Becky Pallack
@beckypallack.bsky.social
Journalist at Arizona Luminaria in Tucson
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My latest from @azcir.org
“After decades of drought, pollution & legal battles, Hopi, Navajo & San Juan Southern Paiute tribes are closer to securing long-promised water rights. A $5B federal settlement could finally deliver Colorado River water to the tribes after generations of exclusion.”
“After decades of drought, pollution & legal battles, Hopi, Navajo & San Juan Southern Paiute tribes are closer to securing long-promised water rights. A $5B federal settlement could finally deliver Colorado River water to the tribes after generations of exclusion.”
July 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
My latest from @azcir.org
“After decades of drought, pollution & legal battles, Hopi, Navajo & San Juan Southern Paiute tribes are closer to securing long-promised water rights. A $5B federal settlement could finally deliver Colorado River water to the tribes after generations of exclusion.”
“After decades of drought, pollution & legal battles, Hopi, Navajo & San Juan Southern Paiute tribes are closer to securing long-promised water rights. A $5B federal settlement could finally deliver Colorado River water to the tribes after generations of exclusion.”
AP has called Grijalva and Butierez as the primary winners. More live results: azluminaria.org/2025/07/15/l...
Adelita Grijalva wins AZ District 7 Democratic primary. Republicans choose Butierez. - AZ Luminaria
Despite a contentious last few weeks of primary campaigning, and hundreds of thousands of dollars raised by her Democratic opponents, Adelita Grijalva won the primary to succeed her father in Southern...
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July 16, 2025 at 3:35 AM
AP has called Grijalva and Butierez as the primary winners. More live results: azluminaria.org/2025/07/15/l...
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Adelita Grijalva leads Democrats by nearly 60% in early vote counts. Live results here: azluminaria.org/2025/07/15/l...
Live election results: Adelita Grijalva leads Democrats in AZ District 7 primary early voting. Butierez leads Republicans. - AZ Luminaria
Despite a contentious last few weeks of primary campaigning, and hundreds of thousands of dollars raised by her Democratic opponents, Adelita Grijalva secured a comfortable lead on Tuesday night. Hun...
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July 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Adelita Grijalva leads Democrats by nearly 60% in early vote counts. Live results here: azluminaria.org/2025/07/15/l...
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We’ll have live results from AZ’s CD7 race tonight here 👉 azluminaria.org/2025/07/15/l...
Live election results: AZ District 7 primary - AZ Luminaria
For the first time in more than 20 years, voters in Southern Arizona’s Congressional District 7 are choosing a new representative today. Polls are closed and early results are expected starting around...
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July 16, 2025 at 2:54 AM
We’ll have live results from AZ’s CD7 race tonight here 👉 azluminaria.org/2025/07/15/l...
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Tucson residents who say they overpaid for incorrect utility bills want their money back. They also want Arizona public agencies and utilities to implement immediate reforms
Broken utility bill system can mean eviction for some mobile home residents - AZ Luminaria
In the hot summer months, Jose Verdugo had a strategy for how to best cool the mobile home he shared with his wife: turn on the window air conditioner in one room for an hour or two when just coming h...
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June 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Tucson residents who say they overpaid for incorrect utility bills want their money back. They also want Arizona public agencies and utilities to implement immediate reforms
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Emily Pike’s brutal murder has been used to rally support for legislation creating a new alert system for missing people. But as it’s written, the proposed law — now named in the San Carlos Apache teen’s honor — wouldn’t help in missing cases like hers because of its age criteria.
Emily’s Law wouldn’t have helped Emily: Proposed Arizona alert highlights gaps for runaway youth - AZ Luminaria
A proposed state law named for 14-year-old Emily Pike — a member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe who went missing and was later found dead — would not have applied to her disappearance. That’s because ...
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April 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Emily Pike’s brutal murder has been used to rally support for legislation creating a new alert system for missing people. But as it’s written, the proposed law — now named in the San Carlos Apache teen’s honor — wouldn’t help in missing cases like hers because of its age criteria.
This event is so inspiring. Would you like to see something like this in Tucson?
We are excited to announce our next event coming in April! "Uniting the Inland Northwest" is a free community gathering focused on bridging regional divides.
The event will feature six breakout sessions addressing regional issues. We hope you can join us!
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The event will feature six breakout sessions addressing regional issues. We hope you can join us!
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#spokane
April 27 Event: Uniting the Inland Northwest - FāVS News
FāVS News is excited to present "Uniting the Inland Northwest," a free community gathering focused on bridging regional divides, April 27 at the Montvale
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March 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This event is so inspiring. Would you like to see something like this in Tucson?
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“This is how our community is dealing with the sickest among us, to keep criminalizing homelessness, criminalizing mental illness and substance use disorder”
Mental illness put Pat Grenier in crisis. The system put him in jail. - AZ Luminaria
Pat Grenier and his next-door neighbor were going at it again. The kind of dispute that flares up and then is forgotten until something nettlesome sets off another round of bickering. On a bright fall...
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March 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
“This is how our community is dealing with the sickest among us, to keep criminalizing homelessness, criminalizing mental illness and substance use disorder”
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A Venezuelan woman and two young children were driven away by Border Patrol agents Tuesday. Her family and two other children don’t know where they are.
Tucson family frantically seeks answers after mother and kids detained by Border Patrol at traffic stop - AZ Luminaria
A migrant mother and two of her children have gone missing, according to frantic family members who say they fear their loved ones are in Border Patrol custody and facing imminent deportation. On Feb...
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February 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
A Venezuelan woman and two young children were driven away by Border Patrol agents Tuesday. Her family and two other children don’t know where they are.
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Durante los últimos dos años, organizaciones religiosas y humanitarias han proporcionado alimento y ayuda a los migrantes en un campamento cerca de Sasabe. Justo antes de que Donald Trump asumiera el cargo, los voluntarios fueron instruidos a desalojar tierras federales.
Con @propublica.org
Con @propublica.org
"Lucharemos": Trabajadores humanitarios temen que el cierre de un campamento en la frontera de Arizona ponga en peligro a los migrantes - AZ Luminaria
BOSQUE NACIONAL CORONADO — El pastor Randy Mayer maniobra hábilmente su camioneta SUV por caminos de terracería accidentados, esquivando enormes baches y subiendo por empinadas pendientes en la oscuri...
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February 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Durante los últimos dos años, organizaciones religiosas y humanitarias han proporcionado alimento y ayuda a los migrantes en un campamento cerca de Sasabe. Justo antes de que Donald Trump asumiera el cargo, los voluntarios fueron instruidos a desalojar tierras federales.
Con @propublica.org
Con @propublica.org
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For the past two years, religious and humanitarian organizations have provided food and aid to migrants at a camp near Sasabe. Just before Donald Trump took office, volunteers were told to clear off federal land.
With @propublica.org
With @propublica.org
“We will fight back”: Aid workers fear closing a camp on the Arizona border will endanger migrants - AZ Luminaria
Just before Donald Trump took office, volunteers aiding migrants at a camp near Sasabe, Arizona, were told to clear off federal land.
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February 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
For the past two years, religious and humanitarian organizations have provided food and aid to migrants at a camp near Sasabe. Just before Donald Trump took office, volunteers were told to clear off federal land.
With @propublica.org
With @propublica.org
I read “So Long, See You Tomorrow” by William Maxwell because I saw Lauren Groff talking about it. 135 pages of devastation and obviously I want to read more Maxwell now.
January 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I read “So Long, See You Tomorrow” by William Maxwell because I saw Lauren Groff talking about it. 135 pages of devastation and obviously I want to read more Maxwell now.
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Want to work with a growing team of investigative reporters covering Arizona? We've got two openings for experienced reporters to cover higher education and criminal justice, thanks to a partnership through Report for America. Applications are due in a few weeks! See the thread below to apply:
January 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Want to work with a growing team of investigative reporters covering Arizona? We've got two openings for experienced reporters to cover higher education and criminal justice, thanks to a partnership through Report for America. Applications are due in a few weeks! See the thread below to apply:
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Plans for a new resort next to Zion National Park call for a hotel along with short-term rentals capable of serving up to 350 nightly guests, up to 25 private homes, a swimming pool, spa, horse center and tent campsites.
‘People are rightfully concerned’: New resort planned near Zion National Park, Canaan Wilderness Area
Plans for a new resort next to Zion National Park call for a hotel along with short-term rentals capable of serving up to 350 nightly guests, up to 25 private homes, a swimming pool, spa, horse center and tent campsites.
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January 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Plans for a new resort next to Zion National Park call for a hotel along with short-term rentals capable of serving up to 350 nightly guests, up to 25 private homes, a swimming pool, spa, horse center and tent campsites.
Definitely going to have a book hangover from Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, by Olga Tokarczuk
January 14, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Definitely going to have a book hangover from Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, by Olga Tokarczuk
Currently, there are nearly 100 people represented in the database through this journalist's hard work verifying cases. You can help by reading and amplifying Chelsea's work. #MMIW
Excited to announce that we’ve launched our new database dedicated to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit and Transgender People — the first of its kind in Arizona. 🧵 #IWMFgrantee #MMIP
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MMIP Arizona database - AZ Luminaria
A searchable database and map of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit and Transgender People in Arizona, MMIP, MMIW
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January 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Currently, there are nearly 100 people represented in the database through this journalist's hard work verifying cases. You can help by reading and amplifying Chelsea's work. #MMIW
My first book of the year was "A Visit From The Goon Squad" by Jennifer Egan. I loved it so I started "The Candy House" next. What other novels in the loosely connected stories -style should I read?
January 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
My first book of the year was "A Visit From The Goon Squad" by Jennifer Egan. I loved it so I started "The Candy House" next. What other novels in the loosely connected stories -style should I read?
That sparkly feeling you get when you close out the bookkeeping for 2024 for your small business
January 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
That sparkly feeling you get when you close out the bookkeeping for 2024 for your small business
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December 3, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Today is Giving Tuesday, the midpoint of our biggest fundraiser of the year 🌟
Thanks to NewsMatch and the generosity of people like you, every donation made today will be TRIPLED.
👉 Get started here: azluminaria.org/membership/
Thank you for supporting Arizona Luminaria! 🧡
Thanks to NewsMatch and the generosity of people like you, every donation made today will be TRIPLED.
👉 Get started here: azluminaria.org/membership/
Thank you for supporting Arizona Luminaria! 🧡
Are we talking about books here? I'm reading "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue" and "The Picture of Dorian Gray" at the same time. What else do we file under "be careful what you wish for"?
November 15, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Are we talking about books here? I'm reading "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue" and "The Picture of Dorian Gray" at the same time. What else do we file under "be careful what you wish for"?
Hi, I'm Becky. I'm new here. I was just thinking, "I hope this isn't just another Threads" but then this post was one of the first things I saw and I'm cool with being here now.
November 15, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Hi, I'm Becky. I'm new here. I was just thinking, "I hope this isn't just another Threads" but then this post was one of the first things I saw and I'm cool with being here now.