PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 21 -- The Arizona House Republican issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2023: One month ago, House Judiciary Chairman Quang Nguyen and Vice Chair Selina Bliss filed a 1487 complaint with the Arizona Attorney General's Office, seeking an investigation into a recently passed City of Phoenix ordinance allowing the illegal donation of 599 unclaimed firearms to Ukraine's national police force. Today, Attorney General Kris Mayes issued an investigative report to Chai  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: The Biden-Harris Administration announced today that it will award more than $40 million to Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) to support Hispanic and Latino students and the institutions preparing them for the future. Through the Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (DHSI) program, 64 grants totaling more than $37 million were provided to assist HSIs to expand educational opportunities and improv  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Sept. 22 (TNSres) -- Research Corporation for Science Advancement issued the following news: Two students working under the direction of Cottrell Scholars received scholarships in the 2022-2023 academic year from Mount Holyoke College's Rachel Brown Fellowship Fund, which was established by RCSA in 1977. Abigail Tadlock, who majored in physics and astronomy, completed an independent study during her senior year with Cottrell Scholar 2018 Kerstin Nordstrom studying soft granula  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. David Schweikert, R-Arizona, has issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2023: Today, U.S. Representatives David Schweikert (AZ-01), Susie Lee (NV-03), Greg Stanton (AZ-04), and Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Earn to Learn Act, legislation to establish a matched-savings scholarship program for low-income students to save for their college education while providing financial training skills to help prepare them to succeed in today'  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Sept. 22 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona's Native Nations Institute issued the following news release: The U.S. Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network will hold a two-day, in-person Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDSov) and Indigenous Data Governance (IDGov) summit titled Building Action and Power on April 11-12, 2024 near Tucson, Arizona on the homelands of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. The summit will also feature a day-long workshop for a small cohort of invited Indigenous leade  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona's Health Sciences issued the following news release: * * * Comprehensive Pain and Addiction Center researchers surveyed teens on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border and found that strong family support can prevent children from using alcohol or drugs. * * * New research from the University of Arizona Health Sciences Comprehensive Pain and Addiction Center found that high levels of family support may prevent substance use among   more

TUCSON, Arizona, Sept. 22 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona's Health Sciences issued the following news release: * * * A new study found that the combination of chronic pain and anxiety or depression affects more than 12 million adults in the U.S. * * * New University of Arizona Health Sciences research recently published in the journal PAIN found that nearly 1 in 20 adults in the U.S. experience the co-occurrence of chronic pain and anxiety or depression, resulting in functional limitat  more