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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Arizona Newsletter for Sunday July 12, 2020 ( 10 items )  

Arizona Superintendent Kristi Wilson Named AASA President
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 7 -- AASA, The School Superintendents Association, issued the following news release on July 6: Kristi Wilson (formerly Sandvik), superintendent of the Buckeye Elementary School District in Buckeye, Ariz., and the 2020 Arizona Superintendent of the Year, was sworn in as the 2020-21 president of AASA, The School Superintendents Association. AASA is the premier organization for the nation's superintendents serving thousands of education leaders throughout the U.S. Wils  more

Astrophysical Journal Issues Research Articles in Part 1 of July 2020 Edition
TUCSON, Arizona, July 9 -- 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 1 of its July 2020 edition: * Application of an X-Ray Clumpy Torus Model (XCLUMPY) to 10 Obscured Active Galactic Nuclei Observed with Suzaku and NuSTAR * Cosmological Information from the Small-scale Redshift-spa  more

Center for Biological Diversity: Understanding Protects Endangered Owls From Arizona, New Mexico Forest Projects
FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, July 9 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: A new understanding will ensure that a pending lawsuit is dropped and that forest thinning projects in six national forests in Arizona and New Mexico will better protect endangered Mexican spotted owls. The understanding was reached this week between the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, states of New Mexico and Arizona and Eastern Arizona  more

Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology Journal Issues Research Articles in June 2020 Edition
PHOENIX, Arizona, July 10 -- Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology, a peer-reviewed journal from the Society of Pediatric Psychology, a division of the American Psychological Association, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2020 edition: Special Issue: Clinical Approaches to Address Health Disparities in Pediatric Psychology * * * Articles: * Links between health-related social needs and mental health care disparities: Implications for clinical practice. *   more

National Association of State Energy Officials: REV West States Designate Over 3,000 Miles of Highway Electric Charging Corridors
ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 7 -- The National Association of State Energy Officials issued the following news: On June 23, the Federal Highway Administration announced the newest designations into the Alternative Fuels Corridors program. Across the eight states in the REV West partnership (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming) five new designations of "corridor-ready" for Electric Vehicles were made, covering 164 miles of highway. An additional thirteen designa  more

National Federation of Filipino American Associations: Desert Mountain Region Tulong Sulong Update
WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The National Federation of Filipino American Associations issued the following news release on July 9: Tulong Sulong is a joint humanitarian charity project of PHC (Philippine Humanitarian Coalition) and NaFFAA (National Federation of Filipino American Associations) to benefit the needy and poor fellow kababayans in the Philippines during this crisis. Desert Mountain Region-Region XI (Nevada, Arizona, and Utah) participated in the project to provide foods and necessities  more

National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: Legalization Proponents Turn in Signatures for 2020 Ballot Initiatives
PHOENIX, Arizona, July 10 -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws issued the following news release: Proponents of various statewide initiative efforts to legalize marijuana access recently turned in signatures to qualify their respective measures for the November 2020 ballot. In Arizona, proponents of a statewide initiative to legalize the sale of marijuana to adults filed over 420,000 signatures from registered voters with the Secretary of State's Office. That total is  more

New Study Shows That Hydroxychloroquine Saves Lives, States Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
TUCSON, Arizona, July 8 -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons issued the following news release: A just published peer-reviewed study from Henry Ford Health System showed that the death rate of hospitalized patients who received hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) was cut in half, and there were no serious heart abnormalities. The Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (AAPS) stated that these results should encourage widespread early use of this long-established drug to fight COV  more

Translational Genomics Research Institute-Led Study Identifies Unique Cells That May Drive Lung Fibrosis
PHOENIX, Arizona, July 9 -- The Translational Genomics Research Institute issued the following news release: A groundbreaking study published today and led by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, identifies unique lung cells that may drive Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF), a deadly lung disease that affects hundreds of thousands of Americans, and for which there is no cure. This is one of the first comprehensive looks at lung cells using a tech  more

Vanderbilt University Medical Center: New Clues to Lung-scarring Disease May Aid Treatment
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 9 -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Scientists at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) in Phoenix, Arizona, have discovered previously unreported genetic and cellular changes that occur in the lungs of people with pulmonary fibrosis (PF). Their findings, reported Wednesday, July 8, in the journal Science Advances, should aid the search for new ways to treat or prevent this devas  more