Register to vote before midnight Monday https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100324_vote_reg_deadline/register-vote-before-midnight-monday/
Anyone wishing to cast a ballot in the Nov. 5 presidential election must register to vote by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 7. Voters should double-check their registration before the deadline to make sure they're squared away, officials advised.
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Tucson is not Cougartown: Az soccer knocks down BYU 2-1 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/100524_arizona-soccer/tucson-not-cougartown-az-soccer-knocks-down-byu-2-1/
A September that included wins against ASU, Utah and Iowa State likely gave BYU confidence as they took the field against the Arizona Wildcats at Mulcahy Stadium on Friday night. It didn’t end well for them despite a couple of good chances as the home squad came out with a 2-1 win.
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UAW threatening new strikes against Stellantis − while contending with a court-appointed monitor https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/100524_uaw_strike_op/uaw-threatening-new-strikes-against-stellantis-8722-while-contending-with-court-appointed-monitor/
The United Auto Workers is taking steps toward holding strikes that could interfere with some of Stellantis’ operations in the United States, less than one year after the UAW secured historic deals with Detroit’s three big automakers that followed strikes by thousands of its members.
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With White House advisor, Pima County officials tout impact of federal spending https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100424_perez_pima/with-white-house-advisor-pima-county-officials-tout-impact-federal-spending/
Pima County officials outlined federal spending to solve local problems during a meeting with Tom Perez, a top White House advisor. The senior Biden administration official rejected claims FEMA spent disaster money on sheltering immigrants.
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Pima County Public Library will stop carrying CDs next year https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100324_library_cds/pima-county-public-library-will-stop-carrying-cds-next-year/
The CD-ROM will go the way of the VHS and cassette tapes at the Pima County Public Library next year. CDs will be removed from circulation, with a handful of exceptions, at the start of January.
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Arizona organizations look to help Indigenous communities with voting obstacles https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100424_native_voting_obstacles/arizona-organizations-look-help-indigenous-communities-with-voting-obstacles/
Although The Indian Citizenship Act - granting Indigenous people born in the U.S. citizenship and the right to vote - was signed into law 100 years ago, Indigenous people in Arizona still face many challenges when it comes to the electoral process at the federal, state and local levels.
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Arizona Supreme Court affirms votes for open primaries measure will be counted https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100424_open_primaries_votes/arizona-supreme-court-affirms-votes-open-primaries-measure-will-counted/
Votes will be counted for an open primaries ballot initiative that has been the subject of whiplash-inducing court challenge, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled just 31 days before the election.
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More women are seeking sterilizations post-Dobbs https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/100424_women_sterilizations/more-women-are-seeking-sterilizations-post-dobbs/
In the months after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to an abortion, there was a spike in the number of women seeking sterilizations to prevent pregnancy, part of growing urgency for sterilization procedures amid more limited access to reproductive health care.
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Crime is down, FBI says, but politicians still choose statistics to fit their narratives https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/100424_fbi_crime_stats/crime-down-fbi-says-but-politicians-still-choose-statistics-fit-their-narratives/
Violent crime and property crime in the United States dropped in 2023, continuing a downward trend following higher rates of crime during the pandemic, but differences in data sources make it easier for anyone - including politicians - to manipulate findings to support their agendas.
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Dupnik: Lappin using 'blatant lies, propaganda & made-up scandals' in Pima County sheriff run https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/100424_dupnik_lappin_op/dupnik-lappin-using-blatant-lies-propaganda-made-up-scandals-pima-county-sheriff-run/
" How can a candidate for sheriff who is willing to skew facts, advance wild allegations with no evidence, and use inflammatory and distorted language ever be trusted to lead law enforcement investigations that matter to the community?" — retired Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik
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Panel calls attention to ties between Southwest climate crisis & cancer disparities https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100424_climate_cancer/panel-calls-attention-ties-between-southwest-climate-crisis-cancer-disparities/
Arizona experienced 113 consecutive days of temperatures at or above 100 degrees, and extreme heat has plagued the Southwest, with multiple states shattering temperature records, and experts are examining the intersections of climate change and cancer disparities.
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Arizona labeled longtime residents as citizens without proof for years, leading to voter roll errors https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100424_voter_roll_errors/arizona-labeled-longtime-residents-as-citizens-without-proof-years-leading-voter-roll-errors/
Arizona officials who discovered they hadn’t obtained proof of citizenship from nearly 100,000 registered voters were relieved when the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that they wouldn’t be required to ask for it, but new details are raising questions about the state’s handling of the error.
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Energy and climate: Where do Harris and Trump stand? https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/100424_energy_climate_election/energy-and-climate-where-do-harris-and-trump-stand/
Republican former President Donald Trump and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris share the twin goals of lowering energy costs and increasing U.S. jobs in the sector, but diverge widely in their plans to get there.
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Rocco's Little Chicago moves down Broadway, marquee not included https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/095424_new_roccos/roccos-little-chicago-moves-down-broadway-marquee-not-included/
After nearly 26 years, Rocco’s Little Chicago is leaving its home on East Broadway. Fans of Rocco’s deep dish pizza, chicken wings, and irreverent signage needn’t worry, however — the Tucson restaurant will re-open in a larger building just down the block next month.
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Colorado ex-elections clerk who leaked voting machine data gets 9 years in prison https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/100424_peters_prison/colorado-ex-elections-clerk-who-leaked-voting-machine-data-gets-9-years-prison/
Calling former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters a charlatan peddling snake oil, a Colorado judge on Thursday sentenced her to nine years in jail for committing four felonies and three misdemeanors related to a 2021 leak of voting machine data.
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Pima County to replace 509 incorrect voter ID cards, mostly in Continental School District https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100424_pima_voter_cards/pima-county-replace-509-incorrect-voter-id-cards-mostly-continental-school-district/
More than 500 voters in Pima County are being sent new registration cards after a constituent alerted officials about errors. A "mapping error" assigned some voters to the wrong school district — mostly in the Continental district in the southern part of the county.
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Az GOP candidate Vince Leach jokes about feeding dogs to Haitians https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100324_leach_haiti/az-gop-candidate-vince-leach-jokes-feeding-dogs-haitians/
GOP state Senate candidate Vince Leach embraced a racist lie demonizing a group of legal immigrants, telling a room of gay Republicans last month that Pima County’s stray dogs would be fed to Haitian people if Democrats win elections.
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Register to vote before midnight Monday https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100324_vote_reg_deadline/register-vote-before-midnight-monday/
Anyone wishing to cast a ballot in the Nov. 5 presidential election must register to vote by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 7. Voters should double-check their registration before the deadline to make sure they're squared away, officials advised.
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Miniature Broadway sets exhibit opens at Mini Time Machine museum https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/100324_mini_broadway_sets/miniature-broadway-sets-exhibit-opens-mini-time-machine-museum/
An exhibit of miniature models of Broadway stages by renowned creative director and designer David Korins opened in the Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures in Tucson, titled "Stages of Imagination."
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McReynolds, Gilleland & Meinke combine for 31 kills as PCC volleyball beats South Mountain https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/100224_pcc_volleyball/mcreynolds-gilleland-meinke-combine-31-kills-as-pcc-volleyball-beats-south-mountain/
The Pima Community College volleyball team (11-8, 8-2 in ACCAC) protected their home floor on Wednesday, earning a straight-set victory against South Mountain Community College (4-15, 2-8).
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