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Romero touts post-pandemic economic, climate efforts toward 'beautiful, thriving, resilient' Tucson https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/120122_romero_sotc/romero-touts-post-pandemic-economic-climate-efforts-toward-beautiful-thriving-resilient-tucson/
Updated: "Working together, we will achieve the just, equitable future we envision, where every single Tucsonan can live their best lives in our beautiful, thriving, resilient city." — Tucson Mayor Regina Romero
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Romero touts post-pandemic economic, climate efforts toward 'beautiful, thriving, resilient' Tucson https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/120122_romero_sotc/romero-touts-post-pandemic-economic-climate-efforts-toward-beautiful-thriving-resilient-tucson/
"Working together, we will achieve the just, equitable future we envision, where every single Tucsonan can live their best lives in our beautiful, thriving, resilient city." — Tucson Mayor Regina Romero
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'Tripledemic': Pima County issues public health advisory as COVID, flu, RSV cases fill hospitals https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120122_pima_health_advisory/tripledemic-pima-county-issues-public-health-advisory-as-covid-flu-rsv-cases-fill-hospitals/
COVID transmission is back at "high" levels across Arizona, and local hospitals are being filled up with flu and RSV cases as well, prompting Pima County to issue a public health advisory about the "tripledemic" of respiratory infections.
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Cochise County Board of Supervisors approves the canvass of the election 2-0 after a judge's order. Sup. Tom Crosby refused to show up for the meeting.

Cochise County Board of Supervisors approves the canvass of the election 2-0 after a judge's order. Sup. Tom Crosby refused to show up for the meeting.

Arizona judge orders Cochise County to certify election: "The board has exceeded its lawful authority. You will meet today; you will canvass the election no later than 5 o'clock."

Nuclear buildup sickened his Navajo community. Then it caught up with him. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120122_nuclear_navajo_effects/nuclear-buildup-sickened-his-navajo-community-then-it-caught-up-with-him/
Companies extracted an estimated 30 million tons of uranium ore on or near the Navajo Nation - largely for the U.S. government’s nuclear arsenal and in later years for commercial purposes - that left a trail of radioactive waste that — is largely unremediated and is still causing harm.
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Cunningham: Disability Pride Day on Saturday to promote understanding, mobilize support https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/120122_cunningham_disability_pride_op/cunningham-disability-pride-day-saturday-promote-understanding-mobilize-support/
Our Disability Pride Day is scheduled to coincide with the United Nations’ International Day of People With a Disability on Dec. 3, which was first proclaimed in 1992. It was started to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of people with disabilities. — Councilman Paul Cunningham
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'Free water' was never free, writes a historian of the American West https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/120122_western_water_op/free-water-was-never-free-writes-historian-american-west/
Subsidized water cultivated the West, but to accommodate growth without limits as the population boomed, this required becoming increasingly profligate with the region’s scarcest resource.
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The out-of-state conspiracy theorists pushing for a 'revote' in Arizona https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120122_conspiracy_theorists_revote/the-out-of-state-conspiracy-theorists-pushing-revote-arizona/
In the wake of Maricopa County’s polling site problems on Election Day, out-of-state actors who have been driving forces behind other Arizona — and national — election conspiracies for the past two years have once again turned their - and their followers - attention to the state.
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Judges mull whether Arizona’s 1864 abortion ban can co-exist with 50 years of laws regulating abortion https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120122_az_abortion_ban/judges-mull-whether-arizonas-1864-abortion-ban-can-co-exist-with-50-years-laws-regulating-abortion/
The future of abortion access in Arizona remains in limbo after a three-judge panel in Tucson heard arguments Wednesday on the validity and application of a near-total ban from 1864 — and whether it can coexist with a 15-week ban passed this year.
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U.S. House Democrats make history electing first Black party leader in Congress https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120122_jeffries_house_leadership/us-house-democrats-make-history-electing-first-black-party-leader-congress/
Hakeem Jeffries of New York was named U.S. House Democratic leader - making history as the first Black lawmaker to head any party in Congress - when Democrats gathered Wednesday to elect its top leaders for the 118th Congress.
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Cochise County supes didn’t question election equipment when they won in 2020 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120122_cochise_supes_election/cochise-county-supes-didnt-question-election-equipment-when-they-won-2020/
The two Republican Cochise County supervisors who have so far refused to certify the Nov. 8 election because of ostensible concerns about the trustworthiness of electronic ballot tabulators weren’t concerned when that same equipment confirmed their electoral victories in 2020.
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Majority of Arizonans trust elections, despite persistence of election denialism https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120122_election_denialism/majority-arizonans-trust-elections-despite-persistence-election-denialism/
An overwhelming majority of Arizona voters trust elections and don’t want to see baseless challenges to their outcomes - a resounding consensus that is a stark contrast to the narrative of election deniers that has come to characterize the state.
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At tribal summit, Biden pledges federal commitment to Indian Country https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120122_biden_tribal_summit/at-tribal-summit-biden-pledges-federal-commitment-indian-country/
President Biden is poised to designate Avi Kwa Ame, a sacred site for Native American tribes in southern Nevada, as a national monument, and announced economic, climate and land management actions the administration is taking to foster a strong relationship with Indian Country.
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Arizona lawmakers vote to impose contract on rail workers, fend off strike https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120122_railroaded_unions/arizona-lawmakers-vote-impose-contract-rail-workers-fend-off-strike/
Most members of Arizona’s congressional delegation joined the rest of the House Wednesday to give overwhelming bipartisan approval to a bill that would head off a national rail strike by imposing contract terms on rail workers’ unions.
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Pima County libraries to host mobile COVID & STD clinics https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/113022_mobile_clinic/pima-county-libraries-host-mobile-covid-std-clinics/
A new mobile health clinic will be making its way to Pima County public libraries starting this Friday.
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Pima County libraries to host mobile COVID & STD clinics https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/113022_mobile_clinic/pima-county-libraries-host-mobile-covid-std-clinics/
A new mobile health clinic will be making its way to Pima County public libraries starting this Friday.
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Pima County Health Dept., Pima County Public Libraries roll out mobile clinic https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/113022_mobile_clinic/pima-county-health-dept-pima-county-public-libraries-roll-out-mobile-clinic/
A new mobile clinic will be making its way to Pima County Public Libraries starting Friday, Dec. 2 from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.. It will make its first visit to the Eckstrom-Colombus Library, 4350 E. 22nd St.
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