PHOENIX, Arizona, May 14 -- The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality issued the following public notice: * * * Air Quality Permit Renewal | El Paso Natural Gas Company - Alamo Lake Compressor Station On May 14, 2025, the comment period begins for the proposal to issue a renewal air quality permit to El Paso Natural Gas Company for the continued operation of the Alamo Lake Compressor Station located in La Paz County, Arizona. The comment period ends June 14, 2025. Permittee: El Paso N  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Arizona State Office has completed an inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects and has established cultural affiliation with five federally recognized Indian Tribes in Arizona. As detailed in a notice issued by the National Park Service on May 16, 2025, the remains of at least nine individuals and 39 associated funerary items were removed from archaeological sites AZ CC:  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a rule to grant the State of Arizona primary enforcement authority for all six classes of underground injection wells under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. If finalized, this action would allow the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality to implement the state's Underground Injection Control (UIC) program and assume regulatory control over Class I through Class VI injection wells within its borders, excl  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 17 -- The Arizona State Senate Republican Caucus issued the following news release: * * * Governor Hobbs Blocks Tougher Penalties for Fraudsters Who Victimize Arizonans with Deed Scams PHOENIX, ARIZONA-- Majority Whip Frank Carroll is calling out Governor Hobbs for irresponsibly vetoing legislation aimed at deterring real estate fraudsters from victimizing unsuspecting Arizonans with deed scams. SB 1310, sponsored by Majority Whip Carroll, would have increased the crimi  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Coons, Shaheen, Reed, Warner, Himes, Krishnamoorthi Statement on Trump's Middle East AI Giveaway Today, Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ), member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Chris Coons (D-DE), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Jack Reed (D-RI), and Mark Warner (D-VA), alongside Representatives Jim Himes (D-CT-04) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-08) issued the following statement in response to President T  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 17 -- The Arizona House Republicans issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Blackman & Martinez Urge Immediate Action on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Crisis News Conference Scheduled for May 20 at 9:00 a.m. at State Capitol Rose Garden Republican State Representatives Walt Blackman and Teresa Martinez are calling for immediate state and federal action to address the alarming rates of violence against Native American and Alaska Native communities. Recen  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The Western States Sheriffs Association (WSSA), representing over 1200 sheriffs across 18 states west of the Mississippi River, has called on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to rescind a U.S. Forest Service (USFS) rule that grants federal authority over personal property crimes and crimes against persons on National Forest System lands. In a May 5, 2025 letter to OMB Director Russell T. Vought, the WSSA President argued the rule oversteps state jurisdiction and ra  more