WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2022: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo today announced the grantees of the U.S. Economic Development Administration's (EDA) 2022 University Center Economic Development Program Competition. EDA is providing a total of $3.1 million in grants to 26 colleges and universities in 16 states to administer programs to leverage their assets, promote innovation  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Arizona, issued the following news release and letter on Aug. 17, 2022: Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Congressman Raul M. Grijalva (AZ-03), and Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-27), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, sent a letter to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to demand answers after reporting from The Arizona Luminaria revealed that CBP agents in the Yuma and Tucson Border Patrol Sectors are routinely confiscatin  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Aug. 18 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * A team of researchers from the University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University is creating a regenerable method for removing stubborn toxins from drinking water - starting with store-bought sponges. * * * University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University researchers are developing specialized, reusable sponges to remove a group of chemicals known as PFAS from water. The team, led  more