Trump bans transgender people from military service https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012125_transgender_military/trump-bans-transgender-people-from-military-service/ President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday effectively barring transgender people from military service, an order expected to result in one of the largest layoffs of transgender people in history and is likely to face legal challenges. #Tucson #Arizona
Native activist Leonard Peltier granted clemency as Biden leaves office, to serve rest of sentence at home https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012025_peltier_commuted/native-activist-leonard-peltier-granted-clemency-as-biden-leaves-office-serve-rest-sentence-home/ In one of his final acts while in office, outgoing President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence for activist Leonard Peltier, who has already served 49 years in prison in the shooting deaths of two federal agents during a standoff at Pine Ridge in 1975. #Tucson #Arizona
Immigration advocates prep for Trump mass deportations, vow legal challenges https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011925_immigration_advocates/immigration-advocates-prep-trump-mass-deportations-vow-legal-challenges/ As President-elect Donald Trump is set to be sworn in for a second term, immigration advocates said they are prepared to combat the incoming president’s campaign promise of enacting mass deportations of undocumented people. #Tucson #Arizona
Trump inauguration gets cold shoulder from some Az Democrats but draws both Gallego & Stanton https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011725_trump_inauguration/trump-inauguration-gets-cold-shoulder-from-some-az-democrats-but-draws-both-gallego-stanton/ The second inauguration of former president Donald Trump is putting civility to the test, as Arizona politicians decide whether to be on hand to witness his return to power. #Tucson #Arizona
Tucson will build $86.7M facility to turn wastewater into drinking water
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 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. #Tucson #Arizona
Soaring wealth inequality has remade the map of American prosperity https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/011625_wealth_inequality_op/soaring-wealth-inequality-has-remade-map-american-prosperity/ One need only glance at headlines about Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and other super-wealthy individuals to understand that wealth in America is increasingly concentrated in fewer and fewer hands - and inequality is sharply on the rise. #Tucson #Arizona
In farewell speech to nation, Biden warns of threat of ‘extreme wealth, power & influence’ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011625_biden_farewell/in-farewell-speech-nation-biden-warns-threat-extreme-wealth-power-influence/ President Joe Biden issued a series of warnings Wednesday night during his farewell address to the nation, while emphasizing the work still left to be done as the octogenarian soon caps off 50 years in public service. #Tucson #Arizona
As climate change intensifies, GOP bill would bar ‘geoengineering’ to combat it https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011625_gop_geoengineering/as-climate-change-intensifies-gop-bill-would-bar-geoengineering-combat-it/ Republican wants to change Arizona law to ban “geoengineering” in the state aimed at addressing the rapid effects of climate change, one of several similar bills across the country spurred on by conspiracy theories. #Tucson #Arizona
11th Circuit rejects Trump effort to block special counsel report on federal cases https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011024_special_counsel_report/11th-circuit-rejects-trump-effort-block-special-counsel-report-federal-cases/ An 11th Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled against an effort by President-elect Donald Trump and his co-defendants in his classified documents case to block Attorney General Merrick Garland from releasing a two-volume final report by special counsel Jack Smith. #Tucson #Arizona
U.S. House Republicans seeking to settle debt limit alongside border, taxes https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010825_gop_debt/us-house-republicans-seeking-settle-debt-limit-alongside-border-taxes/ U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday his “intention” is to address the country’s debt limit through the reconciliation process, pushing aside the possibility of negotiating a bipartisan compromise with Democrats. #Tucson #Arizona