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South Tucson Opposes New Walgreens Liquor License

Nathan Mitchell

South Tucson's packed city hall broke into cheers when the city council voted unanimously to oppose Walgreens' liquor license.

The license will go before the state liquor board in either April or May, said Peter Schelstraete, Wal-greens' lawyer. In the past, licenses have been approved despite the council voting against them, South Tucson Mayor Jennifer Eckstrom said.

"The best we can do is forward our recommendation," she said.
The Class 10 license would allow the store—located at 1900 S. Sixth Ave.—to sell beer and wine to go. It must receive final approval from the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control.

Tucson's Homeless Increase by 16 Percent

Jessica Befort

A few months ago Hubert Russell was gainfully employed at a local plastics company. Today, he sits in the February sun outside the Primavera Foundation, a place where homeless people can collect phone messages, their mail and medicine – things they don’t have access to on the street. He now spends his nights at a Salvation Army shelter.

“It’s better than being outside,” he says quietly.

Russell was one of 1,561 homeless people counted in late January during the 2010 Homeless Street Count, a 16 percent increase from last year, according to Sylvia Cuestas and Laurie Mazerbo, co-chairs of the count.

Muralist David Tineo's Work Now on Display at TMA

Marissa Hopkins

Tucson artist and muralist David Tineo's retrospective collection of work is now on display at the Tucson Museum of Art.

Sunnyside Looking to Double Enrollment at Alt. High School

Brett Booen

Between an ongoing concern to tighten the budget and a $12,000 spending fiasco involving Sunnyside High School's superintendent, an unsuspected source of hope emerged at Sunnyside Unified School District's Governing Board meeting Jan. 26.

While the primary concern for many in attendance was answers from the board regarding Superintendent Manuel L. Isquierdo's personal use of a district credit card, a band of students and faculty from STAR Academic Center gathered for a different cause.

Saddletramps Skate to Local Stardom

Erica Nannini

Eye-gouging and hair-pulling are no-nos.

Light jabbing, pushing and diving into opponents, however, are completely legal in the Tucson Roller Derby women's league.

In the first international showdown at the Tucson Indoor Sports Center, Montreal's New Skids on the Block came skating in with toy noses, lime green T-shirts and the hunger for a win over the Tucson Roller Derby Saddletramps.

But the hell-raisin' home team, donned in black uniforms, was not prepared to be overthrown by their Canadian counterparts.

Immigration Reform Could Stimulate Economy

Josh T. Saunders

A recent study found that immigration reform is capable of reviving the nation's struggling economy.

With a comprehensive reform model, the report shows that alternative immigration policies could "yield at least $1.5 trillion in added U.S. gross domestic product over 10 years."

By legalizing unauthorized workers and basing immigration limits on the U.S. labor demand, comprehensive reform would "raise the 'wage floor' for the entire U.S. economy - to the benefit of both immigrant and native-born workers," according to "Raising the Floor for American Workers: The Economic Benefits of Comprehensive Immigration Reform," conducted by UCLA professor Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda and released through the Center for American Progress and the Immigration Policy Center.

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South Tucson Opposes New Walgreens Liquor License

Tucson's Homeless Increase by 16 Percent

Muralist David Tineo's Work Now on Display at TMA

Sunnyside Looking to Double Enrollment at Alt. High School

Saddletramps Skate to Local Stardom

Immigration Reform Could Stimulate Economy

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