TucsonSentinel, 3 months ago to Tucson

Mexico is suing U.S. gun-makers for arming its gangs — a U.S. court could award billions in damages https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/021924_mexico_guns_lawsuit_op/mexico-suing-us-gun-makers-arming-its-gangs-us-court-could-award-billions-damages/
The government of Mexico is suing U.S. gun-makers for their role in facilitating cross-border gun trafficking that has supercharged violent crime in Mexico, and the demand for $10 billion in damages could drive several of the nation’s largest firearm manufacturers into bankruptcy.
#Tucson #Arizona

amy, 10 months ago to photography

now that’s a microburst! #sunset #photography #tucson

TucsonSentinel, 6 months ago to Tucson

Pima sheriffs deputies arrest reporter covering protest against Raytheon https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/113023_reporter_arrested/pima-sheriffs-deputies-arrest-reporter-covering-protest-against-raytheon/
A news reporter was arrested Thursday in Tucson by the Pima County Sheriff's Department while covering a pro-Palestinian protest against military contractor Raytheon. Alisa Reznick of KJZZ was handcuffed and taken away by deputies, despite identifying herself as a journalist.
#Tucson #Arizona

thomasfuchs, 10 months ago to Tucson

Current Monsoon status #azwx #tucson #monsoon

TucsonSentinel, 8 months ago to Tucson

Hobbs ends leases for water-guzzling alfalfa farms owned by Saudi Arabia https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100423_fondomonte_leases_canceled/hobbs-ends-leases-water-guzzling-alfalfa-farms-owned-by-saudi-arabia/
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs terminated the lease of state trust land by a controversial Saudi Arabian company, and said the state would not renew the farm's leases next year. The deals have been controversial because of the large amounts of water used to grow alfalfa for export.
#Tucson #Arizona

TucsonSentinel, 8 months ago to Tucson

Remote work may cut greenhouse gas emissions by more than half https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/100923_commute_greenhouse_gas/remote-work-may-cut-greenhouse-gas-emissions-by-more-than-half/
The growth of remote and hybrid work during the COVID-19 pandemic showed limiting trips to the office can reduce the carbon footprint of simply working by as much as 58% in the United States.
#Tucson #Arizona

TucsonSentinel, 10 months ago to Tucson

Lawsuit over Texas abortion ban could be a model in other states https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/080123_abortion_lawsuit/lawsuit-over-texas-abortion-ban-could-model-other-states/
A lawsuit in Texas asserting that the state’s abortion ban imperils women by dissuading doctors from ending dangerous pregnancies could provide a template for similar challenges in Arizona and across the country.
#Tucson #Arizona

TucsonSentinel, 6 months ago to Tucson

Unthanksgiving Day: A yearly celebration of Indigenous resistance to colonialism held at Alcatraz https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/112323_native_unthanksgiving_op/unthanksgiving-day-yearly-celebration-indigenous-resistance-colonialism-held-alcatraz/
Each year on the fourth Thursday of November, Indigenous people from diverse tribes and nations gather in San Francisco Bay to mark the Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Sunrise Ceremony, an annual celebration that spotlights 500 years of Native resistance to colonialism.
#Tucson #Arizona

TucsonSentinel, 4 months ago to Tucson

Native nations with scarce internet are building their own broadband networks https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012024_native_broadband/native-nations-with-scarce-internet-are-building-their-own-broadband-networks/
Native nations historically have lagged in access to high-speed internet, because of the cost and incomplete broadband coverage data, among other barriers, so some nations are taking the matter into their own hands by building their own high-speed internet networks.
#Tucson #Arizona

TucsonSentinel, 2 months ago to Tucson

Mounting research shows COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain, including significant drops in IQ scores https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032124_covid_brain/mounting-research-shows-covid-19-leaves-its-mark-brain-including-significant-drops-iq-scores/
From the very early days of the pandemic, brain fog emerged as a significant health condition that many experience after COVID-19, and four years later, there is now abundant evidence that being infected with SARS-CoV-2 can affect brain health in many ways.
#Tucson #Arizona

TucsonSentinel, 10 months ago to Tucson

Environmentalists push feds to add solar panels over U.S. canals https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/072123_solar_canals/environmentalists-push-feds-add-solar-panels-over-us-canals/
Making the push for an unprecedented investment in renewable energy, more than 100 environmentalists sent a letter urging U.S. officials to consider installing solar panels above nearly 8,000 miles of federally owned and operated open-air canals and aqueducts.
#Tucson #Arizona

TucsonSentinel, 8 months ago to Tucson

Hospitals plead with Congress to avert $8 billion in cuts to Medicaid https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091823_medicaid_cuts/hospitals-plead-with-congress-avert-8-billion-cuts-medicaid/
Health care representatives from across the United States are urging Congress to halt cuts to funding that helps hospitals care for uninsured or low-income patients who rely on Medicaid.
#Tucson #Arizona

TucsonSentinel, 7 months ago to Tucson

Juan and done: Ciscomani must go after defying his oath by voting for Jim Jordan https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/101823_cisco_jordan_op/juan-and-done-ciscomani-must-go-after-defying-his-oath-by-voting-jim-jordan/
It's time to stop differentiating between insurrectionists and the moderates who love and enable them. Never forget that U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani voted, twice, to elevate an enemy of the Constitution as speaker of the House.
#Tucson #Arizona

paulaborchardt, 5 months ago to art

I recently did some plein air sketching at Tucson Botanical Gardens & this cactus menorah was my favorite holiday decoration I saw there! I loved their use of yellow & red grafted cacti for the candle flames!

#ArtAdventCalendar #art #illustration #watercolor #painting #sketchbook #Tucson #SonoranDesert #cactus #Hanukkah #Chanukah #Menorah #candle

TucsonSentinel, 2 months ago to Tucson

Mexico's lawsuit vs. Arizona gun dealers survives legal challenge https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032524_mx_gun_lawsuit/mexicos-lawsuit-vs-arizona-gun-dealers-survives-legal-challenge/
A lawsuit launched by the Mexican government against five Arizona gun dealers for failing to stop illegal firearms purchases will move forward, a federal judge ruled Monday.
#Tucson #Arizona

farewellwanderlust, 6 months ago to TodayILearned

Special request 💚 One of my ex ed students (fka special ed) asks me for joke books every week. My library has six tattered joke paperbacks. If you’d be willing to send us a new joke book, my friend Ben would be so happy. (If you’re feeling super generous, we also have an Amazon wishlist that I’m happy to route to you. The last time our school district gave its #school libraries book money was 2011.) Thank you!! #libraries #teaching #gardening #Arizona #Tucson

TucsonSentinel, 6 months ago to Tucson

Foster care kids are often sex trafficked. Many states fail to figure it out. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112723_foster_sex_trafficking/foster-care-kids-are-often-sex-trafficked-many-states-fail-figure-it-out/
Foster care children are especially vulnerable to sex trafficking, and a 2014 federal law requires state authorities to screen missing children when they are found to determine whether they were sexually exploited - but some states are failing in that duty.
#Tucson #Arizona

TucsonSentinel, 10 months ago to Tucson

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.
#Tucson #Arizona

TucsonSentinel, 3 months ago to Tucson

Arizona in critical need of blood donations for sickle cell disease patients https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022324_sickle_cell/arizona-critical-need-blood-donations-sickle-cell-disease-patients/
Arizona currently has a one- to two-day supply of donated blood, barely half of the standard supply, a critical shortage for Arizonans who need frequent blood transfusions because they have sickle cell disease.
#Tucson #Arizona

TucsonSentinel, 3 months ago to Tucson

More than 75% of voters use early ballots. Every Az House Republican voted to take that away. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030124_early_ballots/more-than-75-voters-use-early-ballots-every-az-house-republican-voted-take-that-away/
House Republicans have approved a bill that would upend the way that Arizonans vote, ending no-excuse early voting by mail, by far the most popular way to cast a ballot in the state.
#Tucson #Arizona

TucsonSentinel, 21 days ago to Tucson

Biden cancels $7.7 billion in student loan debt https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052324_student_loans/biden-cancels-77-billion-student-loan-debt/
President Joe Biden on Wednesday wiped out another $7.7 billion in student loan debt for 160,000 people, bringing the total amount of debt forgiveness under his administration to $167 billion for nearly 4.8 million people.
#Tucson #Arizona

TucsonSentinel, 2 months ago to Tucson

Latin America on track for its worst dengue fever outbreak in history https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040124_dengue_outbreak/latin-america-track-its-worst-dengue-fever-outbreak-history/
The Americas are facing an alarming dengue outbreak, with a surge occurring across Latin America and the Caribbean as Puerto Rico declared a public health emergency, and cases have been reported in Florida, Texas, Arizona, and California.
#Tucson #Arizona

TucsonSentinel, 1 month ago to Tucson

One of Eli Crane’s fundraising consultants was busted for a meth lab in 2016 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042524_crane_meth_consultant/one-eli-cranes-fundraising-consultants-was-busted-meth-lab-2016/
Arizona Republican Rep. Eli Crane has paid nearly $150,000 to a fundraising consultant who was a rising star in GOP campaign circles until 2016, when she was arrested after police found an active meth lab at her home.
#Tucson #Arizona

TucsonSentinel, 1 month ago to Tucson

Anthony Kern can no longer use broadcast facilities after using them to join a pro-Hitler talk show https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050724_kern_broadcast/anthony-kern-can-no-longer-use-broadcast-facilities-after-using-them-join-pro-hitler-talk-show/
Arizona state Sen. Anthony Kern is no longer allowed to access legislative broadcast equipment after he used the Senate’s broadcast studio to appear on a far-right talk show last week with a host who has declared Adolf Hitler a “hero.”
#Tucson #Arizona

TucsonSentinel, 18 days ago to Tucson

4 ways vaccine skeptics mislead you on measles & more https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052524_vaccine_skeptics/4-ways-vaccine-skeptics-mislead-you-measles-more/
A growing number of parents are deciding not to get their children vaccinated against measles, as well as diseases like polio and pertussis, due to a flood of misinformation - rhetoric that erodes confidence in the science backing routine childhood vaccines.
#Tucson #Arizona