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Arizona GOP bid to block ‘dark money’ disclosure in 2024 fails https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/123023_az_dark_money/arizona-gop-bid-block-dark-money-disclosure-2024-fails/
A judge on Friday refused a bid by Arizona Republican legislative leaders to block an anti-dark money law that voters passed in 2022, concluding that their claims that the new state law is unconstitutional don't pass muster.
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Ukraine recap: As cracks appear in Western support, 2024 looks set to be a desperate fight for survival https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/123023_ukraine_survival_op/ukraine-recap-as-cracks-appear-western-support-2024-looks-set-desperate-fight-survival/
Winter 2023-2024 has brought with it the sense that there is now an ever-more uncertain faultline between the West and an increasingly aggressive Russia, and as cracks appear in Western support, 2024 looks set to be a desperate fight for survival for Ukraine.
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Pima men net big upset over No. 5 Snow College https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/122923_pcc_mens_basketball/pima-men-net-big-upset-over-no-5-snow-college/
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team (11-1) scored one of the biggest wins of the season on Friday in the second day of the Aztec Holiday Classic.
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Waugh, Niemann & Acosta combine for 53 but Pima women drop game to Eastern Wyoming https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/123023_pcc_womens_basketball/waugh-niemann-acosta-combine-53-but-pima-women-drop-game-eastern-wyoming/
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (9-3) found itself in a battle on Friday in the second day of the Aztec Holiday Classic.
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Where did the new year’s resolution come from? Well, we’ve been making them for 4,000 years https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/123023_new_years_resolutions_op/where-did-new-years-resolution-come-from-well-weve-been-making-them-4000-years/
New year pledges or promises are not new, and most ancient cultures practiced some type of religious tradition or festival at the beginning of the new year - and people were making and breaking pledges just as they do to this day.
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UFO buffs feel the R-E-S-P-E-C-T as government gets serious about research https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/123023_ufo_respect/ufo-buffs-feel-r-e-s-p-e-c-t-as-government-gets-serious-research/
Researchers are encouraged by the federal government’s recent interest in explaining Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena – the new name for what used to be called UFOs.
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Homeless residents face uncertainty as encampment sweeps gain steam https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/123023_homeless_sweeps/homeless-residents-face-uncertainty-as-encampment-sweeps-gain-steam/
While cities and the unhoused wait for affordable housing options to emerge, elected leaders are trying to find ways to alleviate the uncomfortable visuals of countless rows of their constituents sheltered in tents - including greenlighting more sweeps and adopting city-designated camps.
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Holiday hours: Offices where all is quiet on New Year's Day https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122923_new_year_closure/holiday-hours-offices-where-all-quiet-new-years-day/
What's open, what's closed on January 1 around Tucson.
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Arizona court agrees to withhold grand jury transcripts in Remington case https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122923_remington_ruling/arizona-court-agrees-withhold-grand-jury-transcripts-remington-case/
Attorneys representing former Tucson Police Officer Ryan Remington will not have access to transcripts from a second grand jury hearing, a state appeals court ruled. Remington was indicted in the 2021 death of a man accused of shoplifting, but that case was thrown out.
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Begay scores 12 off bench as Pima women surge past Bismarck https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/122823_pcc_womens_basketball/begay-scores-12-off-bench-as-pima-women-surge-past-bismarck/
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (9-2) returned from the holiday break and opened the Aztec Holiday Classic with a victory on Thursday at the West Campus Aztec Gymnasium.
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Gonzales goes for 17pts, 7reb, 6asts as Pima men net win over Bismarck State https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/122823_pcc_mens_basketball/gonzales-goes-17pts-7reb-6asts-as-pima-men-net-win-over-bismarck-state/
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team (10-1) opened play in the Aztec Holiday Classic on Thursday at the West Campus Aztec Gymnasium.
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¿La mejor manera de cumplir un propósito de Año Nuevo? Haga un 'propósito de año viejo' https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/122923_old_new_resolutions_esp/191la-mejor-manera-de-cumplir-un-proposito-de-ano-nuevo-haga-un-proposito-de-ano-viejo/
Con el enfoque del “año viejo”, tal vez puedas eludir los desafíos inevitables que conllevan las resoluciones tradicionales de Año Nuevo y lograr cambios positivos y duraderos.
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¿La mejor manera de cumplir un propósito de Año Nuevo? Haga un “propósito de año viejo” https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/122923_old_new_resolutions_esp/191la-mejor-manera-de-cumplir-un-proposito-de-ano-nuevo-haga-un-8220proposito-de-ano-viejo8221/
Con el enfoque del “año viejo”, tal vez puedas eludir los desafíos inevitables que conllevan las resoluciones tradicionales de Año Nuevo y lograr cambios positivos y duraderos.
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Justice says it will sue if Texas enforces new law punishing illegal border crossing https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/122923_tx_migrant_law/justice-says-it-will-sue-if-texas-enforces-new-law-punishing-illegal-border-crossing/
The U.S. Department of Justice has threatened to sue to stop a new Texas law that allows state police to arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the border — unless Gov. Greg Abbott backs off of enforcing the law.
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No ongoing risks for migrants with temporary protected status, federal judge says https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/122923_tps_migrants/no-ongoing-risks-migrants-with-temporary-protected-status-federal-judge-says/
A federal judge dismissed with prejudice the complaint of migrants from four countries who had their temporary protected statuses terminated under the Trump administration, writing that the case was moot and there was no evidence that the Biden admin would change their status again.
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Colorado Republicans bring Supreme Court into Trump ballot fight https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/122923_trump_colorado/colorado-republicans-bring-supreme-court-into-trump-ballot-fight/
The Colorado Republican Party said it asked the Supreme Court to put Donald Trump back on the state’s primary ballot after Colorado’s high court removed the former president from the state’s ballot using the 14th Amendment.
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Trump disqualified from Maine ballot https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/122923_trump_maine/trump-disqualified-from-maine-ballot/
Former President Donald Trump has been removed from Maine's 2024 primary ballot, the second state to disqualify Trump from the upcoming presidential ballot over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
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Arizona budget deficit already at $400 million, growing quickly https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122923_budget_deficit/arizona-budget-deficit-already-400-million-growing-quickly/
The budget deficit that Arizona lawmakers will be grappling with when they return to work in January will be much larger than what was expected just a couple of months ago as tax collections are down, almost entirely due to a sharp decline in individual income taxes.
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GOP lawmakers grill former justice on Maricopa County ballot printer problems https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122923_mcgregor_elections/gop-lawmakers-grill-former-justice-maricopa-county-ballot-printer-problems/
Arizona Republican state lawmakers Alexander Kolodin and Neal Carter questioned former Arizona Supreme Court Justice Ruth McGregor about an independent investigation she did into Maricopa County’s ballot printer issues during the 2022 general election.
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