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Vance rewrites history about Trump & Obamacare tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Sen. JD Vance said that former President Donald Trump built up the Affordable Care Act, following statements from Trump where he said of the ACA, “I saved it” - but most of the Trump administration’s ACA-related actions involved cutting the program.

Tucson Family Food Project fights meal insecurity by teaching kids to cook tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The Tucson Family Food Project distributes prepared meal kits to middle school-age students and teaches them how to cook. Founder Steven Cota-Robles says the goal is to fight childhood food insecurity while teaching life skills.

TUSD workers to get 12 weeks parental leave, PCC starts budgeting tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
A new TUSD parental leave policy would reflect other school districts' effort to retain workers, Vail's "Beyond Textbooks" plan to bring in upwards of $1 million, and more from government meetings around Tucson.

Mexican Baseball Fiesta returns to Tucson on Thursday tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The 13th annual Mexican Baseball Fiesta returns to the Kino Sports Complex on Oct. 3, with weekend festivities including double-header games, the UA Wildcats and live entertainment.

‘Respect tribal sovereignty’: New Navajo law regulating radioactive material transportation tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After uranium ore was transferred across the Navajo Nation in July with little warning, tribal leaders started looking for ways to address the issue that would best benefit their people and community. The solution: strengthen tribal law.

Secret Service report highlights failures before attempted Trump assassination tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Poor communication and technological failures created an opening for a 20-year-old gunman to open fire on former President Donald Trump at a July 13 rally in Butler, Pa, an internal review by the Secret Service found.

The Deciders: Issues & states that will determine who wins the White House tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Despite the historic lead-up to Election Day, the race has now settled into familiar territory: Much like 2020’s contest, top political strategists on both sides of the aisle expect control of the White House could come down to just a few thousand votes in a handful of battleground states.

Dems set to get their wish for bipartisan budget legislation tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Faced with the prospect of a government shutdown before a presidential election, House Republicans abandoned their gambit to score a policy win amid budget negotiations and sat down with Democrats to hammer out a plan to maintain federal spending through the end of the year.

Child brides say Az FLDS follower pressured them to marry abuser tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Two more witnesses in a federal child sex abuse trial surrounding a polygamist religious sect said defendant LaDell Bistline Jr. pressured them into marrying the man who sexually abused them for three years while they were children.

Progressive groups plead with Az congressional delegation for Supreme Court reforms tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A coalition of Arizona progressive groups are calling on Congress to take swift action on proposed structural reforms they say will provide greater accountability and balance to a high court to a “broken” U.S. Supreme Court that “has been captured by dangerous right-wing interests.”

Aztec men endure first season loss at Phoenix tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s soccer team suffered the first blemish of their season on Saturday as they dropped an ACCAC conference match at Phoenix College.

Pima women strike but suffer first loss at Phoenix College tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s soccer team (6-1) could not maintain their lead on Saturday in a game at Phoenix College (7-0-1).

Trump says Jewish voters would be partly to blame for his election loss tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Former President Donald Trump said Thursday night that if he loses the election in November to Vice President Kamala Harris, Jewish voters “would really have a lot to do with that.”

Voters affected by citizenship-check error can cast a full ballot, Az Supreme Court rules tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The 98,000 Arizona voters whose eligibility has been in limbo because of a system error that was discovered earlier this month will be allowed to vote a full ballot in November, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday.

McReynolds has 15 kills & 4 aces as PCC volleyball dominates tiebreaker to beat Phx College tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College volleyball team (9-6, 6-2 in ACCAC) got back in the win column on Friday as they hosted Phoenix College (1-10, 0-8) at the West Campus Aztec Gymnasium.

Judge Aileen Cannon, who tossed case vs. Trump, failed to disclose right-wing junket tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Federal Judge Aileen M. Cannon, the controversial jurist who tossed out the classified documents criminal case against Donald Trump in July, failed to disclose her attendance at a May 2023 banquet funded by a conservative law school.

Racing toward Election Day, control of U.S. Senate & House up for grabs tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The country’s next president will need a friendly Congress to make their policy dreams a reality, but control of the two chambers remains deeply uncertain with just weeks until Election Day — and whether the outcome will be a party trifecta in the nation’s capital.

The Buffet, Tucson's oldest bar, celebrates 90 years tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The Buffet Bar & Crock Pot, which stakes a claim to being Tucson's oldest drinking establishment, is celebrating its 90th birthday this Saturday.

Tucson City Council looks to pump up water rates, ban camping in washes tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The Tucson City Council is set to issue a notice of intent to raise water rates, ban camping in washes, review regulations for hookah lounges, and discuss the ongoing drama of the Regional Transportation Next plan.

Tucson forum on election security & voter intimidation set for Sat. tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Voters can learn about the steps election officials are taking new steps this year to avoid trouble at the polls at a forum on Saturday in Tucson.

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