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Xavier Omar Otero — Music correspondent
Julie Jennings Patterson — 'Tucson Sounds' columnist
Joshua Pearson — Photographer/reporter
Natalie Robbins — 2023 summer fellow, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY J-Corps
Daniel Shailer — 2023 summer fellow, Institute for Nonprofit News/Columbia University School of Journalism reporting fellow
John Meyer — Community engagement volunteer manager
Bill Epstein — Theatre/arts critic
Rebekah Zemansky — Reporter/photographer — Phoenix bureau
Roberto De Vido — Politicomix editorial cartoonist, former Sentinel East Asia bureau chief
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While Arizona wrestles with the future of its water, state Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a lawsuit against dozens of companies — including manufacturing giant 3M and the defense contractor Raytheon — for producing products containing PFAS or forever chemicals, causing "widespread" groundwater pollution. Read more»
Arizona Republic reporters to strike for 2 days to protest low pay, unfair working conditions

For two days, unionized reporters at the Arizona Republic and 24 other newsrooms and across the country will walk off the job in order to send a message to parent company Gannett about unfair working conditions. Read more»
Pop-punks Meet Me at the Altar reflect on 'Past, Present and Future'

In a genre dominated by angry white men, this all-female trio of POC, 20-something pop-punk divas — with their brash attitude, ferocious guitar riffs, earworm melodies, and innate badassery — are blazing trails through a new frontier. They'll rock Tucson's 191 Toole on Tuesday. Read more»
Pima animal shelter limits intakes to stem distemper outbreak

Pima Animal Care Center is limiting the intake of new pets to only emergencies for one week to manage stem the spread of infectious diseases among dogs which endanger the entire shelter population. Read more»
Gov. Hobbs flies LGBTQ pride flags on the Az executive tower for first time ever

Gov. Katie Hobbs decorated the Ninth Floor balcony with four pride flags to kick off the start of the official month-long celebration of LGBTQ communities across the country, the first time pride flags are flying from Arizona’s executive tower. Read more»
Border Patrol chief announces retirement by June

The head of the U.S. Border Patrol announced his retirement Tuesday, following a tenure marked by the pandemic-era restriction known as Title 42 and thousands of migrant encounters by agents across the U.S.-Mexico border. Read more»
In 'Iconoclasm,' Daniel Martin Diaz ponders AI shape of things to come

Peering into the scrying mirror — depicting a world equally grotesque and apocalyptic — Tucson artist Daniel Martin Diaz's new book “Iconoclasm: AI and The Devaluation of Humanity's Achievements” makes inquiries into the impact of artificial intelligence on the arts and the shape of things to come. Read more»
Bosnian Serb prison guard hid wartime past, found guilty of immigration charges by Tucson jury

A former Bosnian Serb soldier, linked a brutal 'rape camp' during the breakup of Yugoslavia, was found guilty of immigration fraud in an effort to hide his wartime past, including lying on an application for permanent residency and when he attempted to gain U.S. citizenship. Read more»

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