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Oro Valley to vote on budget; Pima Supes look at suing Trump over Obamacare | The Tucson Agenda
3+ hour, 15+ min ago (971+ words) The Oro Valley Town Council will vote this week on a $128 million tentative budget and an accompanying water rate hike; Santa Cruz County's CEO will make $194, 000 under a new 3-year deal; Pima County may sign onto a lawsuit vs. the…...
Forum for AZ Corp Commission candidates this week | Political calendar
1+ week, 6+ day ago (701+ words) A roundup of upcoming Tucson-area political events: Primary election debates are underway; Sentinel journalists on the air. Rising energy costs are a big worry for voters this year " and two of the five members of the Arizona Corporation Commission, which…...
Get closer to fine arts & classic films in Tucson this week | To-do list
2+ week, 4+ day ago (44+ words) Get closer to fine arts & classic films in Tucson this week Tucson Sentinel Get closer to fine arts & classic films in Tucson this week International Day of Light, Indigo Girls, Luke & Leia, Turner & Constable, Mystery & Magic on the menu...
Adult ballet classes growing in Tucson as people turn to dance for fitness
2+ week, 4+ day ago (785+ words) Adult ballet classes in Tucson are filling up as more people step into the studio for the first time, not to pursue ballet professionally, but to stay active and explore artistic expression. It's part of a national trend in recent…...
Arizona makes its case to be pickleball capital of world
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1362+ words) Missy Lagomarsino has a dream. She wants Arizona lawmakers to name pickleball the state's official sport. "The biggest indoor pickleball facility in the world is being constructed in Scottsdale right now because there are so many players that are coming…...
Az LD17 Senate Republicans split over Prop. 123, mail-in voting
4+ week, 2+ day ago (1402+ words) The two candidates seeking the Republican nomination for the Legislative District 17 Senate seat disagreed in a debate Thursday on whether to renew Prop. 123, a 2016 voter-approved measure to boost K-12 education funding that expired last year. Candidates Anthony Dunham and Chris King…...
Conservative groups lose appeal of Arizona election overhaul lawsuit
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (672+ words) An appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit from conservative groups that challenged how Arizona counties verify early ballot signatures and run ballot drop-boxes, among other things. The America First Legal Foundation was created by White House Deputy Chief of Staff…...
With final tally, Pima County's RTA Next passes with 60 percent of the vote
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (322+ words) Pima County election officials finished counting the remaining ballots from the March 10 RTA Next election on Monday. Proposition 418, a 20-year, $2. 67 billion transportation plan, passed with just over 60 percent of the vote, while Proposition 419, which established a half-cent-per-dollar sales tax to…...
Why Maricopa County Recorder's plan to change 137 voters" registration status raises legal questions
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1279+ words) Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap said he plans to soon refer suspected noncitizen voters identified via a federal system to law enforcement for prosecution and change their registration status, but election lawyers and experts questioned whether his office is following…...
Rural Arizonans fight bill that would let a hedge fund sell their water to Phoenix
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1449+ words) A New York City-based hedge fund wants to pump water from an aquifer in rural La Paz County to sell it to Phoenix. Despite fierce opposition from the people who live there and rely on the aquifer, a GOP-led push…...