PHOENIX, Arizona, March 21 -- Gov. Katie Hobbs, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on March 20, 2025: * * * Governor Katie Hobbs Statement on Executive Order to Dismantle the US Department of Education Phoenix, AZ - Today, Governor Katie Hobbs released the following statement on threats to the hundreds of millions of dollars in Department of Education funding Arizona receives: "I am deeply concerned about the actions that are being taken to dismantle the U.S. Department of Educatio  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 20, 2025 NAVY Raytheon Co., Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $141,050,000 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-21-C-5411) to procure Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) production spares. This contract combines purchases for the governments of Japan (57%), Australia (19%), Netherlands (13%), Spain (6%), and Germany (5%) under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) progr  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo, Warner Lead Colleagues in Letter Reaffirming Support for Community Development Financial Institutions Washington, D.C.-- U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Mark R. Warner (D-Virginia), co-chairs of the Senate Community Development Finance Caucus, led a letter to Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury Scott Bessent emphasizing bipartisan support for the Community Development Financia  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on March 20, 2025: * * * EPA Administrator Zeldin Visits Arizona, Meets with AZ Elected Officials and Ak-Chin Indian Community Visit marks Zeldin's first to Indian country in his capacity as Administrator WASHINGTON - On Tuesday, March 18, 2025, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin traveled to Arizona to participate in a series of roundtable discussions and meetings w  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated March 7, 2025, from City of Hope, Duarte, California: * * * To: Anthony Archeval, Director U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights Attention: HIPAA Security Rule NPRM Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 509F 200 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20201 RE: RIN Number 0945-AA22 - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Health Insurance Porta  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending March 15, 2025. * * * REVISION TO SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT FACTORS Note: Calendar Year (CY) 2025 seasonal factors and revised seasonal factors for CY 2020-2024 for both initial claims and continued claims will be available at https://www.bls.gov/lau/seasonal-adjustment-for-weekly-unemployment-insurance-claims.htm by 12:00 P.M. (Eastern) on Thursday,  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Selects 14 Finalist Teams for the 2025 RASC-AL Competition Fourteen university teams have been selected as finalists for NASA's 2025 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems - Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) Competition. This year's competition invited undergraduate and graduate students from across the nation to develop new, innovative concepts to improve our ability to operate on the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Finalists will present   more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Stanton Holds Marathon In-Person Townhall in Tempe 350+ constituents attend in-person, nearly 1,000 more tuned into livestream TEMPE, ARIZONA --Rep. Greg Stanton took questions for two hours in Tempe on Wednesday night from constituents concerned and scared about actions being taken by Donald Trump, Elon Musk and extreme House Republicans in Washington. More than 350 constituents attended the town  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics issued the following news: * * * TransBorder Freight Annual Report 2024 BTS 16-25 This release is published on a fixed schedule as required by the Office of Management and Budget, and statistics in this release may be revised when inputs to the statistics are corrected or updated. Data on the program page of this website are the most up-to-date and complete. The Bureau of Transportation Stati  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science issued the following commentary: * * * Big Questions: Gerald Tuskan on Poplar and Bioenergy Distinguished Scientist Fellow Gerald Tuskan shares his reflections on a career investigating the genetics of the poplar tree. Scientists recognized by the Department of Energy Office of Science Distinguished Scientists Fellows Award are pursuing answers to science's biggest questions. Gerald Tuskan is the Director of the DOE Cent  more