PHOENIX, Arizona, April 2 -- Everytown for Gun Safety issued the following news release: The Arizona chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety's grassroots network, issued the following statement after lawmakers in the Senate passed HB 2843. The measure encourages property owners to confront individuals traversing their land, no matter how expansive or whether it is marked as private property, and threaten or use lethal force against them.   more

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, April 6 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following statement on April 5, 2024: * * * The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Bowman, director of regulatory practice, regarding a federal district court ruling issued Friday in State of Texas and Mayo Pharmacy v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in which the court affirmed that HHS's pharmacy abortion guidance can't require pharmacies to dispense abortio  more

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, April 4 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following statement on April 3, 2024: * * * The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Greg Chafuen regarding Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds's signing Tuesday of SF 2095, a bill that ensures that Iowans are free to live and work according to their faith without fear of unjust government punishment: "Americans should be able to defend their rights when their government stops them from livin  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, April 4 -- The American Counseling Association issued the following news release: The dream of many licensed professional counselors to practice across state lines continues to move forward with Governor Katie Hobbs signing into law her state's Counseling Compact legislation. This milestone makes Arizona the 34th state to ratify the Counseling Compact, which allows professional counselors licensed and residing in a Compact member state to practice in other member states w  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Americans for Tax Reform issued the following commentary on April 5, 2024: * * * BlackRock Divestment Tracker By Bryan Bashur Below is the ATR "BlackRock Tracker." This map will track which states are actively withdrawing funds from BlackRock and will be continuously updated at ATR.org/ESGRadar State financial officers and pension fund boards have a strict fiduciary duty to retirees and constituents to make investment decisions based solely in the interest of plan par  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 4 -- Everytown for Gun Safety issued the following news release: The Arizona chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety's grassroots network, issued the following statement after lawmakers in the House passed SB 1189. The measure extends Arizona's preemption law and restricts the power of local governments to prohibit gun shows from occurring in their cities or counties. A similar measure was vetoed last session by Go  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 4 -- The Goldwater Institute issued the following commentary on April 3, 2024: * * * Lawmakers Must Protect Free Exchange of Ideas On Campus By Tim Minella For over five years, I served on the faculty of the Lewis Honors College at the University of Kentucky. I was proud to teach and mentor hundreds of wonderful students. I taught my students that real education only happens when students and teachers commit to the pursuit of truth free from dogmas and ideological bli  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 4 -- The Independent Women's Voice, an organization that fights for policy solutions for women, issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Independent Women's Voice (IWV) applauds the Arizona legislature for passing SB 1628 "The Arizona Women's Bill of Rights" (WBOR), which legally defines sex-based words, such as 'woman' and 'man.' Independent Women's Voice commends the legislators who supported the bill and calls upon Governor Hobbs to sign this common sense m  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 4 -- The Justice Action Network issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: In a significant bipartisan victory, the Arizona Legislature unanimously passed the Workforce Expansion Act (House Bill 2308) today. The bill, which is now headed to the governor for final approval, will reduce barriers to employment in Arizona by limiting the ability for licensing agencies to deny an otherwise qualified applicant an occupational license solely due to a past criminal offe  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Today, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) launched the latest wave in its digital campaign in support of the Biden administration's pause on permitting for LNG export facilities. This campaign is a continuation of the $2 million campaign LCV announced in January in response to the Biden-Harris administration's initial announcement. The digital campaign includes creator content and   more

WASHINGTON, April 3 [Category: National Defense] -- The Military Officers Association of America issued the following news: Editor's note: This article by Blake Stilwell originally appeared on Military.com, a leading source of news for the military and veteran community. Of the U.S. Navy warships lost or damaged during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the hardest hit was by far the USS Arizona, which was struck by four armor-piercing bombs. One of those bombs blew up the ship's ma  more

TUCSON, Arizona, April 3 -- Research Corporation for Science Advancement issued the following news: Research Corporation for Science Advancement has named three exemplary Cottrell Scholars as recipients of its 2024 STAR and IMPACT Awards. CS 1997 Mark Moldwin, Physics, University of Michigan, has won the STAR award, and CS 2009 Maura McLaughlin, Physics, West Virginia University, and CS 2009 Rory Waterman, Chemistry, University of Vermont, have won IMPACT awards. "Excellence in teaching, resea  more

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, March 29 -- Space Foundation issued the following news release: Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983, offering education, collaboration and information for the global space ecosystem, today announced that its Space Commerce Institute is launching SpaceEdge in collaboration with Arizona State University, Vanderbilt University, University of Florida, and University of Central Florida. SpaceEdge is a 12-week virtual multihub accelerator program for  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 5 (TNSres) -- The Translational Genomics Research Institute issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: * * * Meta-analysis points to potential new therapeutic pathways * * * In the largest study of its kind, researchers from the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), part of City of Hope, have identified genes that appear to drive the progression of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and metabolic dysfunction-associate  more