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      <title>“Happy ending” for Tucson coffee shop water station after community pushback</title>
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      <description>Revolutionary Grounds Books and Coffee was asked to relocate their community water station in September.</description>
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      <title>Iconic Tucson restaurant  El Guero Canelo is for sale</title>
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      <description>Owner and namesake Daniel Contreras is looking to sell his business, which includes three taquerías and a meat market.</description>
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      <title>7 Brew buys former  Salad and Go locations, including 36 in Arizona</title>
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      <description>A Texas bankruptcy court approves a $123 million purchase of abandoned Salad and Go locations across the Southwest.</description>
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      <title>Raytheon awarded $20.7 billion Pentagon missile contract</title>
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      <description>The five-year contract will create 3,000 manufacturing jobs in AMRAAM missile production, according to the Department of War.</description>
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      <dc:creator>Kieran Hadley</dc:creator>
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      <title>Tucson’s first skyscraper becomes an event space. Here is how the building transformed.</title>
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      <description>The Treasury 1929 takes over what was once the city’s tallest building.</description>
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      <title>USA Today Co. purchases Arizona Daily Star</title>
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      <description>Tucson’s longest-running newspaper is now fully owned by the largest media conglomerate in the country.</description>
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      <dc:creator>Noor Haghighi</dc:creator>
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      <title>City Council approves grants to assist businesses located in construction zones</title>
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      <description>The pilot program uses $345,000 in American Rescue Plan funding to help small businesses survive disruptions.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 19:14:26 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Kieran Hadley</dc:creator>
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      <title>State and local minimum wage is set to increase in 2027</title>
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      <description>Arizona’s minimum wage will increase to $15.65 and Tucson will go to $16.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 20:49:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Kieran Hadley</dc:creator>
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      <title>Food truck owner among people recently detained by ICE in Tucson, says Rapid Response</title>
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      <description>In August, ICE arrests soared nationwide for another consecutive month.</description>
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      <title>7 Brew wins bid to buy all Salad and Go locations</title>
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      <description>An auction held yesterday showed that drive-thru establishment 7 Brew outbid Dutch Bros to buy 73 locations.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 01:09:14 GMT</pubDate>
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