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Charlie Borla
Arizona Daily Star
5 months ago
The city's role in the proposed Project Blue data-centers complex came to a quick end Wednesday when the city council agreed to end negotiations with developers.
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Council kills data center plans in Tucson during raucous meeting
The city's role in the proposed Project Blue data-centers complex came to a quick end Wednesday when the city council agreed to end negotiations with developers.
https://tucson.com/news/local/government-politics/article_a8cc0cbc-4836-4f75-8da1-fc9d85c1810f.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
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Charlie Borla
Tim Steller
5 months ago
All the readers who got to the end of my column today got a gift -- a "toilet bowl filled to the rim with feces." And people complain about paywalls!
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Charlie Borla
Tim Steller
6 months ago
Project Blue, the mega-data-center project proposed for Tucson, turns out to contemplate three separate mega-data-center complexes. The first would encompass 4-10 data centers, and the others would be of similar scale. This multiplies the concerns about water, power.
tucson.com/news/local/s...
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Project Blue envisions up to 3 data-center complexes in Tucson area
Also disclosed for the first time: The first of the data-center complexes would use drinking water for its first two to three years.
https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/article_2043737e-d86d-4894-8525-6206e3772610.html#tracking-source=mp-homepage
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Charlie Borla
Tim Steller
6 months ago
The Pima County supervisors have approved a massive, planned data center project on Tucson's southeast side,
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tucson.com/news/local/g...
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Pima County supervisors OK land sale for Project Blue data center complex
The Pima County Board of Supervisors approved Tuesday selling a 290-acre parcel on the far southeast side that will soon have a multi-billion-dollar data center complex built on it.
https://tucson.com/news/local/government-politics/article_b7e0a874-021f-406b-9722-7c8ef05bf476.html#tracking-source=home-top-story
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Charlie Borla
Arizona Daily Star
7 months ago
Farhad Moghimi, the executive director of the Regional Transportation Authority and the Pima Association of Governments, was terminated Thursday following a months-long dispute with leaders from Tucson and Pima County.
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Embattled Tucson-area transportation leader terminated
Farhad Moghimi, the executive director of the Regional Transportation Authority and the Pima Association of Governments, was terminated Thursday following a months-long dispute with leaders from Tucson and Pima County.
https://tucson.com/news/local/government-politics/article_4e686ffe-8e5b-487d-8357-3da45c0e5e29.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
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Charlie Borla
Arizona Daily Star
7 months ago
For Star subscribers: Rep. Juan Ciscomani said he would protect Medicaid, but he opened himself up to attacks from Democrats by voting for a bill that cuts the federal health
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Political Notebook: Ciscomani's vote for budget bill raises anger over Medicaid cuts
For Star subscribers: Rep. Juan Ciscomani said he would protect Medicaid, but he opened himself up to attacks from Democrats by voting for a bill that cuts the federal health
https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/article_26f773bc-7285-4e60-9e3b-389d450e5996.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
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Charlie Borla
Arizona Daily Star
7 months ago
Tucson Mayor Regina Romero is in Qatar this week for an economic forum.
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Tucson Mayor Regina Romero in Qatar for economic forum
Tucson Mayor Regina Romero is in Qatar this week for an economic forum.
https://tucson.com/news/local/government-politics/article_13a4856c-a5f1-4d48-b9de-1b987582f722.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
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Charlie Borla
The New York Times
8 months ago
Federal forest officials began clearing thousands of acres of forest just outside of Bend, Oregon, where more than 100 people live in R.V.s and cars — a move that one advocacy group called “the largest eviction of a homeless camp in recent history.”
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Sweep of Homeless Camp in Oregon Said to Be ‘Largest in Recent History’
Federal officials began clearing a forest where dozens of homeless people live in derelict R.V.s and cars.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/realestate/oregon-homeless-encampment-removal.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes
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Charlie Borla
Tim Steller
8 months ago
Here's the story on Pima County's newest supervisor, Andres Cano, by my colleague
@charlieborla.bsky.social
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tucson.com/news/local/g...
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Andrés Cano appointed to Pima County Board of Supervisors seat
Andrés Cano, a former state lawmaker, has been selected to replace Adelita Grijalva on the Pima County Board of Supervisors.
https://tucson.com/news/local/government-politics/article_18fd2963-c63c-4f68-ae8d-eb8bc2411485.html#tracking-source=home-top-story
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Charlie Borla
Arizona Daily Star
10 months ago
Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva has died.
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Tucson Congressman Raúl Grijalva dies
Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva has died.
https://tucson.com/news/local/government-politics/article_d5af68ae-004e-11f0-b2b7-ff881a7e2c5d.html
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Charlie Borla
Starburch
10 months ago
Tucson loses another bar at the gateway of downtown. This one is kinda curious. Rumor has it they just up and closed without notice. Stay tuned .....
tucson.com/life-enterta...
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Another bar in downtown Tucson calls it a night
A week after Ermanos ended a decade on North Fourth Avenue, a popular downtown bar that opened on Congress Street in February 2014 abruptly closed.
https://tucson.com/life-entertainment/local/food-drink/article_8bb6eb10-f463-11ef-a5ae-af4801d940f0.html
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Charlie Borla
Arizona Daily Star
11 months ago
Two migrant-aid respite shelters in Pima County will be shut down, County Administrator Jan Lesher said Thursday.
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Pima County closing its two migrant aid shelters
Two migrant-aid respite shelters in Pima County will be shut down, County Administrator Jan Lesher said Thursday.
https://tucson.com/news/local/government-politics/pima-county-migrant-aid-shelters-closing-casas-alitas-trump-administration-funding/article_92b84e2e-d9c7-11ef-b0cf-a3b3b07f5a14.html
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Charlie Borla
Arizona Daily Star
12 months ago
Milagro on Oracle, just north of West Grant Road on the city's north side is the first of nine housing developments planned with the city’s non-profit, El Pueblo Housing Development.
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Affordable housing project opens in Tucson
Milagro on Oracle, just north of West Grant Road on the city's north side is the first of nine housing developments planned with the city’s non-profit, El Pueblo Housing Development.
https://tucson.com/news/local/government-politics/milagro-on-oracle-tucson-affordable-housing-low-income/article_852c28aa-cde4-11ef-a8ae-e735f02e5ca5.html
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Charlie Borla
Arizona Daily Star
12 months ago
A third grand jury has declined to indict a former Tucson police officer in the killing of a man suspected of shoplifting in November 2021. The case is now dropped.
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Case against former Tucson police officer in deadly shooting dropped
A third grand jury has declined to indict a former Tucson police officer in the killing of a man suspected of shoplifting in November 2021. The case is now dropped.
https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-courts/tucson-police-shooting-ryan-remington-grand-jury-richard-lee-richards/article_7fd822e0-ced5-11ef-ab0d-5f5b78fbc500.html
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The new totals announced Friday showed Nanos' victory was even tighter than the results released in November: 481 votes.
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Charlie Borla
Arizona Daily Star
about 1 year ago
Supervisors shuffle $1.3M in unspent COVID relief funds
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Supervisors shuffle $1.3M in unspent COVID relief funds
About $1.3M in unused COVID-relief funds will be allocated to new projects in Pima County.
https://tucson.com/news/local/government-politics/supervisors-shuffle-1-3m-in-unspent-covid-relief-funds/article_a106038c-b261-11ef-aecc-9f770efa9ab4.html
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Charlie Borla
Arizona Daily Star
about 1 year ago
Recount results for Pima County Sheriff to be released Friday
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Recount results for Pima County Sheriff to be released Friday
The extremely tight race between incumbent Chris Nanos and his challenger Heather Lappin will be settled in three days.
https://tucson.com/news/local/government-politics/elections/prima-county-sheriff-election-chris-nanos-heather-lappin/article_4c9de0d2-b1a6-11ef-8ee3-5325b38c187b.html#tracking-source=home-top-story
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Charlie Borla
Paul Krugman
about 1 year ago
The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
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Charlie Borla
Kelly Presnell
about 1 year ago
The 41st
#ElTourDeTucson
rolls through the area. A few more images from the race to be found here >
tucne.ws/1r8t
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Charlie Borla
Kelly Presnell
about 1 year ago
Hundreds of students turn out 24 hours before tip-off to spend the night in
#McKaleCenter
and be among the first 600 into the
#ZonaZoo
for
#ArizonaWildcats
game against
#DukeBlueDevils
. A few more images from the school's first ever
#LockIn
to be found here >
tucne.ws/1r87
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Charlie Borla
Emily Bregel
about 1 year ago
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"John was a good man who conducted himself honorably as a candidate," said Vince Leach, who faced McLean in the race for Tucson area District 17 in this week's election. "The lives John positively touched during his life are incalculable, and we should all be so fortunate to do the same."
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Charlie Borla
Tim Steller
about 1 year ago
In today's chapter, we explore how one Tucson church affiliated with The Message religious sect controls its members. The key factor: If you leave, your family in the church is to have no contact with you. That keeps people from leaving. But the control issues go deeper.
tucson.com/news/local/t...
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Tucson church a controlling 'cult within a cult,' ex-members say
A Tucson pastor built his congregation on the strict teachings of 20th-century 'prophet' William Branham, but made it so harsh that leaving means estrangement from family members.
https://tucson.com/news/local/tucson-pastor-creates-cult-within-cult/article_dca4946c-63fb-11ef-86e5-637b09c2b9b8.html#tracking-source=home-top-story
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Charlie Borla
Emily Bregel
about 1 year ago
Border analysts told the Star that as president, Trump’s hawkish rhetoric could end up alienating an important US ally and diminishing chances for collaboration with Mexico on security issues. But some say it could pressure Mexico’s leaders to take a more aggressive approach to organized crime.
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Analyzing Trump's threats to send troops to 'eliminate' Mexico's cartels
Throughout his campaign, former president and now President-elect Donald Trump reiterated threats to send troops into Mexico and carry out U.S. military strikes on organized crime groups, which he’s s...
https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/us-mexico-president-elect-donald-trump-cartels-us-troops-analysts-experts-weigh-in/article_a655f340-9d2d-11ef-a796-5f99abc941a3.html
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