Slate of new Arizona laws went into effect Friday https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100125_new_az_laws/slate-new-arizona-laws-went-into-effect-friday/
Over the first regular session of the 57th Arizona Legislature, senators and members of the House of Representatives sifted through 1,854 bills, memorials and resolutions that were introduced. At least 250 of the bills Hobbs signed officially became law Friday.
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Out with the old: Tucson's venerable Arizona Inn makes room for new ownership https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/093025_arizona_inn_sold/out-with-old-tucsons-venerable-arizona-inn-makes-room-new-ownership/
A Tucson investment group includes noted ex-UA basketball player Steve Kerr announced the purchase of the historic Arizona Inn this week. The classic Midtown hotel had been owned by the same family since it opened in 1930.
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Out with the old: Tucson's venerated Arizona Inn makes room for new ownership https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/093025_arizona_inn_sold/out-with-old-tucsons-venerated-arizona-inn-makes-room-new-ownership/
A Tucson investment group includes noted ex-UA basketball player Steve Kerr announced the purchase of the historic Arizona Inn this week. The classic Midtown hotel had been owned by the same family since it opened in 1930.
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Trump posts vulgar & racist deepfake of Democratic leaders amid shutdown crisis https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/093025_trump_deepfake/trump-posts-vulgar-racist-deepfake-democratic-leaders-amid-shutdown-crisis/
A group of Democratic caucus leaders blasted a vulgar deepfake of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries posted by President Donald Trump on social media.
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Gallego denounces Trump’s call to use U.S. cities as ‘training grounds for our military’ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/093025_gallego_troops/gallego-denounces-trumps-call-use-us-cities-as-training-grounds-our-military/
Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego sharply criticized President Donald Trump, hours after the president told an unprecedented gathering of generals and admirals that he intends to deploy the National Guard and active duty military personnel to U.S. cities run by “radical” Democrats.
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Union finds new urgency as Starbucks shutters 7 Tucson stores & 100s of others across U.S. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/093025_starbucks_union/union-finds-new-urgency-as-starbucks-shutters-7-tucson-stores-100s-others-across-us/
As Starbucks turned off the lights at hundreds of stores across the country this week, labor organizers at the closed Tucson location near the University of Arizona urged more workers to unionize.
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David Schweikert abandons Congress to enter Arizona governor’s race https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/093025_schweikert_governor/david-schweikert-abandons-congress-enter-arizona-governors-race/
Longtime Republican U.S. Rep. David Schweikert has dropped his congressional reelection bid to run for Arizona governor.
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Judge rips ICE targeting of pro-Palestinian protesters as unconstitutional https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/093025_college_protesters/judge-rips-ice-targeting-pro-palestinian-protesters-as-unconstitutional/
A federal judge lambasted top Trump administration officials on Tuesday for illegally trying to deport pro-Palestinian students “to strike fear” into protesters and chill free speech.
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Council candidates split on high-density zoning for Tucson neighborhoods https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/093025_middle_housing/council-candidates-split-high-density-zoning-tucson-neighborhoods/
The candidates in this year’s City Council elections split on where Tucson should allow residents and developers to build duplexes, triplexes and quadplexes in existing neighborhoods.
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RTA Next campaign kicks off; what can go wrong? https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/092925_rta_starts_op/rta-next-campaign-kicks-off-what-can-go-wrong/
The $2.7 billion RTA Next plan should live in the sweet spot among a whole bunch of cranks and coalitions. If only Tucson voters were in a sweet mood...
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'Sash sisters:' Wa:k Ceksan & other programs preserve O'odham traditions through pageantry https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/093025_wak_ceksan_royalty/sash-sisters-wak-ceksan-other-programs-preserve-oodham-traditions-through-pageantry/
Miss Wa:k Ceksan Royalty has been part of the Tohono O'odham Nation's San Xavier district for less than four decades. But the traditions it teaches have been passed down for over four millennia.
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‘Not a way to live’: AI is fueling violent threats against women judges https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/093025_ai_violence/not-way-live-ai-fueling-violent-threats-against-women-judges/
The Take It Down Act enacts criminal penalties for “the nonconsensual online publication of intimate visual depictions of individuals, both authentic and computer-generated.” However, it’s unclear how existing federal law applies to AI-generated threats.
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Ex-superintendent: Keeping Grand Canyon National Park open during a shutdown puts Arizona’s gem at risk https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/093025_canyon_shutdown/ex-superintendent-keeping-grand-canyon-national-park-open-during-shutdown-puts-arizonas-gem-risk/
A former superintendent at Grand Canyon National Park warned that if the park stays open during a government shutdown, understaffing could put “nationally important, irreplaceable resources” at risk.
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‘Warrior ethos’ mistakes military might for true security – ignores wisdom of Eisenhower https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/093025_warrior_ethos_op/warrior-ethos-mistakes-military-might-true-security-8211-ignores-wisdom-eisenhower/
The summoning of hundreds of generals and admirals to Quantico to cover a a shift toward a ‘warrior ethos’ signals an escalation in the administration’s embrace of a militaristic mindset that President Eisenhower warned against, and the nation’s founders aimed to constrain.
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National Dems call for reprisals against Az GOP lawmaker for ‘unconscionable’ call to hang colleague https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/093025_gillette_comments/national-dems-call-reprisals-against-az-gop-lawmaker-unconscionable-call-hang-colleague/
U.S. House of Representatives Democratic Leader Hakeem Jefferies called on the Republicans who control the Arizona House of Representatives to hold Kingman Republican Rep. John Gillette accountable for his “dangerous” words.
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Congressional budget deadlock tightens as shutdown fears mount https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/093025_budget_shutdown/congressional-budget-deadlock-tightens-as-shutdown-fears-mount/
As the country braces for a possible government shutdown, Democratic leaders in Congress said they were holding firm in their efforts to extract concessions from Republicans and President Donald Trump in a proposed short-term funding bill.
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YouTube settles Trump lawsuit over suspended account for $24.5 million https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/093025_trump_youtube/youtube-settles-trump-lawsuit-over-suspended-account-245-million/
YouTube will pay President Donald Trump and other plaintiffs $24.5 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit Trump brought after his account on the video platform was suspended in the wake of the attack by his supporters on the U.S. Capitol.
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Planned Parenthood stops accepting Arizona Medicaid as Trump ban takes effect https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/093025_planned_parenthood/planned-parenthood-stops-accepting-arizona-medicaid-as-trump-ban-takes-effect/
Arizonans enrolled in AHCCCS, the state’s Medicaid program, will no longer be able to visit their local Planned Parenthood clinic for an STI test or a cancer screening starting this week.
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Mini Time Machine exhibit highlights film SFX legend Ray Harryhausen https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/092925_harryhausen/mini-time-machine-exhibit-highlights-film-sfx-legend-ray-harryhausen/
"The Dynamic Work of Ray Harryhausen" displays more than 130 pieces of the animator and special effects creator's work, and it opens Tuesday to the public.
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Az Supreme Court allows GOP lawmakers to challenge voter-approved dark money disclosure law https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092925_az_dark_money/az-supreme-court-allows-gop-lawmakers-challenge-voter-approved-dark-money-disclosure-law/
The legal battle over a voter-approved anti-dark-money law passed in 2022 will continue as the Arizona Supreme Court said Republican lawmakers have a right to legally challenge the law but the court did not rule on its constitutionality.
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