Long-standing American principle of birthright citizenship under attack from Trump allies https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/121024_birthright_citizenship_op/long-standing-american-principle-birthright-citizenship-under-attack-from-trump-allies/
President-elect Donald Trump vowed to sign an executive order on his first day in office to end the constitutional right to U.S. citizenship for anyone born in the country, but admitted there would be legal hurdles to carrying out his policy goal of amending the 14th Amendment.
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No bad luck in Tucson City Court on Friday the 13th: It's closed https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120924_tucson_court/no-bad-luck-tucson-city-court-friday-13th-its-closed/
Tucson's City Court, along with the Prosecutor's Office and Public Defender's Office, will be closed Friday.
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Xmas bonuses on tap for Tucson city staff; TUSD's Trujillo rates own goals https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/120924_agenda_tucson_op/xmas-bonuses-tap-tucson-city-staff-tusds-trujillo-rates-own-goals/
Tucson city workers may see a $1,000 one-time bonus in their paychecks this fiscal year but it's not necessarily good news. But it's not bad news, either.
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Indigenous candidates fared well in election https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120924_indigenous_candidates/indigenous-candidates-fared-well-election/
Across the country, Native candidates fared well in the Nov. 5 general election with nearly 72 percent of the 176 Indigenous candidates seeking office having won their races, though Native candidates didn’t do as well in national races.
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Arizonans who need health insurance in 2025 face Sunday deadline to buy ACA policy https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120924_aca_deadline/arizonans-who-need-health-insurance-2025-face-sunday-deadline-buy-aca-policy/
Arizonans who are seeking to purchase health insurance coverage via the Affordable Care Act must choose a policy by Sunday, Dec. 15, if they want coverage to begin on Jan. 1.
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Meeting of Colorado River users wraps with focus on Mexico & tribes https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120924_colorado_river_users/meeting-colorado-river-users-wraps-with-focus-mexico-tribes/
The Colorado River Water Users Association concluded its three-day conference at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas on Friday with the needs and desires of Colorado River tribes and Mexico taking center stage.
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Assad leaves behind a fragmented Syria – stabilizing it will be a major challenge https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/120924_syria_assad_op/assad-leaves-behind-fragmented-syria-8211-stabilizing-it-will-major-challenge/
The brutal 54-year reign of the Assad family in Syria looks to be over - but what has he left behind and what happens next?
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As farm bill reauthorization debate continues, corporations keep lobbying funds flowing https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120924_farm_bill_lobbying/as-farm-bill-reauthorization-debate-continues-corporations-keep-lobbying-funds-flowing/
The delayed passage of the latest farm bill extended the window for organizations interested in impacting the nation’s food assistance programs, ramping up corporate lobby spending on nutrition issues.
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TikTok asks to freeze looming ban pending SCOTUS appeal https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120924_tiktok_ban/tiktok-asks-freeze-looming-ban-pending-scotus-appeal/
TikTok filed an emergency motion Monday seeking to halt an impending Jan. 19, 2025, deadline for the social media giant to divest itself from Chinese parent company ByteDance to allow the Supreme Court to hear its appeal.
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Panel on Trump assassination attempts wraps up with Secret Service pledge of improvements https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120924_assassination_panel/panel-trump-assassination-attempts-wraps-up-with-secret-service-pledge-improvements/
Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. touted multiple changes and improvements to his agency in the wake of two assassination attempts against Donald Trump earlier this year.
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Solar power growth could slow if Trump keeps promise to kill Biden-era incentives https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120924_solar_trump/solar-power-growth-could-slow-if-trump-keeps-promise-kill-biden-era-incentives/
The Sun Stream Complex in western Maricopa County will soon generate enough power to supply over 200,000 homes, and the first phase has been transforming Arizona’s scalding sunlight into electricity for more than three years - but such projects may not be possible much longer.
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LGBTQ+ parents are rushing to adopt their children before Trump is sworn in https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120924_lgbtq_adoption/lgbtq-parents-are-rushing-adopt-their-children-before-trump-sworn/
Attorneys have been inundated with requests for adoptions, a safeguard some queer families are using to make sure they retain parental rights to their nonbiological kids before a second Trump administration that may be hostile to LGBTQ+ people.
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The dark future of American child care https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120824_child_care_future/the-dark-future-american-child-care/
Faced with the end of pandemic aid and more pressure on all fronts, states have been more assertive than ever before in developing their own child care policies - and nearly a dozen are trying to roll back some of the measures known to improve quality and keep children safe.
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Nursing home industry wants Trump to rescind staffing mandate https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120724_nursing_home_staffing/nursing-home-industry-wants-trump-rescind-staffing-mandate/
With Donald Trump’s return to the White House, the nursing home industry is ramping up pressure to kill the requirement that homes employ a minimum number of nurses before it takes effect, leaving thousands of residents in homes too short-staffed to provide proper care.
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‘I’ll never forget’: Pearl Harbor survivor & Arizonan Jack Holder remembers surprise attack https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120721_az_pearl_harbor_survivor/ill-never-forget-pearl-harbor-survivor-arizonan-jack-holder-remembers-surprise-attack/
What started as a calm Sunday morning in Oahu on Dec. 7, 1941, ended as a terrible day in American history - and a day Chandler resident Jack Holder remembers like it was yesterday.
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Video: FDR's Pearl Harbor Address https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120724_pearl_harbor_address/video-fdrs-pearl-harbor-address/
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor Address to Congress: "Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."
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Lend Santa a hand: Tucson toy drives underway https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120624_toy_drives/lend-santa-hand-tucson-toy-drives-underway/
If the spirit of giving has moved you to contribute to a local toy drive, here are some options.
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Nanos wins recount in Pima County sheriff's race https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120624_sheriff_recount/nanos-wins-recount-pima-county-sheriffs-race/
Updated: A recount showed that Pima County sheriff Chris Nanos defeated GOP challenger Heather Lappin by 481 votes.
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Brandon Judd, ex-head of Border Patrol union, tapped as Trump's ambassador to Chile https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120624_judd_chile/brandon-judd-ex-head-border-patrol-union-tapped-as-trumps-ambassador-chile/
Brandon Judd, a retired Border Patrol agent and president of the National Border Patrol Union, will be nominated to become the U.S. ambassador to Chile, Donald Trump's transition team announced Thursday evening.
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Pearl Harbor Day: USS Arizona videos https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120724_pearl_harbor_arizona/pearl-harbor-day-uss-arizona-videos/
Videos of the USS Arizona, past and present. 1,177 members of the crew of the USS Arizona were killed as the battleship exploded and sank during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. The bodies of more than 900 remain entombed in the vessel, which serves as a memorial for all who died during the attack.
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