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 But the concept of a walled-in city seems increasingly outdated in a digitally connected, global world.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

Jones: Secular democracy or Christian Nationalism? Your vote will decide https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/100724_jones_nationalism_op/jones-secular-democracy-or-christian-nationalism-your-vote-will-decide/ "Christian Nationalism can be seen not so much as a more traditional political Christian movement but rather an authoritarian anti-democratic movement within a religion." — Tucson resident Gary Jones #Tucson #Arizona

Az Republican legislative hopeful Finchem brags about accessing confidential FinCen data https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100724_finchem_fincen/az-republican-legislative-hopeful-finchem-brags-accessing-confidential-fincen-data/ Former Republican lawmaker and Arizona Senate candidate Mark Finchem has said in multiple interviews that a small-town Tennessee police department — that's under criminal investigation — gave him access to a confidential law enforcement database used for tracking financial transactions. #Tucson #Arizona

Tucson spends another $210k on I-10 underpass rocks https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100124_underpass_rocks/tucson-spends-another-210k-i-10-underpass-rocks/ Updated: The city of Tucson began installation of new landscaping rocks underneath the interstate underpasses at Grant Road, St. Mary's Road, and 22nd Street this week that will cost approximately $305,000. Local activists argue that the rocks are an example of hostility towards the unhoused community, who frequent the space underneath the freeway underpasses in search of shade. #Tucson #Arizona

Brown bananas, crowded ports, empty shelves: What to expect if there’s a dockworkers strike https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/093024_dockworker_strike_op/brown-bananas-crowded-ports-empty-shelves-what-expect-if-theres-dockworkers-strike/ The International Longshoremen’s Association’s six-year contract with the East Coast and Gulf Coast ports will expire on Sept. 30, 2024, at midnight unless the two sides reach an agreement before that deadline. Here's what to expect if there’s a dockworkers strike in the U.S. #Tucson #Arizona

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. #Tucson #Arizona