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Political fighting & fireworks dominated the Az Capitol in a record-breaking 2023 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Legislature recently ended a record-breaking 204-day-long session filled with partisan fighting, resignations, expulsions and more - but not necessarily much to show for it.

Why Arizona homes often feel warmer than thermostats suggest – and what to do about it tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Millions of Americans now live in places where cooling is the only thing preventing a mass casualty event, and the radiant heat of the Arizona sun often makes homes feel hotter inside than the thermostat suggests - but residents can take steps towards cooler temperatures.

How fake electors in 7 states are central to Trump Jan. 6 indictment tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The federal indictment accusing Donald Trump of trying to stay in power after losing the 2020 presidential election includes detailed accusations of pressure on individual state officials, and the attempt to present dueling slates of electors to create a false controversy.

Emmett Till’s funeral site in Chicago deemed national monument tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The church where Emmett Till's funeral took place was formally deemed a national monument, as part of the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument, which includes the Pentecostal church in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood as well as two other sites in Mississippi.

$10 a day for 10,636 days: Backers raise funds for Arizona man freed from death row tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A campaign set up by Andrew Sowards, a retired criminal investigator who was part of Barry Jones’ defense team had raised $44,635 as of Wednesday with a goal of $106,360 – or $10 for each of the 10,636 days Jones spent “wrongfully incarcerated” in Arizona state prisons.

Split in U.S. House GOP raises potential for government shutdown this fall tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Members of Congress jetted off for the August recess without a plan in place to avoid a partial government shutdown when the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1 — and the lawmakers who write spending bills acknowledge that it’s a real possibility, given deep divisions.

More than 100 advocacy groups urge Congress to denounce anti-immigrant rhetoric tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
On the eve of the fourth anniversary of the mass shooting in El Paso, more than 160 religious, civil rights and immigrant advocacy groups called on congressional leaders to denounce lawmakers who use white supremacist, anti-immigrant rhetoric, arguing that it can lead to violence.

UA professor & Chicano activist Roberto 'Cintli' Rodriguez dead at 69 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Roberto Rodriguez, award-winning Chicano activist, writer, and professor of Mexican American Studies at the University of Arizona, died Monday of heart failure in Teotihuacan, Mexico. He was 69.

Free speech warrior Jim Larkin has died tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Larkin, 74, took his own life on Monday, just a little over a week before he was slated to stand trial for his role in running the web-classifieds platform Backpage.

Phx New Times & Backpage founder & free speech warrior Jim Larkin has died tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Larkin, 74, took his own life on Monday, just a little over a week before he was slated to stand trial for his role in running the web-classifieds platform Backpage.

Jim Larkin, pioneering co-founder of Phoenix New Times, dead at 74 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Phoenix New Times co-founder and legendary Arizona publisher Jim Larkin died on Monday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 74. Larkin's death came a week before the scheduled start of his criminal trial in federal court.

Massive HUD grant promises big investments in corridor north of Downtown Tucson tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The city of Tucson’s efforts to revitalize a poverty-stricken area north of Downtown got a big boost with the announcement of a $50 million HUD grant for rehabbing Tucson House, funding other low-income housing projects and supporting social service programs.

Cunningham, Santa Cruz win Democratic primary races tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Tucson City Councilmembers Lane Santa Cruz and Paul Cunningham were leading their Democratic primary races by comfortable margins Tuesday night.

The real costs of the new Alzheimer’s drug, most of which will fall to taxpayers tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The first drug purporting to slow the advance of Alzheimer’s disease is likely to cost the U.S. health care system billions annually even as it remains out of reach for many of the lower-income seniors most likely to suffer from dementia.

Hobbs signs Arizona GOP priority rental tax ban, after deal for Prop. 400 backing tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Landlords can can now look forward to relief from rental taxes, after Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a bill that bars cities from collecting them starting in 2025 - though Arizona renters, and cities and towns, may be on the losing end of the deal.

Congress, GOP presidential candidates react to Trump indictment tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Members of Congress and Republicans competing against Donald Trump in the presidential primary quickly reacted to the latest indictment against the former president - this one for alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 election - falling largely along party lines.

Trump indicted in Jan. 6 case – but his 3 upcoming trials may not keep him off campaign trail tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The pending criminal trials in New York, Florida and Washington, D.C. of former President Donald Trump come as he plans to campaign vigorously for the Republican nomination and the presidency - but the trials won't necessarily keep him off the campaign trail.

Phoenix records hottest month of any U.S. city in history tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
With an average monthlong temperature of 102.7, the capital of Arizona made history in July with the hottest month ever recorded in a U.S. city, while the month was also the hottest on record for Tucson, with an average temperature of 94.2.

Cunningham, Santa Cruz win Democratic primary races tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Tucson City Councilmembers Lane Santa Cruz and Paul Cunningham were leading their Democratic primary races by comfortable margins Tuesday night.

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