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U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva can't make votes in Washington and so he needs to resign ASAP and let Gov. Katie Hobbs call a special election — so voters can choose a representative capable of doing a job that desperately needs to be done. www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/repo...

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Arizona will have a new task force designed to combat drug smuggling in the state's four border counties, Gov. Hobbs announced. It remains unclear how the new task force will accomplish these objectives, and whether it duplicates efforts by other state and federal task forces already in motion.

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Az's Prisma Community Care resumes gender-affirming care, but court decision leaves some trans youth in limbo

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ICE probes Tucson restaurant La Indita, known for Indigenous focus & activism www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...

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Bishop Edward J. Weisenburger of Tucson has been named as the new archbishop of Detroit by Pope Francis, Catholic Church officials announced Tuesday. Weisenburger has run the Tucson Diocese since 2017. www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...

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Deadline Monday: Register to vote in Tucson's Prop. 414 election before midnight www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...

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Mystery woman who collapsed at Tucson bus station & died in 1999 is identified 25 years later www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...

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Tucson Electric Power and two other Arizona utilities said Wednesday they will "explore" adding new nuclear power plants in the state using a smaller, modern nuclear reactor design. www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...

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Mapping city traffic crashes 2017-2024 shows Tucson's most dangerous intersections www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...

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Pima County officials should protect employees from "unauthorized interference" and "fraudulent actors" as the Trump administration makes a show of force with immigration arrests, County Attorney Laura Conover advised in a newly released legal memo. www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...

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A man being held at the Pima County Jail is dead after a fight with another inmate, officials said. Emmanuel Ramirez was taken to a hospital after "an altercation" early Saturday morning. The 41-year-old man died later that day, a PCSD spokesperson said. www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...

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As the Trump administration makes a show of force against migrants, Pima County officials should ask for a copy of any warrants and identification from federal agents seeking access to county facilities and employees, County Attorney Laura Conover advised this week.

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Despite the potential for "more aggressive immigration enforcement," TUSD's policies have not changed under the law, said Supt. Gabriel Trujillo, and schools will require judicial warrants from federal law enforcement agents to come onto campus or demand student information.

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Amid deportation arrests, County Attorney says Pima officials should request papers from feds seeking access

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Amid deportation arrests, County Attorney says Pima officials should request papers from feds seeking access

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Democrat Selina Barajas filed statement of interest; in Ward 6, Schubert plans formal launch party Saturday

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Past Sasabe, in the Arizona desert, some of the last migrants to cross under the Biden administration awaited the Border Patrol

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Marana starts process to add a council member, TVUSD has a few more bucks & Oro Valley starts big new plan, plus more in local gov't action

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Tucson city officials and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation officials signed an agreement to build a $86.7 million water-purification facility to turn wastewater into drinking water.

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Trump inauguration coincides with annual celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.

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Broadcast TV chain Allen Media — which owns Tucson's Channel 4 KVOA — is cutting the ranks of local weathercasters across the country to consolidate operations at the company's Weather Channel hub in Atlanta.

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School officials react with 'great excitement' as appeals court decision reaffirms 2022 ruling to wind up anti-discrimination oversight

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This quick cycling between very wet and very dry periods — one example of what scientists have come to call “weather whiplash” — creates prime conditions for wildfires:

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'All of these policy documents tell us we want certain types of development, and we’re just not getting it' www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...

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Temperatures will remain near freezing across much of Southern Arizona overnight on Sunday, National Weather Service forecasters said. A freeze warning will be remain in effect overnight until Monday morning. www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...

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Pima County prosecutors once again failed to convince a grand jury to charge former Tucson police officer Ryan Remington — who shot and killed a man in a motorized wheelchair during a confrontation over shoplifting in November 2021.

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Clad in a thick purple coat, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords braved a blustery, freezing morning and asked for people to join her to "move forward together" and fight to make the country safer during a memorial to mark the 14th anniversary of the the Jan. 8, 2011, attack in Tucson.

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Mayor Regina Romero touted her 2024 accomplishments Tuesday and said a proposed half-cent sales tax would go toward addressing some of Tucson’s biggest problems. Romero, starting her sixth year, delivered her “Report to Tucsonans” to a crowd of about 350 people at the Tucson Convention Center.

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Supervisor Rex Scott will run the meetings of the Pima County Board of Supervisors this year, after being elected chair during Tuesday's meeting.

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Supes OK $330k base pay + $31k deferred; GOP's Christy votes 'no' citing transparency; Dem Heinz abstains, saying county administrator is worth even more

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From trade wars, to mass deportation & impoundment to a war on woke, Trump's plans look to affect us all (if he's actually serious) www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/repo...

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Arizona granted an air quality permit to the Copper World project, clearing a hurdle for the controversial open-pit mine about 30 miles southwest of Tucson. While proponents praised ADEQ, the Center for Biological Diversity called the decision "another dangerous gift to the mining industry."

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ICYMI: After its Christmas Day launch in 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope has been capturing deep-space images with the help of instruments developed by a University of Arizona team. www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/...

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Through Dec. 31, your contributions can be tripled thanks to NewsMatch and the local donors to our Community Challenge Fund. It's absolutely the right time to join our Watchdog Club to support authentically local news you can trust. www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/repo...

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Since returning to my hometown to join the hardworking, award-winning team at the Sentinel this year, I've found myself in some unexpected places and learned a lot, including this: good reporting takes gumption, curiosity and shoe leather, and isn't possible without financial support.

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Whether you celebrate a specific holiday or prefer to mark the longer nights and (somewhat) chillier days of winter in some other way, as we near the end of the year, you have the best wishes of all of us at the Tucson Sentinel. www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/repo...

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From Perry Como to punk rock: www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/...

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The poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” better known by its opening line “‘Twas the Night before Christmas,” has a special place among Christmas traditions, right alongside hot chocolate, caroling and bright lights. www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/...

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I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, “If you see it in The Sun, it’s so.” Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus? www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/repo...

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For several minutes during a gathering at a Tucson cemetery as dusk fell Friday, three members of Primavera Foundation read the names of more than 200 people who died without shelter in Pima County this year. www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...

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Tucson Sentinel's "What the Devil won't tell you" columnist Blake Morlock is Arizona's top opinion writer, while Paul Ingram garnered multiple awards including being named as the best news photographer in the state by the Arizona Press Club. Other Sentinel journalists also took home awards.

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Susan Small — who with her late husband Bill Small, former owner of the Tucson Citizen and Arizona Daily Star, for decades directed the charitable works of the Stonewall Foundation — died earlier this month just days before her 98th birthday. www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...

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Marana Mayor Ed Honea died Friday. He was 77. Honea was a longtime political figure in the Tucson suburb, having served on the Marana Town Council as a councilmember and mayor for a total of 37 years on three separate occasions. Honea was just reelected mayor this year without opposition.

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"As GOP lawmakers single out new trans member of Congress, Speaker Johnson offers tepid response"

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"Gallego outspent Lake to win Senate seat but other Az races proved cash isn't always key"

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"Border Patrol's Tucson chief heads to D.C. to help lead CBP operations"

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"Prosecutors in Trump NY criminal case signal they won’t oppose delay"

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"Defying red wave elsewhere, Democrats continue dominance in Pima County elections"

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