Notices by Tucson Sentinel (tucsonsentinel@mastodon.tucsonsentinel.com), page 2

Hualapai Tribe sues feds over lithium mining project near sacred spring https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081924_hualapai_mining_suit/hualapai-tribe-sues-feds-over-lithium-mining-project-near-sacred-spring/
The Hualapai Tribe filed a lawsuit against the Bureau of Land Management on August 16 challenging its approval of the The Big Sandy Project.
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Workers across the U.S. rally after string of heat-related deaths https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081424_worker_heat_protection/workers-across-us-rally-after-string-heat-related-deaths/
Service workers rallied at major airports in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Phoenix on Tuesday and called for immediate action from employers to ensure their safety in the workplace, joined by laborers in fast food, retail, and the farm sector this week to demand on-the-job heat protections.
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Tucson Vogue creates a hub for queer culture in Southern Arizona https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/080924_tucson_vogue/tucson-vogue-creates-hub-queer-culture-southern-arizona/
A group of local LGBTQ+ dancers founded Tucson Vogue for people interested in vogueing and ballroom performances. Mentored by the Kiki House of Paragon, they are part of Arizona's new and emerging queer ballroom scene.
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Trump agrees to Sept. 10 debate with Harris, claims 2 more upcoming https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/080824_harris_trump_debate/trump-agrees-sept-10-debate-with-harris-claims-2-more-upcoming/
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Thursday he has agreed to debate Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris on Sept. 10, a reversal from his position last week that he would not participate in the ABC News event.
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Environmentalists prevail in lawsuit over feds’ grasshopper suppression program https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/080524_pesticide_habitats/environmentalists-prevail-lawsuit-over-feds-grasshopper-suppression-program/
A federal judge sided with two environmental advocacy organizations in their challenge to the U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's updated program to use pesticides to combat grasshopper infestations in Arizona and on rangeland in the western U.S.
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Teacher shortages persist in Arizona but may be easing https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/080324_teacher_shortage/teacher-shortages-persist-arizona-but-may-easing/
A few weeks into last school year, 30% of teacher positions in Arizona remained unfilled — and while the shortage persists, there are signs of improvement.
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Drag queens unite to form political action committee ahead of 2024 election https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/080224_drag_pac/drag-queens-unite-form-political-action-committee-ahead-2024-election/
A new political action committee is stomping the runway, bringing together some of the biggest names in drag to push back against anti-LGBTQ legislation and politicians, and through a flurry of social media posts, the PAC has begun to raise funds ahead of the November election.
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The results of the biggest study on guaranteed income programs are finally in https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/072724_guaranteed_income/the-results-biggest-study-guaranteed-income-programs-are-finally/
For three years, 1,000 people received $1,000 per month — no strings attached. They took better jobs. Some went back to school. Others started opening businesses.
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Texas sues Biden administration over confidential contraception for teens https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/072624_title_x_lawsuit/texas-sues-biden-administration-over-confidential-contraception-teens/
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced he is suing the Biden administration over a Nixon-era federal contraception program that provides teens birth control without requiring parental consent.
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What Project 2025 would do to climate policy in the U.S. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/072524_project_2025_climate/what-project-2025-would-do-climate-policy-us/
Dozens of conservative groups contributed to Project 2025, which recommends changes that would touch every aspect of American life and transform federal agencies, a blueprint that would undermine the country’s extensive network of environmental and climate policies.
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Az Republicans embrace Trump’s pledge of mass deportations, but is it feasible? https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071824_deportation_delegates/az-republicans-embrace-trumps-pledge-mass-deportations-but-it-feasible/
Former President Donald Trump has vowed to deliver the “largest deportation operation in American history,” and Arizona delegates at the Republican National Convention offered mixed views about mass deportation, though all agreed that border security is a top priority.
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COVID cases on rise again in Arizona, on its way to ‘becoming a common cold’ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071924_az_covid/covid-cases-rise-again-arizona-its-way-becoming-common-cold/
Arizona is seeing a slight increase in COVID-19 cases, and some have theorized that COVID is settling into a seasonal virus model, however, evidence has suggested that human activity is the main attributable factor, not the virus itself.
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Trump picks Ohio U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071524_trump_vance/trump-picks-ohio-us-sen-jd-vance-as-his-running-mate/
Donald Trump announced Ohio U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate Monday during the first day of the Republican National Convention, capping off months of speculation about who would get the nod as his vice presidential pick.
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Rate of young women getting sterilized doubled after ‘Roe’ overturned https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/070524_women_sterilization/rate-young-women-getting-sterilized-doubled-after-roe-overturned/
After Roe was overturned in June 2022, doctors said a wave of young people started asking for permanent birth control like tubal ligations or vasectomies, and researchers found sharp increases in both male and female sterilization, though women are getting sterilized much more often.
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Democracy: Easy to understand, but the alternative is hard to wrap your head around https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/070324_democracy_easy_op/democracy-easy-understand-but-alternative-hard-wrap-your-head-around/
Don't believe what the national media and pundits. Democracy is easy to understand and explain, so let's make every day the Fourth of July.
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Without more oversight on doping, Olympics ‘might not even be there’ in future, gold medal swimmer Michael Phelps warns https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/062724_olympic_doping_phleps/without-more-oversight-doping-olympics-might-not-even-there-future-gold-medal-swimmer-michael-phelps-warns/
Swimmer Michael Phelps – the most decorated Olympic athlete in history – pressed Congress to demand an international crackdown on doping amid revelations that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned substance before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
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Republicans sue to purge at least 500,000 people from Arizona’s voter rolls https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061024_az_gop_voter_purge/republicans-sue-purge-least-500000-people-from-arizonas-voter-rolls/
The leaders of the Arizona Republican Party and a conservative dark money group have filed a lawsuit alleging the state has not kept an accurate count of registered voters and asking a court to force elections officials to purge 500,000 Arizonans from the voter rolls.
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‘The restrictions are unbelievable’: GOP states target voter registration drives https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052624_voter_registration_hurdles/the-restrictions-are-unbelievable-gop-states-target-voter-registration-drives/
Since the 2020 election, at least six states have passed legislation cracking down on voter registration drives, and many groups view the laws - enacted by Republicans in Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Montana and Tennessee - as a threat to their work.
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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 Republicans take aim at the ‘convenience’ of voting with sweeping election reform ballot measure https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051724_gop_voting_reform/az-republicans-take-aim-convenience-voting-with-sweeping-election-reform-ballot-measure/
Republicans in the Arizona Senate are looking to put a sweeping election reform resolution to voters this fall, and they’re not shy about the fact that it is designed to make it harder for Arizonans to vote.
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