SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, June 22 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following statement by Legal Counsel Christiana Holcomb: The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Christiana Holcomb regarding the U.S. Department of Justice's statement of interest filed in federal district court Friday in support of Idaho's Fairness in Women's Sports Act, a newly enacted law that protects female athletes from being forced to compete against males who identify as   more

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, June 22 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release: The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Sharp regarding Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's decision to sign the Student Religious Liberties Act, HB 164, a bill to protect freedom of religious expression and right of students to pray in public schools: "Students do not shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gate. Ohio's Student Religious Liberties A  more

TUCSON, Arizona, June 24 -- Archeology Southwest issued the following news release: Archaeology Southwest is pleased to announce that it has received a generous $114,219 grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) CARES: Cultural Organizations program (https://www.neh.gov/news/neh-announces-40-million-cares-act-grants). The highly competitive program disburses supplemental grant funding received by NEH through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 27 -- The Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry issued the following news release: The Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry, the state's leading business advocacy organization, announced that it would oppose three initiatives attempting to secure a spot on the November ballot. An initiative to impose an income tax surcharge of 3.5% on certain earners, including small businesses Arizona Chamber President & CEO Glenn Hamer: "Arizona's economy is not immune to the con  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 22 -- Arizona State Law Journal, a journal from the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, published research articles on the following topics in its Spring 2020 edition: * Advancing the Use of HIE Data for Research * Antitrust Immunity, State Administrative Law, and the Nature of the State * If We Only Had A Brain: Toothless Aquatic Code Allows Deadly, Brain-Eating Zombie Amoeba To Flourish in Arizona Splash Pads and Water Playgrounds * Improv  more

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, June 22 -- The Asian American Journal of Psychology, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features practice, advocacy, education and policy within Asian American psychology from the Asian American Psychological Association, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2020 edition: * Access and utilization of mental health services among Pacific Islanders. * Barriers to mental health service use in Asian American and European American college students.   more

TUCSON, Arizona, June 23 -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons issued the following news release: The COVID-19 pandemic is having an unprecedented disruptive effect on medicine as well as the economy, writes Jane M. Orient, M.D., in the summer issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. She compares it with the response to AIDS, which at first was believed to be highly contagious and invariably fatal. It was considered unethical to stigmatize or isolate AIDS pati  more

TUCSON, Arizona, June 23 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced final critical habitat protection for the endangered Sonoyta mud turtle. These highly aquatic turtles are found only in Pima County, Arizona and Sonora, Mexico. "These little turtles are hanging on by a thread and need all the protection they can get," said Randy Serraglio at the Center for Biological Diversity. "This critical habitat designation is a   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 26 -- The Center for Education Reform issued the following news release on June 25: Arizona once again proved why it understands innovation, especially in this time of the COVID-19 pandemic, is critical. A for Arizona's Expansion and Innovation Fund, focused on serving Arizona's most vulnerable students with the highest quality schools, was awarded $1 million from the Governor's Emergency Education Relief (GEERs) fund through federal CARES Act monies. The funds will provi  more

NEW YORK, June 26 -- The Drug Policy Alliance issued the following statement by Kassandra Frederique, managing director of policy, advocacy and campaigns and incoming executive director: In response to body cam footage released Wednesday of the April 2020 police killing of Carlos Ingram Lopez in Tucson, Arizona - after they responded to an incident involving drug intoxication. * * * "We've said this before - police should not be first responders to calls involving behavioral health and drug u  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 26 -- The Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce issued the following news release: Innovative approach to job training through apprenticeships will provide new pathways to individuals interested in IT and cybersecurity roles. On June 24, the Greater Phoenix Chamber Foundation launched Apprenti Arizona, the newest location for Apprenti, the nation's first technology registered apprenticeship program. The Apprenti model offers a platform to fill critical IT roles with untapp  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 23 -- The Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce issued the following news release: The Greater Phoenix Chamber supports the City of Phoenix's measure to require face masks to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. "Wearing a face mask is a simple way to protect our fellow Arizonans while keeping our economy open and giving businesses the opportunity to move forward," said Todd Sanders, Greater Phoenix Chamber President and CEO. "We've seen many businesses innovative to stay open  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The Military Officers Association of America issued the following news: The Grand Canyon (Ariz.) Chapter of MOAA joined other local veterans' organizations to support Native American veterans on the Navajo Nation during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The chapter, through its involvement with the Northern Arizona Veterans Coalition, learned about the need for food and dry goods on the reservation. "We have a good networking system, so when there's a need like this,   more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The National Governors Association issued the following news release: Six governors joined other state officials and private-sector stakeholders to explore partnerships to finance and maintain vital infrastructure, during the final stakeholder summit in support of Maryland Governor Larry Hogan's National Governors Association 2019-20 Chair's Initiative. Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, Montana Governor Steve Bullock, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, Wyoming Governor Mark  more

YUMA, Arizona, June 24 -- The Southern Border Communities Coalition, a program of Alliance San Diego, issued the following news release: Despite a major spike in COVID-19 cases across Arizona, Donald Trump will visit Yuma in an attempt to pivot attention to his border wall project. Yuma has seen coronavirus cases quadruple since the beginning of June, and border wall workers have been getting sick even as residents have urged the administration to stop construction. While 23 states face signif  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 23 -- The Translational Genomics Research Institute issued the following news release on June 22: Scientists at Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), working in collaboration with researchers at City of Hope and other colleagues across the country, have found that the actions of circulating immune cells -- namely how they differentiate and signal -- at the start of immunotherapy treatment for cancer can inform how a patient will respond to the therapy. The te  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 23 -- The Translational Genomics Research Institute issued the following news release: Precision medicine, using the power of the human genome to diagnose and treat patients, is about to get even more precise. A new program called PATRIOT, developed by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, is using organoids -- laboratory cultures derived from samples of patient tumors -- to provide a whole new level of accuracy in prescribin  more

NEW YORK, June 24 -- The Volcker Alliance issued the following news release: The Volcker Alliance and the Arizona State University Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions (https://publicservice.asu.edu/) have launched the Next Generation Service Partnership (NextGen Service), a national initiative that seeks to expand public service learning experiences for undergraduates. "International protests and outrage over the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other Black Ameri  more