Electricity has been restored to about 4,000 Tucson Electric Power customers in the downtown area, TEP said.
Power was lost around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday south of Grant Road, north of Alameda, west of Park Avenue and east of I-10, Tashonda Betts, a customer service representative with TPE, said.
Traffic was reportedly affected at Speedway and Stone, where the traffic signal was out.
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A "community listening session" hosted by Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes on Tuesday in Tucson will focus on the proposed $25 billion merger between grocery giants Albertsons and Kroger — owners of stores such as Safeway and Fry's.
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An Arizona bill that requires students’ to recite the Pledge of Allegiance has continued to make its way toward becoming law, though it doesn't include any penalties, leaving an open question as to what would happen to a student, teacher or school that refuses to participate.
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Following in the footsteps of six conservative-led states, Senate Republicans want to pull Arizona’s membership from a multistate coalition that aids in cleaning voter rolls, following false claims that the coalition is part of a liberal conspiracy to rig elections.
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