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Doug Emhoff, husband of VP Harris, makes abortion rights center of Tucson speech

Doug Emhoff, husband of VP Kamala Harris, made a campaign stop in Tucson just hours after Donald Trump’s appearance Thursday. Emhoff spoke about fighting for reproductive rights in Arizona, where abortions are illegal after 15 weeks.

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Interior Sec touts 'New ERA' loans to Southern Az electrical coops

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack highlighed more than $600 million in recent financing to support renewable energy in rural Arizona, including $83.5 million to Trico Electric Cooperative to expand battery storage and increase the reliability of electricity for residents on the Pascua Yaqui Reservation.

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In Tucson stop, Trump vows to launch massive deportation effort, end Ukraine war & fill days with 'joy'

Former president Donald Trump told a Tucson crowd Thursday that undocumented immigrants and refugees were "raping and sodomizing" American women, and "walking off with pets." "We are being conquered and occupied by a foreign element," said the Republican candidate.

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Mother of child brides testifies in Az polygamist sex abuse trial

The mother of two underage girls married to religious leader Samuel Rappylee Bateman testified Wednesday in the trial of two Arizona men accused of aiding and participating in Bateman’s child sex abuse ring.

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Arizona ID laws may disenfranchise thousands of trans voters

LGBTQ+ voting rights advocates are raising concerns over Arizona’s strict voter ID laws that were reinstated by the U.S. Supreme Court last month. The reason? The law inadvertently makes it harder for transgender people to vote.

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Fontes asks Mayes to explain how Az can implement reinstated voter registration law

Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes wants Attorney General Kris Mayes to provide elections officials guidance on how Arizona can enforce part of a voter registration law that the U.S. Supreme Court recently allowed to go into effect, even as another court weighs its constitutionality.

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Az’s 15-week abortion ban: What it means for pregnant women & how it compares to other states

States have imposed a wide range of abortion rules since the Supreme Court ended constitutional protection more than two years ago,and voters in Arizona and nine other states will decide whether to move in that direction in November..

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GOP’s short-term budget patch disintegrates amid party dissent

Facing a fiscal deadline in just over two weeks, House Republicans on Wednesday abandoned plans to vote on a budget patch that would have kept the government funded into the new year after support for the plan cratered.

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Az legislators want to ban phones in schools, but parents & teachers say it's complicated

Arizona may be the next state to implement a ban on cell phones in classrooms, but parents and teachers say they have doubts about whether legislation is the solution.

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Election deniers focus recruitment in ‘out of the way places’

Election deniers are now putting energy into grassroots organizing, a quieter version of the loud-and-proud campaigning led by former President Donald Trump that occurred in the movement’s nascent days.

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$10 million headed to Arizona to manage wildfires in hotter, drier climate

Backdropped by the eponymous cacti at Saguaro National Park East, a Biden administration official said this week that Arizona will receive $10 million in funding to help mitigate wildfires.

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5 key House races to watch in November

With the election less than two months away, control of the presidency and both national legislative bodies rests on a veritable knife's edge - here are five key House races to watch in November, all rated as "toss-ups."

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thisistucson.com 60 fun events happening in Tucson this weekend Sept. 12-15 🛼🎬

What's going on in Tucson, Arizona this weekend: roller disco, Selena movie and music, Indigenous market, flash tattoos and more in Tucson, Marana and Oro Valley.

60 fun events happening in Tucson this weekend Sept. 12-15 🛼🎬
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Governors prod Congress for more help on growing threat of wildfires in West

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and 19 other Western governors are prodding Congress to move more urgently to address a wildfire crisis that has grown worse in recent years.

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9th Circuit keeps transgender girls in Arizona school sports

A Ninth Circuit panel on Monday sided with a group of transgender Arizona student athletes and confirmed a federal ruling that will for now allow student athletes to play on sports teams that align with their gender identity rather than biological sex.

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Former Arizonan and firefighter recalls days at Ground Zero

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, former Arizonan Robert Sebold — a volunteer firefighter and EMT — watched the attacks on the World Trade Center on TV and knew he had to do something. The former soldier packed up his gear, put on his firefighter turnout clothes, then boarded a bus and headed for Ground Zero.

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Flags at half-staff Weds to mark 9/11 anniversary

Across Arizona and the country, flags are being flown at half-staff on Sept. 11, to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and honor the nearly 3,000 innocent men and women who lost their lives.

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Rex Scott: Steve Spain's concocted 'bankrupt' claims about Pima County budget

"Steve Spain's posting of signs that make reckless use of terms such as 'bankrupt' and 'deficit' in an attempt to fool voters and demean the county he seeks to serve is irresponsible." — Pima County Supervisor Rex Scott

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It’s election season, so of course the AZ Republican Party is using a racist lie to try to scare voters

In what ought to be a headline in The Onion but is instead a clear reminder of the deplorable state of political discourse from MAGA world, the Arizona Republican Party has launched a billboard campaign declaring that only the GOP opposes eating kittens - but it’s all hogwash.

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Az state Sen. Wendy Rogers posted pro-Nazi lyrics, has long history of amplifying antisemites

Flagstaff Republican state Sen. Wendy Rogers made headlines last week for celebrating the victory of far-right parties in Germany by posting lyrics from the country’s national anthem that were banned because they are a rallying cry for the Nazis.

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