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@briankrebs Feed corn is a colloquial term for one of the varieties of field corn (yellow dent).

(I live in Az, but grew up surrounded by WI corn fields.)

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@clickhere @dangillmor @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio @BBC_News_Labs @samtranum @mhdelaney @mnutty @faduda @caseynewton

Local news orgs 9 months ahead of nationals? Par for the course.... ; )

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Wausau Pilot & Review

#News #afternoonupdate Major cases await as liberals exert control of Wisconsin Supreme Court wausaupilotandreview.com/2023/

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Tucson Sentinel

17 years after being dropped from endangered list, tiny pygmy owl gains new protections tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Once at the center of fights over land use around Pima County, the rare, diminutive and publicly prominent cactus ferruginous pygmy owl will again be protected under federal law.

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@clickhere Yep. Much cooler than up in Phoenix!

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@clickhere Come to Tucson, where it's been about a buck-15 F!

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@mnutty @clickhere @caseynewton @faduda @detachedspork @samtranum @dublininquirer @mhdelaney @TucsonSentinel

Arizona politics are the gift that keeps on giving to reporters.

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@clickhere @mnutty @caseynewton @faduda @detachedspork @samtranum @dublininquirer @mhdelaney @TucsonSentinel

Thanks very much! As far as we know, we were the first local U.S. news org to set up a Masto instance and go live with a feed.

I'll have to follow some of the Irish accounts you mention.

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good news everyone! ai is going to be dead in six months now!

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Tucson Sentinel

After 6 terms, Beth Ford won't seek reelection as Pima County treasurer tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County will have a new treasurer in 2025 for the first time in nearly a quarter-century. Beth Ford, a Republican first elected in 2000, will not seek reelection next year. Chief deputy Chris Ackerley plans to run, and Ford may seek to have him appointed first.

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Tucson Sentinel

Ward-only election push for Tucson rejected over incomplete petitions tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: An initiative effort to ask voters to enact ward-only Council elections in Tucson has been rejected by the City Clerk’s Office, after too many petition sheets were found to be improperly filled out.

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yarko

A clandestine unit of Russia’s Federal Security Service covertly tracked high-profile Americans in the country, broke into their rooms to plant recording devices, recruited informants from the U.S. Embassy’s clerical staff and set up honey traps.

wsj.com/articles/fsb-evan-gers

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Tucson Sentinel

Pima Dems’ meeting flubs may delay replacement of Cano in Az Legislature tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Pima County Democrats picked three candidates to potentially replace state Rep. Andres Cano in the Legislature, but their skipping over public notice requirements may mean delays before the Board of Supervisors can make the final determination of who will fill the vacant seat.

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@LoneLocust Still using a 2012 MacBook Pro just about every day. (Typing this on a 2010 tower)

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Tucson Sentinel

New U.S. citizens sworn in during Independence Day ceremony at Saguaro National Park tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A group of new U.S. citizens from multiple different countries took the Oath of Allegiance at a naturalization ceremony at Saguaro National Park West on July 4. Jeff Conn, acting superintendent of the park, said there was nothing more American than that.

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Tucson Sentinel

Celebrate our free press on July 4: Give to Tucson Sentinel's nonprofit independent reporting tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
As you celebrate Independence Day, please support the free press that is the bedrock of our democracy, and help underwrite your local nonprofit news organization: the independent Tucson Sentinel.

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Tucson Sentinel

Veteran local journalist Jim Nintzel joins Tucson Sentinel staff tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Longtime Southern Arizona journalist Jim Nintzel, who worked as a reporter and editor at the Tucson Weekly for more than three decades before stepping down last year, is joining the Tucson Sentinel staff to serve as the Government & Political Impact reporter.

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Arizona Republic reporters to strike for 2 days to protest low pay, unfair working conditions tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
For two days, unionized reporters at the Arizona Republic and 24 other newsrooms and across the country will walk off the job in order to send a message to parent company Gannett about unfair working conditions.

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Tucson Sentinel

Border Patrol agents kill tribal member on Tohono O'odham Nation tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A member of the Tohono O'odham Nation was shot and killed in front of his home by U.S. Border Patrol agents Thursday night. Raymond Mattia was fired at 38 times, family members said.

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Tucson Sentinel

Judge finds against Kari Lake, reaffirms Hobbs was elected Arizona governor tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A judge rejected on Monday claims by failed GOP candidate Kari Lake of misconduct in the 2022 election, again affirming that Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs was elected Arizona governor last November.

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