Road to ruin: RTA board, Tucson City Council must iron out differences https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/080423_rta_next_hell_op/road-ruin-rta-board-tucson-city-council-must-iron-out-differences/
Updated: At some point in the near future the whole RTA Board should have a confab with the City Council and figure out what it's gonna take to keep Tucson in the loop, before both sides are too far apart to build an off-ramp from their disputes.
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Cleaning Tohono O’odham water polluted by copper mine will take 30 years, $126 million https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/080423_tohono_mine_cleanup/cleaning-tohono-oodham-water-polluted-by-copper-mine-will-take-30-years-126-million/
The EPA has finalized a 30-year plan to clean drinking water in a Tohono O'odham village polluted by decades of copper mining. Meanwhile, a different EPA department is negotiating to reopen the mine with the same company first responsible for the waste.
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Tucson’s A-10s headed to final destination as Davis-Monthan lands new special ops mission https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/080423_a10_dmafb/tucsons-a-10s-headed-final-destination-as-davis-monthan-lands-new-special-ops-mission/
The Air Force is finally moving forward with plans to decommission the A-10, including squadrons based in Tucson, but a new special ops mission will be moving to at Davis-Monthan AFB — bringing the first "tail-dragger" combat propeller plane in 50 years.
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Road to ruin: RTA board, Tucson City Council must iron out differences https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/080423_rta_next_hell_op/road-ruin-rta-board-tucson-city-council-must-iron-out-differences/
At some point in the near future the whole RTA Board should have a confab with the City Council and figure out what it's gonna take to keep Tucson in the loop, before both sides are too far apart to build an off-ramp from their disputes.
#Tucson #Arizona
Road to ruin: RTA board, Tucson City Council must iron out differences https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/080423_rta_next_hell_op/road-ruin-rta-board-tucson-city-council-must-iron-out-differences/
At some point in the near future the whole RTA Board should have a confab with the City Council and figure out what it's gonna take to keep Tucson in the loop, before both sides are too far apart to build an off-ramp from their disputes.
#Tucson #Arizona
Court allows Biden rule limiting asylum at the border to be kept in place for now https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/080423_biden_asylum/court-allows-biden-rule-limiting-asylum-border-kept-place-now/
A federal appeals court decided to allow the Biden administration to keep in place a temporary two-year rule that restricts asylum at the U.S. border, while the legal challenges to a lower court’s ruling play out.
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'Conscience' bills let medical providers opt out of providing a wide range of care https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/080423_conscience_care/conscience-bills-let-medical-providers-opt-out-providing-wide-range-care/
This year, 21 bills instituting or expanding so-called medical conscience objection laws have been introduced in statehouses, including Arizona, and some go to the point of undermining patient care and threatening the right of people to receive lifesaving and essential care.
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In 1998, a legal revolution was quietly born in Texas. It would pull America’s courts rightward. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/080423_conservative_court_shift/in-1998-legal-revolution-was-quietly-born-texas-it-would-pull-americas-courts-rightward/
With his election as Texas attorney general, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn planted the seeds of conservatism. Gov. Greg Abbott used his tenure to cultivate them into an aggressive strain of right-wing activism aimed at driving the nation’s courts and laws to the right.
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FactCheck: Indictment details Trump’s attempt to overturn swing state election outcomes https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/080423_factcheck_trump_indictment/factcheck-indictment-details-trumps-attempt-overturn-swing-state-election-outcomes/
The federal indictment against former President Donald Trump details actions Trump and his co-conspirators allegedly took to get state officials to change legitimate electoral votes, and says the pressure campaign involved knowingly making false claims of voter fraud.
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Getting Colorado River water from California farms will take more than just money https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/080423_imperial_water/getting-colorado-river-water-from-california-farms-will-take-more-than-just-money/
Imperial Valley farmers are reluctant to further cut back on the amount of water they use to keep their fields green, despite pressure from policymakers looking to reduce strain on the Colorado River.
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Getting Colorado River water from California farms will take more than just money – just ask the farmers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/080423_imperial_water/getting-colorado-river-water-from-california-farms-will-take-more-than-just-money-8211-just-ask-farmers/
Imperial Valley farmers are reluctant to further cut back on the amount of water they use to keep their fields green, despite pressure from policymakers looking to reduce strain on the Colorado River.
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'August surprise': That college scholarship you earned might not count https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/080423_college_scholarships/august-surprise-that-college-scholarship-you-earned-might-not-count/
August is typically the month when universities substitute outside scholarships for already-promised institutional financial aid, resulting in a zero net gain for recipients and leaving them scrambling to cover balances they didn’t think they’d have to pay.
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The real costs of the new Alzheimer’s drug, most of which will fall to taxpayers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/080223_alzheimers_drug_cost/the-real-costs-new-alzheimers-drug-most-which-will-fall-taxpayers/
The first drug purporting to slow the advance of Alzheimer’s disease is likely to cost the U.S. health care system billions annually even as it remains out of reach for many of the lower-income seniors most likely to suffer from dementia.
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Biden signs order revising prosecuting authority for military sexual assault https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/073123_military_assault/biden-signs-order-revising-prosecuting-authority-military-sexual-assault/
President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order giving independent military attorneys the power to prosecute serious crimes, including sexual assault, and removing that authority from victims’ commanders.
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