Thanksgiving sides are delicious & can be nutritious − here’s the biochemistry of how to maximize the benefits https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/1121323_thanksgiving_chemistry_op/thanksgiving-sides-are-delicious-can-nutritious-8722-heres-biochemistry-how-maximize-benefits/
How you prepare colorful vegetables like green beans, collard greens, roasted carrots and mashed sweet potatoes will help determine whether you get the most nutritional value out of each bite this holiday season.
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Pima Supes to decide how to replace retiring Bronson; Tucson Council reviews election https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/112023_agenda_bronson_op/pima-supes-decide-how-replace-retiring-bronson-tucson-council-reviews-election/
County Administrator Jan Lesher is proposing a process to replace Supervisor Sharon Bronson that sets a Dec. 1 deadline to apply for a job that serves voters from Midtown Tucson to the Yuma line. Plus more in local government meetings this week.
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Mohave County again rejects proposal to hand-count ballots in 2024 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112023_mohave_ballot_count/mohave-county-again-rejects-proposal-hand-count-ballots-2024/
Mohave County supervisors for a second time rejected a proposal to hand-count ballots cast in 2024 elections instead of using machines, with each supervisor sticking to the position they took in a previous vote in August.
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High-speed Internet coming to the Hualapai Nation, Mohave, La Paz counties https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112023_native_internet/high-speed-internet-coming-hualapai-nation-mohave-la-paz-counties/
People living within the Hualapai Nation and Mohave and La Paz counties can expect access to affordable, high-speed broadband internet as soon as February as part of the Bridging the Digital Divide project.
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Mohave County supervisors to decide on hand-counting ballots in 2024 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112023_mohave_ballots/mohave-county-supervisors-decide-hand-counting-ballots-2024/
Mohave County supervisors will vote today on whether to tally by hand all ballots cast in the county’s 2024 elections, including the November presidential election, after previously voting against the idea due to an $18 million budget deficit.
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No mistrial for Trump, judge rules, dubbing effort 'utterly without merit' https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112023_trump_mistrial/no-mistrial-trump-judge-rules-dubbing-effort-utterly-without-merit/
Judge Arthur Engoron on Friday shot down Donald Trump’s mistrial effort in his $250 million civil fraud case, calling the motion “utterly without merit” in a scathing four-page ruling.
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Trump will appear on Colorado GOP primary ballot https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112023_trump_colorado/trump-will-appear-colorado-gop-primary-ballot/
A Denver judge former President Donald Trump’s name will be listed among the candidates running to represent the Colorado Republican Party in January, despite an attempt to keep his name off the state primary ballot.
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High-speed Internet coming to the Hualapai Nation, Mohave, La Paz counties https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112023_native_internet/high-speed-internet-coming-hualapai-nation-mohave-la-paz-counties/
People living within the Hualapai Nation and Mohave and La Paz counties can expect access to affordable, high-speed broadband internet as soon as February as part of the Bridging the Digital Divide project.
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Holiday travelers expected to hit the road, skies in near-record numbers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112023_holiday_travel/holiday-travelers-expected-hit-road-skies-near-record-numbers/
Experts say this holiday season will be one of the busiest in the last 20 years, with travel surging to pre-pandemic levels and beyond, evidence that Americans have moved past the pandemic.
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Worries over secrecy grow as state officials shield records from public https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112023_records_secrecy/worries-over-secrecy-grow-as-state-officials-shield-records-from-public/
Several states this year made more information secret by altering public records laws as officials say they are being overwhelmed with records requests, sometimes meant to harass lawmakers - but the changes have alarmed press freedom and open government activists.
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As Texas tries to end federal 'parole' program for some immigrants, a Nicaraguan waits to see if he can stay https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112023_immigrant_parole/as-texas-tries-end-federal-parole-program-some-immigrants-nicaraguan-waits-see-if-he-can-stay/
A Texas judge will decide the fate of a Biden administration program that allows people from four countries to live and work in the U.S. for up to two years. A man who sponsored his friend for the program has fought to save it.
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Recount the raise: Tucson should do what's right on Prop. 413, not slip through legal loopholes https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/111923_tucson_recount_op/recount-raise-tucson-should-do-whats-right-prop-413-not-slip-through-legal-loopholes/
The name of this column is "What the Devil won't tell you" but even Satan is like "Oh, c'mon! This is obvious!" on taking an extra step to assure voters actually gave the Tucson City Council a raise.
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Tucson officials claim narrow 'yes' vote for Prop. 413 doesn't trigger recount https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111823_election/tucson-officials-claim-narrow-yes-vote-prop-413-doesnt-trigger-recount/
The slender voting margin in favor of substantial raises for Tucson's mayor and City Council won't lead to a recount, with city officials asserting that the measure falls between the cracks of Arizona's election recount statute.
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Tucson officials claim narrow 'yes' vote for Prop. 413 doesn't trigger recount https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111823_election/tucson-officials-claim-narrow-yes-vote-prop-413-doesnt-trigger-recount/
The slender voting margin in favor of substantial raises for Tucson's mayor and City Council won't lead to a recount, with city officials asserting that the measure falls between the cracks of Arizona's election recount statute.
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Pharmacists: Biden admin’s limit on drug-industry middlemen backfires https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/111823_pharma_regs/pharmacists-biden-admins-limit-drug-industry-middlemen-backfires/
The Biden administration’s first major step toward imposing limits on the pharmacy benefit managers who act as the drug industry’s price negotiators is backfiring, pharmacists say. Instead, it’s adding to the woes of the independent drugstores it was partly designed to help.
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Courts, state officials hesitate to keep Trump off 2024 ballots https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/111823_trump_ballots/courts-state-officials-hesitate-keep-trump-off-2024-ballots/
Some scholars say a little-known, Civil War-era provision in the U.S. Constitution should prohibit former President Donald Trump from appearing on state ballots in next year’s presidential election - but it seems increasingly unlikely that he will be disqualified.
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Family of Tohono O'odham man killed by Border Patrol agents to sue federal government https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111723_mattia_shooting_suit/family-tohono-oodham-man-killed-by-border-patrol-agents-sue-federal-government/
The family of a Tohono O'odham man shot and killed by Border Patrol agents in May has filed a notice of claim — a precursor to a federal lawsuit. "They murdered him in his front yard," an attorney said Friday.
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Biden signs stopgap spending bill, avoiding government shutdown https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/111723_biden_spending_bill/biden-signs-stopgap-spending-bill-avoiding-government-shutdown/
President Joe Biden has signed the stopgap spending bill, giving his administration and Congress about two months to work out agreement on the dozen annual spending bills.
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NY judge temporarily lifts gag orders in Trump Org civil fraud case https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/111723_trump_gag_order/ny-judge-temporarily-lifts-gag-orders-trump-org-civil-fraud-case/
A New York judge temporarily lifted a pair of gag orders against Donald Trump and his legal team pending a full appeal in the former president’s $250 million civil fraud trial.
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DOJ backs tenants in case alleging price-fixing by big landlords & a real estate tech company https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/111723_landlords_price_fixing/doj-backs-tenants-case-alleging-price-fixing-by-big-landlords-real-estate-tech-company/
The U.S. Department of Justice stepped into a massive antitrust lawsuit filed by dozens of tenants who are accusing a tech company’s apartment software of helping landlords collude to inflate rents - a practice that experts said may violate antitrust laws.
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