PHOENIX, Arizona, April 24 -- The Arizona Corporation Commission issued the following news release on April 23, 2025: * * * ACC Adopts Vice Chair Myers Amendment for APS Summer Refund Phoenix, Ariz.-- At the Arizona Corporation Commission's (ACC) April 22, 2025, regular open meeting, the Commission unanimously adopted an amendment proposed by Vice Chairman Nick Myers to provide a refund for Arizona Public Service Company (APS) customers in July and August. APS filed an application to refund   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 24 -- Gov. Katie Hobbs, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on April 23, 2025: * * * Governor Katie Hobbs Applauds Bipartisan House Vote to Protect Arizonans with Disabilities Phoenix, AZ - Today, the House passed a bipartisan bill to fund services for Arizonans with disabilities. Governor Hobbs issued the following statement in response: "After months of confusion and uncertainty for countless families, tonight we took an important first step towards deliver  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 24 -- Gov. Katie Hobbs, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Katie Hobbs Statement on Republican Lawmakers' Funding Proposal for Arizonans with Disabilities Phoenix, AZ - Governor Katie Hobbs released the following statement on Republican lawmakers continuing to hold Arizonans with disabilities hostage with a DDD funding bill that guts Arizona's down payment assistance program and jeopardizes housing projects for seniors and Veterans: "As they   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 24 -- Arizona State Treasurer Kimberly Yee issued the following news release on April 23, 2025: * * * Arizona Treasurer Kimberly Yee's Historic Return to Window Rock Signifies Ongoing Commitment to Partnership with the Navajo Nation PHOENIX, AZ - Arizona Treasurer Kimberly Yee visited the Navajo Nation in Window Rock, continuing a historic partnership with this sovereign state. In 2019, Treasurer Yee made history as the first State Treasurer of Arizona to visit the Nav  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: In Southern Arizona, Kelly Meets with Workers and Veterans at Warehouses and VFW Post In case you missed it, Arizona Senator and Navy combat veteran Mark Kelly spent the day yesterday in Southern Arizona hearing directly from business leaders, workers, and veterans about the real-life consequences of recent Trump administration actions--from tariffs that are driving up costs and threatening job  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Colleagues Demand Answers on Brutal Impacts of DOGE's Social Security Cuts on American Families This week, Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) sent a letter to the Acting Inspector General of Social Security, Michelle Anderson, calling for a complete and thorough report on how the recent DOGE cuts--including mass layoffs, pressuring staff to retire, and closing regional offices--have adversely affected A  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 24 -- The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics issued the following news release: * * * Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Launches Nationwide Astronomy Program for Rural Schools Smithsonian Aims To Provide a Telescope and STEM Curriculum to Every Rural School in America Cambridge, Mass. -- The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) is launching a nationwide strategic investment in the future of rural education called Smithsonian Scientists Taki  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * Tucson man receives 6-year prison sentence for firearms trafficking offenses following ICE Arizona, multiagency investigation TUCSON, Ariz. -- A local area man was sentenced April 15 to six years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised released for smuggling firearms and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. U.S. Immigration and C  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * What They're Saying: Support Grows for Hickenlooper's Bipartisan Fix Our Forests Act Hickenlooper's Fix Our Forests Act will help reduce wildfire risk for Colorado communities and speed up mitigation projects while maintaining environmental safeguards and encouraging local involvement WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper, John Curtis, Alex Padilla, and Tim Sheehy announced growing s  more