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News Tipoffs - Arizona Editors Newsletter for Thursday August 01, 2024 ( 6 items )  

AG Reyes Supports SAVE Act to Preserve Election Integrity
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 31 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined 21 attorneys general in a letter to U.S. House and Senate leadership, expressing their support of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act. The letter was led by the States of Iowa and Indiana. According to its congressional bill summary, the SAVE Act "requires individuals to provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship in order to register to vote i  more

Ariz. Superintendent of Public Instruction Horne Answers Inquiries About Schools and COVID
PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 1 -- Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne issued the following news release: * * * Notes health agencies now treat COVID as common respiratory virus * * * Responding to an inquiry about the status of COVID cases in Arizona and any potential effect on schools, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne says public health agencies now consider COVID to be a common respiratory virus and schools should operate normally. Horne stated, "I have be  more

Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $68 Million to Improve Access to HIV Care for Women, Infants, Children and Youth
WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: Announcement Made at Morgan State University in Baltimore at the Latest Stop on HRSA's Enhancing Maternal Health Initiative Tour; Morgan State Recently Became the HRSA Coordinating Center for Research on Maternal Mortality Disparities Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), announced more than $68 mill  more

Border Patrol agents discover methamphetamine in vehicle quarter panels
WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: INDIO, Calif. El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a 28-year-old female U.S. citizen for smuggling approximately 51 pounds of methamphetamine. The total value of the drugs seized is estimated to be $83,312. El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents seized approximately 51 pounds of methamphetamine. On July 25, at approximately 11:45 p.m., Indio Station agent  more

Contracts for July 30, 2024
WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: AIR FORCE Gauss Management Research and Engineering Inc., Ogden, Utah (FA8003-24-D-0015); Luna Labs USA LLC, Charlottesville, Virginia (FA8003-24-D-0016); TransTecs Corp., Wichita, Kansas (FA8003-24-D-0017); Frontier Technology Inc., Beavercreek, Ohio (FA8003-24-D-0018); SelectTech Services Corp., Dayton, Ohio (FA8003-24-D-0019); Boston Engineering Corp., Waltham, Massachusetts (FA8003-24-D-0020); SynapseM  more

U.S. Department of Agriculture Announces Key Staff Appointments and Promotions
WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the names of individuals who hold senior staff positions in D.C. Carlton Bridgeforth has been promoted to White House Liaison in the Office of the Secretary. Bridgeforth is being promoted after serving as Senior Advisor for USDA's Research, Education, and Economics (REE) mission area where he led stakeholder outreach and Congressional engagemen  more