Tucson city offices closed Friday for César Chávez Day https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032824_cesar_chavez_day/tucson-city-offices-closed-friday-cesar-chavez-day/
All city of Tucson offices, except for emergency services, will be closed Friday, March 29, in observance of César Chávez Day.
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Negativland's Mark Hosler to perform rare solo set in Tucson on Friday https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/032824_hosler_negativland/negativlands-mark-hosler-perform-rare-solo-set-tucson-friday/
Self-described "brain boggler" Mark Hosler (co-founder of multimedia collective Negativland) continues to subvert musical convention with an improvisational performance at Tucson's Golden Saguaro on Friday night.
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Cunningham: Ortega carved out new culture in Tucson city administration https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032824_cunningham_ortega_op/cunningham-ortega-carved-out-new-culture-tucson-city-administration/
"There’s not a lot of mention on how Mike Ortega changed the culture at the top of our city’s administration." — City Councilman Paul Cunningham
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Louis Taylor case: 9th Circuit set to decide if federal judges can expunge state convictions https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032824_taylor_conviction/louis-taylor-case-9th-circuit-set-decide-if-federal-judges-can-expunge-state-convictions/
The 9th Circuit heard arguments Thursday in a nine-year-old case seeking to expunge the conviction of Louis Taylor, accused of starting the 1970 Pioneer Hotel Fire and sentenced to life in prison, after 29 people died in one of the most devastating fires in Tucson’s history.
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Baltimore bridge collapse rattles supply chains already rocked by troubles in Panama & Red Sea https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032824_baltimore_supply_chain_op/baltimore-bridge-collapse-rattles-supply-chains-already-rocked-by-troubles-panama-red-sea/
The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge has put a spotlight on the Port of Baltimore, which paused shipping and immediately halted all vessel traffic in and out, and the raised the prospect of supply chains being snarled for months.
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Claytoonz: Trump stakes claim to Bible profits https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032824_trump_bibles/claytoonz-trump-stakes-claim-bible-profits/
Donald Trump is selling Trump Bibles for $60 a pop. If he hasn’t deleted all the lines about the antichrist in his Trump Bibles, then the joke truly is on the fundamentalists who purchase these.
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Two Az GOP bills putting restrictions on SNAP are headed to Hobbs’ desk https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032824_snap_workers/two-az-gop-bills-putting-restrictions-snap-are-headed-hobbs-desk/
Republicans in the Arizona Legislature have voted to pass two bills that would make it more difficult for Arizonans to receive or keep government benefits to help them buy food - but both are likely to get a veto from Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. names Silicon Valley patent attorney as 2024 running mate https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032824_kennedy_campaign/robert-f-kennedy-jr-names-silicon-valley-patent-attorney-as-2024-running-mate/
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Nicole Shanahan as running mate, an attorney and businesswoman from the San Francisco Bay Area, who will join him in his presidential bid as a third party candidate under his We the People party.
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Bill allowing lawsuits if Az schools let trans students use locker room showers advances https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032824_trans_showers/bill-allowing-lawsuits-if-az-schools-let-trans-students-use-locker-room-showers-advances/
Arizona Republicans want to give students free license to sue their schools if they were allowed to use a shower facility where a person of the opposite biological sex was present — even if that person is the parent of another student or a minor who needs help showering.
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Indigenous advocates host townhall for victims, families of Az sober living crisis https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032824_sober_living_townhall/indigenous-advocates-host-townhall-victims-families-az-sober-living-crisis/
A town hall meeting hosted in Phoenix Tuesday night by the advocacy group StolenPeopleStolenBenefits for those who were looking for more information or help regarding the sober living home crisis that has impacted the state for years.
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Mayes: APS surcharge on Arizona solar users is ‘discriminatory’ & ‘unconstitutional’ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032824_aps_surcharge/mayes-aps-surcharge-arizona-solar-users-discriminatory-unconstitutional/
Attorney General Kris Mayes is demanding the Arizona Corporation Commission reconsider a decision to allow Arizona Public Service to increase its rates on customers who have rooftop solar panels, stating the rate increase unconstitutionally discriminates against solar users.
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Establecimiento de contactos: conectarse en la nación Tohono O’odham https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032824_tohono_internet_esp/establecimiento-de-contactos-conectarse-en-la-nacion-tohono-oodham/
La Autoridad de Servicios Públicos de Tohono O’odham recibió una subvención de $10 millones del USDA para establecer una red de fibra óptica para implementar y mejorar la conectividad a Internet.
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Same sad story: TUSD's deseg battle a result of lousy Az school funding https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032724_tusd_deseg_op/same-sad-story-tusds-deseg-battle-result-lousy-az-school-funding/
The Governing Board of Tucson's largest school district got a briefing about redeploying funding from desegregation efforts to academic intervention. The federal COVID relief money that's paid for those instructors runs out in September.
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Same sad story: TUSD's deseg battle a result of lousy Az school funding https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032724_tusd_deseg_op/same-sad-story-tusds-deseg-battle-result-lousy-az-school-funding/
The Governing Board of Tucson's largest school district got a briefing about redeploying funding from desegregation efforts to academic intervention. The federal COVID relief money that's paid for those instructors runs out in September.
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Former users & experts debate whether kratom, an herbal substance, helps or harms those who take it https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032824_kratom_debate/former-users-experts-debate-whether-kratom-herbal-substance-helps-or-harms-those-who-take-it/
When the DEA first intended to categorize kratom, an herbal substance, as a “drug of concern” back in 2016, it was met with resistance causing it to withdraw that designation - and ever since, there has been an ongoing discussion about how kratom helps or harms people.
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Community gathering says 'hasta' to Tucson Councilman Steve Kozachik https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032724_kozachik_farewell/community-gathering-says-hasta-tucson-councilman-steve-kozachik/
A crowd of supporters gathered Tuesday to say farewell to Tucson City Councilman Steve Kozachik, who is resigning from his Ward 6 seat on Sunday.
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5th Circuit rejects Texas’s attempt to enforce state immigration law https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032724_tx_immigration_rejection/5th-circuit-rejects-texass-attempt-enforce-state-immigration-law/
Texas again failed to convince the courts to allow its controversial immigration law to take effect while the challenges against it proceed, placing SB 4 on hold pending any action from the Supreme Court.
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14th straight win for Pima softball with sweep over Chandler-Gilbert https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/032624_pcc_softball/14th-straight-win-pima-softball-with-sweep-over-chandler-gilbert/
The Pima Community College softball team (23-8, 10-2 in ACCAC) picked up its 14th straight win on Tuesday in an ACCAC doubleheader sweep over Chandler-Gilbert Community College (11-12, 7-10).
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Haiku Hike: 20 'serenity' poems now displayed in Downtown Tucson https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/032724_haiku_hike/haiku-hike-20-serenity-poems-now-displayed-downtown-tucson/
From more than 2,000 submissions, 20 haiku exploring the theme of "serenity" were chosen to be planted around Downtown Tucson this spring.
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Arias & Hennesy spark rallies as Pima baseball splits at Chandler-Gilbert https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/032624_pcc_baseball/arias-hennesy-spark-rallies-as-pima-baseball-splits-chandler-gilbert/
The Pima Community College baseball team (29-9, 15-7 in ACCAC) was forced to rally in both games on Tuesday at Chandler-Gilbert Community College (22-13, 11-11).
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