Arthur Vint & Associates sending musical love letter to the 'Copper State' https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/082924_arthur_vint/arthur-vint-associates-sending-musical-love-letter-copper-state/
Recorded in 2019 in New York City, the pandemic and a return to his Tucson roots delayed the release of the third record from Arthur Vint for years.
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Tucson Comic Con hits 15th anniversary on Labor Day weekend https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/082924_tucson_con_24/tucson-comic-con-hits-15th-anniversary-labor-day-weekend/
The Tucson Comic Con celebrates 15 years with all sorts of geeky fun and community.
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Dog bites down 22% in Pima County despite fewer euthanizations at PACC https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082924_pacc_dog_bites/dog-bites-down-22-pima-county-despite-fewer-euthanizations-pacc/
Dog bites in Pima County have decreased 22 percent in Pima County since 2010, according to a new report from Pima Animal Control Center, despite a dramatic reduction in euthanasia at the shelter.
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Az Supreme Court ignored 80 years of precedent & its own rules, Prop. 140 backers argue https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082924_partisan_primaries/az-supreme-court-ignored-80-years-precedent-its-own-rules-prop-140-backers-argue/
The committee behind a proposition to end partisan primaries is asking the Arizona Supreme Court to reconsider its order allowing a challenge to the initiative’s place on the ballot to move forward, calling the court’s action “unprecedented” and contrary to more than 80 years of case law.
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A lifeline? Rumors of RTA's death may have been premature https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/082924_rta_tax_op/a-lifeline-rumors-rtas-death-may-have-been-premature/
The Regional Transportation Authority is suddenly undead as the Tucson City Council entertains a compromise under a time crunch. If the Council goes for RTA Next, then they can move ahead with a city tax plan to deal with other needs.
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Policy, shmolicy: Election Day weather & football victories could decide 2024 races https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/082924_election_decisions_op/policy-shmolicy-election-day-weather-football-victories-could-decide-2024-races/
The current presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is shaping up to be an extremely tight contest, and there are factors that have absolutely nothing to do with the candidates themselves, but can affect a close election
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Sharad Desai, Phoenix lawyer tapped by Biden, would be 2nd South Asian federal judge in Arizona https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082924_judge_nomination/sharad-desai-phoenix-lawyer-tapped-by-biden-would-2nd-south-asian-federal-judge-arizona/
President Joe Biden will nominate Phoenix lawyer Sharad Desai to the federal bench, the White House said Wednesday, making him the second South Asian federal judge in Arizona – after his older sister.
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Judge gives OK: Az Gov. Hobbs agrees to nominate new state agency directors https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082924_hobbs_directors/judge-gives-ok-az-gov-hobbs-agrees-nominate-new-state-agency-directors/
A judge signed off on an agreement between Gov. Katie Hobbs and Republican legislative leaders, in which she consented to nominate directors for several state agencies early next year.
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Supreme Court keeps lock on Biden’s student loan repayment plan https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082924_scotus_student_loans/supreme-court-keeps-lock-bidens-student-loan-repayment-plan/
After an extended delay, the Supreme Court kept President Joe Biden’s student loan repayment plan on pause, rejecting a pair of emergency applications to the court.
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Backpage co-founder Michael Lacey gets 5 years in prison for money laundering https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082924_lacey_backpage/backpage-co-founder-michael-lacey-gets-5-years-prison-money-laundering/
Co-founder and former owner of Backpage.com Michael Lacey was sentenced to five years in federal prison Wednesday morning for his role in operating the controversial classified advertising website that hosted thousands of prostitution ads featuring underage girls.
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Mexican man who shattered leg in border-wall fall near Sasabe waits for rescue https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082824_migrant_injured_sasabe/mexican-man-who-shattered-leg-border-wall-fall-near-sasabe-waits-rescue/
U.S. and Mexican officials have yet to take a 60-year-old Mexican man to a hospital after he was seriously injured when he plummeted from the border wall in the remote desert nearly a dozen miles west of Sasabe, Ariz., aid workers said.
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Crawford goes for 34 assists, 2 blocks & 2 aces as Pima volleyball bounces back at Phoenix https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/082824_pcc_volleyball/crawford-goes-34-assists-2-blocks-2-aces-as-pima-volleyball-bounces-back-phoenix/
The Pima Community College volleyball team (2-4, 1-1 in ACCAC) hit the road for the first time in ACCAC conference play on Wednesday at Phoenix College (1-2, 0-2).
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Facing staff shortage, Pima County Public Library checks out closing multiple locations https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082824_library_closures/facing-staff-shortage-pima-county-public-library-checks-out-closing-multiple-locations/
The Pima County Public Library system is experiencing a staffing shortage so great that it is having difficulty meeting the needs of a community that is, with increasing frequency, dealing with homelessness, substance abuse, and mental illness, officials said.
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Engel & Ciscomani going head-to-head in televised debate Thursday https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082824_cd6_debate_pol_cal/engel-ciscomani-going-head-to-head-televised-debate-thursday/
U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani and Democratic challenger Kirsten Engel will meet in a televised debate Thursday night.
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$18.7M in federal funds heading to Pima County to shelter migrants https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082824_border_funding/187m-federal-funds-heading-pima-county-shelter-migrants/
Pima County will receive more than $18.7 million in federal dollars to shelter asylum seekers, part of $47.3 million headed to Arizona, U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego said Wednesday.
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'Long COVID' & his gang of symptoms star in Pima Health comic https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/082824_long_covid_comic/long-covid-his-gang-symptoms-star-pima-health-comic/
Long COVID and his gang of symptoms are the focus of a new Pima County Health Department campaign: a comic book with a main character who'll appear this weekend at Tucson Comic-Con.
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Lizzie Walker nets 2 as Pima women earn shutout win at Chandler-Gilbert https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/082824_pcc_womens_soccer/lizzie-walker-nets-2-as-pima-women-earn-shutout-win-chandler-gilbert/
The Pima Community College women’s soccer team (2-0, 2-0 in ACCAC) scored two goals in each half as they picked up another road win on Tuesday at Chandler-Gilbert Community College (0-2, 0-2).
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Castaneda's hat-trick highlights 5 unanswered goals as Aztec men beat Chandler-Gilbert in soccer https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/082824_pcc_mens_soccer/castanedas-hat-trick-highlights-5-unanswered-goals-as-aztec-men-beat-chandler-gilbert-soccer/
The Pima Community College men’s soccer team (2-0, 2-0 in ACCAC) rallied from a two-goal deficit to pick up another road win on Tuesday at Chandler-Gilbert Community College (0-2, 0-2).
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Billionaire Timothy Mellon has poured $165 million into 2024 elections https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082824_mellon_campaign_donations/billionaire-timothy-mellon-has-poured-165-million-into-2024-elections/
Timothy Mellon, heir to Gilded Age industrialist Andrew Mellon, has continued to pour tens of millions into the campaigns of former President Donald Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Republican congressional candidates in 2024.
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Feds killed plan to curb Medicare Advantage overbilling after industry opposition https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082824_medicare_overbilling/feds-killed-plan-curb-medicare-advantage-overbilling-after-industry-opposition/
A decade ago, federal officials drafted a plan to discourage Medicare Advantage health insurers from overcharging the government by billions of dollars — only to abruptly back off amid an “uproar” from the industry.
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