Notices by Tucson Sentinel (tucsonsentinel@mastodon.tucsonsentinel.com)

From sexual assault response to missing person protocols: How systems failed Emily Pike https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051625_pike_failure/from-sexual-assault-response-missing-person-protocols-how-systems-failed-emily-pike/
The unthinkable way Stephanie Dosela found out about her daughter’s murder is emblematic of the poor communication and failures of the individual pieces of the tribal, county and state systems — first, to keep Emily Pike safe, and then to find her after she went missing.
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Supreme Court: Trump violated migrant due process rights with speedy deportations https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051625_due_process_deportations/supreme-court-trump-violated-migrant-due-process-rights-with-speedy-deportations/
The Supreme Court found President Donald Trump violated the due process rights of Venezuelan migrants when he tried to expedite deportations to an infamous El Salvador prison using a wartime authority.
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Arizona Legislature unanimously approves Turquoise Alert System for missing Indigenous people https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050725_turquoise_alert/arizona-legislature-unanimously-approves-turquoise-alert-system-missing-indigenous-people/
The creation of the Turquoise Alert System cleared its final legislative hurdle on Wednesday when it passed the state House of Representatives unanimously
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Admin condemns gender-affirming care for youth in report that finds ‘sparse’ evidence of harm https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050225_gender_report/admin-condemns-gender-affirming-care-youth-report-that-finds-sparse-evidence-harm/
A report published by the DHHS on gender-affirming care for transgender youth, as directed by President Trump, implies health care providers should refuse to offer care on the basis that such care comes with the potential for risk — despite little evidence for that risk actually being found.
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Trump admin pushes SCOTUS to throw out protective status for Venezuelan migrants https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050225_tps_venezuelans/trump-admin-pushes-scotus-throw-out-protective-status-venezuelan-migrants/
President Donald Trump called on the Supreme Court to strip nearly 350,000 Venezuelan migrants living in the U.S. of temporary protected status.
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Arizona hemp industry moves to protect unlicensed retailers from criminal penalties https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050125_hemp_protections/arizona-hemp-industry-moves-protect-unlicensed-retailers-from-criminal-penalties/
Representatives of Arizona’s hemp industry will file a special action in the Arizona Court of Appeals Wednesday to protect retailers selling delta-9 and other non-marijuana THC products without a marijuana dispensary license.
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After deporting 3 U.S. citizen children, Trump’s border czar says it’s the parents’ fault https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042825_deported_kids/after-deporting-3-us-citizen-children-trumps-border-czar-says-its-parents-fault/
White House border czar Tom Homan on Monday blamed the parents of U.S. citizen children the Trump administration sent to Honduras over the weekend.
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As Trump claims to militarize the border, quiet on Arizona's frontier https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042225_border_expansion/as-trump-claims-militarize-border-quiet-arizonas-frontier/
Except for a half-dozen Border Patrol agents, a section of Arizona's border wall remains strikingly quiet — a counterpoint to the Trump administration's declarations of a "national emergency" requiring an expanded role for the military and the turnover of thousands of acres of public land.
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Hobbs vows to veto all bills until disability funding crisis resolved https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041725_hobbs_vetoes/hobbs-vows-veto-all-bills-until-disability-funding-crisis-resolved/
Arizona’s Democratic governor has promised to veto every piece of legislation that Republicans send to her until the legislature passes a “reasonable, negotiated” funding bill to prevent the state’s Division of Developmental Disabilities from going broke next month.
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Trump administration extends deadline for schools to meet anti-DEI order or lose funds https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041125_dei_school_funding/trump-administration-extends-deadline-schools-meet-anti-dei-order-or-lose-funds/
The U.S. Education Department has agreed to delay for nearly two weeks enforcement of a disputed directive seeking to ban diversity, equity and inclusion practices, according to a court filing in the case challenging the order.
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Prominent Tucson family advocating for trans & migrant rights flees U.S. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040925_trujillo_flight/prominent-tucson-family-advocating-trans-migrant-rights-flees-us/
A well-known Tucson family that has spent years on the front lines of transgender and immigrant rights advocacy has fled the United States, saying President Donald Trump’s escalating threats against immigrants and transgender people left them with no other choice.
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Head Start is turning 60. The federal child care program may not make it to 61 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040525_head_start_cuts/head-start-turning-60-federal-child-care-program-may-not-make-it-61/
Head Start - the federal-to-local program that funds child care and other support for the poorest families in America - is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, but Project 2025, the policy handbook the Trump administration has been following, calls for eliminating the program altogether.
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Chinese woman commits suicide at Az Border Patrol station; BP failed to conduct welfare checks https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040325_yuma_bp_death/chinese-woman-commits-suicide-az-border-patrol-station-bp-failed-conduct-welfare-checks/
A 52-year-old woman committed suicide at the Border Patrol station in Yuma on Saturday after she was taken into custody by agents in California, U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal said, blasting the agency for not conducting proper welfare checks.
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As Tucson temps go up, rattlesnakes come out: What you need to know to be safe https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040225_rattlesnake_warning/as-tucson-temps-go-up-rattlesnakes-come-out-what-you-need-know-safe/
With springtime well sprung in Arizona, the weather is warming and more people are heading outside to enjoy nature before the summer heat hits. Alongside people basking in the sun are some of our native fauna, including reptiles, who thrive when it's warmer. More specifically, rattlesnakes.
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Arizona Supreme Court approves program to allow non-lawyers to give legal advice https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040125_community_justice_workers/arizona-supreme-court-approves-program-allow-non-lawyers-give-legal-advice/
The Arizona Supreme Court has approved a program that allows non-lawyers to provide limited legal assistance to Arizonans who may not have access to an attorney in civil matters, the court announced.
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Longtime Arizona voters receive letters asking for proof of their citizenship https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/033125_citizenship_proof/longtime-arizona-voters-receive-letters-asking-proof-their-citizenship/
Arizona counties are starting to send letters to some longtime voters telling them that they must provide documentation proving their citizenship before they vote again, prompting annoyance and confusion across the state.
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Smithsonian director vows museums ‘free of partisanship’ after Trump instigates review https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/033125_smithsonian_review/smithsonian-director-vows-museums-free-partisanship-after-trump-instigates-review/
The director of the Smithsonian Institution told colleagues that the federally funded research institute remained committed to telling “multi-faceted” stories of American history after the Trump administration ordered a review of its museums and programs.
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Finchem’s land disposal resolution emboldened by fringe legal theories & Project 2025 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/033125_finchem_land/finchems-land-disposal-resolution-emboldened-by-fringe-legal-theories-project-2025/
Republican Arizona Sen. Mark Finchem is taking direction from the far-right Project 2025 Project 2025 - created by the conservative Heritage Fund - and the Trump administration in his efforts to encourage the federal government to give up federally-owned land to the state.
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'The Discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9' https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/032925_levy_excerpt/the-discovery-comet-shoemaker-levy-9/
The Discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9: An excerpt from Tucson astronomer David Levy's new book, 'Star Gazers: Finding Joy in the Night Sky'
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Az AG Mayes calls Trump admin actions a 'coup' during Tucson town hall https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032825_mayes_townhall/az-ag-mayes-calls-trump-admin-actions-coup-during-tucson-town-hall/
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes described the actions of the Trump administration and billionaire Elon Musk as a "coup" and said state attorneys general should fight in the courts to block them.
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