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Tucson Elects 1st Latina Mayor; Access To Tongass National Forest

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History was made this month in Tucson, Arizona, when Regina Romero was sworn in as mayor. She's the city's first woman and the first Latina mayor. Host Peter O'Dowd talks to her about her plans to address immigration issues in Tucson. Also, the Trump administration is proposing to loosen rules protecting the Tongass National Forest by allowing new road building that will likely lead to logging the Tongass. The Pulitzer Center sent Daniel Grossman to Prince of Wales Island in Alaska to talk to residents there. That and more, in hour one of Here & Now's December 13, 2019, full broadcast. You can find more at hereandnow.org, follow us on Twitter and join the conversation on Facebook.

This program aired on December 13, 2019.

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