WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on March 19, 2025: * * * Ansari, Schnieder Lead Letter Demanding President Trump Reverse Course On Potential Reinstatement of Discriminatory Travel Ban WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representatives Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) and Brad Schneider (IL-10), led over 30 of their colleagues in a letter to President Trump expressing concern and opposition to the proposed reinstatement of his discriminatory travel ban.  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, March 20 -- The Arizona Department of Education issued the following news release on March 19, 2025: * * * Horne statement on process involving Primavera online school PHOENIX - State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne has released the following statement regarding the Primavera online school and its status before the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools: Horne stated, "The legislature chose to divide jurisdiction regarding charter schools between the Arizona  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, ranking member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging posted the following fact sheet: * * * The Republican Plan for Medicaid Will Harm Arizona More than 1.9 million Arizonans rely on Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Republican Cuts to Medicaid Put Arizonans' Health and Coverage At-Risk Every proposal on the Republican wish list of more than $2 trillion in Medicaid cuts is bad news for Arizonans. Medi  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM to improve road to Hot Well Dunes through Great American Outdoors Act SAFFORD, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management is improving public access to the 2,200-acre Hot Well Dunes Recreation Area, a popular off-road and utility vehicle riding area in Safford, funded through the Great American Outdoors Act. Work on the northern 15 miles of Haekel Road starting from   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Office, Phoenix, has announced the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, determining a cultural affiliation with several Native American tribes. This repatriation process, conducted under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), is part of an ongoing effort to return ancestral remains and artifacts to their rightful tri  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Biggs and Senator Wyden Praise DOJ OIG's Release of Data on Hemisphere Surveillance Program This week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released previously redacted information relating to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy's (ONDCP) Hemisphere Project. DOJ OIG released the information in response to a May 2024 letter from Congressma  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Abraham Hamadeh, R-Arizona, issued the following news release on March 19, 2025: * * * Congressman Hamadeh Urges Department of Justice to End Political Weaponization Against Phoenix Police Department WASHINGTON DC - Congressman Abraham J. Hamadeh has sent a letter to Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel advocating for the men and women of the Phoenix Police Department who have been the victims of the Biden Administration's weaponization of the Depar  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed the establishment of Class E airspace at Wickenburg, Arizona, aiming to enhance safety and operational efficiency for instrument flight rule (IFR) procedures at Wickenburg Municipal Airport. This regulatory move is intended to provide structured airspace extending from 700 feet above the surface to facilitate IFR arrivals and departures, ensuring improved navigational support for pilots operating in the region  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Gallego, Kelly Announce Over $4 Million For Hopi Tribe to Advance Energy and Water Independence Today, Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego announced that the Hopi Tribe has been awarded $4,165,796 from the Department of Energy to deploy a 250-kW solar powered microgrid that will power two wells at the remote, unelectrified Side Rock well field on the Hopi Reservation. These wells will delive  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila National Forest, Silver City, New Mexico, has announced plans to transfer human remains and associated funerary objects recovered from federal and tribal lands to the appropriate Native American tribes, in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The remains and objects, tied to multiple archaeological sites in New Mexico's Grant and Catron counties, have been id  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. David Schweikert, R-Arizona, has issued the following news release on March 19, 2025: * * * JFK Act Sponsors Release Statement Following Trump Administration Unveiling of 80,000 Pages of JFK Files WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Original sponsors oftheJustice for Kennedy (JFK) Act, Congressmen David Schweikert [AZ-01], Tim Burchett [TN-02], and Steve Cohen [TN-09], released the following statements in response to the Trump Administration's release of over 1,100 individual PDF  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has completed an inventory of human remains collected from the Fort Mohave Indian School in Mohave County, Arizona, and has determined a cultural affiliation with the Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, spanning Arizona and California. The findings, published by the National Park Service in accordance with the Native American Graves  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Strickland Leads Bipartisan Bill for Intergenerational Caregiving Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), alongside Rep. Bryan Steil (WI-01) introduced the bipartisan Care Across Generations Act. The bill establishes a grant program for long-term care facilities to operate or contract with a childcare program and facilitate intergenerational activities. "Caregi  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Coronado National Forest, Tucson, Arizona, in coordination with the National Park Service, has announced its intent to transfer human remains and cultural artifacts discovered on federal lands in Arizona to the appropriate tribal groups. The disposition follows regulations set by the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and will involve multiple sites across the Coronado National Fore  more