PHOENIX, Arizona, Dec. 4 -- The Arizona Department of Financial Institutions issued the following news release: Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions (DIFI) Director Barbara D. Richardson has established the Resiliency and Mitigation Council (Council) to investigate the availability and affordability of personal homeowners insurance in forested areas and wildland-urban interface (WUI) areas of Arizona. The Department is aware of the difficulties that Arizona homeowners in  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Dec. 4 -- The Arizona Department of Gaming issued the following news release: The Arizona Department of Gaming ("ADG") has taken action against an overseas gaming company in Curacao that is allegedly operating illegal online gaming sites, Bovada.com and Bovada.lv (Bovada), accessible to Arizona residents. Following an investigation into the matter, the ADG sent a cease-and-desist letter to Harp Media B.V., which operates Bovada, on November 8, 2024. The operation of Bovada in  more

MESA, Arizona, Dec. 5 -- Mesa Community College issued the following news release: AT&T supports the launch of Mesa Community College's (MCC) EmpowerEd for Student Success campaign with a gift of $70,000. The campaign is part of a three-year, $20 million fundraising effort by the Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation (MCCF) and Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) aimed at increasing financial support and removing barriers to help students attain a college degree and strengthen t  more

ITHACA, New York, Dec. 4 -- Cornell University issued the following news: The Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems (CROPPS) is excited to welcome Liz Jones as the Center's first Assistant Director for Research. Jones brings more than 20 years of experience in research management and scientific leadership, specializing in molecular and genomic applications that drive innovation in agriculture. In her role at CROPPS, Jones will coordinate research activities across interdisciplinary  more

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Dec. 5 -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news: To form an effective, reliable fitness routine, people often turn to state-of-the-art workout equipment, countless dieting advice books and expensive personal trainers. Now, thanks to one digital passion project produced by an NAU professor and a Phoenix-based artist, learning new and simple ways to build a happy, healthy lifestyle can be as easy as powering up a computer monitor and pressing the arrow keys.   more

TUCSON, Arizona, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona's Health Sciences issued the following news release: * * * University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers found that a peer support intervention could be the key to helping people who struggle with CPAP machines get the care they need. * * * Continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, therapy can improve the lives of people with obstructive sleep apnea, but nearly half of adults with CPAP machines fail to adhere to a regular   more

TUCSON, Arizona, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: "Dog is man's best friend" may be an ancient cliche, but when that friendship began is a longstanding question among scientists. A new study led by a University of Arizona researcher is one step closer to an answer on how Indigenous people in the Americas interacted with early dogs and wolves. The study, published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances and based on archaeological remains in Ala  more