PACC offering free microchips every day through Jan. 5 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112624_pacc_microchips/pacc-offering-free-microchips-every-day-through-jan-5/ Pima Animal Care Center announced Tuesday they will be providing free microchips to any pet with an owner who lives in Pima County every day from Nov. 27 until Jan. 5. #Tucson #Arizona
Trump wants 10,000 more Border Patrol agents - high turnover has stymied far more modest growth targets https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112224_cbp_trump/trump-wants-10000-more-border-patrol-agents-high-turnover-has-stymied-far-more-modest-growth-targets/ President-elect Donald Trump has promised to hire 10,000 more Border Patrol agents as part of a crackdown on immigration - but that may be a tall order. #Tucson #Arizona
Donald Trump tells U.S. Senate Republicans they ‘must kill’ journalist shield law https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112224_trump_journalists/donald-trump-tells-us-senate-republicans-they-must-kill-journalist-shield-law/ President-elect Donald Trump ordered congressional Republicans to block a broadly popular bill to protect press freedoms, likely ending any chance of the U.S. Senate clearing the legislation. #Tucson #Arizona
Doubling down on bathroom crusade, GOP Rep. Mace seeks federal restrictions on trans facility use https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112124_mace_trans_restrictions/doubling-down-bathroom-crusade-gop-rep-mace-seeks-federal-restrictions-trans-facility-use/ Days after she came out swinging against the first openly transgender member of Congress, South Carolina Representative Nancy Mace is pursuing a sweeping legislative crackdown on trans rights on federal property. #Tucson #Arizona
Biden admin urges Congress to sideline politics, approve $100B disaster relief package https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/111924_disaster_relief/biden-admin-urges-congress-sideline-politics-approve-100b-disaster-relief-package/ The Biden administration implored lawmakers to put public safety over politics as it unveiled a sweeping funding request aimed at supercharging federal disaster recovery efforts across the country. #Tucson #Arizona
Manufacturing already has made a comeback https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/111624_manufacturing_rebound/manufacturing-already-has-made-comeback/ President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to rebuild American manufacturing, and he won handily in most areas hollowed out by the movement of factory jobs overseas - but the rebound Trump promises has already been underway in many places. #Tucson #Arizona
Biden locks in $6.6B for huge TSMC factories in Arizona, ensuring Trump can’t rescind CHIPS Act deal https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111824_biden_chips/biden-locks-66b-huge-tsmc-factories-arizona-ensuring-trump-cant-rescind-chips-act-deal/ The Biden administration has finalized a $6.6 billion award for the Taiwan semiconductor giant that is building massive factories in Phoenix, amid concerns President-elect Donald Trump will derail subsidies aimed at fostering the domestic chip industry. #Tucson #Arizona
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