Ruben Gallego beats Kari Lake in Arizona’s U.S. Senate race https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111124_gallego_senate/ruben-gallego-beats-kari-lake-arizonas-us-senate-race/ U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego will be Arizona’s newest senator. Almost a week after Election Day, with more than 93% of votes counted, Marine veteran and Democrat Gallego was 72,626 votes ahead of Lake, a Trump-endorsed Republican and former Phoenix television news anchor. #Tucson #Arizona

Hoax Russian bomb threats target 4 Arizona polling sites, officials say https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110524_bomb_threat_hoax/hoax-russian-bomb-threats-target-4-arizona-polling-sites-officials-say/ Arizona is one of several states where polling places have received bomb threats - pertaining to four specific locations in Navajo County - that the FBI is saying originated from Russia. #Tucson #Arizona

Pima County vote centers open until 7 pm for presidential election https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110524_election/pima-county-vote-centers-open-until-7-pm-presidential-election/ Voters have until 7 p.m. Tuesday to cast a ballot in the presidential election, and can drop off or fill out ballots at any of 126 sites across Pima County. #Tucson #Arizona

Az taxpayers bear cost for oil & gas wells leaking methane https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/103124_orphaned_wells/az-taxpayers-bear-cost-oil-gas-wells-leaking-methane/ The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has identified roughly 200 potential orphaned oil and gas wells around the state, and in addition to the environmental impacts of the well, costs associated with remediation are also a concern. #Tucson #Arizona

Grand jury indicts man accused of shooting at DNC office in Tempe https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/103024_dnc_office_shooting/grand-jury-indicts-man-accused-shooting-dnc-office-tempe/ A man accused of shooting at a Tempe Democratic National Committee Office and putting up anti-Democratic signs with razor blades and bags of white powder attached to them has been indicted by a grand jury on terrorism charges. #Tucson #Arizona

Tuesday deadline to mail back early ballot in Pima County https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102924_early_ballot_deadline/tuesday-deadline-mail-back-early-ballot-pima-county/ Pima County election officials are urging voters to drop their early ballots into the mail Tuesday to ensure they arrive in time to be counted. #Tucson #Arizona

Judge shoots down Pima deputy's suit to end leave ordered by Sheriff Nanos https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102824_cross_lawsuit/judge-shoots-down-pima-deputys-suit-end-leave-ordered-by-sheriff-nanos/ The Pima County Sheriff's Department can continue to sanction a deputy for wearing what they called "department-issued attire" during two campaign events against Sheriff Chris Nanos earlier this month, a federal judge ruled Monday afternoon. #Tucson #Arizona

Americans use the Book of Revelation to talk about immigration – and always have https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/102724_bible_immigration_op/americans-use-book-revelation-talk-immigration-8211-and-always-have/ The city of God metaphor in the Book of Revelation has long been a tool for American leaders – both to idealize the nation and to warn against immigration. But the concept of a walled-in city seems increasingly outdated in a digitally connected, global world. #Tucson #Arizona

Az restaurants rally voters to put pay cut for servers & bartenders in constitution https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101024_prop_138_wages/az-restaurants-rally-voters-put-pay-cut-servers-bartenders-constitution/ Arizona restaurants are hoping voters will change the state’s constitution to let them pay servers and bartenders 25% less than the minimum wage, allowing them to pad their profit margins. #Tucson #Arizona

Walz & Vance: With Az votes up for grabs, campaigns again hold competing events in Tucson https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100724_walz_vance_in_tucson/walz-vance-with-az-votes-up-grabs-campaigns-again-hold-competing-events-tucson/ Four weeks before the November election, vice presidential candidates JD Vance and Tim Walz will hold competing events in Tucson on Wednesday. #Tucson #Arizona