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Grijalva raises more than $1.3M in Southern Az congressional race https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091725_cd7_fundraising/grijalva-raises-more-than-13m-southern-az-congressional-race/
With the Sept. 23 special Congressional District 7 election less than a week away, campaign finance reports show that Democrat Adelita Grijalva has raised more than six times as much money as Republican Daniel Butierez.
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Arizona’s Cochise County asks Justice Department to look back at 2022 election https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091725_cochise_election/arizonas-cochise-county-asks-justice-department-look-back-2022-election/
Cochise County officials want the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate a longstanding and disputed claim that the federal laboratories that test voting systems across the country weren’t properly accredited before the 2022 midterm election.
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Dittmer: In Arizona, electricity is survival. The Constitution must protect it. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/091725_az_power_op/dittmer-arizona-electricity-survival-constitution-must-protect-it/
Arizona has been selling its water, land and now electricity as if they were infinite. But what happens when that spark burns out, and Arizonans are left in a blackout? What protections stand between us and a deadly outcome?
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Hobbs: Flags to half-staff to honor firefighters killed near Show Low https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091725_half_staff/hobbs-flags-half-staff-honor-firefighters-killed-near-show-low/
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs ordered flags at all state buildings lowered to half-staff on Wednesday and Thursday in honor of the two firefighters who lost their lives in a crash Sunday.
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Poverty dropped in most states last year, but trend could reverse as cuts loom https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091725_poverty_trend/poverty-dropped-most-states-last-year-but-trend-could-reverse-as-cuts-loom/
Poverty dropped last year nationwide and in 38 states, according to census estimates released Thursday.
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U.S. Senate Dems push GOP for extension of expiring health care subsidies https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091725_healthcare_subsidies/us-senate-dems-push-gop-extension-expiring-health-care-subsidies/
A trio of Senate Democrats urged Republican lawmakers at a Tuesday press conference to extend and make permanent the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits set to expire at the end of 2025.
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Other Highland festivals folding tents, but Tucson won't give up the jig https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/091725_celtic_fest/other-highland-festivals-folding-tents-but-tucson-wont-give-up-jig/
The Celtic Festival and Scottish Highland Games are coming at a time when events of its kind are being canceled across the world.
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Mendez & Mendoza each score 2 goals as Pima women trounce Glendale 7-1 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/091725_pcc_womens_soccer/mendez-mendoza-each-score-2-goals-as-pima-women-trounce-glendale-7-1/
The Pima Community College women’s soccer team (3-1-2, 3-0-1 in ACCAC) handed Glendale Community College their first defeat of the season (3-1, 3-1) on Tuesday as the teams locked up in an ACCAC conference game at the West Campus Aztec Field.
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Mina & Flores net goals as Pima men shut out Glendale https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/091725_pcc_mens_soccer/mina-flores-net-goals-as-pima-men-shut-out-glendale/
The Pima Community College men’s soccer team (5-1, 3-1 in ACCAC) earned a second straight shutout victory on Tuesday in their game against Glendale Community College at the West Campus Aztec Field.
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Tucson Council candidates discuss gun violence & political rhetoric at forum https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091625_tucson_council_forum/tucson-council-candidates-discuss-gun-violence-political-rhetoric-forum/
The candidates in this year’s Tucson City Council election discussed gun violence and political speech at a forum on Monday.
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Mexican Independence Day draws defiant crowd in Phoenix amid deportation raids https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091625_phx_deportations/mexican-independence-day-draws-defiant-crowd-phoenix-amid-deportation-raids/
The Arizona Capitol was alive with music and cheering on Monday night in a celebration that emphasized the presence and belonging of immigrants in the country.
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9th Circuit reverses injunction on Arizona election canvass rule https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091625_az_canvass_ruling/9th-circuit-reverses-injunction-arizona-election-canvass-rule/
A 9th Circuit panel reversed an injunction against a new election guideline conservative activists say could disenfranchise whole counties of Arizona voters but affirmed an injunction against another it says could violate First Amendment free speech.
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New Mexico will be the first state to make child care free https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091625_nm_child_care/new-mexico-will-first-state-make-child-care-free/
In an unprecedented move, New Mexico is making child care free.
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First section of new border wall in Az's San Rafael Valley visible Monday https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091625_srv_border_wall/first-section-new-border-wall-azs-san-rafael-valley-visible-monday/
The first 250-foot stretch of a new black-painted border wall has been erected in a "biological hotspot" southeast of Tucson, with environmentalists calling the construction an "ecological disaster in the making" and "cruel political theater."
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Pima County Treasurer sends out 500 blank property tax statements https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091625_blank_tax_statements/pima-county-treasurer-sends-out-500-blank-property-tax-statements/
More than 500 property owners in Pima County were recently sent property tax statements that were blank. The Treasurer's Office quickly moved to send corrected documents to residents whose home addresses are kept confidential from the public.
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Election officials recommend voters mail back S. Az congressional ballot by Tuesday https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091625_political_calendar/election-officials-recommend-voters-mail-back-s-az-congressional-ballot-by-tuesday/
A roundup of upcoming Tucson-area political events: Public meeting on a proposed homeless camping site on Wednesday; the special congressional election on Sept. 23; City Council races on the horizon; Sentinel team on the airwaves & more
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Arizona Democrats say they feel unsafe around GOP lawmaker after email rejecting a plea for unity https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091625_dems_safety_gillette/arizona-democrats-say-they-feel-unsafe-around-gop-lawmaker-after-email-rejecting-plea-unity/
Some Democrats in the Arizona House of Representatives say they feel unsafe around a Republican lawmaker after he responded to a call for unity in the face of political violence with a misinformation-filled diatribe where he claimed that the Democratic Party “has woken the sleeping giant” following the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
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Arizona Democrats say they feel unsafe around GOP lawmaker after email rejecting a plea for unity https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091625_dems_safety_gillette1/arizona-democrats-say-they-feel-unsafe-around-gop-lawmaker-after-email-rejecting-plea-unity/
Some Democrats in the Arizona House of Representatives say they feel unsafe around a Republican lawmaker after he responded to a call for unity in the face of political violence with a misinformation-filled diatribe where he claimed that the Democratic Party “has woken the sleeping giant” following the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
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Aging U.S. railroad bridges are self-inspected & the findings are kept secret https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091625_aging_bridges/aging-us-railroad-bridges-are-self-inspected-findings-are-kept-secret/
Railroad bridge safety across the U.S. is hamstrung by minimal government oversight and limited transparency, leaving companies largely in control of inspecting and maintaining their own bridges and allowing them to keep most details about problems out of sight from the public.
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Trump administration sued for using Ghana as ‘end-run’ around deportation protections https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091525_deportations_ghana/trump-administration-sued-using-ghana-as-end-run-around-deportation-protections/
A Friday lawsuit from a civil rights group accused the Trump administration of bypassing deportation restrictions on immigrants slated for removal by sending them to Ghana and having the West African nation deport them to their countries of origin, despite credible findings they could face harm there.
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