PHOENIX, Arizona, May 10 -- The Arizona Democratic Party issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Today, The Copper Courier exposed Juan Ciscomani's long anti-abortion record which includes supporting the Life at Conception Act, co-sponsoring H.R. 7, legislation that prohibits using government subsidies, including tax credits, to purchase insurance plans that cover abortions, and handpicking the AZ Supreme Court that brought us back to 1864. "Juan is an abortion extremist. His first a  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- NASA issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Students from Arizona and New York will have separate opportunities next week to hear from astronauts aboard the International Space Station. At 12:10 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 14, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps and Tracy C. Dyson will answer prerecorded student questions from Sunnyside Unified School District in Tucson, Arizona, in partnership with the TRiO Upward Bound Program, PIMA Community College, Desert Vista Cam  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: Today, Rep. Ruben Gallego (AZ-03) announced that communities across Arizona will receive $11,821,480 in Public Housing Repair funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). "Solving Arizona's housing crisis means tackling the issue from all sides. That includes ensuring our supply of public housing is safe and available for the families and seniors who need it most," said Rep. Galle  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: TUCSON, Ariz. -- Today, Rep. Raul M. Grijalva (AZ-07) announced Sahuarita High School student, Amaris Aguilar, as the winner of the 2024 Congressional Art Competition. Her artwork, entitled "The Man", will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year. As the winner, Amaris will be flown to D.C. to attend a reception where winners throughout the nation will be recognized. "The hands of my great-grandfather h  more

TUCSON, Arizona, May 10 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: Marcia Rieke, a Regents Professor of astronomy in the University of Arizona Steward Observatory, has been given the 2024 Gruber Cosmology Prize in recognition of her pioneering work in infrared astronomy, especially her oversight of instruments allowing astronomers to explore the earliest galaxies in the universe. The Cosmology Prize, given by the Yale-based Gruber Foundation, honors a leading cosmologist,   more

TORONTO, Ontario, May 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Toronto issued the following news: By Sharon Aschaiek Animal populations living in North American cities are likely to undergo a significant shift as changes to the Earth's climate intensify - and that, in turn, is likely to have an impact on us. That is among the key findings of a University of Toronto study led by Alessandro Filazzola, who was recently a post-doctoral researcher in U of T Mississauga's Centre for Urban Environments (CUE)  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The U.S. Air Force has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on May 9, 2024, entitled "Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the 492nd Special Operations Wing Beddown at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona." The notice was issued by Tommy W. Lee, Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer. * * * SUMMARY: The Department of the Air Force (DAF) is issuing this Notice of Intent (NOI), in accordance with the National Environmental Poli  more