Pima Dems elect party leadership for next 2 years https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121224_pima_dems/pima-dems-elect-party-leadership-next-2-years/
The Pima County Democratic Party elected new leadership last weekend. Eric Robbins will continue to chair the local political organization.
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Az death penalty foes want Hobbs to publish independent report she spiked https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121224_death_penalty_hobbs/az-death-penalty-foes-want-hobbs-publish-independent-report-she-spiked/
Several advocacy groups on Wednesday called on Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs to finish and release an investigation into the state’s death penalty practices after she abruptly fired the commissioner who was hired to examine how the corrections department carried out executions.
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Arizona AG sues megafarm for excessive groundwater pumping https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121224_mayes_fondomonte/arizona-ag-sues-megafarm-excessive-groundwater-pumping/
Following through on a promise made in April, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes sued a corporate megafarm she says is responsible for irreversible damage to underground water aquifers and wells in La Paz County.
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Biden urged to ensure immigrants’ temporary legal status before Trump mass deportations https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121224_tps_daca_biden/biden-urged-ensure-immigrants-temporary-legal-status-before-trump-mass-deportations/
Immigrants and advocates are pressing the Biden administration to redesignate TPS, and also stressed that the White House should direct the Department of Homeland Security’s immigration agency to speed up renewal applications for those in the DACA program.
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Immigration judges seek 4th Circuit’s OK to sue over free speech https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121224_immigration_speech/immigration-judges-seek-4th-circuits-ok-sue-over-free-speech/
Federal immigration judges argued on appeal they had a right to sue the government over a policy that prohibits them from providing their personal opinions on immigration issues.
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FBI director to step down before Trump inauguration https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121224_fbi_wray/fbi-director-step-down-before-trump-inauguration/
FBI Director Christopher Wray announced he will resign from his position before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January, after Trump tapped ally Kash Patel to serve as his next FBI director.
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After losing 2 elections in AZ, Kari Lake tapped to lead Voice of America https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121224_voa_lake/after-losing-2-elections-az-kari-lake-tapped-lead-voice-america/
President-elect Donald Trump announced that he had picked Kari Lake, a former newscaster who lost two statewide races in Arizona in 2022 and 2024, to helm of the taxpayer-funded Voice of America.
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Albertsons sues Kroger after Oregon, Washington judges block $24.6B merger https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121124_albertsons_kroger_lawsuit/albertsons-sues-kroger-after-oregon-washington-judges-block-246b-merger/
On Wednesday, the day after a federal judge in Oregon and a state judge in Washington blocked a merger between two supermarket giants, Albertsons canceled the $24.6 billion merger agreement and sued Kroger.
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Natural Grocers closes East Side store in a move workers say is retaliation for Tucson union drive https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121124_natural_grocers_union/natural-grocers-closes-east-side-store-move-workers-say-retaliation-tucson-union-drive/
A Natural Grocers store on Tucson’s East Side is closing Wednesday, with the national chain citing an expired lease and workers claiming illegal retaliation after a union drive this summer.
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Shoe-leather reporting: 10 years on the line & a worn pair of boots https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121124_help_sentinel_boots/shoe-leather-reporting-10-years-line-worn-pair-boots/
For a decade, I wore my signature leather boots while reporting on Southern Arizona, but this year, they finally fell apart. When you back the Sentinel's local independent journalism, you're literally investing in the shoe leather we wear out digging into stories you can read anywhere else.
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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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'Tis the season for disposing of household hazardous waste https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121124_hazwaste_december/tis-season-disposing-household-hazardous-waste/
Get rid of your old paint, computers and sensitive documents this Saturday at the city of Tucson’s monthly household hazardous waste collection event.
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Republican Sen. Tom Cotton blocks press freedom bill Trump said GOP ‘must kill’ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121124_press_act/republican-sen-tom-cotton-blocks-press-freedom-bill-trump-said-gop-must-kill/
An effort to pass a sweeping measure aimed at protecting press freedoms was struck down in the U.S. Senate after it drew strong objections from President-elect Donald Trump, who’s had a rather rocky relationship with the press.
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NY attorney general rejects Trump’s plea to vacate massive civil fraud judgment https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121024_trump_fraud/ny-attorney-general-rejects-trumps-plea-vacate-massive-civil-fraud-judgment/
New York Attorney General Letitia James won’t drop the nearly half a billion dollar civil fraud judgment she won against President-elect Donald Trump earlier this year, despite Trump asking her to do so after his 2024 election win.
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Honoring the children: Biden proclaims nat'l monument at Carlisle Indian School https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121124_boarding_school_monument/honoring-children-biden-proclaims-natl-monument-carlisle-indian-school/
President Joe Biden announced the creation of a national monument on the site of the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School, honoring the tens of thousands of students who attended boarding schools as part of the government’s brutal efforts at forced assimilation of Native people.
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You're invited: Support local independent reporting at Tucson Sentinel's Holiday Shindig https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/120524_holiday_shindig/youre-invited-support-local-independent-reporting-tucson-sentinels-holiday-shindig/
Come celebrate the holiday season with a few drinks, a bite to eat and lots of healthy conversation, as we observe whatever it is you/we/they celebrate this time of year — especially the 233rd birthday of the Bill of Rights and the impending 15th birthday of the Tucson Sentinel.
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Rural New Mexico, Arizona residents oppose Air Force training flight expansion over health risks https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121124_air_force_expansion/rural-new-mexico-arizona-residents-oppose-air-force-training-flight-expansion-over-health-risks/
The Air Force wants to change rules on military aircraft operations - a proposal many claim will turn giant swaths of Southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico into low-level military operations training areas.
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Honoring the children: Biden proclaims new nat'l monument at Carlisle https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121124_boarding_school_monument/honoring-children-biden-proclaims-new-natl-monument-carlisle/
President Joe Biden announced the creation of a new national monument on the site of the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School to honor the tens of thousands of students who attended boarding schools as part of the government’s brutal efforts at forced assimilation of Native people.
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Commission gives Gov. Hobbs 5 options for new Arizona Supreme Court justice https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121124_supreme_court_hobbs/commission-gives-gov-hobbs-5-options-new-arizona-supreme-court-justice/
Gov. Katie Hobbs will pick Arizona’s newest Supreme Court justice from five nominees — including two judges and three attorneys — recommended to her by a judicial screening panel.
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Honoring the children: Biden proclaims new national monument at Carlisle https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121124_boarding_school_monument/honoring-children-biden-proclaims-new-national-monument-carlisle/
President Joe Biden announced the creation of a new national monument on the site of the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School to honor the tens of thousands of students who attended boarding schools as part of the government’s brutal efforts at forced assimilation of Native people.
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