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5th Circuit declares DACA illegal but leaves program in place for current recipients tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals declared the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration policy unlawful on Friday, just days before the second inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who tried to rescind the program in his first term.

How the distortion of Martin Luther King Jr.‘s words enables more, not less, racial division tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Uses of King’s words, especially by right-wing conservatives, are too often attempts to weaponize his memory against the multicultural democracy of which King could only dream.

Watch Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Video: "I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together."

MLK's final sermon: 'I've Been to the Mountaintop' tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Monday, the nation remembers Martin Luther King Jr. Perhaps the greatest of his speeches, from a man renowned for his uplifting words, was one given extemporaneously on the last night of his life, April 3, 1968: "I've Been to the Mountaintop."

Tucson's idea to buy chunk of TEP for $820M a likely non-starter, Pima Supes get election recap tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The City Council is thinking about trying to buy a piece of Tucson Electric Power for a $820 million. Pima County Recorder's Office squirms in post-mortem when discussing election flub, and more from government meetings around Tucson.

Tucson MLK march to take place Monday; What's open & what's closed tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Tucson's Martin Luther King, Jr. Day will kick off with a march and celebration at Reid Park, but residents should remember most government services will close for the holiday.

Tucson voters to decide on new half-cent sales tax in Prop. 414 vote tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The city of Tucson is asking voters to increase the local sales tax by a half-cent per dollar to boost funding for the police and fire departments and offer programs to reduce homelessness, assist with childcare costs and otherwise aid low-income Tucsonans.

Weatherspoon breaks 41-year Pima record in long jump tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s track & field team opened the 2025 season on Saturday as they hosted the Jim Mielke Multi’s and the Al Shirley Memorial Invitational.

History echoes: Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision meets Trump’s America tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
On Monday, Donald Trump will be sworn in for a second time as president after running a racist and misogynist campaign supported by half of American voters - while the day marks a very different legacy, as well, that of Martin Luther King Jr.

U.S.-Mexico border takes spotlight as Trump presidency nears tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
No other region in the nation was more politicized during the 2024 elections than the U.S.-Mexico border, and in the days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, a nation grasps at defining its southern border.

The women who stood with Martin Luther King Jr. & sustained a movement for social change tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Many African American women were out-front organizers for civil rights - but it is no less important to remember those who assumed less visible, but indispensable, roles behind the scenes, sustaining the movement over time.The Conversation

Secret jars in a prison fridge hold Az’s lethal injection drugs, and they may be expired tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A retired judge looking into executions is skeptical about Arizona prison officials’ claims the state pentobarbital stockpile - stored in unmarked glass containers and used to execute Arizona Death Row prisoners - won’t ever expire.

The American Climate Corps is over. What even was it? tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The American Climate Corps, an initiative started by President Joe Biden to get young people working in jobs that reduce carbon dioxide emissions and protect communities from weather disasters. was never what it seemed. Now it's shutting down before Trump takes office.

Immigration advocates prep for Trump mass deportations, vow legal challenges tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
As President-elect Donald Trump is set to be sworn in for a second term, immigration advocates said they are prepared to combat the incoming president’s campaign promise of enacting mass deportations of undocumented people.

PCC's Danhof breaks own school record in 800 meters tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s track & field team opened the 2025 season on Friday and Saturday as they hosted the Jim Mielke Multi’s and the Al Shirley Memorial Invitational.

KVOA losing local TV weathercasters as chain owner cuts stations across U.S. tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Broadcast TV chain Allen Media — which owns Tucson's Channel 4 KVOA — is cutting the ranks of local weathercasters across the country to consolidate operations at the company's Weather Channel hub in Atlanta.

Sours-Miller & Buffill-Gutierrez take over as Pima women beat Chandler-Gilbert to win 6th straight tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (15-3, 7-1 in ACCAC) was back at the West Campus Aztec Gymnasium on Saturday for an afternoon matchup with Chandler-Gilbert Community College (5-12, 1-7).

Benson scores game-high 18 as Aztec men hit 20-0 on season tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team (20-0, 8-0 in ACCAC) earned their 20th straight win as the top two teams in ACCAC Division II locked up on Saturday at the West Campus Aztec Gymnasium.

Pima County wants public to weigh-in on floodplain, watershed management tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County officials are asking the public to comment on the management of future flood hazards, offering up two plans that will identify new problems and help to develop mitigation efforts.

Hobbs targets ‘entitlement’ vouchers in $17.7B Arizona budget plan tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Gov. Katie Hobbs’ proposed $17.7 billion state budget includes $886 million in one-time spending - an increase of more than $1 billion over last year’s bipartisan state budget of $16.1 billion - though Republicans say they have “a long way to go” on a serious and responsible budget.

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