‘Vintage logos are all the rage’: New UA Wildcats basketball court reflects modern era in sports design https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/063025_vintage_logos/vintage-logos-are-all-rage-new-ua-wildcats-basketball-court-reflects-modern-era-sports-design/
Recently, the University of Arizona Wildcats’ X page announced the return of the cactus logo to Lute & Bobbi Olson Court, reflecting a trend in major American sports of organizations incorporating nostalgic elements as part of their primary branding.
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Pima County to review economic development secrecy; Oro Valley needs cash for Naranja https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/062925_pima_agenda_op/pima-county-review-economic-development-secrecy-oro-valley-needs-cash-naranja/
New Pima County economic development rules seek to foster transparency and protect the environment: Naranja project $341,000 over budget in Oro Valley and more from government meetings around Tucson this week.
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Home cooking: FC Tucson earns emphatic win over City SC https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/062925_fc-tucson/home-cooking-fc-tucson-earns-emphatic-win-over-city-sc/
Strong pressing and a shutout-earning defense beat City SC, rocketing FC Tucson to second place on the league table.
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Az Gov. Hobbs: Flags to half-staff Monday to honor Granite Mountain Hotshots https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062925_granite_mtn_half_staff/az-gov-hobbs-flags-half-staff-monday-honor-granite-mountain-hotshots/
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs ordered flags at all state buildings be flown at half-staff through sunset on Monday, June 30, to honor the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who died in the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire.
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How rogue jumping genes can spur Alzheimer’s, ALS https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062925_rogue_genes/how-rogue-jumping-genes-can-spur-alzheimers-als/
Scientists are pursuing the possibility that some reawakened retrotransposons - descendants of viral infections often from millions of years ago - may do serious damage: They can degrade nerve cells and fire up inflammation and may underlie some instances of Alzheimer’s and ALS.
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How shrinking the EPA could make wildfire smoke even more dangerous https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062925_wildfire_smoke/how-shrinking-epa-could-make-wildfire-smoke-even-more-dangerous/
As climate change exacerbates droughts and raises temperatures, more landscapes are burning and loading the atmosphere with smoke. Experts worry there won’t be the staff or the institutional expertise to process and distribute data on air quality as the EPA seeks to cut jobs.
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Kopec: As Arizona's private school vouchers bust budget, GOP lawmakers' heads are elsewhere https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/062825_school_vouchers_kopec_op/kopec-as-arizonas-private-school-vouchers-bust-budget-gop-lawmakers-heads-are-elsewhere/
Arizona's coffers have run dry because the private school vouchers, which the Republicans said would only cost our state $360 million, will actually cost about $1 billion. Heads in the sand doesn't quite cover this one. — Amphi Schools Boardmember Matt Kopec
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Arizona trust land is an answer for Tucson housing, but our national forests are not https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/062825_trust_land_op/arizona-trust-land-answer-tucson-housing-but-our-national-forests-are-not/
Southern Arizona has a lot of land that is meant to accommodate growth and not in the hands of private developers.
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Skies the limit? UA's Monsoon Fantasy Forecast is back https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/062825_monsoon_fantasy/skies-limit-uas-monsoon-fantasy-forecast-back/
The Monsoon Fantasy Forecast contest is back for its fifth year, with players attempting to predict the amount of summer rainfall for major Southwest cities.
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Agribusiness & hospitality, threatened by deportations, poured millions into Republican victories https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062825_deportation_donations/agribusiness-hospitality-threatened-by-deportations-poured-millions-into-republican-victories/
Despite threats of deportations of undocumented workers by President Donald Trump, the agribusiness and hospitality sectors funneled hundreds of millions to Republicans and conservative groups in 2024.
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‘A purpose in this world’: Older adults fear elimination of program that helps them find work https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062825_senior_workers/a-purpose-this-world-older-adults-fear-elimination-program-that-helps-them-find-work/
Congress is considering axing funding for programs that fall under the Older Americans Act, a 1965 law that provides social and meal services for older people, a position President Trump supports in his budget for the coming fiscal year.
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Hobbs signs Arizona budget averting shutdown after House GOP holdout ends https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062725_hobbs_budget/hobbs-signs-arizona-budget-averting-shutdown-after-house-gop-holdout-ends/
After weeks of feuding between the Republicans who control the Arizona House of Representatives and Senate, Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has signed the $17.6 billion state budget that was passed with bipartisan majorities in both chambers.
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Mars Orbiter learns new tricks as Tucson-linked spacecraft continues search for water https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062725_mars_orbiter/mars-orbiter-learns-new-tricks-as-tucson-linked-spacecraft-continues-search-water/
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was taught a new maneuver that will allow the spacecraft to look deeper underground as it searches for liquid and frozen water.
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Arizona highways: Numbers of wrong-way drivers & crashes decrease https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062725_az_drivers/arizona-highways-numbers-wrong-way-drivers-crashes-decrease/
A recent string of wrong-way drivers and wrong-way crashes on Arizona freeways raises a key question: Has there been an uptick in these kinds of situations? In short, the answer is no.
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Preventive health care mandate survives Supreme Court scrutiny https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062725_scotus_preventive_care/preventive-health-care-mandate-survives-supreme-court-scrutiny/
The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a panel of medical experts recommending preventive health care coverage on Friday, finding that the executive branch had sufficient control over the independent task force.
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New ‘Trump Accounts’ program faces criticism for benefiting wealthy over poor children https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062725_trump_accounts/new-trump-accounts-program-faces-criticism-benefiting-wealthy-over-poor-children/
Tucked in the “one big beautiful bill” is a proposal for tax-advantaged “Trump Accounts,” each seeded with $1,000 from the government for certain babies born in the U.S. over the next few years - but financial experts and advocates for low-income children are not overly impressed.
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Thousands of LGBTQ+ veterans were supposed to get pardons. A year later, only four have succeeded https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062725_lgbtq_veterans/thousands-lgbtq-veterans-were-supposed-get-pardons-year-later-only-four-have-succeeded/
Of the tens of thousands of veterans who were separated from the military due to their sexuality over decades, only 21 ended up applying for a pardon - and only four have received one.
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Arizona House, Senate finally come to $17.6B budget agreement https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062725_arizona_budget/arizona-house-senate-finally-come-176b-budget-agreement/
Just days ahead of a government shutdown, the Republicans who lead the Arizona House of Representatives and Senate and the Democratic governor finally came to agreement on a bipartisan budget.
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Maricopa County Recorder’s Office mails incorrect letters to 83,000 voters https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062725_maricopa_voters/maricopa-county-recorders-office-mails-incorrect-letters-83000-voters/
The Maricopa County Recorder’s Office mailed about 83,000 voters an incorrect letter warning them that they would be moved to the inactive voter list if they didn’t respond, a mistake the Recorder’s Office blamed on a printing error.
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Supreme Court hands Trump win on birthright citizenship, judicial oversight https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062725_scotus_birthright_citizenship/supreme-court-hands-trump-win-birthright-citizenship-judicial-oversight/
President Donald Trump can enforce limits on birthright citizenship for some immigrants, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday, allowing the White House to implement one of its most controversial policies.
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