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Second anniversary of Jan. 6 will come at a sea change tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Two years nearly to the day that they and colleagues ran for cover from an armed mob who stormed the seat of the U.S. government, Republicans will take the majority of a chamber on Tuesday.

Auld Lang what now? The story of a New Year's song tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The history, meaning and lyrics of "Auld Lang Syne" — just in time to impress your friends this holiday.

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Arizona's minimum wage to increase Jan. 1 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The minimum wage in Arizona is set to increase from $12.80 to $13.85 effective Jan. 1, 2023 due voter-approved Proposition 206, which tied annual pay bumps to inflation.

Court: Arizona’s 1864 abortion ban doesn’t overrule 50 years of more recent regulations tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Abortions in Arizona are legal up to 15 weeks of pregnancy, after an appeals court ruled late Friday that the state’s Civil War-era abortion ban doesn’t overrule nearly 50 years of laws tightly regulating abortions.

Mark Finchem talks about Ali Alexander, U.S. Capitol attack & Trump ties in J6 deposition tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The testimony of Oro Valley Republican Mark Finchem to the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection sheds gives new insight into a man who has been instrumental in misinformation around Arizona’s electoral process.

The called him 'O Rei' for a reason: Pelé's impact will long be felt tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
My old biology teacher and soccer coach said that what Darwin was to biology, Pelé was to soccer. It’s hard to imagine how the game would have evolved had he not played.

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Photos: Tucsonans enjoy snow on Mt. Lemmon tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After a half-inch of snow fell on Mt. Lemmon on Wednesday evening, hundreds of visitors and residents in Tucson headed up General Hitchcock Highway to throw snowballs, build icy snowmen, and try their hand at sledding.

Arizona recount uncovers several ballot-counting errors in Pinal County tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The final recount results released Thursday in the Arizona attorney general’s race — which shrank to a razor-thin margin of 280 votes and confirmed Democrat Kris Mayes’ victory — show that ballot-counting errors in Pinal County were largely responsible for the shift.

Apache-Sitgreaves horse slaughter highlights friction between animal, environmental concerns tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
At least 30 horses were found shot to death in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests in October, highlighting the tensions in Arizona among scientists, hunters, government agencies and horse advocates.

3 reasons local climate activism is more powerful than people realize tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Global warming has increased the number of extreme weather events around the world by 400% since the 1980s, but there is a lack of of serious effort to combat the climate crisis - and one main reason is the public doesn’t believe in its own political power enough or use it.

Vietnamese EV survives Arizona’s heat, but navigating tight U.S. market will be tougher tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
America is about to get another electric car brand - one that’s gone from the steaming jungles of Vietnam to the scorching deserts of Arizona - as the VinFast has entered the competitive U.S. market, but experts say succeeding won’t be easy.

Fraud & overspending are partly why Medicare keeps spending more on COVID-19 testing tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Medicare’s COVID-19 testing costs reached over $2 billion in 2022 - and the growing costs concern some experts, who say financial incentives and a lack of regulation early in the pandemic led to fraud and overspending.

House committee releases Trump’s tax returns tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The House Ways and Means Committee released former President Donald Trump’s tax returns Friday morning, the long-fought result of a campaign over three years in the making.

Think outside the Bell: Where to find Tucson's best tacos tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
What's been dubbed as the "2022 Taco Bell New Year's Eve Downtown Bowl Bash" will occupy Tucson this weekend, part of the Arizona Bowl activities that help showcase our city. But Tucsonans know that real tacos don't come from that fast-food chain.

Mayes wins Arizona attorney general race by 280 votes over Hamadeh after recount tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Kris Mayes maintained her win in the race for Arizona attorney general after the results of a recount were released Thursday, with the Democrat prevailing by 280 votes over Republican Abe Hamadeh. Most of the vote shifts were in Pinal County, where officials blamed 'human errors.'

Mayes wins Arizona attorney general race by 280 votes over Hamadeh after recount tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Kris Mayes maintained her win in the race for Arizona attorney general after the results of a recount were released Thursday, with the Democrat prevailing by 280 votes over Republican Abe Hamadeh. Most of the vote shifts were in Pinal County.

9th Circuit revives children’s suit against Google over surreptitious tracking tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Google must face a purported class-action lawsuit by children who claimed they were tracked and profiled for targeted ads without their parents' consent while watching YouTube videos, reversing a previous decision brought under various state laws.

Arizona’s falling vaccination rates could lead to serious health issues in the future tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Vaccination rates among schoolchildren in Arizona have steadily declined since 2012, but the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the drop across the state - and the trend is unlikely to reverse any time soon, which could result in serious health consequences in the future.

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