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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Arizona Newsletter for Sunday December 17, 2023 ( 14 items )  

Alliance Defending Freedom: AZ Supreme Court to Weigh State's Pro-Life Law
PHOENIX, Arizona, Dec. 11 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release: Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys will be available for media interviews following oral arguments Tuesday at the Arizona Supreme Court in Planned Parenthood Arizona v. Mayes. ADF attorneys are representing Dr. Eric Hazelrigg, an obstetrician and medical director of Choices Pregnancy Center in Arizona, who filed a petition in March asking the state's high court to review an Arizona Court of Appeals   more

Alliance Defending Freedom: US Supreme Court Declines to Hear WA Counseling Censorship Case
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, Dec. 11 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following statement: * * * The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch regarding the U.S. Supreme Court's decision Monday not to hear Tingley v. Ferguson, a case challenging Washington state's counseling censorship law: "We're disappointed that Washington's Counseling Censorship Law will continue to prevent many people from getti  more

Alliance Defending Freedom: US Supreme Court to Hear Case on Chemical Abortion Drugs
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, Dec. 14 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following statement on Dec. 13, 2023: * * * The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Erin Hawley, vice president of the Center for Life and Regulatory Practice, regarding the U.S. Supreme Court's decision Wednesday to hear the case U.S. Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit restored common-sense s  more

Association of American Physicians & Surgeons: Constructive Fraud Suits May Be Filed by Victims of Sham Peer Review , According to the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
TUCSON, Arizona, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons issued the following news release: Physicians targeted by bad-faith peer review often rely on assurances that the review is done solely for the purpose of improving patient care, and that they will be exonerated if they present the facts to an impartial hearing panel. "Unfortunately, in sham peer review the truth and the facts do not matter because the outcome is predetermined and the process is rigged," w  more

Association of American Physicians & Surgeons: DNA Contamination of COVID Vaccines Explored in Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
TUCSON, Arizona, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2023: The current controversy over the alleged DNA contamination of COVID-19 vaccines involves complex issues, and also shows the difficulties in arriving at truth in today's polarized and politicized atmosphere, writes Jane Orient, M.D., in the winter issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. "The plasmid DNA contamination theory is not a sensa  more

HELIOS EDUCATION FOUNDATION EXTENDS SUPPORT OF TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE BIOSCIENCE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY THROUGH 2028
PHOENIX, Arizona, Dec. 12 -- The Translational Genomics Research Institute issued the following news release: The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), part of City of Hope, today announced that Helios Education Foundation has committed $500,000 in renewed support for the TGen Bioscience Leadership Academy (TBLA). The funding extends the program through 2028. Launched in 2018, TBLA is a 2-week educational experience for 20 rising high school juniors and seniors that comes with a $1  more

Hispanic Access Foundations Welcomes New Grants and Contracts Manager
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The Hispanic Access Foundation issued the following news release: Hispanic Access Foundation is thrilled to announce the addition of Dorian Sanchez-Sackley as the Grants and Contracts Manager. She has vast experience in the public service sector. Before joining Hispanic Access Foundation, Sanchez-Sackley worked in local government in various capacities over the last six years. The cities she worked in include Avondale and Gilbert in Arizona, and most recently, the city o  more

Immigration Reform Law Institute: Is Immigration Law Over?
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (TNSres) -- The Immigration Reform Law Institute issued the following news release: The Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) has filed a brief on an issue the Arizona Supreme Court is considering in a divorce case: whether an illegal alien who lives in Arizona can obtain a divorce in that state, which only allows for divorce actions by state residents. By the law of all fifty states, one is a resident in a state if one lives in that state and intends to remain. The law i  more

Institute for Energy Research: An Expected Surplus of Copper Has Suddenly Disappeared
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Research issued the following agency statement on Dec. 14, 2023: * * * Key Takeaways 1 Copper is an essential mineral for Biden's energy transition, but an anticipated glut has disappeared around the world as politics and technological and economic problems have stopped or stalled projects. A shortage is now predicted by some. 2 The United States has large copper resources, but mines in Alaska, Minnesota and Arizona, which would increa  more

National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation Brief: 2018 Janus Decision Means Union "Release Time" Violates AZ Constitution's Gift Clause
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, Dec. 15 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Brief supports challenge pending at Arizona Supreme Court against Phoenix's scheme to subsidize inherently political union activities with tax dollars * * * The National Right to Work Foundation has just filed an amicus brief in Mark Gilmore v. Kate Gallego, a case currently pending before the Arizona Supreme Court. In the case, Phoenix city employees Mark Gilmore an  more

National Space Society Leaders Testify Before the U.S. House of Representatives
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- The National Space Society issued the following news release: On December 12, Dr. Greg Autry and Michelle Hanlon, Esq, both affiliated with the National Space Society (NSS), addressed the U.S. House of Representatives for its hearing on "The Mineral Supply Chain and the New Space Race." Dr. Autry, a former member of the NSS Board of Directors and current Vice President of Space Development for NSS, is the Director and Clinical Professor of Space Leadership at Thunderbird   more

RCSA Fellows Initiative to Support Postdocs' Transition to Faculty
TUCSON, Arizona, Dec. 13 -- Research Corporation for Science Advancement issued the following news: Research Corporation for Science Advancement is accepting applications for the first cohort of participants in its RCSA Fellows initiative, a new effort to increase faculty diversity in the physical sciences in the United States and Canada through job search preparation and community building. The initiative will support the academic career advancement of a group of postdoctoral scholars over a   more

Statement From Arizona Chamber President and CEO Danny Seiden on Biden Administration's Latest Drug Price Control Scheme
PHOENIX, Arizona, Dec. 12 -- The Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry issued the following statement on Dec. 11, 2023: * * * Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry President and CEO Danny Seiden released the following statement in response to the Biden administration's release of a proposal that would make it easier for the government to misuse the "march-in" provision of the 1980 Bayh-Dole Act to seize patent rights for innovative treatments and technologies. "The proposal released by th  more

To Save the Profession, Physicians Must Learn From the COVID Response, States AAPS President
TUCSON, Arizona, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2023: During the COVID pandemic, the practice of medicine was usurped by mainstream media, politicians, and bureaucrats, who weaponized and politicized medicine and public health and imposed biomedical tyranny, writes San Antonio ophthalmologist Jane L. Hughes, M.D., in the winter issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Hughes serves as pre  more