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WMG: Pima County plan to add multiple data centers not compatible with region’s water resilience https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/071025_wmg_project_blue_op/wmg-pima-county-plan-add-multiple-data-centers-not-compatible-with-regions-water-resilience/
At Watershed Management Group, we’re part of a broad movement to restore the health of our watershed. That’s why we fundamentally disagree with the Pima County supervisors’ vote to approve Project Blue, which will sell 290 acres of public land to build up to 10 water-guzzling data centers.
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Measles reaches highest level in 33 years, now in 39 states, including Arizona https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071025_measles_rates/measles-reaches-highest-level-33-years-now-39-states-including-arizona/
Measles cases have surpassed a recent 2019 record to reach the highest level since 1992, with at least 1,289 cases reported in 39 states, including Arizona.
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Tucson KIDCO after-school program registration opens July 14 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071025_kidco_registration/tucson-kidco-after-school-program-registration-opens-july-14/
Tucson Parks and Recreation's KIDCO after-school program is open to kids between the ages of five and 11.
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Hungry Foxx: Arizona's CD 7 race will turn on whether Dems are starving for change https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/071025_cd7_preview_op/hungry-foxx-arizonas-cd-7-race-will-turn-whether-dems-are-starving-change/
Adelita Grijalva should win the Democratic primary by 20 points and glide right into her late father's seat in Congress. However, voters' frustrations with Washington could upend this local race.
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Cool summer stuff to do around Tucson this week https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/0701025_todo_list/cool-summer-stuff-do-around-tucson-this-week/
Sporting events, live entertainment and family-friendly activities abound this weekend and next week in Southern Arizona.
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Tucson wants feedback on city pools & splash pads https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071025_pools_survey/tucson-wants-feedback-city-pools-splash-pads/
The results of the survey will help the city assess how its aquatic amenities have improved from last year, and how they could be further improved.
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Conover: Case vs. alleged carjacker involved in fatal Tucson shooting 'gutted' by feds https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071025_conover_homicide_case/conover-case-vs-alleged-carjacker-involved-fatal-tucson-shooting-gutted-by-feds/
Pima County Attorney Laura Conover said Wednesday federal officials "gutted" a homicide case against a Mexican man accused of shooting and killing 69-year-old Ricky E. Miller Sr. during an attempted carjacking in June.
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Pima County to host job fair to fill public sector positions https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071025_job_fair/pima-county-host-job-fair-fill-public-sector-positions/
Pima County is attempting to fill some of the more than 1,100 vacancies across its departments at a job fair on Thursday, July 17 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Kino Event Center, 2805 E. Ajo Way.
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Arizona launches Turquoise Alert to help find missing Indigenous people https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071025_turquoise_alert/arizona-launches-turquoise-alert-help-find-missing-indigenous-people/
Arizona has begun using the Turquoise Alert, a notification system intended to help find missing and endangered Indigenous people, Gov. Katie Hobbs announced Thursday.
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FEC fends off fake ‘America Party’ filings that have no connection to Elon Musk https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071125_fake_america_party/fec-fends-off-fake-america-party-filings-that-have-no-connection-elon-musk/
Elon Musk, the world’s richest person and President Donald Trump’s friend turned foe, has not yet officially established the “America Party,” but others have rushed to fill that vacuum, filing paperwork with federal regulators claiming the America Party mantle.
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New evidence supports claim that Emil Bove suggested defying court orders https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071125_bove_orders/new-evidence-supports-claim-that-emil-bove-suggested-defying-court-orders/
Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats published a trove of email and text messages from a Justice Department whistleblower who has accused top agency official Emil Bove of expressing intent to violate a federal court order.
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Az Gov. Hobbs celebrates signing of ‘Jerry’s Law,’ expanding protections against animal cruelty https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071125_abuse_law/az-gov-hobbs-celebrates-signing-jerrys-law-expanding-protections-against-animal-cruelty/
Flanked by a couple of paralyzed dogs who were rescued from severe abuse and neglect, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs joined impassioned animal advocates to celebrate a new state law intended to protect pets.
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Doctors, advocates hold out hope for appeals in abortion privacy rule case https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071125_abortion_privacy/doctors-advocates-hold-out-hope-appeals-abortion-privacy-rule-case/
Two pending lawsuits over a 2024 federal rule protecting certain reproductive health information from disclosure are on hold while the Trump administration decides whether to appeal a Texas judge’s June decision that declared the rule unlawful and void.
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IRS: Churches may endorse political candidates despite decades-old statute barring such activity https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/071125_church_endorsement_op/irs-churches-may-endorse-political-candidates-despite-decades-old-statute-barring-such-activity/
The IRS said churches and other houses of worship can endorse political candidates without risking the loss of their tax-exempt status, despite a law Congress passed more than 70 years ago that applies to all charitable nonprofits - so what does the IRS ruling mean?
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U.S. Senate GOP under pressure on Trump demand to defund NPR, PBS, foreign aid https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071125_defunding_pressure/us-senate-gop-under-pressure-trump-demand-defund-npr-pbs-foreign-aid/
Congress has just one week left to approve the Trump administration’s request to cancel $9.4 billion in previously approved funding for public media and foreign aid, setting up yet another tight deadline for lawmakers.
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FactCheck: Presentation before CDC vaccine panel misleads about thimerosal https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071125_factcheck_thimerosal/factcheck-presentation-before-cdc-vaccine-panel-misleads-thimerosal/
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel vote to recommend against use of seasonal influenza vaccines containing small amounts of thimerosal followed a presentation that misled on the risks of the rarely used preservative.
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Emergency voting sites opening in Southern Az CD 7 congressional election this weekend https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071125_cd7_emergency_voting/emergency-voting-sites-opening-southern-az-cd-7-congressional-election-this-weekend/
Emergency voting sites are opening in Southern Arizona's special Congressional District 7 primary election this weekend, allowing for more in-person voting before Election Day next Tuesday.
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‘We’re real people’: Arizona Medicaid recipients brace for devastating cuts https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071125_az_medicaid_cuts/were-real-people-arizona-medicaid-recipients-brace-devastating-cuts/
State Medicaid recipients brace as massive cuts in President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” threatens to close five rural Arizona hospitals while eliminating coverage for 300,000 residents.
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Tucson enviro groups' lawsuit: Border wall would be 'death knell' for U.S. jaguars https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/070925_san_rafael_border_lawsuit/tucson-enviro-groups-lawsuit-border-wall-would-death-knell-us-jaguars/
The Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity sued the Trump administration on Wednesday in an attempt to halt border wall construction in the San Rafael Valley in Southern Arizona.
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Court swiftly halts Trump administration’s one-year Planned Parenthood funding ban https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/070825_planned_parenthood_halt/court-swiftly-halts-trump-administrations-one-year-planned-parenthood-funding-ban/
The federal government cannot withhold Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood for at least the next two weeks, after a district court judge issued a temporary restraining order the same day the organization filed a lawsuit.
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