Notices by Tucson Sentinel (tucsonsentinel@mastodon.tucsonsentinel.com), page 3

‘Time is running out’: Navajo Nation urges Congress to act on radiation compensation bill https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051624_navajo_reca/time-running-out-navajo-nation-urges-congress-act-radiation-compensation-bill/
Members of the Navajo Nation are urging Congress to act on RECA expansion bill - set to expire in less than a month - that compensates individuals who become ill because of exposure to radiation from the United States’ development and testing of nuclear weapons.
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Photos: Police dash University of Arizona protest over Gaza with gas, pepper balls, rubber bullets https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051024_ua_gaza_protest/photos-police-dash-university-arizona-protest-over-gaza-with-gas-pepper-balls-rubber-bullets/
For the second time in two weeks, protesters took over a small corner of the olive grove on the University of Arizona campus and refused to leave until police used rubber bullets, pepper balls and gas to force them out.
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Anthony Kern can no longer use broadcast facilities after using them to join a pro-Hitler talk show https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050724_kern_broadcast/anthony-kern-can-no-longer-use-broadcast-facilities-after-using-them-join-pro-hitler-talk-show/
Arizona state Sen. Anthony Kern is no longer allowed to access legislative broadcast equipment after he used the Senate’s broadcast studio to appear on a far-right talk show last week with a host who has declared Adolf Hitler a “hero.”
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Businesses struggle to adjust as FTC rule bans noncompete agreements https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050724_ftc_noncompete/businesses-struggle-adjust-as-ftc-rule-bans-noncompete-agreements/
The Federal Trade Commission’s decision to invalidate virtually all employee noncompete agreements will mean big changes in the workplace as businesses seek new ways to protect themselves against employees taking valuable information when they leave to join a rival.
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Work on new 'beginner' trail to Tanque Verde Falls restricts parking through June 15 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/043024_tanque_verde_falls/work-new-beginner-trail-tanque-verde-falls-restricts-parking-through-june-15/
Some parking areas on the north side of Redington Road will be closed through mid-June as the Forest Service constructs three new lots, and builds a "beginner-friendly" trail with a view of the scenic waterfall in Tanque Verde Canyon.
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One of Eli Crane’s fundraising consultants was busted for a meth lab in 2016 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042524_crane_meth_consultant/one-eli-cranes-fundraising-consultants-was-busted-meth-lab-2016/
Arizona Republican Rep. Eli Crane has paid nearly $150,000 to a fundraising consultant who was a rising star in GOP campaign circles until 2016, when she was arrested after police found an active meth lab at her home.
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Cash-strapped election offices have fewer resources after bans on private grants https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042524_election_grant_ban/cash-strapped-election-offices-have-fewer-resources-after-bans-private-grants/
Pushed by conservative activists, 28 states over the past four years have banned or restricted local governments’ use of private donations to run cash-strapped election offices, and election officials say the ongoing funding uncertainty is untenable.
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In blow to green groups, 9th Circuit upholds federal plan for Colorado River dam https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042524_green_colorado_river/in-blow-green-groups-9th-circuit-upholds-federal-plan-colorado-river-dam/
Conservationists lost an appeal to the Ninth Circuit as they attempted to force the federal government to reconsider climate change studies in managing the Glen Canyon Dam and Colorado River.
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Az Rep. Austin Smith drops reelection campaign amid accusations of petition fraud https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041824_austin_sig_fraud/az-rep-austin-smith-drops-reelection-campaign-amid-accusations-petition-fraud/
Republican state representative and Turning Point Action member Austin Smith has dropped his Arizona reelection bid after being accused of personally forging more than 100 petition signatures to get on the 2024 ballot.
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Leaked documents detail House GOP strategy to send competing abortion measures to 2024 ballot https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041624_gop_abortion_measure/leaked-documents-detail-house-gop-strategy-send-competing-abortion-measures-2024-ballot/
Republicans in the Arizona House of Representatives are mulling several possible abortion proposals to send to the ballot this November to compete with an abortion rights initiative - proposals that would place increased restrictions on the procedure.
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GOP thwarts attempts to repeal Az’s 1864 abortion ban https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041024_gop_abortion_legislature/gop-thwarts-attempts-repeal-azs-1864-abortion-ban/
Republican lawmakers in the Arizona legislature blocked multiple efforts to repeal the near-total abortion ban from 1864, saying they need more time to consider the repercussions of doing so.
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Planned Parenthood will offer low-cost vasectomies in Phoenix https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040324_vasectomy_growth/planned-parenthood-will-offer-low-cost-vasectomies-phoenix/
Planned Parenthood Arizona is now offering vasectomy services in Phoenix after demand for the procedure at the Tucson clinic was overwhelming, with nearly half of all appointments booked by Valley residents.
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Mounting research shows COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain, including significant drops in IQ scores https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032124_covid_brain/mounting-research-shows-covid-19-leaves-its-mark-brain-including-significant-drops-iq-scores/
From the very early days of the pandemic, brain fog emerged as a significant health condition that many experience after COVID-19, and four years later, there is now abundant evidence that being infected with SARS-CoV-2 can affect brain health in many ways.
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More than 75% of voters use early ballots. Every Az House Republican voted to take that away. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030124_early_ballots/more-than-75-voters-use-early-ballots-every-az-house-republican-voted-take-that-away/
House Republicans have approved a bill that would upend the way that Arizonans vote, ending no-excuse early voting by mail, by far the most popular way to cast a ballot in the state.
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Researchers call for more abortion studies to be retracted https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022824_abortion_retraction/researchers-call-more-abortion-studies-retracted/
Health and science experts published a commentary in the British Medical Journal calling for the retraction of four older abortion-related studies that, despite documented flaws, have influenced major anti-abortion decisions over the past 20 years.
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Arizona in critical need of blood donations for sickle cell disease patients https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022324_sickle_cell/arizona-critical-need-blood-donations-sickle-cell-disease-patients/
Arizona currently has a one- to two-day supply of donated blood, barely half of the standard supply, a critical shortage for Arizonans who need frequent blood transfusions because they have sickle cell disease.
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Mexico is suing U.S. gun-makers for arming its gangs — a U.S. court could award billions in damages https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/021924_mexico_guns_lawsuit_op/mexico-suing-us-gun-makers-arming-its-gangs-us-court-could-award-billions-damages/
The government of Mexico is suing U.S. gun-makers for their role in facilitating cross-border gun trafficking that has supercharged violent crime in Mexico, and the demand for $10 billion in damages could drive several of the nation’s largest firearm manufacturers into bankruptcy.
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Az GOP anti-trans school measures are back, and this time they may avoid Hobbs’ veto pen https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020924_gop_trans_proposals/az-gop-anti-trans-school-measures-are-back-and-this-time-they-may-avoid-hobbs-veto-pen/
Faced with the certainty of Gov. Hobbs’ veto, Arizona GOP lawmakers are hoping to circumvent her by sending a proposal to voters that would restrict how teachers respect the identities of trans students, and bar those same students from using school facilities that best fit who they are.
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The U.S. needs homes, but lacks the workers to build them https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020724_housing_workers/the-us-needs-homes-but-lacks-workers-build-them/
The United States needs an estimated 7 million more homes to house everyone who needs shelter, but to build all those homes, experts say, America would need many more construction workers.
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Roe is gone, but Arizonans still join abortion opponents marching in D.C. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012224_roe_march/roe-gone-but-arizonans-still-join-abortion-opponents-marching-dc/
Thousands turned out for the 51st annual anti-abortion rally held to mark the anniversary of Roe v. Wade - and though Roe was overturned in 2022 and the fight has moved to states - including Arizona - abortion opponents still march with the ultimate goal to “make abortion unthinkable.”
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