Social media bans could deny teenagers mental health help https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082324_teen_social_media/social-media-bans-could-deny-teenagers-mental-health-help/
Social media’s effects on the mental health of young people are not well understood, but that hasn’t stopped lawmakers from moving ahead with age bans and warning labels for YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram - despite the potential mental health benefits it provides teenagers.
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In a familiar refrain, Donald Trump uses Az-Mx border as campaign stump https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082324_trump_cochise/in-familiar-refrain-donald-trump-uses-az-mx-border-as-campaign-stump/
Returning to the central themes that drove his previous campaigns, repeat GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump appeared in Southern Arizona to use border issues to attack rival Kamala Harris, excoriating her for her role in the Biden administration.
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Supreme Court: Az may require proof of citizenship on state voter forms, at least for now https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082324_az_citizen_voters/supreme-court-az-may-require-proof-citizenship-state-voter-forms-least-now/
The United States Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Arizona can enforce part of a voter registration law that is being challenged in federal court, effectively allowing the state to bar legal voters from registering just about 10 weeks before the election.
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‘Let’s fight for it’: Harris vows to chart a new way forward, defeat Trump https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082324_harris_dnc/lets-fight-it-harris-vows-chart-new-way-forward-defeat-trump/
Vice President Kamala Harris accepted her party’s nomination for president Thursday evening, pitching her candidacy as an opportunity for the nation to move forward, rather than accept a dark future she said would follow a second election of her Republican opponent.
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Bearing down in Chi-Town: Tucson & Arizona take center stage at DNC https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/082224_dnc_tucson_op/bearing-down-chi-town-tucson-arizona-take-center-stage-dnc/
There were more Tucson connections — Gabby Giffords, Mark Kelly, Steve Kerr, Regina Romero — in the United Center spotlight than Bulls or Blackhawks because our 11 electoral votes loom large now that they are up for grabs. And that just might mean money. Lots and lots of money.
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After recount, Ziegler prevails in Marana Town Council race by just 14 votes https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082224_marana_recount/after-recount-ziegler-prevails-marana-town-council-race-by-just-14-votes/
Pima County’s last outstanding election of 2024 has been decided. In a recount that confirmed the final margin, Marana Councilwoman Roxanne Ziegler defeated her challenger, Melissa Zupi, by 14 votes.
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Southern Az Rep. Ciscomani says comprehensive immigration reform not likely in Washington https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082224_cd6_ciscomani/southern-az-rep-ciscomani-says-comprehensive-immigration-reform-not-likely-washington/
U.S.Rep. Juan Ciscomani told local business leaders and elected officials that the trick to getting anything done in Washington is finding common ground, giving his take on issues at a "State of the District" event.
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City preps half-cent sales tax measure for Tucson public safety, housing & parks https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082224_tucson_tax_election/city-preps-half-cent-sales-tax-measure-tucson-public-safety-housing-parks/
Tucson voters could be asked to OK a new half-cent sales tax at a March special election, to cover investments in public safety, affordable housing and parks, if the City Council moves ahead next month with a planned ballot measure.
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Az Supreme Court rejects claim that ballot measure to cut tipped workers’ pay is deceptive https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082224_scotus_prop138/az-supreme-court-rejects-claim-that-ballot-measure-cut-tipped-workers-pay-deceptive/
The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that Proposition 138, also known as the "Tipped Workers Protection Act," will remain on the ballot in the November election.
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City preps half-cent sale tax measure for Tucson public safety, housing & parks https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082224_tucson_tax_election/city-preps-half-cent-sale-tax-measure-tucson-public-safety-housing-parks/
Tucson voters could be asked to OK a new half-cent sales tax at a March special election, to cover investments in public safety, affordable housing and parks, if the City Council moves ahead next month with a planned ballot measure.
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Democrats adopt some GOP border security rhetoric, even as Harris slams Trump’s approach https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082224_dems_immigration/democrats-adopt-some-gop-border-security-rhetoric-even-as-harris-slams-trumps-approach/
In 2020, Democrats were running against Trump’s record. Now they’re largely on defense as they co-opt some GOP rhetoric to deflect widespread concern about the border.
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Friends of PACC announces new Tucson low-cost vet clinic https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082224_pacc_new_clinic/friends-pacc-announces-new-tucson-low-cost-vet-clinic/
Friends of PACC, the nonprofit fundraising partner of Pima Animal Care Center, purchased a former veterinary office on North 1st Avenue with plans to turn it into a nonprofit, low-cost animal care clinic.
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Arizona Dems say Harris will champion border reform, unlike Trump’s photo ops https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082224_harris_border/arizona-dems-say-harris-will-champion-border-reform-unlike-trumps-photo-ops/
Arizona Democrats are calling former President Donald Trump's planned visit to the Arizona border as nothing more than a photo op, after he blew up a bipartisan border security bill earlier this year.
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Arizona Democrats bar press from convention events, defying norms https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082224_press_access/arizona-democrats-bar-press-from-convention-events-defying-norms/
In 2024, the Arizona Democrats and Republicans both denied access to journalists, puzzling some delegates who said there was nothing sensitive – just the usual speechifying and daily pep rally.
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Lack of eviction data obscures extent of the affordable housing crisis https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082224_eviction_data/lack-eviction-data-obscures-extent-affordable-housing-crisis/
Evictions are a window into America’s rental housing crisis: In 2022, more than half of all renters spent over a third of their income on housing, and millions of tenants who miss rent payments are evicted each year - but eviction data doesn't come close to painting a full picture.
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3 years after fall of Kabul, Congress still hasn't acted to secure future of more than 70k Afghan evacuees in U.S. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/082224_afghan_refugees/3-years-after-fall-kabul-congress-still-hasnt-acted-secure-future-more-than-70k-afghan-evacuees-us/
Amid the chaos that followed the U.S. pullout of Afghanistan, the Biden admin declared that evacuated Afghans would be allowed to enter the U.S. via humanitarian parole, yet three years later, Congress has still not acted to secure future of more than 70,000 Afghan evacuees in U.S.
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U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee stumps for Harris-Walz ticket in Tucson https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082124_lee_visit/us-rep-barbara-lee-stumps-harris-walz-ticket-tucson/
U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee visited Tucson last week to rally supporters for Kamala Harris’ White House run. "This election runs through here,” Lee told supporters at the Donna Liggins Neighborhood Center, on 6th Avenue on the edge of the Sugar Hill, a historically Black neighborhood.
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Pima County faces fallout over Casa Alitas migrant shelter conflict of interest, overcharging https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082124_casa_alitas_laundry/pima-county-faces-fallout-over-casa-alitas-migrant-shelter-conflict-interest-overcharging/
Pima County may face a federal investigation after the nonprofit that manages the Casa Alitas migrant shelters using millions in federal funding was found to be over-paying a laundry vendor owned by the mother of its director. Officials are stonewalling releasing records, and U.S. Rep. Ciscomani has demanded a probe.
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Federal court blocks lithium mine drilling near Hualapai sacred site, for now https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082124_hualapai_mine_blocked/federal-court-blocks-lithium-mine-drilling-near-hualapai-sacred-site-now/
A federal judge granted the Hualapai Tribe's request for a temporary restraining order against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, freezing an exploratory drilling lithium project in the Big Sandy River watershed near the tribe's sacred spring.
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Garcia: It's time to protect the Great Bend of the Gila permanently https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/082124_gila_bend_op/garcia-its-time-protect-great-bend-gila-permanently/
Southwestern Arizona has a landscape that needs and deserves such permanent protection: the Great Bend of the Gila. Despite being nestled between the cities of Phoenix and Yuma, many people—including me until last year—don't know that this area is home to tens of thousands of petroglyphs and was a critical crossroads for different people.
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