As farm bill reauthorization debate continues, corporations keep lobbying funds flowing https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120924_farm_bill_lobbying/as-farm-bill-reauthorization-debate-continues-corporations-keep-lobbying-funds-flowing/
The delayed passage of the latest farm bill extended the window for organizations interested in impacting the nation’s food assistance programs, ramping up corporate lobby spending on nutrition issues.
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TikTok asks to freeze looming ban pending SCOTUS appeal https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120924_tiktok_ban/tiktok-asks-freeze-looming-ban-pending-scotus-appeal/
TikTok filed an emergency motion Monday seeking to halt an impending Jan. 19, 2025, deadline for the social media giant to divest itself from Chinese parent company ByteDance to allow the Supreme Court to hear its appeal.
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Panel on Trump assassination attempts wraps up with Secret Service pledge of improvements https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120924_assassination_panel/panel-trump-assassination-attempts-wraps-up-with-secret-service-pledge-improvements/
Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. touted multiple changes and improvements to his agency in the wake of two assassination attempts against Donald Trump earlier this year.
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Solar power growth could slow if Trump keeps promise to kill Biden-era incentives https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120924_solar_trump/solar-power-growth-could-slow-if-trump-keeps-promise-kill-biden-era-incentives/
The Sun Stream Complex in western Maricopa County will soon generate enough power to supply over 200,000 homes, and the first phase has been transforming Arizona’s scalding sunlight into electricity for more than three years - but such projects may not be possible much longer.
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LGBTQ+ parents are rushing to adopt their children before Trump is sworn in https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120924_lgbtq_adoption/lgbtq-parents-are-rushing-adopt-their-children-before-trump-sworn/
Attorneys have been inundated with requests for adoptions, a safeguard some queer families are using to make sure they retain parental rights to their nonbiological kids before a second Trump administration that may be hostile to LGBTQ+ people.
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The dark future of American child care https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120824_child_care_future/the-dark-future-american-child-care/
Faced with the end of pandemic aid and more pressure on all fronts, states have been more assertive than ever before in developing their own child care policies - and nearly a dozen are trying to roll back some of the measures known to improve quality and keep children safe.
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Nursing home industry wants Trump to rescind staffing mandate https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120724_nursing_home_staffing/nursing-home-industry-wants-trump-rescind-staffing-mandate/
With Donald Trump’s return to the White House, the nursing home industry is ramping up pressure to kill the requirement that homes employ a minimum number of nurses before it takes effect, leaving thousands of residents in homes too short-staffed to provide proper care.
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‘I’ll never forget’: Pearl Harbor survivor & Arizonan Jack Holder remembers surprise attack https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120721_az_pearl_harbor_survivor/ill-never-forget-pearl-harbor-survivor-arizonan-jack-holder-remembers-surprise-attack/
What started as a calm Sunday morning in Oahu on Dec. 7, 1941, ended as a terrible day in American history - and a day Chandler resident Jack Holder remembers like it was yesterday.
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Video: FDR's Pearl Harbor Address https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120724_pearl_harbor_address/video-fdrs-pearl-harbor-address/
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor Address to Congress: "Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."
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Lend Santa a hand: Tucson toy drives underway https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120624_toy_drives/lend-santa-hand-tucson-toy-drives-underway/
If the spirit of giving has moved you to contribute to a local toy drive, here are some options.
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Nanos wins recount in Pima County sheriff's race https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120624_sheriff_recount/nanos-wins-recount-pima-county-sheriffs-race/
Updated: A recount showed that Pima County sheriff Chris Nanos defeated GOP challenger Heather Lappin by 481 votes.
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Brandon Judd, ex-head of Border Patrol union, tapped as Trump's ambassador to Chile https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120624_judd_chile/brandon-judd-ex-head-border-patrol-union-tapped-as-trumps-ambassador-chile/
Brandon Judd, a retired Border Patrol agent and president of the National Border Patrol Union, will be nominated to become the U.S. ambassador to Chile, Donald Trump's transition team announced Thursday evening.
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Pearl Harbor Day: USS Arizona videos https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120724_pearl_harbor_arizona/pearl-harbor-day-uss-arizona-videos/
Videos of the USS Arizona, past and present. 1,177 members of the crew of the USS Arizona were killed as the battleship exploded and sank during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. The bodies of more than 900 remain entombed in the vessel, which serves as a memorial for all who died during the attack.
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Flags at half-staff Saturday to mark Pearl Harbor anniversary https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120624_flags_half_staff/flags-half-staff-saturday-mark-pearl-harbor-anniversary/
Across the country, American and state flags will be flown at half-staff Saturday to mark the 83-year anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Trump-era Border Patrol chief tapped to lead CBP https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120524_scott_nominated/trump-era-border-patrol-chief-tapped-lead-cbp/
Rodney Scott, a former chief of U.S. Border Patrol during the Trump administration, has been nominated to lead U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Trump transition team said Thursday evening.
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Colorado River stakeholders puzzle over future distribution as waters dry up https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120624_crwua_water_shortage/colorado-river-stakeholders-puzzle-over-future-distribution-as-waters-dry-up/
Millions of people in the U.S. and Mexico depend on the Colorado River, but as the river shrinks, the Colorado River Water Users Association worries there may soon not be enough water to go around.
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Nanos wins recount in Pima County sheriff's race https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120624_sheriff_recount/nanos-wins-recount-pima-county-sheriffs-race/
A recount showed that Pima County sheriff Chris Nanos defeated GOP challenger Heather Lappin by 481 votes.
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Judge tosses GOP lawsuit to purge 1.27 million Arizona voters https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120624_voter_lawsuit_tossed/judge-tosses-gop-lawsuit-purge-127-million-arizona-voters/
District Court Judge Dominic Lanza has thrown out a lawsuit launched by Arizona Republicans claiming that the state is violating federal law by failing to clean up the state’s voter registration list, saying there is no legal grounds to sue.
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Amazon fights deception claims in Arizona court https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120624_amazon_deception/amazon-fights-deception-claims-arizona-court/
Amazon defended its sales practices in state court against accusations from Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes that its “buy box” function deceives consumers.
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Growth of sports betting may be linked to financial woes, new studies find https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120624_gambling_finance/growth-sports-betting-may-linked-financial-woes-new-studies-find/
Legal sports gambling is more widespread than ever, an while states have cheered the new tax revenue from sports gambling, some new studies have linked the burgeoning industry to lower consumer credit scores, higher credit card debt and less household savings.
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