Photos: Vigil at Pauper's Field honors Tucson homeless people who died in 2023 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122123_homeless_memorial/photos-vigil-paupers-field-honors-tucson-homeless-people-who-died-2023/
As dusk drew near the longest night of the year Thursday, around 70 people listened as members of the Primavera Foundation read the names of 133 people who died without shelter in Pima County in 2023.
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Photos: Vigil at Tucson's Pauper's Field honors homeless people who died in 2023 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122123_homeless_memorial/photos-vigil-tucsons-paupers-field-honors-homeless-people-who-died-2023/
As dusk drew near the longest night of the year Thursday, around 70 people listened as members of the Primavera Foundation read the names of 133 people who died without shelter in Pima County in 2023.
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Flood control project creates new South Side park https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122123_new_hope_park/flood-control-project-creates-new-south-side-park/
U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva joined other local officials to tour a new detention basin that is doubling as a park on Tucson's South Side.
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Charges dropped vs. Arizona reporter arrested at Raytheon protest https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122123_reznick_dismissed/charges-dropped-vs-arizona-reporter-arrested-raytheon-protest/
Updated: An Arizona journalist who was arrested while covering an anti-Gaza war protest in Tucson last month had the charges against her dismissed Thursday, as the Pima County Attorney's Office exercised "prosecutorial discretion" in the case.
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Grassroots groups help Medicaid recipients regain lost coverage https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/122323_medicaid_coverage/grassroots-groups-help-medicaid-recipients-regain-lost-coverage/
Eight months after states started dropping millions of low-income families from Medicaid rolls, grassroots groups say they are leading the push to re-enroll people denied coverage for bureaucratic reasons.
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Charges dropped vs. Arizona reporter arrested at Raytheon protest https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122123_reznick_dismissed/charges-dropped-vs-arizona-reporter-arrested-raytheon-protest/
An Arizona journalist who was arrested while covering an anti-Gaza war protest in Tucson last month had the charges against her dismissed Thursday, as the Pima County Attorney's Office exercised "prosecutorial discretion" in the case.
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Trump urges Supreme Court to delay review of presidential immunity defense https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/122123_trump_scotus/trump-urges-supreme-court-delay-review-presidential-immunity-defense/
Donald Trump pushed for a delay at the Supreme Court, hoping to convince the justices to slow down an appeals court fight over presidential immunity ahead of his March 2024 trial for efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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A 'chaotic' January? Congress faces two shutdown deadlines with no action yet on spending https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/122123_congress_chaos/a-chaotic-january-congress-faces-two-shutdown-deadlines-with-no-action-yet-spending/
Congress is staring down a funding cliff in mid-January and a second one in early February, but neither of those deadlines have inspired House and Senate leaders to broker agreement on the dozen bills that were supposed to become law by Oct. 1.
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Menagers Dam on Tohono O’odham Nation gets federal funding for replacement https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122123_tohono_dam_funding/menagers-dam-tohono-oodham-nation-gets-federal-funding-replacement/
Menagers Dam, a 22-foot tall earthen structure located on the Tohono O’odham Nation, is set to be replaced as part of the Interior Department's nearly $27 million investment to protect tribal communities by repairing and upgrading clean water systems and replacing failing dams.
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Whispers of Az groundwater regulations spur surges of deeper, higher-capacity wells https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122123_wells_groundwater/whispers-az-groundwater-regulations-spur-surges-deeper-higher-capacity-wells/
Similar scenarios have played out across Arizona in recent years alongside growing calls for new regulation: When local conversations about groundwater regulation take place, a surge of well applications follows.
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ADEQ proposes framework for converting wastewater into purified drinking water https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122123_recycled_wastewater/adeq-proposes-framework-converting-wastewater-into-purified-drinking-water/
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality released a proposed roadmap outlining plans to convert treated wastewater into purified drinking water, and explaining the technical standards to which purification technology will be held.
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Tucson author Lydia Otero's latest book, ‘L.A. Interchanges,' records history of 'Brown & Queer' activism https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/122023_otero_book/tucson-author-lydia-oteros-latest-book-la-interchanges-records-history-brown-queer-activism/
Through archival documents, photographs and storytelling, the latest book by Lydia R. Otero, "L.A. Interchanges: A Brown & Queer Archival Memoir," lays out the history of LA's burgeoning queer, brown and activist scenes in the 1980s.
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Tucson community to gather Thursday to remember homeless people who died in 2023 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122023_homeless_vigil/tucson-community-gather-thursday-remember-homeless-people-who-died-2023/
Members of the public are invited to a Thursday vigil to pay respects to those who died without shelter in 2023.
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Tucson author Lydia Otero's latest memior, ‘L.A. Interchanges,' records history of 'Brown & Queer' activism https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/122023_otero_book/tucson-author-lydia-oteros-latest-memior-la-interchanges-records-history-brown-queer-activism/
Through archival documents, photographs and storytelling, the latest book by Lydia R. Otero, "L.A. Interchanges: A Brown & Queer Archival Memoir," lays out the history of LA's burgeoning queer, brown and activist scenes in the 1980s.
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Tucson author Lydia Otero's latest memior, ‘L.A. Interchanges,' records history of LGBT activism https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/122023_otero_book/tucson-author-lydia-oteros-latest-memior-la-interchanges-records-history-lgbt-activism/
Through archival documents, photographs and storytelling, the latest book by Lydia R. Otero, "L.A. Interchanges: A Brown & Queer Archival Memoir," lays out the history of LA's burgeoning queer, brown and activist scenes in the 1980s.
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Pima guard Rylei Waugh earns 2nd nod as ACCAC Division II Player of the Week https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/122023_pcc_womens_basketball/pima-guard-rylei-waugh-earns-2nd-nod-as-accac-division-ii-player-week/
Pima Community College women’s basketball player Rylei Waugh (Westchester HS, CA) earned praise from the ACCAC conference as she helped the Aztecs go 2-0 during the week of Dec. 10-16.
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Christmas playlist: The all-time best holiday songs https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/12223_christmas_songs/christmas-playlist-all-time-best-holiday-songs/
It might be getting just cold enough in Tucson to gather around the hearth, but here are some holiday songs to warm your heart whether you have a fireplace or not — and some to make you nod your head and play air guitar. With hours of music spread over dozens of songs, these Christmas classics will liven your spirits, even if we're not gathering in festive crowds again quite yet.
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Tucson community to gather Thursday to remember homeless people who died in 2024 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122023_homeless_vigil/tucson-community-gather-thursday-remember-homeless-people-who-died-2024/
Members of the public are invited to a Thursday vigil to pay respect to those who died without shelter in 2023.
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3K units of overdose-reversing drug Narcan headed to Pima County https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122023_pima_narcan/3k-units-overdose-reversing-drug-narcan-headed-pima-county/
In an effort to combat the ongoing fentanyl epidemic, more life-saving doses of a drug that can reverse an opioid overdose are headed to Pima County. 3,000 units of naloxone have been ordered as part of a longterm opioid lawsuit settlement.
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Judge denies Kari Lake’s motions to dismiss Richer defamation suit https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122023_lake_dismissal/judge-denies-kari-lakes-motions-dismiss-richer-defamation-suit/
Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer’s defamation suit against U.S. Senate hopeful Kari Lake will move forward, after a judge denied Lake’s motion to dismiss and found that the statements Lake made about Richer were not “rhetorical hyperbole.”
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