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Tipoffs for Tucson, Arizona (City) Newsletter for Friday September 20, 2024 ( 6 items )  

Ariz. Gov. Hobbs Announces Appointment Of Sandra Bensley To Pima County Superior Court
PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 20 -- Gov. Katie Hobbs, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2024: Today, Governor Katie Hobbs announced the appointment of Sandra Bensley to the Pima County Superior Court. Judge Bensley was appointed as a court commissioner earlier this year. Her prior experience includes eleven years of private practice, focused on probate, trusts, and estate planning, as well as guardianship and conservatorship matters. She also worked nearly five years at the Pi  more

Davis-Monthan AFB Recycling Center
DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB, Arizona, Sept. 20 -- The U.S. Air Force Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (355th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Katelynn Kennedy, 355 Wing Public Affairs On Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, at the cross streets of Yuma and Casa Grande, the Recycling Center is part of an essential service, waste disposal for all mission activity on base. It's currently run by Joseph Goyathlay, service contracts core for the refuse program at Davis-Monthan AFB and U.S. Air F  more

Duckworth, Booker Introduce Legislation to Protect Kangaroos by Ending the Sale of Commercial Products Made with Kangaroo Skin in the U.S.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced legislation to protect the estimated two million wild kangaroos who are needlessly killed every year for the use of their leather in commercial products. The killing of kangaroos for their leather, also known as "k-leather," is currently the largest commercial slaughter of mammals worldwide driven by demand for their skin in c  more

U of A-Led Taskforce Leads Effort to Raise Awareness of How Medications May Increase Risk of Heat-Related Illnesses
TUCSON, Arizona, Sept. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona's Health Sciences issued the following news release: Faculty from the University of Arizona Health Sciences, in partnership with the ADHS and PCHD, developed materials to educate medical professionals about how extreme heat may impact patients on certain medications. A new statewide task force led by the Southwest Center on Resilience for Climate Change and Health at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Publ  more

University of Arizona: Samples From Huanan Seafood Market Provide Further Evidence of COVID-19 Animal Origins
TUCSON, Arizona, Sept. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: A new international study provides a shortlist of the wildlife species present at the market from which SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, most likely arose in late 2019. The study, published Thursday in the journal Cell, is based on an analysis of genetic data released by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The data comes from more than 800 samples co  more

University of Arizona: Study - Over Nearly Half a Billion Years, Earth's Global Temperature Has Changed Drastically, Driven by Carbon Dioxide
TUCSON, Arizona, Sept. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: A new study co-led by the University of Arizona and the Smithsonian offers the most detailed glimpse yet into how Earth's surface temperature has changed over the past 485 million years. Published in the journal Science, the study presents a curve of global mean surface temperature that reveals Earth's temperature has varied more than previously thought over much of the Phanerozoic Eon, a period   more