| Tipoffs for Tucson, Arizona (City) Newsletter for Thursday May 23, 2024 ( 6 items ) |
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Gallego Introduces Two Bills to Address Arizona's Border Crisis, Mitigate Broken Asylum System
WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release:
Today, Rep. Ruben Gallego (AZ-03) introduced the Direct Hire Actand the Screening Efficiency Act, both aimed at speeding up migrant processing and providing relief to Arizona's frontline border communities.
"Arizonans deserve real solutions to the crisis at our southern border, which is why I'm fighting to tackle it from every angle, including providing additional resources to federal officials and first re
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Kelly, Sinema Celebrate Arizona's Angela Martinez's & Krissa Lanham's Senate Confirmation as Federal District Judges for Arizona
WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release:
Kelly and Sinema worked closely with the White House to nominate the two highly respected members of Arizona's legal community with decades of experience
Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema celebrated the bipartisan Senate confirmation of Arizona's Angela Martinez and Krissa Lanham as federal judges for the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Judge Lanham was confirmed by a 66-26 vote a
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UArizona Health Sciences Professor Uses CT Network to Promote Public Access to Open Science
TUCSON, Arizona, May 23 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona's Health Sciences issued the following news release:
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Researchers are meeting where the science of computed tomography intersects with policies and practices to ensure that publicly funded data collection can be made widely available and understandable by diverse communities.
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Reading about the latest scientific discovery - such as the unearthing of a fossil representing a new species of tiny dinosaur - can be fascinatin
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University of Copenhagen: Complete Stellar Collapse - Unusual Star System Proves That Stars Can Die Quietly
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May 22 (TNSres) -- The University of Copenhagen issued the following news:
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Astrophysics University of Copenhagen astrophysicists help explain a mysterious phenomenon, whereby stars suddenly vanish from the night sky. Their study of an unusual binary star system has resulted in convincing evidence that massive stars can completely collapse and become black holes without a supernova explosion.
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One day, the star at the center of our own solar system, the Sun, wi
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VA Celebrates Annual Research Week
WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Research and Development issued the following news on May 22, 2024:
By Mike Richman, Public Affairs Specialist, ORD Communications
Carrying forth the theme of "Building Community Through Research," VA celebrated its annual Research Week from May 13-17 with special events at VA medical facilities across the nation, including an awards ceremony hosted by VA Secretary Denis McDonough.
An awards ceremony kicked off the week on M
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WildEarth Guardians: Wildlife Groups Initiate Legal Action - Feds Too Slow to Protect Sonoran Desert Tortoise
TUCSON, Arizona, May 23 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release on May 22, 2024:
Today, WildEarth Guardians, Western Watersheds Project, and the Desert Tortoise Council and Tucson Herpetological Society, represented by the Western Environmental Law Center, are asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife to reconsider its 2022 decision to deny protective status to the tortoise in the groups' 60-day notice of intent to sue.
The groups are asking the Service to take another look at the imp
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