PHOENIX, Arizona, April 12 -- Gov. Katie Hobbs, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Today, Governor Katie Hobbs announced the appointments of Liz Archuleta and Jadyn Fisher (Student Regent) to the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR). With the appointments, Hobbs is bringing increased transparency and accountability to ABOR and the state university system. Governor Hobbs continues to work to ensure the Arizona Board of Regents and its members fulfill their responsibilitie  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 12 -- Gov. Katie Hobbs, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Today, Governor Katie Hobbs took the following legislative action: * * * Signed HB2033, ambulance attendants; services HB2040, event online ticket sales HB2116, fatality review; information; access HB2119, homeowner's associations; fees HB2137, developmental delays; infants; toddlers HB2140, funeral services; alkaline hydrolysis HB2173, county aid; school districts; revisions  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 12 -- Gov. Katie Hobbs, D-Arizona, issued the following statement on April 10, 2024: * * * Today, after the Republican House legislative majority blocked the repeal of the 1864 total abortion ban, Governor Katie Hobbs released the following statement: "Today's legislative action was unconscionable. The extremist Republican majority had the chance to do the right thing for their constituents, and they failed. As they have time and again, radical legislators protected a   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 11 -- The Arizona Board of Regents issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: State and local governments, universities, college access organizations and Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs are spearheading a concerted effort to tackle a decline in FAFSA submissions in Arizona. To kick off these efforts, Governor Hobbs has declared April as the Finish Line to the FAFSA month and has sent a letter (https://collegereadyaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Governors-FAFSA-L  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: * * * Census Bureau Initiatives to Address Persistent Undercount of Children * * * The U.S. Census Bureau today released new experimental estimates showing children ages 0 to 4 were undercounted in the 2020 Census in every state. Additionally, there were undercounts of children ages 0 to 4 in more than 4 out of 5 counties included in this release. The experimental estimates are availa  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 12 -- The Arizona Board of Regents issued the following statement on April 11, 2024: * * * Below is a statement from Arizona Board of Regents Chair Cecilia Mata on Governor Katie Hobbs' appointment of two new regents. "On behalf of the Arizona Board of Regents, I extend our appreciation to Governor Hobbs for her discerning appointment of Ms. Liz Archuleta, a distinguished and esteemed leader, to serve on the board. Ms. Archuleta's extensive history of leadership both w  more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release: A Japanese-language translator was charged today via federal criminal complaint with unlawfully transferring more than $16 million from a Major League Baseball (MLB) player's bank account - without the player's knowledge or permission - to pay off his own substantial gambling debts incurred with an illegal bookmaking operation. Ippei Mizuhara, 39, of Newpor  more

RESTON, Virginia, April 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: * * * Migration maps help developers limit impacts on wildlife from infrastructure and assist wildlife managers to conserve big game. * * * A new set of maps that document the movements of ungulates was published today in the fourth volume of the Ungulate Migrations of the Western United States. The maps in this collaborative U.S. Geological  more