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Parents are quitting jobs, passing on raises — to qualify for child care tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Most states have child care subsidy eligibility limits that are more strict than the federal income recommendation, and as a result, only a fraction of families — about 10 percent — who are eligible under the federal recommendation actually get assistance.

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Social Security benefits boosted for millions in bill headed to Biden’s desk tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Senate approved a broadly bipartisan bill that would increase Social Security benefits for millions of Americans with pensions by ending two of the program’s policies in place for decades — the windfall elimination provision and government pension offset.

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Trump’s picks for top health jobs not just team of rivals but ‘team of opponents’ tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Many of Donald Trump’s candidates for federal health agencies have promoted policies and goals that put them at odds with one another or with Trump’s choice to run the Department of Health and Human Services, setting the stage for internal friction over public health initiatives.

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For enslaved people, the holiday season was a time for revelry – and a brief window to fight back tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
During the slavery era in the Americas, enslaved men, women and children enjoyed the holidays - which offered a chance to feast, plot rebellions, or escape - but more importantly, it served as a rare window of opportunity for enslaved men, women and children to reclaim their humanity.

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Obamacare sign-ups lag after Trump election, legal challenges tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
New enrollments under the Affordable Care Act are on pace to trail last year’s record numbers by as many as a million as the outgoing Biden administration confronts upheavals in the program.

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Elección de Trump y desafíos legales retrasan las inscripciones en el Obamacare tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Las nuevas inscripciones en el marco de la Ley de Atención Médica Asequible están en camino de superar las cifras récord del año pasado en hasta un millón a medida que la administración saliente de Biden enfrenta trastornos en el programa.

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Christmas playlist: The all-time best holiday songs tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
It might not be nearly 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 bang 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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How nostalgia led to the invention of the first Christmas card tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The custom of mailing printed Christmas cards in the 19th century was a product of the industrial revolution. It was influenced by older British holiday traditions − some entirely fictional.

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Trump appointees point to a deregulated industry, tech players say tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President-elect Donald Trump’s recent appointments and cabinet nominees are pointing to a four-year stint of deregulation in the tech industry, and lots of potential for competitive growth within the industry and globally.

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Tucson suing Air Force over PFAS 'forever chemicals' could have broad implications tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The legal kerfuffle between the city of Tucson and Davis-Monthan Air Force Base over PFAS could be big. Like, Supreme Court big. I'm talking legal-podcasters-hair-on-fire big.

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Photos: Vigil at Pauper's Field honors Tucson homeless people who died in 2024 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
For several minutes during a gathering at a Tucson cemetery as dusk fell Friday, three members of Primavera Foundation read the names of more than 200 people who died without shelter in Pima County this year.

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Congress sidesteps shutdown with 11-hour budget patch tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Congress survived yet another fiscal near miss Friday night, as lawmakers in both chambers agreed to advance a stopgap budget that extends funding for federal programs through the spring and averted a government shutdown just days before the Christmas holiday.

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House passes bill to avert government shutdown at last minute; Senate next tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. House finally approved a stopgap spending bill Friday night that will keep the government open for a few more months, after a raucous 48 hours that served as a preview of what President-elect Donald Trump’s second term in office might look like.

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Arizona moves to regulate rural groundwater pumping near Willcox tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Despite community protests, Arizona designated its seventh groundwater active management area in the southeast corner of the state when state Water Resources Director Tom Buschatzke made the sole decision to regulate groundwater pumping in the Wilcox Basin.

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Enviros: Water-level in San Pedro River falling below court-ordered requirements tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Three of four monitoring gauges show water-levels in the San Pedro River have dropped below court-ordered levels, the Center for Biological Diversity said Tuesday.

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Gov. Hobbs touts success of first-time homebuyer program in Tucson tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Gov. Katie Hobbs visited Tucson Friday morning to tout the success of her administration’s Arizona is Home program, announced in April, which distributes $13 million to up to 500 first-time homebuyers throughout the state.

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Tucson Cox boss Lisa Lovallo retiring at end of year tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Cox Southern Arizona Vice President Lisa Lovallo is retiring at the end of December.

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Outgoing Cox Southern Az VP: Community 'could do better' tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
An exit interview with Cox Southern Arizona Market Vice President Lisa Lovallo.

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Lack of oversight, coordination hinder efforts to reform Az’s rise in maternal mortality tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Despite an increase in efforts to confront alarmingly high rates of maternal deaths, a lack of strategic oversight and coordination, exacerbated by budget and staffing constraints, has hindered comprehensive reform.

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Wadsack taking driving course to resolve criminal speeding charge; Judge rejects 'privilege' claim tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Update: Arizona Sen. Justine Wadsack, a local Republican, will not face a trial next week after she agreed to take a defense driving class, effectively ending a criminal speeding case that helped unmoor her seat in the state Legislature.

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