PHOENIX, Arizona, June 17 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona issued the following news release: The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Arizona, and law firms Dechert LLP and Stinson, LLP filed a lawsuit against Sheriff Paul Penzone and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office seeking the release of medically vulnerable people from county jails. The lawsuit comes as confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus surge in Maricopa County jails. Since May 29, the number of confirmed   more

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, June 16 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following statement by Appellate Advocacy Vice President John Bursch regarding the Supreme Court's ruling in R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes vs. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: "Americans must be able to rely on what the law says, and it is disappointing that a majority of the justices were unwilling to affirm that commonsense principle. "Redefining 'sex' to mean 'gender identity' will create chaos and enormous  more

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, June 19 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following statement: The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom General Counsel Kristen Waggoner regarding a failed attempt by a minority of U.S. senators to bypass the committee process and resurrect the deceptively named "Equality Act," legislation that would be used to set back protections for women on the playing field, at work, and in showers and locker rooms by decades, as well as inhibit th  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 20 -- The Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry issued the following statement on June 18 by President and CEO Glenn Hamer on the Supreme Court decision rejecting the Trump administration's attempt to terminate the DACA program: "Today's ruling is a welcome relief for hundreds of thousands of DACA recipients who are our friends, neighbors, and coworkers, and who are contributing to the richness of the United States. "The average Dreamer is 26 years old. They speak Eng  more

TUCSON, Arizona, June 19 -- The Astrophysical Journal, a research journal from the American Astronomical Society that says it is devoted to recent developments, discoveries and theories in astronomy and astrophysics, published research articles, including the following topics, in Part 2 of its June 2020 edition: * Bivariate Number Distribution of Solar Soft X-Ray Flares * Coronal Dimmings Associated with Coronal Mass Ejections on the Solar Limb * Cosmicflows-4: The Calibration of Optical and   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 16 -- The Center for Public Integrity issued the following news: Charlie Rhodes lived alone on a tree-sparse street with sunburned lawns just outside this Arizona city. At 61, the Army veteran's main connection to the world was Facebook; often, he posted several times a day. But as a heat wave blanketed the region in June 2016 -- raising temperatures among the highest ever recorded -- his posts stopped. Three weeks later, a pile of unopened mail outside his door prompted   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 20 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release: The Arizona chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Arizona) joined a broad coalition including elected officials, interfaith organizations, allies and activists in calling on the Maricopa County Community College District to "Get Hate out of the Classroom." This coalition letter comes on the heels of the revelations of Islamophobic bigotry being taught as fact by Scotts  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The Federation for American Immigration Reform issued the following news release: A poll conducted in 10 states that are likely to determine the outcome of the November elections finds broad voter support for reductions in immigration in the face of massive layoffs resulting from the COVID-19 crisis. The polling was conducted on behalf of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) by the national opinion research firm, Zogby Analytics, on June 10 and 11. The st  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 19 -- The Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce issued the following news release: The Greater Phoenix Chamber applauds the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision regarding Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which allows Arizona's more than 24,000 DACA recipients to meaningfully contribute to the state's economic prosperity. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a 2017 action to end DACA was not valid for procedural reasons. "The Court's ruling today is a bright s  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 16 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona issued the following news release: Immigrant advocates on Monday filed a second lawsuit in federal court, requesting the immediate release of 13 people who are at high risk for severe illness or death from COVID-19. Since the lawsuit was filed one of the petitioners has been released. The remaining 12 petitioners are detained in two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities in Eloy, AZ, both of which have outb  more

TUCSON, Arizona, June 20 -- The International Journal of Middle East Studies, a journal that says it features politics, society and culture in the Middle East from the 7th century to the present day from the Middle East Studies Association, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2020 edition: * "I Have Ambition": Muhammad Ramadan's Proletarian Masculinities in Postrevolution Egyptian Cinema * Bankrupt: Financial Life in Late Mandate Palestine * Beyond sectarianism: Int  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 16 -- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued the following news release: The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and All Voting is Local, with its joint And Still I Vote campaign, will hold multiple events this week to mobilize voters and urge officials in Arizona to ensure fair, safe, and accessible elections in 2020. These activities are part of Turn Up Tuesdays, a weekly, national call to action to ensure people are informed and activate  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Priorities USA issued the following news release: Priorities USA has seen a dramatic increase in fundraising since early May, raising more than $38 million in donations and commitments across the three Priorities entities in that time. Priorities brought in $12.5 million in donations across the three entities in May, and nearly $26 million in contributions and commitments so far in June. Priorities has now raised $173 million for the cycle and is committed to spending ov  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Protect Our Care issued the following news: On a press call this afternoon, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), U.S. Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-CA-36), Arizona State Senator Tony Navarrete (D-AZ-30), National Hispanic Medical Association President and CEO Dr. Elena Rios along with Protect Our Care discussed the glaring racial disparities in the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus crisis in Latino communities that have suffered the brunt of the financial cons  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 16 -- The Translational Genomics Research Institute issued the following news release: Could remnants of DNA from a now extinct human subspecies known as the Denisovans help boost the immune functions of modern humans? An international study co-led by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, and published in the scientific journal PLOS Genetics, represents the first characterizations of genes in the DNA of healthy individuals fr  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 17 -- The United Steelworkers issued the following news release: The United Steelworkers (USW) said that Region 28 of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a far-reaching complaint against ASARCO LLC, a subsidiary of mining conglomerate Grupo Mexico, sanctioning the company for its numerous unlawful actions at and away from the bargaining table. Almost 2,000 members of eight international unions have been on strike at five copper mining and process  more