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What Kwanzaa means for Black Americans tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The weeklong celebrations of Kwanzaa, beginning on Dec. 26 this year, are a time of communal self-affirmation for the African-American community and a recognition that knowledge of Black history is worthwhile.

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On Dec. 19, 2022, the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol met in Washington, DC. The committee, led by Chairman Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, released its final 845-page report on Dec. 22, 2022.

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The holidays can be a really tough time. The advice I often heard was, "Volunteer at a soup kitchen. Help others. Get out of your head." It's perfectly fine advice, but unhelpful if the mere thought of interacting with people is overwhelming. Anyway, here's a thing I did one year that did help:

I bought a Cookie Monster costume, went to the airport, and waited at arrivals with a sign that said "COOKIE"

Didn't have to talk to anyone and boy did I get to watch people's faces light up.

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Judge rejects suit challenging Arizona Prop. 209, appeal on the horizon tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A lawsuit hoping to void the medical debt reforms in Proposition 209, overwhelmingly approved by voters in November, was dismissed on Thursday by a Maricopa County Superior Court Judge.

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Hamadeh’s election challenge shot down by judge tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Abraham Hamadeh’s bid to throw out the results of the race for Arizona attorney general that he lost based on unsubstantiated allegations of misconduct failed to convince a Mohave County Superior Court Judge on Friday.

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$25M for Tucson Water will help with PFAS treatment, Ducey announces Friday tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Gov. Doug Ducey announced Friday that he has allocated $25 million in federal funds to the Department of Environmental Quality to partner them with Tucson Water in efforts to treat PFAS near the Tucson International Airport.

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19 dogs remain on euthanasia list as Pima Animal Care Center faces overcrowding & disease outbreak tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Pima Animal Care Center is asking people to adopt any of the 19 dogs still on a list of those facing being put down, as the shelter is facing critical overcrowding and the spread of a deadly respiratory disease for dogs.

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How experts say we can fix America’s broken adult education system tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
For a number of sometimes overlapping reasons, 48 million American adults struggle to read basic English, and the main remedy available is adult education - but the infrastructure where they can improve reading and earn a high school credential is inadequate.

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House Jan. 6 Committee releases final report, Trump’s fraud allegations 'concocted nonsense' tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Lawmakers investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection that resulted in a referral for criminal prosecution of former President Trump released their final report, as a group of Republican representatives published a separate opposition report into Capitol security failures.

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Fighting hate: Approaches range from expanding hate crime definitions to gathering data tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Only a minuscule number of hate crimes are reflected in federal, state and local databases and reporting systems, and without a true understanding of what’s happening, it’s difficult to address hate crime and stop it.

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Supporters: AZ debt collection act an important protection, but not a cure-all tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona voter approval of Proposition 209 this fall will go a long way toward keeping people from being “forced out on the street or lose their cars” when they have medical bills they can’t pay - but consumers still need to be on their guard.

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Huge $1.7 trillion spending package passes in U.S. Senate, backed by both parties tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Senate passed a massive $1.7 trillion funding package that carries emergency aid for natural disaster recovery and the Ukrainian war effort, pushing past disputes over immigration policy and barely meeting a Friday deadline when current funding runs out.

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Judge denies Hamadeh’s request to inspect more documents ahead of election trial tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A last-minute request from Abraham Hamadeh to increase the number of election documents he can inspect ahead of a trial to decide whether misconduct cost him the attorney general race was denied by a judge on Thursday.

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Day 2 of Kari Lake election trial marked by competing ‘expert’ testimony tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The judge in Kari Lake’s election lawsuit challenging the outcome of the midterm governor’s race had not issued a decision as of early Friday morning, after both sides rested their cases on Thursday.

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Judge tosses Santa Cruz County suit vs. Tucson man who requested election records tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
When John Brakey filed a public records request with Santa Cruz County seeking copies of its cast vote records for the 2022 primary election, the county denied the request. But they didn’t stop there. The county then sued the Tucson man and his group.

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Tucson will offer childcare services for cops, firefighters & dispatchers tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Tucson City Council voted unanimously Tuesday in favor of beginning plans to fund childcare services for their public safety employees, including cops, firefighters and dispatchers, as a way to recruit and retain long-term.

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Ducey sounds retreat on shipping container barrier at Az-Mx border tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said the state will halt placing shipping containers along the Arizona-Mexico border, and begin removing hundreds of the 8,000-lb. steel boxes from federal lands by Jan. 4, according to a court document filed late Wednesday.

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Arizona colleges expect more undocumented students this spring after Prop. 308 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona colleges say they are prepared to begin accepting undocumented students as soon as this spring after voters narrowly approved Proposition 308, a measure allowing state residents to get the in-state tuition rate, regardless of their citizenship status.

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FactCheck: The facts underpinning Jan. 6 committee criminal referrals tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
After a year and a half, the House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol released a 154-page summary of its final report that concludes former President Donald Trump was responsible for a “multi-part plan to overturn the 2020 Presidential election.”

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Volunteers needed for renewed annual homeless count in January tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Tucson-Pima Collaboration to End Homelessness is seeking 300 volunteers to fan out around the Tucson area on the morning of Jan. 25 and survey those without a permanent roof over their heads.

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