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Pima County now requires quicker reporting of stolen guns. Lawmaker is pushing back
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USDA is hosting consultations, listening sessions with tribal leaders
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2 AZ tribes join White House’s new effort to preserve freshwater, wetlands
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Pro-Palestinian encampments and protests spread on college campuses across the U.S.
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