Winter brings more than just ugly sweaters – here’s how the season can affect your mind and behavior https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/121923_winter_moods_op/winter-brings-more-than-just-ugly-sweaters-8211-heres-how-season-can-affect-your-mind-and-behavior/
Along with colder temperatures, shorter days and year-end holidays, winter also brings some profound changes in how people think, feel and behave.
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Arizona’s federal-only voters are concentrated on college campuses, data shows https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121923_federal_voters/arizonas-federal-only-voters-are-concentrated-college-campuses-data-shows/
Young adults living on or near college campuses in Arizona are disproportionately affected, and potentially disenfranchised, by the state’s unique voting laws requiring documented proof of U.S. citizenship to vote in state and local elections.
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The Replacements: A temp worker would be best to fill Bronson's seat on Pima Board https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/121823_agenda_replacement_op/the-replacements-temp-worker-would-best-fill-bronsons-seat-pima-board/
As Pima County Supervisors vote to replace Sharon Bronson, the board should find a place holder and let voters decide who gets the power of incumbency. But wait, there's more more from public meetings around Tucson this week.
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The Replacements: A temp worker would be best to fill Bronson's seat on Pima Board https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/121823_agenda_replacement_op/the-replacements-temp-worker-would-best-fill-bronsons-seat-pima-board/
As Pima County Supervisors vote to replace Sharon Bronson, the board should find a place holder and let voters decide who gets the power of incumbency. But wait, there's more more from public meetings around Tucson this week.
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Number of Latino voters is growing, but experts wonder in which direction https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121823_latino_voters/number-latino-voters-growing-but-experts-wonder-which-direction/
An estimated 150,000 Latino youth in Arizona will become eligible to vote in the 2024 election, when Hispanics will account for almost one in five voters in the state - but how that bloc wields its growing clout remains a question.
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Kozachik: Are regents on board with UA's handling of budget shortfall? https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/121823_kozachik_ua_op/kozachik-are-regents-board-with-uas-handling-budget-shortfall/
If accountability over the University of Arizona's budget issues is really something the Board of Regents is committed to, that can be demonstrated as easily as "eliminating a position" was handled.
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Native American tribes call for recognition, compensation in post-2026 Colorado River operating agreement https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121823_native_colorado_river/native-american-tribes-call-recognition-compensation-post-2026-colorado-river-operating-agreement/
Native American tribal leaders continued to seek recognition and compensation for their legal and cultural share of the Colorado River at the 75th gathering of the Colorado River Water Users Association.
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The U.S. avoided a recession in 2023. What’s the outlook for 2024? https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121823_recession_outlook/the-us-avoided-recession-2023-whats-outlook-2024/
Next year is packed with potential shifts in the economy but many economists and investment analysts expect that the country will likely avoid a recession in 2024 even as growth slows in the first half of the year.
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Hobbs deploys National Guard to help reopen Lukeville port of entry https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121823_hobbs_national_guard/hobbs-deploys-national-guard-help-reopen-lukeville-port-entry/
With the Lukeville Port of Entry heading into its third week of being closed, Gov. Katie Hobbs on Friday signed an executive order giving the state National Guard the go-ahead to assist local law enforcement in monitoring it.
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GOP-led push to fund police over counselors leaves some Arizona schools 'in the lurch' https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121823_school_safety_funding/gop-led-push-fund-police-over-counselors-leaves-some-arizona-schools-in-lurch/
More than 100 schools throughout Arizona received school resource officer funding while a counselor or social worker request went unfulfilled this year, as Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne embraced the strings Republican lawmakers had tied to the grant money.
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Giuliani on hook for $148 million to Georgia election workers he accused of election fraud https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121823_giuliani_damages/giuliani-hook-148-million-georgia-election-workers-he-accused-election-fraud/
A federal jury on Friday found Rudy Giuliani owes $148 million in damages to two former Georgia election workers he baselessly accused of committing election fraud to steal the 2020 election for Joe Biden.
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GOP-led push to fund police over counselors leaves some schools 'in the lurch' https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121823_school_safety_funding/gop-led-push-fund-police-over-counselors-leaves-some-schools-in-lurch/
More than 100 schools throughout Arizona received school resource officer funding while a counselor or social worker request went unfulfilled this year, as Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne embraced the strings Republican lawmakers had tied to the grant money.
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Clarence Thomas’ private complaints about money sparked fears he would resign https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121823_thomas_finances/clarence-thomas-private-complaints-money-sparked-fears-he-would-resign/
Interviews and documents reveal that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, facing financial strain, privately pushed for a higher salary and, offer insight into how Thomas was talking about his finances just as he was developing relationships with a set of wealthy benefactors.
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Potential immigration deal involving White House angers progressive & Latino advocates https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121523_immigration_anger/potential-immigration-deal-involving-white-house-angers-progressive-latino-advocates/
Immigration advocates and Democrats are frustrated that the Biden administration is negotiating an immigration deal with U.S. Senate Republicans that could resurrect a pandemic-era tool used by the Trump administration to expel millions of migrants.
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One year in, Arizona’s universal school vouchers are a cautionary tale for the rest of the nation https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/121623_school_vouchers_op/one-year-in-arizonas-universal-school-vouchers-are-cautionary-tale-rest-nation/
As the nation is watching the devastating impacts of Arizona’s universal voucher program - the most expansive and least accountable in the country - unfold, other states are learning from our mistakes and outright rejecting voucher schemes.
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FactCheck: GOP misleading claims in Biden impeachment investigation https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121623_factcheck_biden_impeachment/factcheck-gop-misleading-claims-biden-impeachment-investigation/
House Republicans continued to present misleadingly incomplete information in service of the claim that President Biden benefited from family members’ “influence peddling” with foreign businesses and governments after passing a resolution to formalize their impeachment inquiry.
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Tucson Sounds: Merry something to you https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/121523_tucson_sounds/tucson-sounds-merry-something-you/
A nod to some of local music's annual holiday traditions, a shout out to the "real" Love Bombs and a trip to London via Hermosillo. It's your local music column at TucsonSentinel.com.
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Dominique Acosta posts 2nd straight double-double as Aztecs overpower South Mountain https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/121623_pcc_womens_basketball/dominique-acosta-posts-2nd-straight-double-double-as-aztecs-overpower-south-mountain/
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (8-2, 5-1 in ACCAC) dominated in its match against South Mountain Community College (0-8, 0-5) on Saturday at the West Campus Aztec Gymnasium.
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Gonzales, Alexander & Baker combine for 62 as Pima stymies South Mountain https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/121623_pcc_mens_basketball/gonzales-alexander-baker-combine-62-as-pima-stymies-south-mountain/
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team (9-1, 4-1 in ACCAC) bounced back with a dominating performance on Saturday against South Mountain Community College (3-4, 0-4).
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