7 things Pima County voters should know ahead of the November election https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092924_voter_reg_info/7-things-pima-county-voters-should-know-ahead-november-election/
Pima County voters should prepare for a long ballot in the Nov. 5 election, with many more races at stake than the presidential contest at the top of the page.
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7 things Pima County voters should know head of the November election https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092924_voter_reg_info/7-things-pima-county-voters-should-know-head-november-election/
Pima County voters should prepare for a long ballot in the Nov. 5 election, with many more races at stake than the presidential contest at the top of the page.
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In swing states that once went for Trump, unions organize to prevent a repeat https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092824_union_election/in-swing-states-that-once-went-trump-unions-organize-prevent-repeat/
As the Nov. 5 presidential election nears, both parties are counting on union workers to deliver voters, particularly in the swing states of Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, where unions have remained an influential bloc, even as their strength has declined over the decades.
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Obon executive chef Dromgoole to battle 2-time champion Foy for Tucson Iron Chef https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/092924_tucson_iron_chef/obon-executive-chef-dromgoole-battle-2-time-champion-foy-tucson-iron-chef/
Two local chefs will compete at the 16th annual Iron Chef Tucson on Saturday, Oct. 5: Obon Sushi and Ramen executive chef Anthony Dromgoole will put his skills to the test against two-time champion Kenneth Foy of Dante's Fire.
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Social isolation could be a factor in why more older men are dying from extreme heat https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092924_aging_men_heat/social-isolation-could-factor-why-more-older-men-are-dying-from-extreme-heat/
Researchers largely agree that women are more susceptible to heat-related deaths - except in the United States, where older men are dying at far greater numbers than women across the country due to extreme heat, and social isolation might impact heat deaths.
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Pima County Supes set to discuss Tucson-area housing crisis https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/092824_agenda_supes_housing_op/pima-county-supes-set-discuss-tucson-area-housing-crisis/
Pima County Administrator Jan Lesher will present the Board of Supervisors with an update on what her team is doing to tackle the housing and homelessness crisis in Pima County. Plus more in local government meetings around Southern Arizona.
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PCC men's cross country takes 3rd at ACCAC conference championships https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/092724_pcc_cross_country/pcc-mens-cross-country-takes-3rd-accac-conference-championships/
The Pima Community College men’s cross country team competed at the ACCAC Conference Championships on Friday, taking third place.
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Grammy-nominated Samantha Fish pays homage to Hendrix in an all-star Fox concert https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/092724_samantha_fish/grammy-nominated-samantha-fish-pays-homage-hendrix-all-star-fox-concert/
Samantha Fish is part of an esteemed group of shredders — the show at the Fox on Sunday also features Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Eric Johnson, and Zakk Wylde, to name a few — hailed by critics and aficionados as the "Guitar Event Of The Year,"
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Arizona defeats Cincinnati in all-cat contest https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/092724_arizona-soccer/arizona-defeats-cincinnati-all-cat-contest/
Goals from Gianna Christensen and Nyota Katembo powered an impressive 2 - 0 Arizona Wildcat win over the visiting Cincinnati Bearcats on Thursday night at Mulcahy Stadium.
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Castro sets tone 54 seconds into match as Pima men shut out Southern Nevada 8-0 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/092624_pcc_mens_soccer/castro-sets-tone-54-seconds-into-match-as-pima-men-shut-out-southern-nevada-8-0/
The Pima Community College men’s soccer team (9-1) played their first non-conference match of the season on Thursday against the College of Southern Nevada (2-6), earning an 8-0 victory.
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Reatta Danhof claims ACCAC Division I Individual crown as Pima cross country takes 2nd https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/092724_pcc_womens_cross_country/reatta-danhof-claims-accac-division-i-individual-crown-as-pima-cross-country-takes-2nd/
The Pima Community College women’s cross country team competed at the ACCAC Division I Conference Championships on Friday held at the Glendale Heroes Regional Park.
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Reversal of fortune: Rio Nuevo looks to boost Park Place's prospects https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/092724_rio_nuevo_op/reversal-fortune-rio-nuevo-looks-boost-park-places-prospects/
Retail sales at Park Place and El Con malls were supposed to subsidize Rio Nuevo, but now the polarity has reversed and those major retail sites are getting Downtown dollars.
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Harris rejects 'false choice' between border security & humane immigration during Arizona border visit https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092724_harris_douglas/harris-rejects-false-choice-between-border-security-humane-immigration-during-arizona-border-visit/
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris said she'll take tough steps on border security, restricting asylum claims and combating the flow of fentanyl, while pushing to "modernize" the U.S. immigration system, at a campaign stop in Douglas, Ariz.
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Changing demographics & the political calculus of anti-immigrant rhetoric in swing states https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092724_immigrant_rhetoric/changing-demographics-political-calculus-anti-immigrant-rhetoric-swing-states/
Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris offer starkly different plans for the future of the 11 million people who live in the United States without legal status, following heightened political rhetoric and a record-breaking number of unlawful border crossings in 2023.
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Anti-trans laws fueled a spike in suicide attempts among trans & nonbinary youth https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092724_trans_suicide/anti-trans-laws-fueled-spike-suicide-attempts-among-trans-nonbinary-youth/
The number of suicide attempts among transgender and nonbinary youth in states that passed anti-transgender laws increased by as much as 72 percent over five years as states passed 48 anti-transgender bills from 2018 to 2022.
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Changing demographics and the political calculus of anti-immigrant rhetoric in swing states https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092724_immigrant_rhetoric/changing-demographics-and-political-calculus-anti-immigrant-rhetoric-swing-states/
Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris offer starkly different plans for the future of the 11 million people who live in the United States without legal status, following heightened political rhetoric and a record-breaking number of unlawful border crossings in 2023.
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Iowa asks federal court to allow enforcement of its immigration law https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092724_iowa_immigration/iowa-asks-federal-court-allow-enforcement-its-immigration-law/
Iowa should be allowed to enforce its law criminalizing reentry of previously removed or excluded immigrants, the state argued before an Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel, after a district judge temporarily blocked enforcement of the law that was set to go into effect July 1.
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Taxes: Where do Trump & Harris stand? https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092724_election_taxes/taxes-where-do-trump-harris-stand/
With the clock ticking on former President Donald Trump’s signature 2017 tax law, and high housing, food and child care costs darkening Americans’ mood, tax cuts have become the star of the 2024 presidential contest between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Prosecution rests in fundamentalist Mormon child sex abuse trial https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092724_polygamist_trial/prosecution-rests-fundamentalist-mormon-child-sex-abuse-trial/
The prosecution in the federal trial against two Arizona men accused of aiding and abetting a child sex abuse ring within a fundamentalist Mormon sect rested its case, closing with a witness who says she was raped by one of the two defendants when she was 13 years old.
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Local baseball community honors late Rich Alday in golf tournament to support Pima baseball https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/092724_alday_tournament/local-baseball-community-honors-late-rich-alday-golf-tournament-support-pima-baseball/
While Pima County Hall of Famer Rich Alday died in 2021, his legacy still lives through his numerous accolades and the Rich Alday Memorial Golf Tournament, which held its fourth annual event last Saturday at El Rio Golf Course to raise funds for the upcoming baseball season.
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