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Furloughs at Arizona's biggest Army post mean widespread pain in Sierra Vista
Source: Tucson Sentinel
Oct. 23, 2025 Grace Berry & Isabella Gomez, Cronkite News
Most of Marcelo Carrillo’s customers work at Fort Huachuca – the biggest military installation in Arizona and the biggest employer in the state’s southeast corner.
With the government shutdown in its fourth week and thousands of civilian federal workers furloughed, the lunch rush at 143 Street Tacos, less than a mile from the gate, has slowed to a trickle.
So Carrillo has turned the tip jar into a collection jar – for donors to buy their neighbors meals they can no longer afford.
With the government shutdown in its fourth week and thousands of civilian federal workers furloughed, the lunch rush at 143 Street Tacos, less than a mile from the gate, has slowed to a trickle.
So Carrillo has turned the tip jar into a collection jar – for donors to buy their neighbors meals they can no longer afford.
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