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Tipoffs for Tucson, Arizona (City) Newsletter for Tuesday April 16, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Arizona House Republicans Executive Oversight Committee Calls for Attorney General to Take Legal Action Against Phoenix Over Unlawful Firearms Transfer
PHOENIX, Arizona, April 16 -- The Arizona House Republicans issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: State Representative Jacqueline Parker, Chairwoman of the House Ad Hoc Committee on Executive Oversight (CEO), and Vice Chairman Austin Smith sent a letter today to Attorney General Kris Mayes urging her to initiate a quo warranto action against the City of Phoenix for violations of state law stemming from a 2023 investigation which concluded that the City's ordinance facilitating th  more

Southwest Power Pool: Western Utilities Express Support for Continued Markets+ Development
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 16 -- Southwest Power Pool, a corporation mandated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to ensure supplies of power, transmission infrastructure and wholesale electricity prices, issued the following news release: Southwest Power Pool (SPP) received a letter Friday, April 12 from 26 western entities indicating their support for continued development of Markets+. The letter is signed by organizations from the Pacific Northwest, Desert Southwest and Mountain We  more

University of Arizona: How Pluto Got Its 'Heart'
TUCSON, Arizona, April 16 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: Ever since the cameras of NASA's New Horizons mission discovered a large heart-shaped structure on the surface of the dwarf planet Pluto in 2015, this "heart" has puzzled scientists because of its unique shape, geological composition and elevation. Scientists from the University of Bern in Switzerland and the University of Arizona used numerical simulations to investigate the origins of Sputnik Pl  more

What Arizona Women Are Saying: 'I Blame Donald Trump' for Extreme Abortion Ban
WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: As Trump bragged about being "proudly the person responsible" for overturning Roe v. Wade and paving the way for Arizona's extreme, dangerous 160-year-old abortion ban, women across the state are expressing shock, anger, and terror in anticipation of living under a ban with no exceptions for health, rape, or incest and that could throw doctors in jail. Watch the reactions of Arizona women whose lives h  more