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News Tipoffs - Arizona Editors Newsletter for Tuesday April 09, 2024 ( 7 items )  

Ariz. Gov. Hobbs Legislative Action Update
PHOENIX, Arizona, April 9 -- Gov. Katie Hobbs, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: Today, Governor Katie Hobbs took the following legislative action: * * * Signed SB1025, DUI threshold; drivers SB1034, money transmission; notice SB1042, title companies; recorded documents; DIFI SB1048, child fatality review teams; duties SB1049, reviser's technical corrections; 2024 SB1163, homeopathic medicine; integrated medicine; qualifications SB1190, collegiate plates; c  more

Calif. A.G. Bonta is "Boots on the Ground" at the Border Addressing the Fentanyl Epidemic
SAN DIEGO, California, April 9 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta, together with local and federal law enforcement partners, received a briefing on fentanyl trafficking and toured the California-Mexico border. Over the last four years, seizures of fentanyl at the California's border with Mexico have skyrocketed, from 4,790 pounds in 2020 to 27,000 pounds in 2023. During this time frame, between 47 an  more

Calif. A.G. Bonta Leads Multistate Coalition to Defend Biden Administration's Rule to Strengthen Standards Regulating Particulate Matter Pollution
OAKLAND, California, April 9 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: Leading a multistate coalition of 17 attorneys general and the city of New York, California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Friday filed a motion to intervene on behalf of the state of California and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s final particulate m  more

Commerce Dept.: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Preliminary Terms With TSMC, Expanded Investment From Company to Bring World's Most Advanced Leading-Edge Technology to the U.S.
WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce and TSMC Arizona Corporation (TSMC Arizona), a subsidiary of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC), have signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) to provide up to $6.6 billion in direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act. This proposed funding would support TSMC'  more

FCC Media Bureau Issues Memorandum Opinion and Order on Pinal County, Arizona
WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following memorandum opinion and order (MB Docket No. 24-28) on April 8, 2024: * * * In the Matter of Pinal County, Arizona, Petition for Modification of the Satellite Television Markets of KGUN-TV, KVOA, KOLD-TV, KMSB, Tucson, Arizona MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER By the Chief, Media Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION 1. Pinal County, Arizona (Petitioner or the County), with the support of its residents, has filed   more

NRC Issues Event Notification for Palo Verde Nuclear Plant, Ariz.
WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57066) involving Palo Verde Nuclear Plant, Arizona: * * * Facility: Palo Verde Region: 4 State: AZ Unit: [3] [] [] RX Type: [1] CE,[2] CE,[3] CE NRC Notified By: Yolanda Good HQ OPS Officer: Tenisha Meadows Notification Date: 04/04/2024 Notification Time: 19:35 [ET] Event Date: 04/04/2024 Event Time: 16:18 [MST] Last Update Date: 04/05/2024 Emergency Class: Unusual Event 10 CFR Se  more

NRC Issues Event Notification for Palo Verde Nuclear Plant, Ariz.
WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57066) involving Palo Verde Nuclear Plant, Arizona: * * * Facility: Palo Verde Region: 4 State: AZ Unit: [3] [] [] RX Type: [1] CE,[2] CE,[3] CE NRC Notified By: Yolanda Good HQ OPS Officer: Tenisha Meadows Notification Date: 04/04/2024 Notification Time: 19:35 [ET] Event Date: 04/04/2024 Event Time: 16:18 [MST] Last Update Date: 04/05/2024 Emergency Class: Unusual Event 10 CFR Se  more