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State Tipoffs Involving Arizona Newsletter for Friday June 14, 2024 ( 11 items )  

'Life-Changing': OHSU Patient on the Mend Following Medical Mystery
PORTLAND, Oregon, June 13 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * Complex, multispecialty care by OHSU team identifies rare skin, musculature condition that later revealed stage 3 cancer * * * By Erik Robinson A year ago, Kathy Hart came back from a trip to Arizona with a bit of a rash -- what she thought was a sun allergy. "I didn't think anything of it," she said. Within three months, her health had worsened considerably, with muscle weakness so severe sh  more

Ariz. Senate Democrats: Hatathlie Celebrates the Committee Vote for the Appointment of Jamescita Mae Peshlakai to the State Board of Transportation
PHOENIX, Arizona, June 13 -- Arizona Senate Democrats issued the following information: Senator Theresa Hatathlie (LD6) extends her sincere congratulations to former Arizona State Senator Jamescita Mae Peshlakai on her successful appointment vote in the Transportation, Technology, and Missing Children (TTMC) Committee to the State Board of Transportation. "I want to express my sincere congratulations to Jamescita Mae Peshlakai. Her former work in the State Senate and now, her work on the State  more

Arizona Democratic Party's Statement Regarding the Supreme Court Protecting Access to Mifepristone
PHOENIX, Arizona, June 14 -- The Arizona Democratic Party issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: Today, the Supreme Court rejected challenges to access to Mifepristone, a safe medical abortion pill, citing a lack of legal standing in the arguments about the drug's harms. "Today's decision is a victory for reproductive rights that Arizona Republicans and Donald Trump worked hard to fight against," said Arizona Democratic Party Chairwoman Yolanda Bejarano. "This is not the end of Re  more

GCU: Allegations in Class Action Lawsuit Against GCE are Without Merit
PHOENIX, Arizona, June 14 -- Grand Canyon University issued the following news release: Grand Canyon University has learned that two students filed a class action lawsuit against its education services provider, Grand Canyon Education. The lawsuit is an almost verbatim regurgitation of the same claims that the U.S. Department of Education made, and the Federal Trade Commission later repeated, about GCU's doctoral programs, while coordinating their efforts to disparage GCU. Now, a class-action l  more

Honeywell Weather Radar System Selected By OMNI Air Taxi For Major Fleet Upgrade
PHOENIX, Arizona, June 14 -- Honeywell Aerospace, a division of Honeywell International, issued the following news release: Honeywell (NASDAQ: HON) has been selected by OMNI Air Taxi (OMNI), the largest operator of Leonardo AW139 helicopters in South America, to gradually upgrade its fleet of 31 AW139s with Honeywell's IntuVue RDR-7000 Weather Radar System. The RDR-7000 is a fully automated advanced flight technology that allows pilots to assess weather in advance to help enable a safer flight   more

Husch Blackwell Obtains Zoning Approval for Milwaukee Building Owner
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, June 14 -- Husch Blackwell, a law firm, issued the following news release: A Husch Blackwell real estate team successfully obtained zoning approval for Greywolf Partners to allow the commercial real estate company to bring in a nursing school to Honey Creek Corporate Center in Milwaukee. The City of Milwaukee required Greywolf to secure a zoning change to add "college and university" to the list of permitted uses for the business park, despite two colleges previously lea  more

McCain Institute Executive Director Dr. Evelyn Farkas Returns From Visit With Japan and Taiwan Leaders
WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Arizona State University's McCain Institute issued the following news: McCain Institute Executive Director Dr. Evelyn Farkas returned this week from a visit with international partners in Japan and Taiwan to reinforce the McCain Institute's continued commitment to protecting democracy, combating disinformation, and upholding human rights in the region. "As threats to democracy and human rights rise in east Asia, it was important to hear first-hand from leaders who are w  more

Native American Representatives Gather With UArizona Leaders for Third Tribal Leaders Summit
TUCSON, Arizona, June 13 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: Tribal leaders from across the state gathered at the University of Arizona Monday to meet with campus leaders and discuss ways to strengthen partnerships between the university and tribal communities in Arizona. The event, hosted by the university's Office of Native American Initiatives and Tribal Engagement, was the third Tribal Leaders Summit the university has held since 2021. "We're providing a platfo  more

Republicans Vote Against IVF Protections
PHOENIX, Arizona, June 14 -- The Arizona Democratic Party issued the following news release: Following Senate Republicans blocking the vote on the "Right to Contraceptives Act", Senate Republicans shot down the "Right to IVF Act," which would protect access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) as Republicans across the country continue to undermine reproductive healthcare. "While Arizona Republicans fail us, Senate Democrats are doing everything they can to protect reproductive healthcare and our a  more

UArizona Cybersecurity Clinic Will Protect Businesses From Online Threats, Develop Students' Career Skills
TUCSON, Arizona, June 13 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: Community and nonprofit organizations across Southern Arizona will soon have access to free cybersecurity services and support from the UArizona Cybersecurity Clinic, an initiative established by the University of Arizona College of Applied Science and Technology. The college, headquartered at the university's Sierra Vista campus, was recently awarded $1 million from Google's Cybersecurity Clinics Fund to   more

Western Hemisphere McCain Global Leaders Complete Changemaker Tour in Guatemala
WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Arizona State University's McCain Institute issued the following news: The McCain Institute at Arizona State University recently led a delegation of McCain Global Leaders (MGL) to Antigua and Guatemala City, Guatemala. The visit follows a tumultuous year in Guatemala that ultimately saw a strong defense of democratic norms, led by thousands of young activists and values-driven political leaders. This was the last stop of the 2023 MGL's in-person programming, spanning six  more