Pima women's runners earn 4th at opening cross-country meet of 2025 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/083025_pcc_womens_cross_country/pima-womens-runners-earn-4th-opening-cross-country-meet-2025/
The Pima Community College women’s cross country team completed their first race of the 2025 season on Saturday in Flagstaff, taking fourth place.
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Gutierrez has hat trick, Mina dishes out 3 assists as Pima men ride over Yavapai https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/083025_pcc_mens_soccer/gutierrez-has-hat-trick-mina-dishes-out-3-assists-as-pima-men-ride-over-yavapai/
The Pima Community College men’s soccer team (2-0) picked up their second straight road win against an NJCAA/ACCAC Division I opponent on Saturday, beating the Yavapai Roughriders 6-2.
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Robots: They’re taking the jobs https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/083125_hellertoon_labor_day_op/robots-theyre-taking-jobs/
Labor Day for some is a celebration of the legacy of workplace reform and improved conditions for employees, and for others it’s an extra day off. I for one welcome our new robot overlords but hope we’ll have jobs to go back to.
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Labor Day & May Day emerged from the movement for a shorter workday in industrial America https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/083125_labor_day_op/labor-day-may-day-emerged-from-movement-shorter-workday-industrial-america/
Americans and Canadians have celebrated Labor Day as a national holiday on the first Monday in September since 1894, a holiday that arose in the midst of an explosive labor uprising in America’s industrial heartland and united native-born and immigrant workers.
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Aztec cross country opens 2025 season taking 5th in Flagstaff meet https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/083025_pcc_mens_cross_country/aztec-cross-country-opens-2025-season-taking-5th-flagstaff-meet/
The Pima Community College men’s cross country team completed its first race of the 2025 season on Saturday at the George Kyte Invitational at Buffalo Park in Flagstaff,.
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Data center eruption keeps rumbling at Pima County; Nogales settles water suit https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/083025_agenda_blue_debris_op/data-center-eruption-keeps-rumbling-pima-county-nogales-settles-water-suit/
The Pima County Board of Supervisors will talk about Project Blue behind closed doors, vote on a policy on NDAs and another on environmentally sensitive economic development projects; Oro Valley goes for middle mile connectivity, and more from government meetings around Tucson.
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Appeals court rejects Republican challenge to how Arizona verifies mail-in ballot signatures https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/083025_ballot_signatures/appeals-court-rejects-republican-challenge-how-arizona-verifies-mail-in-ballot-signatures/
An appeals court has dismissed a challenge from the Arizona Republican Party and its allies that aimed to change the way the state verifies voter signatures on mail-in ballots.
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Arizona rejects Trump admin demands for complete voter registration database https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/083025_voter_database/arizona-rejects-trump-admin-demands-complete-voter-registration-database/
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes says he has refused demands from the U.S. Department of Justice to hand over voter registration information and provide his office’s voter list maintenance procedures.
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Pima volleyball snaps 6-match skid in 5-set thriller over Glendale https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/082925_pcc_volleyball/pima-volleyball-snaps-6-match-skid-5-set-thriller-over-glendale/
The Pima Community College volleyball team (1-6) closed out their portion of the 3rd Annual Aztec Classic on Friday with two non-conference matches against Scottsdale and Glendale, beating the Gauchos but dropping the match to the Artichokes.
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Federal judge blocks Trump admin's expanded fast-track deportation policy https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/083025_fast_track_deportations/federal-judge-blocks-trump-admins-expanded-fast-track-deportation-policy/
A federal judge in Washington stayed the Trump administration’s attempted expansion of expedited deportations nationwide, saying that the policy likely violates due process rights.
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What's open, what's closed around Tucson for Labor Day 2025 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082825_labor_day/whats-open-whats-closed-around-tucson-labor-day-2025/
Federal, Arizona state, Pima County, city of Tucson government and municipal offices in towns in Southern Arizona will be closed for Labor Day on Monday. The Pima Area Labor Federation will hold their annual holiday picnic at Reid Park.
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‘We need to terminate treatment’: VA mental health providers say they are under pressure to limit care https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/083025_veteran_mental_health/we-need-terminate-treatment-va-mental-health-providers-say-they-are-under-pressure-limit-care/
Mental health providers say that VA medical centers have been instituting limits on one-on-one mental health therapy in recent years and transitioning veterans to lower levels of treatment, a trend that has led to anxiety - and great debate - among both providers and patients.
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Trump admin has proven no friend to organized labor, from attacking federal unions to paralyzing the NLRB https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/083025_trump_labor_op/trump-admin-has-proven-no-friend-organized-labor-from-attacking-federal-unions-paralyzing-nlrb/
During the 2024 election campaign, the Republican Party’s historically fraught relationship with organized labor appeared to be changing, yet the administration actions, cast as relief for struggling workers, are unlikely to deliver as advertised.
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Judge orders documents sealed as part of legal battle over Pima County's homicide case vs. carjacker https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082925_aguirre_docs_sealed/judge-orders-documents-sealed-as-part-legal-battle-over-pima-countys-homicide-case-vs-carjacker/
A federal judge ordered the sealing of two documents filed as part of Pima County Attorney Laura Conover's lawsuit seeking access to a Mexican man who allegedly shot and killed a man in late June.
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Lawmakers call Trump’s $5B foreign aid pullback ‘blatant abuse of power’ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082925_foreign_aid_rescission/lawmakers-call-trumps-5b-foreign-aid-pullback-blatant-abuse-power/
The White House budget office moved Friday to yank nearly $5 billion in foreign aid already approved by Congress in a controversial maneuver meant to bypass lawmakers, a move that has already drawn frustration on Capitol Hill.
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Federal Circuit rules Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs are unconstitutional https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082925_tariffs_emergency/federal-circuit-rules-trumps-liberation-day-tariffs-are-unconstitutional/
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that President Donald Trump did not have the authority to unilaterally levy April’s “Liberation Day” tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
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Tucson author Dubb is newest Pima Library writer in residence https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/082925_writer_residency/tucson-author-dubb-newest-pima-library-writer-residence/
Homegrown Tucson author Sarah T. Dubb is set to be the Pima County Public Library’s newest writer in residence.
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Pima women's soccer rally falls short in season opener at Mohave https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/082825_pcc_womens_soccer/pima-womens-soccer-rally-falls-short-season-opener-mohave/
The Pima Community College women’s soccer team (0-1) opened the 2025 regular season on Thursday with a loss at Mohave Community College in Bullhead City, Ariz.
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'End of an era:' Summit Hut closing after 55 years in Tucson https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082925_summit_hut_closing/end-era-summit-hut-closing-after-55-years-tucson/
It was a bittersweet feeling for Summit Hut owners Jeremy and Dana Davis this week when they announced their business was closing permanently. The final Summit Hut location on Speedway is starting its '"going out of business" sale Friday.
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Teachers at Tucson's BASIS charter school secure union contract https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082925_basis_union/teachers-tucsons-basis-charter-school-secure-union-contract/
Teachers at BASIS Tucson North ratified a collective bargaining agreement this week, making the Northeast side charter school the first in Arizona to have unionized staff and teachers.
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