WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 117-127) on the Old Pascua Community Land Acquisition Act (H.R. 4881), which aims to direct the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona certain land in Pima County, Arizona. The report was advanced by Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, on June 23, 2022. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPOSE H.R. 4881 authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to take approximately 30 acres of land  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Aug. 12 (TNSeco) -- The University of Arizona's Health Science issued the following news release: For years, University of Arizona researchers have conducted sleep studies in a leased facility located above a Tucson bar and grill. Now, thanks to a $5 million construction grant from the National Institutes of Health Office of the Director, the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Sleep and Circadian Sciences is getting a new home. Construction is underway at the 9,7  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Aug. 12 -- The University of Arizona's Health Science issued the following news release: The Arizona Area Health Education Center (AzAHEC) Program at the University of Arizona Health Sciences recently selected the Arizona Advisory Council on Indian Health Care to develop a new American Indian Health AHEC Regional Center dedicated to developing health profession education initiatives and expanding access to health care for tribal communities in Arizona. The new American Indian   more