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New cloud migration, cyber security, and managed service solutions for growing organizations to streamline technology integration, enhance security, and improve operational efficiency. MIRAMAR, Fla. , Nov. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Claro Enterprise Solutions, a single-source technology solutions provider for growing organizations , announced expanded services to support merger and acquisition activity on buy-side and sell-side, as companies seek cost efficiencies and technology modernization. The expanded consulting, implementation and managed service offerings make it more expeditious for investors and acquired companies to merge technology infrastructure while improving cyber and physical security, productivity and performance.WHEELING, W.Va. , Dec. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- WesBanco, Inc. ("WesBanco") (Nasdaq: WSBC) and Premier Financial Corp. ("Premier") (Nasdaq: PFC) today announced that WesBanco's shareholders and Premier's shareholders have each voted overwhelmingly to adopt and approve, as applicable, all proposals relating to the previously announced merger agreement for WesBanco to acquire Premier. The votes were held at the respective special meetings of WesBanco's shareholders and Premier's shareholders today. Approximately 85% of the votes cast at WesBanco's special meeting voted to approve the merger and to approve the proposal to issue shares of WesBanco common stock as described in the joint proxy statement/prospectus for the special meeting, and approximately 68% of the outstanding shares of Premier common stock voted to approve the proposal to adopt the merger agreement. "Shareholder approval is a key milestone that reflects strong confidence in the opportunities this merger creates for our communities, customers, employees and shareholders," said Jeff Jackson , President and Chief Executive Officer of WesBanco. "With this step complete, we look forward to receiving the required regulatory approvals and then scheduling the closing of the merger, so we can bring our community commitment and the resources of a stronger organization to all of our communities." With the completion of this critical milestone, the companies believe the merger is on track to close during the first quarter of 2025. The transaction remains subject to the completion of customary closing conditions, including the receipt of required regulatory approvals. The merger will create a regional financial services institution with approximately $27 billion in assets, significant economies of scale, and strong pro forma profitability metrics. With complementary and contiguous geographic footprints, the combined company would be the 8th largest bank in Ohio , based on deposit market share, have increased presence in Indiana , and serve customers in nine states. About WesBanco, Inc. With over 150 years as a community-focused, regional financial services partner, WesBanco Inc. (NASDAQ: WSBC) and its subsidiaries build lasting prosperity through relationships and solutions that empower our customers for success in their financial journeys. Customers across our eight-state footprint choose WesBanco for the comprehensive range and personalized delivery of our retail and commercial banking solutions, as well as trust, brokerage, wealth management and insurance services, all designed to advance their financial goals. Through the strength of our teams, we leverage large bank capabilities and local focus to help make every community we serve a better place for people and businesses to thrive. Headquartered in Wheeling, West Virginia , WesBanco has $18.5 billion in total assets, with our Trust and Investment Services holding $6.1 billion of assets under management and securities account values (including annuities) of $1.9 billion through our broker/dealer, as of September 30, 2024 . Learn more at www.wesbanco.com and follow @WesBanco on Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram. About Premier Financial Corp. Premier Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: PFC), headquartered in Defiance, Ohio , is the holding company for Premier Bank. Premier Bank, headquartered in Youngstown, Ohio , operates 73 branches and nine loan offices in Ohio , Michigan , Indiana and Pennsylvania and also serves clients through a team of wealth professionals dedicated to each community banking branch. For more information, visit Premier's website at www.PremierFinCorp.com . Matters set forth in this press release contain certain forward-looking statements, including certain plans, expectations, goals, and projections, and including statements about the benefits of the proposed Merger between WesBanco and Premier, that are subject to numerous assumptions, risks, and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements in this press release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results could differ materially from those contained or implied by such statements for a variety of factors including: the effects of changing regional and national economic conditions, changes in interest rates, spreads on earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, and associated interest rate sensitivity; sources of liquidity available to WesBanco and its related subsidiary operations; potential future credit losses and the credit risk of commercial, real estate, and consumer loan customers and their borrowing activities; actions of the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Institution Regulatory Authority, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, the Securities Investors Protection Corporation, and other regulatory bodies; potential legislative and federal and state regulatory actions and reform, including, without limitation, the impact of the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act; adverse decisions of federal and state courts; fraud , scams and schemes of third parties; cyber-security breaches; competitive conditions in the financial services industry; rapidly changing technology affecting financial services; marketability of debt instruments and corresponding impact on fair value adjustments; and/or other external developments materially impacting WesBanco's operational and financial performance, the businesses of the WesBanco and Premier may not be integrated successfully or such integration may take longer to accomplish than expected; the expected cost savings and any revenue synergies from the proposed Merger may not be fully realized within the expected timeframes; disruption from the proposed Merger may make it more difficult to maintain relationships with clients, associates, or suppliers; the required governmental approvals of the proposed Merger may not be obtained on the expected terms and schedule; changes in economic conditions; movements in interest rates; competitive pressures on product pricing and services; success and timing of other business strategies; the nature, extent, and timing of governmental actions and reforms; and extended disruption of vital infrastructure; and other factors described in WesBanco's 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K, Premier's 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K, and documents subsequently filed by WesBanco and Premier with the SEC. 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With bowl drought quenched, Matt Rhule eager to see Nebraska football set new 'standard' (copy)RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina Democratic Party sued on Friday to block the potential removal of tens of thousands of ballots tallied in an extremely close state Supreme Court race, saying state election officials would be violating federal law if they sided with protests initiated by the trailing Republican candidate. The lawsuit filed in Raleigh federal court comes as attorneys for Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin also went to state courts on Friday to attempt to force the State Board of Elections to act more quickly on accusations contained in the protests. The board tentatively planned to hold a public hearing on the protests next Wednesday, according to a board email provided with Griffin's motion. Griffin wants a final decision from the board earlier. Democratic Associate Justice Allison Riggs leads Griffin by 734 votes following a machine recount of over 5.5 million ballots cast in their Nov. 5 election. A partial hand recount began this week and is nearly complete. But Griffin, joined by three other GOP state legislative candidates, contend that well over 60,000 ballots shouldn't have counted, casting doubt on election results. Among their complaints: voter registration records of some voters casting ballots lack driver’s license or partial Social Security numbers, and overseas voters never living in North Carolina have run afoul of state residency requirements. The Democratic Party's lawsuit said that some of the protests represent “systematic challenges to voter eligibility” that counter a federal law's prohibition of what's essentially removing people from voter registration lists retroactively after an election. The lawsuit wants a judge to declare federal law and the Constitution prevents the votes from being discarded and to order the election board — a majority of its members Democrats — to comply. “No North Carolinian deserves to have their vote thrown out in a callous power grab,” state party Chair Anderson Clayton said in a written statement. According to state law, a board considering an election protest could correct a ballot tally, direct another recount or order a new election. Griffin's attorneys filed requests Friday for judges to demand that the board issue final rulings by late Tuesday afternoon. They were filed in Wake County Superior Court and at the Court of Appeals — the same court where Griffin serves. Usually three members on the 15-judge court — second only to the Supreme Court in state's jurisprudence — hear such motions. “Public trust in our electoral processes depends on both fair and efficient procedures to determine the outcome of our elections. By failing to give a timely decision, the State Board continues to undermine the public interest,” Griffin attorney Troy Shelton wrote. Attorneys for Riggs separately on Friday also responded to Griffin's actual protests before the board, saying they should all be denied. Griffin led Riggs — one of two Democrats on the seven-member court — by about 10,000 votes on election night, but that lead dwindled and flipped to Riggs as tens of thousands of qualifying provisional and absentee ballots were added to the totals through the canvass. Riggs has declared victory. The three Republican legislative candidates joining Griffin's protests all trailed Democratic rivals after the machine recounts. One is GOP Rep. Frank Sossamon, who trails Democratic challenger Bryan Cohn by about 230 votes. Should Cohn win, Republicans would fall one seat short of retaining its current veto-proof majority in both chambers. That would give more leverage to Democratic Gov.-elect Josh Stein in 2025. The Associated Press has not called the Supreme Court race and two of the three legislative races highlighted in the protests.
Something is happening in Pakistan. The amount of electricity delivered to customers by its grid is going down — a lot! It’s not that Pakistanis are turning off their electrical devices. What they are doing instead is generating more solar power from panels they own themselves. They are becoming prosumers, and that could portend a major shift in the energy market for other countries as well. In a blog post on November 25, 2024, the World Economic Forum said that Pakistan’s rapid adoption of solar power, which is being driven primarily by market forces and with only minimal political support, provides valuable lessons for other emerging markets. “Declining solar panel prices, coupled with skyrocketing grid electricity tariffs that have increased by 155% over three years, are fueling a rush in renewable energy adoption in Pakistan, with solar power leading the way. The country is now the world’s sixth-largest solar market,” it said. The driving force here is economics, not policies. Many countries feel threatened by China’s overproduction of solar panels, which has driven down their cost to the point where they are ridiculously cheap. As a result, Pakistan is now the third largest importer of Chinese-made solar panels. If Pakistan had its own solar panel industry, it would impose significant import duties on those panels from China, but it does not. Therefore, the influx of cheap panels is welcomed by most Pakistanis — but not all, as we shall see. Industrial, agricultural, and residential sectors have embraced solar, with imported Chinese modules totaling 13 GW having been added in the first half of the year. Forecasters predict that figure will rise to 22 GW by the time 2024 is over. While this may be good news for the environment and global efforts to adopt cleaner forms of energy production, the shift could bring new headaches for the Pakistani government as demand for energy from the state power grid shrinks and Islamabad juggles its tenuous financial outlook with the corresponding drop in revenue, says OilPrice.com . Kaiser Bengali, an economist who worked as an adviser to the chief minister of Pakistan’s southeastern Sindh Province, says the influx of Chinese panels has sparked an episode of “circular debt” where those left reliant on the expensive state power grid need to choose between saving money to switch to solar or refusing to pay their bills — which could, in turn, spark a cascade of unpaid debts. Consumption of electricity from the national grid fell by 10% in 2023 compared to the previous year amid rising electricity prices, and this decrease could deepen as Islamabad faces pressure to increase electricity prices in order to repay a loan from the International Monetary Fund. These new realities are shaped by the inability of the national grid to deliver a stable supply of electricity, a challenge that has consistently hindered economic growth. The International Energy Agency reports says Pakistan’s per capita electricity consumption grew by 87% between 2000 and 2022, yet more than 40 million people remain without access to electricity and half the population still lacks clean cooking facilities. Many more live in off-grid or underserved areas, without access to electricity for more than 4 hours a day. Meanwhile, record-breaking heat waves are boosting demand for basic cooling from fans and air conditioners. The government’s inconsistent energy policy, which is characterized by inefficiencies in production, pricing, and regulations, has made the energy crisis worse. A price hike in July was seen by many as an alternative tax and has driven electricity consumption from the grid to its lowest level in four years. This trend has sparked a wave of solar adoption among industrial, commercial, and private users who can afford self generation from solar panels. Global regulations, such as the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, and global brands’ net-zero commitments are adding to the urgency of cleaner energy adoption. Export driven industries face competitive pressure to source renewable energy or risk losing market share to greener competitors. Without access to renewable energy via the grid or captive units, these businesses are at a significant disadvantage, the WEF suggests. In its State of the Industry report for 2023, Pakistan’s National Electric Power Regulatory Authority attributed an “unprecedented increase” in the cost of electricity to a range of factors. Those included currency devaluation, reduced electricity demand, high transmission and distribution losses, theft, varying demand patterns, litigation, and “poor governance in the overall electric power sector.” The momentum towards solar adoption is further fueled by growing consumer independence made possible by declining battery prices and the desire for reliable energy. Affordable battery-based systems are reshaping demand patterns, accelerating the shift to renewables, particularly solar power. This highlights the urgent need for proactive grid modernization to manage effectively the growing integration of distributed renewable energy sources, according to PV Magazine . While solarization offers immense opportunities, it also underscores the risks of an unmanaged transition, the WEF says. Pakistan’s case raises questions about the viability of traditional state-run grids and the economic impact of large scale renewable adoption. A decade ago, the question was, “Can solar power Pakistan?” Today, the question is, “Can Pakistan and other emerging markets realistically transition entirely to renewable energy without jeopardizing the stability of their national grids?” With the rapid shift of demand from the grid to rooftop renewables, the national grid is at risk of a downward debt spiral. Modernizing Pakistan’s national electricity grid is essential for enhancing reliability, expanding access to off-grid areas, and significantly reducing costs. This will necessitate the adoption of advanced AI-driven monitoring and forecasting tools, investments in capacity augmentation — including the integration of rapid response battery storage and digital metering infrastructure — as well as proactive initiatives by distribution companies to align supply with demand effectively. The question is, how will those improvements be paid for? Strong policy support will be needed to implement comprehensive market reforms, including the privatization and unbundling of distribution companies, in order to foster a competitive market. However, the prevailing political instability and the high costs associated with grid modernization make these measures unlikely in the current climate. China’s dual role in this transition further complicates the picture. While heavily investing in Pakistan’s thermal power projects, China also benefits as the leading supplier of solar technology, influencing both sides of the energy equation. The WEF points out that Pakistan’s experience offers insights into managing the clean energy transition, particularly with regard to integrating renewable energy within complex economic and political dynamics. Global grid operators must reassess their approach to consumers who are also producers — known as prosumers — and embracing advanced distributed renewable technologies like solar, wind, and battery storage. Transitioning from a government controlled energy model to a deregulated, competitive market will be necessary to avoid grid obsolescence. Such a market can reduce energy costs in the short term, create new revenue streams for grid operators, and reinvigorate demand for grid services. The roots of Pakistan’s power sector crisis go back decades, but the problems really began in 1994 when Islamabad offered lucrative deals to foreign investors to build power plants as the government and its rapidly growing population pursued economic growth. Called independent power producers (IPPs), these operators secured liberal provisions from the government in the form of government-backed, dollar-indexed returns and commitments to pay for even unused electricity. Financing mostly flowed to thermal generating stations fired by coal or methane, which left electricity prices largely tied to fluctuations in the global market for fossil fuels, OilPrice.com reports. As a result, the cost of electricity in Pakistan has more than doubled in the past three years. The government also scaled back subsidies and passed the capacity payments made to power producers on to consumers, a bane for large sections of society in a developing country like Pakistan where roughly 40% of the population lives below the poverty line, as defined by the UN. Industrial groups complain that energy costs for businesses are double those in India and Bangladesh, and some factories have been forced to shut down. In navigating the intertwined debt and energy problems, consumers say they’re dealing with policy whiplash. In 2017, Pakistan started a system for “net metering” that allows people to sell excess electricity back to the national grid. But in March, the government indicated it wanted to end the net metering policy to meet IMF criteria for state spending as it tries to stabilize its economy. Despite concern from the federal government, the provincial governments of Punjab — home to more than half of the country’s population — and Sindh — with more than 50 million people — are now offering free or subsidized solar panels to help low income households. The federal government is also renegotiating debts, with the hope of stabilizing the grid and reducing its reliance on fossil fuels. Pakistani Energy Minister Awais Leghari told the Financial Times in September that the government was renegotiating with Chinese and domestic investors over its power sector debts and exploring ways to privatize certain companies. But the minister also expressed concern that the continued interest and use of solar panels risks making the grid “unaffordable” due to a sustained loss of paying customers. “Demand is shrinking off the grid. That’s a big concern for us,” he said. Pakistan may not be top of mind for many, but what is happening there is also happening in many other places around the world. Puerto Rico is an example of a place where decades of benign neglect from Washington has left its grid especially vulnerable to the more powerful storms that result from a warming climate. Many island nations suffer from the same malaise. Policy whiplash is upending the rooftop solar market in California. In many parts of Africa, access to locally generated solar power is allowing underserved communities to leapfrog over the traditional energy grid model all together and go straight to a prosumer model where people generate and consume most of their own electricity. You see where this is going, right? An end to the energy grid as we know it and the empowerment of local communities to meet their own energy needs with distributed microgrids and virtual power plants that turn the energy industry upside down. Oh, and don’t forget — those local power sources do it all without creating any emissions that contribute to the further overheating of the planet. Does what is happening in Pakistan offer a hint about the future of electricity? “We’ll see,” said the Zen master. CleanTechnica's Comment Policy LinkedIn WhatsApp Facebook X Email Mastodon Reddit
The Battle of Indiana is a hot ticket to kick off the first ever 12-team College Football Playoff, as t he 10th-ranked Indiana Hoosiers visit the No. 7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Friday night in South Bend. The first-round contest is slated for Dec. 20 at 8 p.m. ET with tickets still available to watch live . How to get Notre Dame vs. Indiana tickets: Seats are still available for the first-round College Football Playoff matchup on secondary sites Vivid Seats , StubHub , SeatGeek and Viagogo . As of Dec. 11, the starting prices for seats were as follows: Vivid Seats starting at $700 StubHub starting at $624 SeatGeek starting at $711 Viagogo starting at $540 #10 Indiana Hoosiers (11-1) at #7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11-1) College Football Playoff matchup at a glance When: Friday, Dec. 20 at 8 p.m. ET Where: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Ind. Tickets: Vivid Seats | StubHub | SeatGeek | Viagogo Flights/hotels: Expedia | Travelocity | Booking.com | Hotels.com TV channel: ABC and ESPN+ Live streams: DirecTV Stream (free trial) | SlingTV (low intro rate) | FuboTV (low intro rate) | ESPN+ ($11.99/mo.) Notre Dame opens as a 7.5-point favorite to beat Indiana and reach the quarterfinal round of the 2025 College Football Playoff, where a matchup with the 2nd-ranked Georgia Bulldogs would await. The Fighting Irish fell flat in Week 2 of the season after beating then-No. 20 Texas A&M (23-13) in their opener, dropping a home game as a big favorite against Northern Illinois (16-14) before rattling off 10 straight wins. Over the course of that winning streak, Notre Dame’s offense came alive with 49-plus points in six of the 10 contests, capped by back-to-back wins over Army (49-14) and USC (49-35). Notre Dame vs. Indiana College Football Playoff tickets: Vivid Seats | StubHub | SeatGeek | Viagogo Indiana is one of the best stories of the college football season under the guidance of first-year coach Curt Cignetti. The Hoosiers won their first 10 games before falling on the road to then-No. 2 Ohio State (38-15) in Week 13 but rebounded with a 66-0 shutout of Purdue in their finale. Indiana will look to do what it couldn’t do against the Buckeyes and put its best offense on the field to take a run at an upset win over a top-10 team. ©2024 Advance Local Media LLC. Visit pennlive.com . Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
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NEW ORLEANS — A scruffy little fugitive is on the lam again in New Orleans, gaining fame as he outwits a tenacious band of citizens armed with night-vision binoculars, nets and a tranquilizer rifle. Scrim, a 17-pound mutt that's mostly terrier, has become a folk hero, inspiring tattoos, T-shirts and even a ballad as he eludes capture from the posse of volunteers. And like any antihero, Scrim has a backstory: Rescued from semi-feral life at a trailer park and adopted from a shelter, the dog broke loose in April and scurried around the city until he was cornered in October and brought to a new home. Weeks later, he'd had enough. Scrim leaped out of a second-story window, a desperate act recorded in a now-viral video. Since then, despite a stream of daily sightings, he's roamed free. The dog’s fans include Myra and Steve Foster, who wrote “Ode to Scrim” to the tune of Ricky Nelson’s 1961 hit, “I’m a Travelin’ Man.” Michelle Cheramie, founder of Zeus' Rescues, at her office in New Orleans on Dec. 9 with a whiteboard index of sheltered cats and dogs and a Scrim look-alike recuperating in the background. 'I'm a travelin' dog and I've made a lot of stops/All over this town...' Leading the recapture effort is Michelle Cheramie, a 55-year-old former information technology professional. She lost everything — home, car, possessions — in Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and in the aftermath, found her calling rescuing pets. “I was like, ‘This is what I should be doing,’” Cheramie said. “I was born to rescue.” She launched Zeus’ Rescues, a nonprofit shelter that now averages 600 cat and dog adoptions a year and offers free pet food to anyone who needs it. She helped Scrim find the home he first escaped from. It was Cheramie's window Scrim leaped from in November. She's resumed her relentless mission since then, posting flyers on telephone poles and logging social media updates on his reported whereabouts. She's invested thousands of dollars on wildlife cameras, thermal sensors and other gear. She took a course offered by the San Diego Zoo on the finer points of tranquilizing animals. And she's developed a network of volunteers — the kind of neighbors who are willing to grid-search a city at 3 a.m. Scrim on Oct. 24 at the Metairie Small Animal Hospital in Metairie, La. '...And at every stop I own the heart, of at least one lovely...' People like writer David W. Brown, who manages a crowd-sourced Google Map of all known Scrim sightings. He says the search galvanized residents from all walks of life to come together. As they search for Scrim, they hand out supplies to people in need. “Being a member of the community is seeing problems and doing what you can to make life a little better for the people around here and the animals around you,” Brown said. Neighbor Tammy Murray had to close her furniture store and lost her father to Parkinson's disease. This search, she says, got her mojo back. “Literally, for months, I’ve done nothing but hunt this dog,” said Murray, 53. “I feel like Wile E. Coyote on a daily basis with him.” Murray drives the Zeus' Rescues van toward reported Scrim sightings. She also handles a tactical net launcher, which looks like an oversized flashlight and once misfired, shattering the van's window as Scrim sped away. After realizing Scrim came to recognize the sound of the van's diesel engine, Murray switched to a Vespa scooter for stealth. Michelle Cheramie, director of Zeus' Rescues, left, walks with Scrim on Oct. 24 at the Metairie Small Animal Hospital in Metairie, La. '...If you're ever in the 9th Ward stop and see/My cute little mini poodle...' Near-misses have been tantalizing. The search party spotted Scrim napping beneath an elevated house, and wrapped construction netting around the perimeter, but an over-eager volunteer broke ranks and dashed forward, leaving an opening Scrim slipped through. Scrim's repeated escapades prompted near-daily local media coverage and a devoted online following. Cheramie can relate. “We’re all running from something or to something," she said. "He's doing that, too.” Cheramie's team dreams of placing the pooch in a safe and loving environment. But a social media chorus growing under the hashtag #FreeScrim has other ideas — they say the runaway should be allowed a life of self-determination. The animal rescue volunteers consider that misguided. “The streets of New Orleans are not the place for a dog to be free,” Cheramie said. “It’s too dangerous.” Scrim rests in a kennel Oct. 24 at the Metairie Small Animal Hospital in Metairie, La. '...and my Shar-Pei doll down in old Treme/Waits for my return...' Scrim was a mess when Cheramie briefly recaptured him in October, with matted fur, missing teeth and a tattered ear. His trembling body was scraped and bruised, and punctured by projectiles. A vet removed one, but decided against operating to take out a possible bullet. The dog initially appeared content indoors, sitting in Cheramie's lap or napping beside her bed. Then while she was out one day, Scrim chewed through a mesh screen, dropped 13 feet to the ground and squeezed through a gap in the fence, trotting away. Murray said Cheramie's four cats probably spooked him. Cheramie thinks they may have gotten territorial. Devastated but undeterred, the pair is reassessing where Scrim might fit best — maybe a secure animal sanctuary with big outdoor spaces where other dogs can keep him company. Somewhere, Murray says, “where he can just breathe and be.” A Scrim sticker for sale Dec. 9 at Zeus' Rescues office to raise money for the shelter in New Orleans. A homemade portrait of Scrim hangs Dec. 9 in the Zeus' Rescues shelter in New Orleans. Scrim spends some time outside Oct. 24 with Michelle Cheramie, director of Zeus' Rescues, in a fenced-in area at Metairie Small Animal Hospital in Metairie. Scrim sits in the arms of Zoey Ponder on Oct. 24 at Metairie Small Animal Hospital in Metairie. Scrim at the Terrebonne Parish Animal Shelter in Louisiana. Subscribe to stay connected to Tucson. A subscription helps you access more of the local stories that keep you connected to the community. 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