CHICAGO, Illinois, July 22 -- The American Hospital Association issued the following letter: Dear Leader McConnell and Leader Schumer: America's front line health care personnel continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic as it continues to spike in numerous states including Texas, Florida, California and Arizona. The number of COVID-19 cases continues to increase across the country at rates exceeding those during the Spring of 2020, and we are concerned additional COVID-19 spikes in other states  more

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, July 22 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit issued a resounding victory Tuesday for New Hope Family Services, a faith-based adoption provider. The court reversed a district court's dismissal of New Hope's lawsuit against New York officials seeking to shut down the provider simply for its religious beliefs about marriage. In November, at the request of Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys repres  more

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, July 22 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release: Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Christiana Holcomb will be available for media interviews Wednesday following a hearing in federal district court in an ACLU lawsuit challenging Idaho's Fairness in Women's Sports Act. ADF attorneys represent female athletes who filed a motion, which will be considered with other motions at the hearing, to intervene in the case in defense of the state's law.  more

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, July 23 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release: Alliance Defending Freedom sent a letter Wednesday to Florida State University administrators appealing the student senate's decision to remove him from his seat as president of the FSU Student Government Association student senate for sharing his personal beliefs with other students. In a private text conversation with fellow Catholic students, Jack Denton suggested that BlackLivesMatter.com, Rec  more

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, July 23 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release: Alliance Defending Freedom and King & Spalding attorneys filed a lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of Young America's Foundation, College Republicans for the State University of New York at Binghamton, and a Binghamton student, challenging the unconstitutional actions and policies of the university that facilitated a mob's disruption of a conservative speaker. Renowned economist and presidential medal o  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The Arc of the United States issued the following news release: A coalition of state and national disability and civil rights advocacy groups have filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) challenging the crisis standard of care plans in Arizona and Texas, two states hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. These crisis plans are used to decide who receives life-saving treatment. Along with state partners, the national  more

TUCSON, Arizona, July 18 -- Archeology Southwest issued the following news release: Analysis by Archaeology Southwest of past implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in relation to the Trump administration's proposed new rules finds that the executive branch of the federal government has failed to honor Congress's clear invitation, in NEPA, to: * Consider the impacts of proposed actions on both biophysical and sociocultural aspects of the environment; * Deploy the lates  more

TUCSON, Arizona, July 22 -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons issued the following commentary: We're supposed to follow "evidence-based medicine" these days, but there is no firm evidence to support the masking and "social distancing" mandates being imposed throughout the land. CDC chief Robert Redfield asserts his opinion that the U.S. could get the coronavirus under control in 4 to 6 weeks if everyone wore a mask. He relies largely on a study of masking health care workers a  more

TUCSON, Arizona, July 22 -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons issued the following commentary: Every school year, children catch illnesses at school, and so do teachers and parents. Occasionally an outbreak causes schools to close for a time, say during a flu epidemic that is causing a lot of absenteeism. But never before have all schools been closed for months--even though COVID-19 has the unusual feature that children seldom either get sick from it or transmit it to others.   more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The Autistic Self Advocacy Network issued the following news release: A coalition of state and national disability and civil rights advocacy groups have filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) challenging the crisis standard of care plans in Arizona and Texas, two states hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. These crisis plans are used to decide who receives life-saving treatment. Along with state partners, the na  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law issued the following news release: A coalition of state and national disability and civil rights advocacy groups have filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) challenging the crisis standard of care plans in Arizona and Texas, two states hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. These crisis plans are used to decide who receives life-saving treatment. Along with state partners  more

NORTHAMPTON, Massachusetts, July 23 -- The Center for Public Representation issued the following news: CPR, together with a coalition of national disability and civil rights advocacy groups that include The Arc, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, and Justice in Aging, as well as state partners, has filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) challeng  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 22 -- Environment Arizona issued the following news release: A new fact sheet released by Environment Arizona Research & Policy Center shows Arizonans have been flocking to the outdoors in significant numbers in recent months. According to the group, between April and May 2020, visitation at Arizona's state parks increased by 45 percent, compared to a 15 percent decrease during the same period last year. "In these difficult times, Arizonans are looking to the physical an  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 24 -- The Goldwater Institute issued the following news on July 22: Can Miami Beach fine property owners $20,000 to $100,000 for doing nothing more than renting their home for the night? Late last year, a Florida trial court said "no." Now, the Third District Court of Appeal has affirmed that judgment, delivering Miami Beach property owner Natalie Nichols--the plaintiff in the case--a major victory in her ongoing challenge to the city's unconstitutional restrictions on sh  more

MESA, Arizona, July 20 -- The Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features psychotherapies targeting populations, clinical presentations and disorders, settings or developments in the fields of psychology and psychiatry from the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2020 edition: Current Status and Best Practices: * Recommendations for policy and practice of telepsychothe  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 24 -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws issued the following news release: More than six in ten likely Arizona voters say that the use of marijuana by adults should be legal statewide, according to polling data compiled by the survey group OH Predictive Insights. Sixty-two percent of likely voters "believe that marijuana should be legalized for adult use in the state of Arizona." Democrats are most supportive, backing legalization by a 58-point m  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Priorities USA issued the following statement by Executive Director Patrick McHugh: Andrew is a registered Republican. He has always voted for conservative candidates, but in a new digital ad from Priorities USA Action, Andrew shares his plan to vote for Joe Biden in the November general election. "I'm doing what's best for the country," explaining his decision to support Biden as an act of patriotism, not politics. "Best for the Country" will run in English and Spanish  more

TEMPE, Arizona, July 23 -- The Salt River Project issued the following news release: The victim of a recent car crash in Mesa was rescued thanks to the quick actions of SRP Substation Troubleman John Boyle. Boyle, who lives in Queen Creek, was performing a line patrol inspection near Power and Warner roads on July 6 for an upcoming planned outage when he came across a vehicle that had crashed into an embankment adjacent to a canal. At first, Boyle thought it was an abandoned vehicle, but when   more

TEMPE, Arizona, July 21 -- The Salt River Project issued the following news release: Salt River Project (SRP), beginning on March 16, halted disconnections and stopped imposing late payment fees for all customers during the unprecedented circumstances brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and announced it will extend its moratorium on disconnects until October 1. As October nears, the not-for-profit utility is developing flexible payment plans and finding financial assistance for customers. "Fur  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 18 -- The State Bar of Arizona issued the following news release: The Presiding Disciplinary Judge of the Arizona Supreme Court has issued an order accepting a consent to disbarment for Juan Martinez. Martinez filed a consent to disbarment in the pending discipline case of In re: Juan Martinez, PDJ 2019-9008. The Presiding Disciplinary Judge accepted his consent and issued an order disbarring him, effective immediately. This judgment of disbarment effectively ends the pe  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 23 -- The Translational Genomics Research Institute issued the following news release: Experts at City of Hope and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) are using one of the world's most comprehensive genomic analysis tools to map out personalized treatment plans for metastatic kidney cancer patients. While the physician-scientists are at the beginning of this long journey, they believe they're on the right path. They recently published a study in the Jour  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 23 -- The Translational Genomics Research Institute issued the following news release: Ashion Analytics LLC announced a partnership with Elevation Oncology, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, focused on the matching of patients with tumors harboring an NRG1 gene fusion identified using Ashion's proprietary GEM ExTra(R) test with CRESTONE, a registration-directed Phase 2 study sponsored by Elevation Oncology. NRG1 gene fusions are a rare genomic alteration implic  more