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The missing report, created under the Not Invisible Act (signed by Trump in his first term), was hailed as a groundbreaking effort to combat violence and systemic challenges Indigenous communities face nationwide

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The order tasks agencies with prioritizing mineral production on federal lands and fast-tracking mines, which opponents say will likely impact sacred Indigenous sites, national monuments and water resources Published from @insideclimatenews.org

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Un déficit de 122 millones de dólares podría recortar servicios vitales mientras la gobernadora insta a los republicanos a “brindar a los arizonenses con discapacidades y a sus cuidadores la certeza que merecen”.

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Funding will run out in May for services for Arizonans diagnosed with autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, Down Syndrome and others — and for children under 6 at risk for developmental disabilities “People need to know this is not a budgeting issue. It is a life-or-death situation for these families.”

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A deficit of $122 million could slash vital services as governor tells Republicans to “give Arizonans with disabilities and their caregivers the certainty that they deserve”

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Despite higher temps in Maricopa County, Tucson’s heat-death rate is similar

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Sanders and AOC drew 20,000 to Catalina High School in Tucson Saturday, stomping the metal bleachers in approval in the spring heat.

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🏛️ Renovation estimates for the main library building in downtown Tucson are nearly triple the cost it would be to move. How did it get so bad?

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Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez are traveling the country hosting rallies called “Fighting Oligarchy.” They spoke in Las Vegas and Tempe Thursday

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A bill to expand free school lunches for low-income students in Arizona sponsored by a Tucson-area lawmaker is dead for now, but funding for the proposal could still come up in budget talks

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Tucson City Council voted to reject an ordinance that would have banned camping in washes, but passed a measure that adds fines or jail time for standing in certain medians

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Last week FEMA sent a letter to Pima County saying it would withhold money previously promised due to “significant concerns” that organizations contracting with the county have been “engaged in or facilitating illegal activities” around immigration.

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Tucson! Tomorrow we will be screening the new documentary about the Pima County jail. Join us for the doc and a panel discussion. A collaboration btwn @azluminaria.bsky.social and @azpm.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/death-behi...

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City council is set to vote on the proposed changes at its March 18 meeting this week

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Arizona legislators have sought to join a draft lawsuit being floated to attorneys general in several states which argues Congress must call a convention over the national debt. But the legal theory mixes and matches petitions dating back to 1789. With @wisconsinwatch.org and @propublica.org

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📚 “Libraries aren’t the buildings, libraries are the people and the ideas and the stories,” says retiring library director Amber Mathewson. 📚

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“As another Latino working in public service, I can say from experience that he served as a role model to many young people,” says Sen. Gallego. Across the aisle, Rep. Ciscomani says he was a "fearless champion of the causes he believed in and he never forgot where he came from.”

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Grijalva was born in Tucson, attended UA and served Southern Arizona in congress for two decades

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A Tucson event will be held Friday at 5 p.m.

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The first confirmed case of bird flu in Arizona cattle came in mid-February “It’s like a fire off in the distance. Let’s see if it fizzles out, goes away. But if we know anything about viruses, they don’t go away. They just change.”

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Prop 414 failed with 70% of voters saying no. “I think, honestly, this result, as resounding as it is, points to the general economic anxiety that everybody is feeling”

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No sales tax increase: Proposition 414 is failing

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Michelin star chef and DACA recipient Rogelio Garcia will be at the Tucson Festival of Books this weekend

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The freeze of $1.2 million in federal grants has paused the work of Borderlands Restoration Network, which maintains a wildlife preserve, provides seeds for wildfire recovery and restores watersheds From @insideclimatenews.org

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The goal, planners say, is to make it easier to turn Tucson’s blacktop lots into walkable, bikeable urban spaces. But developers have to opt in to the tool

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To maintain the current budget, as well as deal with federal and state cuts, the county is considering a possible property tax increase

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“We are not just panicking, we are on the verge of shutting down our ability to do research and to support graduate students”

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“This is how our community is dealing with the sickest among us, to keep criminalizing homelessness, criminalizing mental illness and substance use disorder”

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In Pima County law enforcement agencies and jails have become the default response for people who need mental health and substance abuse care The “behavioral health system has been abysmal,” Pat's daughter Brianna says. “He’s been failed so many times. Such a dizzying and heartbreaking reality.”

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A new Tucson music festival features music from Waila of the Tohono O’odham to a fusion of tropical rhythms and Latin American folklore with American influences

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Some of the biggest points from the report include national collaboration and improving law enforcement training

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State Rep. Nancy Gutierrez says she's seen firsthand the impact of food insecurity on her Tucson high school students

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Struggling to follow “minute by minute” changes from the Trump administration, the Board of Supervisors voted to get updates at every meeting

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A Tucson subcommittee tasked with researching housing solutions is looking to Phoenix, where a city-run campground is offering unhoused residents a space to camp outside

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An analysis of Pima County medical examiner data finds that rising heat and mobile homes create a deadly combination

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Swift deportation leaves a family separated, with 8-and 14-year-old boys still in Arizona, and a community working to connect them

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With $40 million in NIH funding at risk for UA, the Regents were silent on federal funding cuts during a recent board meeting

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A Venezuelan woman and two young children were driven away by Border Patrol agents Tuesday. Her family and two other children don’t know where they are.

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We spoke with Tucson officials and the police chief, and dug into budgets to help readers understand how TPD is funded, what they do with their money, and what they might do with hundreds of millions more if Prop 414 passes

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More than the “Yes on 414” or “No on 414” signs at every city intersection — here’s what you need to know to vote on the potential sales tax increase:

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The survey asks when you’d prefer to visit the library but doesn’t address some of the stickier issues like staffing, maintenance and its growing role as a social safety net. Find the link and other ways to contact the library in the story 👇

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The state's official museum since 1912, Arizona State Museum on UA campus is in extensive disrepair and indefinitely closed despite renovation plans

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The tribute to Frida’s work is a tribute to Latino communities in times of uncertainty

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“We are following God’s executive order,” one of the volunteers says.

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Durante los últimos dos años, organizaciones religiosas y humanitarias han proporcionado alimento y ayuda a los migrantes en un campamento cerca de Sasabe. Justo antes de que Donald Trump asumiera el cargo, los voluntarios fueron instruidos a desalojar tierras federales. Con @propublica.org

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For the past two years, religious and humanitarian organizations have provided food and aid to migrants at a camp near Sasabe. Just before Donald Trump took office, volunteers were told to clear off federal land. With @propublica.org

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Estudiantes de UA y ASU temen por sus compañeros mientras la Fiscal General de Arizona, Kris Mayes, califica esto como “un comportamiento aborrecible por parte de este grupo de extrema derecha”

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UA and ASU students fear for their classmates as Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes calls it “abhorrent behavior by this extreme right group”

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