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Why FEMA’s disaster relief gets political when hurricane season & election season collide tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Rumors and lies about government responses to natural disasters are not new, and the rhetoric around federal emergency management is made only more complicated because most people do not know that much about the federal law that governs disaster relief.

Sheriff Nanos claims challenger Lappin helped reporter pay inmate for story tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Updated: The Republican challenger to Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos was suspended from her post at the county jail because she "colluded with a journalist" to pay an inmate for a news story, the sheriff said Tuesday. The newsroom says it's being "targeted" over critical coverage.

Religious groups support Apache Stronghold’s opposition to Oak Flat copper mine tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Eighty-five religious organizations stepped up to support Apache Stronghold in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review an appeals court decision over the Oak Flat copper mine, saying it discriminates against Native religious beliefs.

Meta fails to knock out states’ claims that Facebook, Instagram are addictive for young users tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal judge mostly denied Meta's request to dismiss claims by 34 states that it designed social media apps like Facebook and Instagram to make them addictive for minors, resulting in a variety of harms to children, local governments and the public health.

Pentagon upgrades discharges of hundreds of LGBTQ veterans tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Hundreds of gay and lesbian veterans will soon receive honorable discharges, marking a major step forward in the Pentagon’s promise to address decades of discrimination against LGBTQ service members.

Trump vows to levy ‘horrible’ tariffs on imports, rejecting fears of inflation spike tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump defended his plans for steep tariffs, arguing economists who say that those higher costs would get passed onto consumers are incorrect and that his proposals would benefit American manufacturing.

Sheriff Nanos claims challenger Lappin helped reporter pay inmate for story tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Updated: The Republican challenger to Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos was suspended from her post at the county jail because she "colluded with a journalist" to pay an inmate for a news story, the sheriff said Tuesday. The newsroom says it's being "targeted" over critical coverage.

How Arizona’s system for verifying mail ballots is hurting key voters tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
With more people in Arizona and across the country voting by mail, election officials are increasingly relying on the signatures on ballot envelopes to confirm voters’ identities, but laws in Maricopa County’s signature verification process may lead to disenfranchisement.

Social Security & Medicare: Where do Harris and Trump stand? tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Though Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and Republican candidate Donald Trump have both mentioned Social Security and Medicare, neither campaign has sought to elevate the financial stability of the two programs as a core issue.

State supreme court races could determine abortion access in several states tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
State supreme court elections are no longer down-ballot, low-information races. Today, with the high stakes of reproductive rights on the line, these races are pivotal.

Sheriff Nanos: Challenger Lappin helped reporter pay inmate for story tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Updated: The Republican challenger to Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos was suspended from her post at the county jail because she "colluded with a journalist" to pay an inmate for a news story, the sheriff said Tuesday.

Sheriff Nanos: Challenger Lappin helped reporter pay inmate for story tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Updated: The Republican challenger to Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos was suspended from her post at the county jail because she "colluded with a journalist" to pay an inmate for a news story, the sheriff said Tuesday.

Sheriff Nanos: Challenger Lappin helped reporter pay inmate for story tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Republican challenger to Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos was suspended from her post at the county jail because she "colluded with a journalist" to pay an inmate for a news story, a spokesman for the sheriff said Tuesday.

6 tips to unlocking your pumpkin’s potential (with Arizona stencils) tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Six tips from pumpkin artist Ray Villafane for finding the potential in any Halloween pumpkin carving, and four Arizona-themed Halloween stencils.

Tucson is for Halloween lovers: Spooky events happening in Southern Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
From terrifying haunts to family-friendly trick-or-treating, Tucson and neighboring cities have events to satisfy cravings for a spook.

Trump’s proposed mass deportations could ‘decimate’ U.S. food supply tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s hard-line approach to immigration - with its laser focus on removing immigrants without permanent legal status - has the potential threaten the economy and disrupt the U.S. food supply chain, which is reliant on many forms of migrant labor.

U.S. citizens aren’t guaranteed the right to vote: Just ask the people of Guam tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Neither military nor ‘abroad,’ many residents of U.S. territories — including veterans — are left out of the presidential election, an issue that highlights the fact the Constitution does not explicitly guarantee a right to vote.

Millions of aging Americans are facing dementia alone tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
In a health care system that assumes older adults have family caregivers to help them, those facing dementia by themselves often fall through the cracks.

Colorado rests case challenging Kroger-Albertsons merger tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Colorado attorneys on Monday rested their case challenging Kroger’s $24.6 billion purchase of Albertsons, a business deal also opposed by the FTC and several states, including Arizona.

Pima County Sheriff Nanos puts challenger Lappin on leave, citing potential crimes tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has put Lt. Heather Lappin, his opponent in the sheriff’s race, on paid administrative leave citing possible criminal infractions, and also placed Sgt. Aaron Cross, president of the Pima County Deputy’s Organization, on paid leave.

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