PHOENIX, Arizona, May 22 -- Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne issued the following news release on May 21, 2025: * * * Horne praises Mesa district for reversing military regalia policy Urges schools with similar rules to follow suit PHOENIX - The Mesa Unified School District's decision to reverse policy and allow graduating seniors, that have earned the right, to wear military regalia at their graduation ceremony is earning the praise of State Superintendent of Public In  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 22 -- Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne issued the following news release on May 21, 2025: * * * Horne urges Mesa district, other schools, to allow grads to wear military regalia Says students should be honored for service PHOENIX - High school graduates who want to wear military regalia as part of their graduation ceremonies should be allowed to do so, says state schools chief Tom Horne. Horne is responding to reports that the Mesa Unified School   more

TEMPE, Arizona, May 22 -- Arizona State University issued the following news: * * * 5 School of Molecular Sciences students awarded prestigious NSF fellowships They are part of a group of 10 Sun Devils receiving the highly competitive honor for 2025 By Jenny Green The School of Molecular Sciences at Arizona State University is celebrating the outstanding achievement of five of its students -- Sukaina Al-Hamedi, Leslie Bustamante Hernandez, Lauren Harstad, Gabriella Cerna and Ikumi Ellis --   more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * BRUTAL: Schweikert, Crane, and Ciscomani Blasted for Lying About Cutting Medicaid for Hundreds of Thousands of Arizonans Schweikert, Crane, and Ciscomani's "budget helps billionaires at working people's expense" Vulnerable Arizona Republicans David Schweikert, Eli Crane, and Juan Ciscomani are feeling the heat after voting to advance the largest cuts to Medicaid in history. Arizo  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 21 -- The Arizona Commerce Authority posted the following news on May 20, 2025: * * * GTI Energy Announces Manufacturing Expansion In Goodyear GOODYEAR, AZ (May 20, 2025) - GTI Energy, a division of Buffalo based GTI Fabrication, a leading contract manufacturer of mission critical equipment, announced plans of a $33 million initial investment, with plans to invest another $20 million to open a 530,000-square-foot manufacturing facility at Lakin Park in Goodyear, Arizona.  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 22 -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Johns Hopkins Medicine Sparks Hope, Confidence for Woman with Rare Head and Neck Cancer Research and resilience gave Angie Read a clear path forward During the COVID-19 pandemic in late 2020, Angie Read could not taste her mouthwash. Also experiencing one-sided congestion, she first assumed she had caught the virus. By the week between Christmas and New Year's Day, it became clear to Read that he  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 21 -- The Arizona House Republicans issued the following news release: * * * Judiciary Chairman Quang Nguyen Expands Investigation Into Prison Violence, Demands Records From ADCRR on Inmate Deaths, Weapons, and Outside Influence State Representative Quang Nguyen, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is escalating his investigation into the Arizona Department of Corrections following a string of violent inmate deaths, including the April 4 triple homicide at the Tuc  more

TUCSON, Arizona, May 21 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * NASA selects rocket for U of A-led Aspera mission By Daniel Stolte NASA has selected Rocket Lab USA Inc. of Long Beach, California, to launch the agency's Aspera mission, which consists of a small satellite, or SmallSat, to study galaxy formation and evolution and provide new insights into how the universe works. The Aspera mission is led by one of the youngest principal investigators in NASA histor  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * NEW REPORTING: David Schweikert, Eli Crane, and Juan Ciscomani Are Primed to Kick 300K+ Arizonans Off Their Health Care AZ Republic : "More than 300,000 Arizonans would lose their health insurance" under Schweikert, Crane, and Ciscomani's plan New reporting from the Arizona Republic shows that vulnerable Republicans David Schweikert, Eli Crane, and Juan Ciscomani are on track to ri  more

TUCSON, Arizona, May 22 -- The University of Arizona's Health Sciences issued the following news release: * * * Researchers identify drug candidate for difficult-to-treat heart disease By Anna Christensen College of Medicine - Tucson researchers found a way to potentially reverse heart failure with preserved ejection fracture. A study led by a physician-scientist at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson's Sarver Heart Center identified a drug candidate that appears to rever  more

TUCSON, Arizona, May 21 -- The University of Arizona's Health Sciences issued the following news release: * * * Study identifies new mechanism for reducing female post-operative pain Researchers say inhibiting prolactin may break the link between psychological stress of scheduled surgery and worsening of post-operative pain in women. University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers identified a potential way to reduce female post-operative pain by inhibiting pituitary prolactin generated by  more