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Tucson’s top pinball players prepare for state championship amid game’s revival https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/011725_pinball_tournament/tucsons-top-pinball-players-prepare-state-championship-amid-games-revival/
John Finnegan and Ben Clement, two of the world's best pinball players, will be representing Tucson at the Arizona State Pinball Championship on Saturday in Tempe.
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Dahl: 'Toilet to tap' plan is good, but more water conservation is even better https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/011725_dahl_water_op/dahl-toilet-tap-plan-good-but-more-water-conservation-even-better/
Tucson must continue to expand our commitment to water conservation and reduce our consumption.
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Biden declares Equal Rights Amendment is the ‘law of the land,’ contradicting nat'l archivist https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011725_equal_rights/biden-declares-equal-rights-amendment-law-land-contradicting-natl-archivist/
President Joe Biden released a statement Friday saying he believes the Equal Rights Amendment should be added as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution, despite a statement from the archivist of the United States that it cannot.
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Tucson MLK march to take place Monday; What's open & what's closed https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011725_mlk_day/tucson-mlk-march-take-place-monday-whats-open-whats-closed/
Tucson's Martin Luther King, Jr. Day will kick off with a march and celebration at Reid Park, but residents should remember most government services will close for the holiday.
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Pima County election: Rex Scott improved vote margin in most District 1 precincts https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011725_scott_supes_map/pima-county-election-rex-scott-improved-vote-margin-most-district-1-precincts/
Pima County Supervisor Rex Scott will take up the chair’s gavel at the five-member board’s January 21 meeting, but he could also receive an award for “most improved margin of victory in the 2024 election.”
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Tucson's coalition against Prop. 414 sales tax reveals why civilization is so completely screwed https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/011725_prop_414_tax_op/tucsons-coalition-against-prop-414-sales-tax-reveals-why-civilization-so-completely-screwed/
When everyone plays "my way or the highway," the good becomes a mortal enemy of the perfect and nothing gets done as we continue to ask why nothing gets done.
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Tribal leaders remind legislators that Arizona benefits from working together https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011725_tribal_legislature/tribal-leaders-remind-legislators-that-arizona-benefits-from-working-together/
From a well-negotiated gaming compact and working on building a secure water future for Arizona to securing funding for widening Interstate 10, tribal leaders from Arizona sought to remind state legislators of the importance of state and tribal partnerships.
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Same song, new singer: GOP lawmakers heed election warnings only after ex-colleague delivers them https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011725_election_warnings/same-song-new-singer-gop-lawmakers-heed-election-warnings-only-after-ex-colleague-delivers-them/
Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap told legislative Republicans that rural election officials often opposed election reform proposals due to a dearth of resources - and those lawmakers did something they rarely do when hearing it from the counties themselves: They believed him.
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Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011725_scotus_tiktok/supreme-court-upholds-tiktok-ban/
The Supreme Court cleared the way for a looming ban on TikTok, upholding lawmakers’ strong-arm tactics against the popular social platform’s Chinese ownership.
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Trump’s plan to roll back efforts to combat climate change worries advocates in Arizona https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011725_az_climate/trumps-plan-roll-back-efforts-combat-climate-change-worries-advocates-arizona/
A coalition of progressive Arizona organizations shared their concerns about President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to roll back efforts to combat climate change.
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Az rep with ties to hate groups files similar anti-LGBTQ+ bill that was vetoed last year https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011725_trans_fink/az-rep-with-ties-hate-groups-files-similar-anti-lgbtq-bill-that-was-vetoed-last-year/
A conservative local House member endorsed and aligned with Christian nationalists has proposed legislation to end the legal recognition of people with sexual differences and prevent their access to gender-aligned public facilities.
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El 9no Circuito confirma fin al caso de desegregación del TUSD que comenzó en 1974 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011525_tusd_deseg_esp/el-9no-circuito-confirma-fin-al-caso-de-desegregacion-del-tusd-que-comenzo-en-1974/
Después de más de 50 años de batallas legales, el 9no Circuito confirmó el miércoles una decisión que liberó al Distrito Escolar Unificado de Tucson de la supervisión judicial sobre los esfuerzos para corregir errores de segregación. Pero la miembro de la junta Sadie Shaw dijo que "no puede celebrar" el fallo.
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Trump inauguration gets cold shoulder from some Az Democrats but draws both Gallego & Stanton https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011725_trump_inauguration/trump-inauguration-gets-cold-shoulder-from-some-az-democrats-but-draws-both-gallego-stanton/
The second inauguration of former president Donald Trump is putting civility to the test, as Arizona politicians decide whether to be on hand to witness his return to power.
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El 9no Circuito confirma fin al caso de desegregación del TUSD que comenzó en 1974 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011525_tusd_deseg_esp/el-9no-circuito-confirma-fin-al-caso-de-desegregacion-del-tusd-que-comenzo-en-1974/
Después de más de 50 años de batallas legales, el 9no Circuito confirmó el miércoles una decisión que liberó al Distrito Escolar Unificado de Tucson de la supervisión judicial sobre los esfuerzos para corregir errores de segregación.
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Toilet to tap: How recycled water can advance a hydro-local water future https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/011625_water_recycling_op/toilet-tap-how-recycled-water-can-advance-hydro-local-water-future/
Tucson will be building its first facility to turn recycled wastewater into drinking water. This project — often referred to as "toilet-to-tap" — seemed like a distant future until the recent announcement. Watershed Management Group thinks this is a good project to help shift towards a hydro-local community and expand renewable local drinking water.
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Toilet to tap: Tucson to build $86.7M plant to turn wastewater into drinking water https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011625_toilet_to_tap_water/toilet-tap-tucson-build-867m-plant-turn-wastewater-into-drinking-water/
Tucson city officials and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation officials signed an agreement Wednesday to build a $86.7 million water-purification facility to turn wastewater into drinking water.
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Tucson will build $86.7M facility to turn wastewater into drinking water https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011625_water_reclaimation_agreement/tucson-will-build-867m-facility-turn-wastewater-into-drinking-water/
Tucson city officials and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation officials signed an agreement Wednesday to build a $86.7 million water-purification facility to turn wastewater into drinking water.
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Tucson will build $86.7 million facility to turn wastewater into drinking water https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011625_water_reclaimation_agreement/tucson-will-build-867-million-facility-turn-wastewater-into-drinking-water/
Tucson city officials and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation officials signed an agreement Wednesday to build a $86.7 million water-purification facility to turn wastewater into drinking water.
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Tucson will build $86.7 million facility to turn wastewater into drinking water https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011625_water_reclaimation_agreement/tucson-will-build-867-million-facility-turn-wastewater-into-drinking-water/
Tucson city officials and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation officials signed an agreement Wednesday to build a $86.7 million water-purification facility to turn wastewater into drinking water.
#Tucson #Arizona

U.S. Senate GOP blocks lifeline for TikTok, though CEO will sit with Trump at inaugural https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011625_senate_tiktok/us-senate-gop-blocks-lifeline-tiktok-though-ceo-will-sit-with-trump-inaugural/
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer slammed Republicans Thursday for blocking a last-ditch effort to extend TikTok’s lifespan in the U.S. — even as the video platform’s CEO is expected to be among the tech moguls at President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
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