge dismisses 'trespassing' charges against border crossers accused of violating military rules https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051525_el_paso_dod_border/texas-judge-dismisses-trespassing-charges-against-border-crossers-accused-violating-military-rules/
One of the Trump administration’s latest efforts to militarize the U.S.-Mexico border suffered repeated setbacks Thursday when a federal judge tossed out a dozen charges alleging that people illegally trespassed by entering the United States in a new “national defense area” in West Texas.
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Trump ‘blatant’ refusal to comply in deportation case shows growing rift with judges https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060225_trump_judges/trump-blatant-refusal-comply-deportation-case-shows-growing-rift-with-judges/
Federal judges have found the Trump administration either violated their preliminary injunctions or restraining orders, or have broadly invoked executive privileges to stonewall information in immigration cases, raising concerns the administration is skirting due process rights.
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How El Salvador's government impeded a U.S. investigation of MS-13 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061225_ms13_salvador/how-el-salvadors-government-impeded-us-investigation-ms-13/
Senior officials in Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s government repeatedly impeded the work of a U.S. task force as it pursued evidence of possible wrongdoing by the Salvadoran president and his inner circle, evidence at odds with Bukele’s reputation as a crime fighter.
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Mark Kelly blasts GOP education cuts, $5B voucher program as ‘horrible idea’ at DC rally https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061325_kelly_cuts/mark-kelly-blasts-gop-education-cuts-5b-voucher-program-as-horrible-idea-dc-rally/
U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly joined education advocates, parents, teachers and students and spoke out against GOP lawmakers’ “big, beautiful bill,” an attempt to slash billions of dollars in federal spending to offset the cost of President Donald Trump’s sweeping agenda and tax cuts.
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‘They’re taking Shirly’: An Army sergeant thought his family was safe. Then ICE deported his wife https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061725_military_deportations/theyre-taking-shirly-army-sergeant-thought-his-family-was-safe-then-ice-deported-his-wife/
There is no guaranteed path to citizenship for undocumented military family members - and no guaranteed protections against deportation - for the estimated 80,000 undocumented spouses or parents of military members are living in the U.S.
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Trump administration to end national LGBTQ+ suicide hotline https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061925_lgbtq_suicide/trump-administration-end-national-lgbtq-suicide-hotline/
After three years and 1.3 million texts and phone calls, the national LGBTQ+ suicide prevention hotline is shutting down. The Trump administration announced that it was ending LGBTQ+ services for 988, the crisis hotline for queer youth that launched in 2022.
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Az Gov. Hobbs celebrates signing of ‘Jerry’s Law,’ expanding protections against animal cruelty https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071125_abuse_law/az-gov-hobbs-celebrates-signing-jerrys-law-expanding-protections-against-animal-cruelty/
Flanked by a couple of paralyzed dogs who were rescued from severe abuse and neglect, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs joined impassioned animal advocates to celebrate a new state law intended to protect pets.
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Texas judge strikes down Biden-era abortion privacy rule https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062025_abortion_privacy/texas-judge-strikes-down-biden-era-abortion-privacy-rule/
A Trump-appointed federal judge struck down portions of a 2024 rule from the Department of Health and Human Services that provided privacy protections for information related to reproductive health care like abortion and gender-affirming treatments.
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Senate rules process strips SNAP cuts, other GOP priorities from ‘big, beautiful bill’ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062425_senate_snap/senate-rules-process-strips-snap-cuts-other-gop-priorities-from-big-beautiful-bill/
U.S. Senate Democrats have succeeded in eliminating more than a dozen policy changes from Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” after successfully arguing that the elements didn’t comply with the strict rules that go along with writing a budget reconciliation bill.
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Hobbs vetoes both House GOP budgets as Arizona government shutdown looms https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062525_hobbs_budget_vetoes/hobbs-vetoes-both-house-gop-budgets-as-arizona-government-shutdown-looms/
A feud over Arizona’s budget is slogging toward a possible government shutdown, after Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed two budget packages drafted by Republicans in the state House of Representatives.
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Older adults now outnumber children in 11 states https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062625_children_aging/older-adults-now-outnumber-children-11-states/
The ratio of people older than 65 to children younger than 18 grew in every state - including a ratio of 2-1 in Arizona’s Mohave and Yavapai counties - a trend that bodes poorly for the future number of young adults who can help care for older relatives.
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