Notices by Tucson Sentinel (tucsonsentinel@mastodon.tucsonsentinel.com)

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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Trump’s return puts Medicaid on chopping block https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011325_trump_medicaid/trumps-return-puts-medicaid-chopping-block/
Under President Joe Biden, enrollment in Medicaid hit a record high and the uninsured rate reached a record low, but Donald Trump’s return to the White House — along with a GOP-controlled Senate and House of Representatives — is expected to change that.
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Court affirms $5M judgment against Trump in E. Jean Carroll sexual assault case https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/123124_trump_assault/court-affirms-5m-judgment-against-trump-e-jean-carroll-sexual-assault-case/
A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a New York jury’s finding in a civil case that Donald Trump sexually abused magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll in an upscale Manhattan department store dressing room in the mid-1990s.
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Tucson suing Air Force over PFAS 'forever chemicals' could have broad implications https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/122124_tucson_pfas_suit_op/tucson-suing-air-force-over-pfas-forever-chemicals-could-have-broad-implications/
The legal kerfuffle between the city of Tucson and Davis-Monthan Air Force Base over PFAS could be big. Like, Supreme Court big. I'm talking legal-podcasters-hair-on-fire big.
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BP agents involved in fatal shooting of Tohono O'odham man named in lawsuit https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121324_border_agents_named/bp-agents-involved-fatal-shooting-tohono-oodham-man-named-lawsuit/
Three Border Patrol agents involved in the fatal shooting of a Tohono O'odham man in front of his home in 2023 were identified in legal filings on Friday.
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AI enters Congress: Sexually explicit deepfakes target women lawmakers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121324_congress_deepfakes/ai-enters-congress-sexually-explicit-deepfakes-target-women-lawmakers/
More than two dozen members of Congress have been the victims of sexually explicit deepfakes — and an overwhelming majority of those impacted are women, and there is currently limited policy to restrict its creation and spread.
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Quash your warrants at Tucson City Court next Friday https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112724_warrant_quash_event/quash-your-warrants-tucson-city-court-next-friday/
If you’ve got a warrant — or you think you have a warrant — for failure to appear, unpaid tickets or other offenses in the city, you can go to Tucson City Court next week to get it quashed and make plans to straighten out your situation.
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Trump’s victory spells doom for federal criminal cases https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/110724_trump_criminal_cases/trumps-victory-spells-doom-federal-criminal-cases/
With his return to power, Donald Trump will be able to outright end his case of attempting to overturn the 2020 election, as well as an ongoing appeal of Trump-appointee U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s dismissal in his classified documents case.
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With control of White House & Senate, Republicans poised to upend U.S. climate policy https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/110624_gop_climate_policy/with-control-white-house-senate-republicans-poised-upend-us-climate-policy/
The results of the election promise to upend U.S. climate policy: In addition to returning a climate denier to the White House, voters also gave Republicans control of the Senate, laying the groundwork for attacks on everything from electric vehicles to clean energy funding.
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Claytoonz: Taking out the Bannon https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/103124_claytoonz_bannon/claytoonz-taking-out-bannon/
Just when Trump is crying that his supporters are not Nazi trash, Steve Bannon is released from prison.
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How ‘La Catrina’ became the iconic symbol of Day of the Dead https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/102823_la_catrina_icon_op/how-la-catrina-became-iconic-symbol-day-dead/
La Catrina is Mexican engraver José Guadalupe Posada’s most recognizable creation, and the the icon of Day of the Dead, Mexico’s annual fiesta in honor of the deceased that takes place annually on Nov. 1 and 2.
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Arizona judge Humetewa honored with annual Chief Standing Bear award https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102924_humetewa_award/arizona-judge-humetewa-honored-with-annual-chief-standing-bear-award/
U.S. District Court Judge Diane Humetewa, from Arizona and a member of the Hopi Tribe, was honored as the recipient of the 2024 Chief Standing Bear Award for Courage.
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Arizona has school vouchers for all, low-income families aren’t using to use them https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101424_low_income_vouchers/arizona-has-school-vouchers-all-low-income-families-arent-using-use-them/
Working-class parents have often said they’re at least initially interested in school vouchers, which in Arizona are called Empowerment Scholarship Accounts, yet when it comes to lower-income families actually choosing to use vouchers, the numbers tell a very different story.
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If you think grocery prices take a big bite out of your paycheck in U.S., check out the rest of the world https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/101424_grocery_prices/if-you-think-grocery-prices-take-big-bite-out-your-paycheck-us-check-out-rest-world/
The cost of food has been a big concern for Americans since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, but food that is dirt cheap in comparative terms, even in a time of rising food prices, is a problem virtually every other nation in the world would love to have.
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Arizona ballot Prop. 140 would create open primaries. Here’s what else it would do. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100824_prop_140_primaries/arizona-ballot-prop-140-would-create-open-primaries-heres-what-else-it-would-do/
Out of the 13 propositions on Arizona’s ballot this year, Proposition 140 stands to have the greatest effect on the state’s elections. Here’s how each type of statewide election currently works in Arizona, and how a “yes” vote on 140 would change that.
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Anti-Trump GOP group hopes to convince Arizona Republicans to back Harris https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/093024_elections_ads/anti-trump-gop-group-hopes-convince-arizona-republicans-back-harris/
A group formed by anti-Trump Republicans is spending big in the closing weeks of the election to convince Republicans in the Grand Canyon State to support Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Arizona's clean-energy jobs growing, but GOP says Inflation Reduction Act is wasteful https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092524_clean_energy_jobs/arizonas-clean-energy-jobs-growing-but-gop-says-inflation-reduction-act-wasteful/
A planned solar-powered cobalt processing facility will break ground next year in Yuma County, one of two dozen projects underway in Arizona catalyzed by the Inflation Reduction Act, legislation championed by Democrats and criticized by Republicans as a waste of taxpayer money.
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The Deciders: Issues & states that will determine who wins the White House https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092324_election_deciders/the-deciders-issues-states-that-will-determine-who-wins-white-house/
Despite the historic lead-up to Election Day, the race has now settled into familiar territory: Much like 2020’s contest, top political strategists on both sides of the aisle expect control of the White House could come down to just a few thousand votes in a handful of battleground states.
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Child brides say Az FLDS follower pressured them to marry abuser https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092324_flds_polygamist/child-brides-say-az-flds-follower-pressured-them-marry-abuser/
Two more witnesses in a federal child sex abuse trial surrounding a polygamist religious sect said defendant LaDell Bistline Jr. pressured them into marrying the man who sexually abused them for three years while they were children.
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Dems set to get their wish for bipartisan budget legislation https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092324_budget_legislation/dems-set-get-their-wish-bipartisan-budget-legislation/
Faced with the prospect of a government shutdown before a presidential election, House Republicans abandoned their gambit to score a policy win amid budget negotiations and sat down with Democrats to hammer out a plan to maintain federal spending through the end of the year.
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