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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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