Brace for impact: Making America great again seems to be running right over Tucson... or not https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/010224_trump_local_op/brace-impact-making-america-great-again-seems-running-right-over-tucson-or-not/
With Project 2025, Donald Trump's team isn't just talking about the federal government. The plan is to leverage federal power to micromanage state and local governments so they run as the Fox News audience sees fit.
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RTA to hold virtual public review of $2.46B draft transportation plan https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010225_rta_survey/rta-hold-virtual-public-review-246b-draft-transportation-plan/
The Regional Transportation Authority is continuing its public engagement efforts with a virtual RTA Next presentation, so residents can learn more about a $2.46 billion, 20-year draft plan for area road improvements.
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HUD: Homelessness up 18% nationwide, increased 3.5% in Arizona https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010225_homeless_count/hud-homelessness-up-18-nationwide-increased-35-arizona/
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released its yearly homelessness assessment for 2024 last week, finding that the number of unsheltered people rose 18 percent in the country since 2023, with Arizona seeing a 3.5% increase.
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LGBTQ+ people relive old traumas as they age on their own https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010225_lgbtq_aging/lgbtq-people-relive-old-traumas-as-they-age-their-own/
Of the 3 million Americans over age 50 who identify as gay, bisexual, or transgender, about twice as many are single and living alone when compared with their heterosexual counterparts, and this slice of the older population is expanding rapidly and faces a daunting array of problems.
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Insurers continue to rely on doctors whose decisions have been criticized by courts https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010225_insurer_doctors/insurers-continue-rely-doctors-whose-decisions-have-been-criticized-by-courts/
Many Americans have faced the denial of mental health treatment by their insurance companies as insurers have turned to a coterie of psychiatrists and have continued relying on them even after one or more of their decisions have been criticized or overturned in court.
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Some states on track to restore abortion access, others push for restrictions in 2025 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010225_abortion_access/some-states-track-restore-abortion-access-others-push-restrictions-2025/
Heading into the third year since Roe v. Wade was overturned, states will continue to introduce and consider legislation to expand or restrict access to reproductive health care and abortion as legislative sessions begin.
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3D-printed guns are a growing threat in the U.S. & around the world https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010225_ghost_guns_op/3d-printed-guns-are-growing-threat-us-around-world/
Several high-profile crimes in recent years have involved firearms can be either partially or completely made with components that have been produced in metal or plastic on 3D printers, and police worldwide have reported finding increasing numbers of these weapons.
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Romero to offer annual 'Report to Tucsonans' next week https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010125_romero_report/romero-offer-annual-report-tucsonans-next-week/
Tucson Mayor Regina Romero will present her annual “Report to Tucsonans” next Tuesday, Jan. 7.
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10 astounding images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope in 2024 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/123124_webb_images/10-astounding-images-captured-by-james-webb-space-telescope-2024/
After its Christmas Day launch in 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope has been capturing deep-space images with the help of instruments developed by a University of Arizona team.
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Romero to offer annual “Report to Tucsonans” next week https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010125_romero_report/romero-offer-annual-8220report-tucsonans8221-next-week/
Tucson Mayor Regina Romero will present her annual “Report to Tucsonans” next Tuesday, Jan. 7.
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Animal park moving forward in Sahuarita https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010125_animal_park/animal-park-moving-forward-sahuarita/
Plans for an animal conservation and care center northeast of Pima Mine Road and dedicated to population sustainability and possible reintroduction of wildlife species are moving forward, including an effort to annex the entire operation into Sahuarita.
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Failing charter school closed by Az regulators reopened as a taxpayer-funded private religious school https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010124_charter_switch/failing-charter-school-closed-by-az-regulators-reopened-as-taxpayer-funded-private-religious-school/
ARCHES Academy in Mesa had its charter revoked due to severe financial issues, yet found a way to keep existing and being funded by the public by re-creating itself as a renamed, newly religious private school.
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Border Patrol: 2 men shot, wounded by smugglers near Sasabe, Ariz. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010125_men_shot_sasabe/border-patrol-2-men-shot-wounded-by-smugglers-near-sasabe-ariz/
Border Patrol agents working in the remote desert west of Sasabe, Ariz., found two men with gunshot wounds received in Mexico, officials said.
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¿La mejor manera de cumplir un propósito de Año Nuevo? Haga un 'propósito de año viejo' https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/122923_old_new_resolutions_esp/191la-mejor-manera-de-cumplir-un-proposito-de-ano-nuevo-haga-un-proposito-de-ano-viejo/
Con el enfoque del “año viejo”, tal vez puedas eludir los desafíos inevitables que conllevan las resoluciones tradicionales de Año Nuevo y lograr cambios positivos y duraderos.
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Deadline NYE: Join the Sentinel Watchdog Club & TRIPLE your donation to real local news! https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/111724_newsmatch/deadline-nye-join-sentinel-watchdog-club-triple-your-donation-real-local-news/
Updated: Give to real local journalism that matters — your donation TRIPLED before midnight on Dec. 31! Support the watchdog reporters of the nonprofit independent newsroom at the Tucson Sentinel.
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The best way to follow through on your New Year’s resolution? Make an 'old year's resolution' https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/123121_new_years_resolutions/the-best-way-follow-through-your-new-years-resolution-make-old-years-resolution/
With the “old year” approach, perhaps you can sidestep the inevitable challenges that come with traditional New Year’s resolutions and achieve lasting, positive changes.
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Auld Lang what now? The story of a New Year's song https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/123122_auld_lang_syne/auld-lang-what-now-story-new-years-song/
The history, meaning and lyrics of "Auld Lang Syne" — just in time to impress your friends this holiday.
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Court affirms $5M judgment against Trump in E. Jean Carroll sexual assault case https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/123124_trump_assault/court-affirms-5m-judgment-against-trump-e-jean-carroll-sexual-assault-case/
A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a New York jury’s finding in a civil case that Donald Trump sexually abused magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll in an upscale Manhattan department store dressing room in the mid-1990s.
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Vote-swapping returned in 2024 amid protest movement, but fell short of its aims again https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/123124_vote_swapping/vote-swapping-returned-2024-amid-protest-movement-but-fell-short-its-aims-again/
In October, a group called Swap Your Vote began offering to match voters in politically “safe” states with those in swing states, and though vote swapping didn’t generate a large volume of protest votes, voters who participated said it provided them with an outlet to cast a meaningful vote.
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Gonzales & Majerle combine for 14 3-pointers as Aztecs upset No. 4 Salt Lake https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/123024_pcc_mens_basketball/gonzales-majerle-combine-14-3-pointers-as-aztecs-upset-no-4-salt-lake/
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team (15-0) made a statement as they closed out the Aztec Holiday Classic on Monday at the West Campus Aztec Gymnasium.
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