WASHINGTON, June 5 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release: * * * Arizona Passes Teamsters-Backed Rail Safety Legislation * Press Contact: Matt McQuaid Phone: (771) 241-0015 Email: mmcquaid@teamster.org (PHOENIX) - Following a months-long, collaborative, and intense lobbying effort, Teamsters Local 104 and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED) are celebrating the passage of SB 1074 into law. The legislation  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * DHS issues new waivers to expedite new border wall construction in Arizona and New Mexico * WASHINGTON -- Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has issued three new waivers for border wall construction, ensuring expeditious construction of approximately 36 miles of new border wall in Arizona and New Mexico. This is in addition to the waiver tha  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on June 5, 2025: * * * Gallego, Baldwin Introduce Bill to Prevent Companies from Ripping Healthcare Away from Striking Workers WASHINGTON - Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced a bill to protect striking workers from their employers terminating their health care benefits. The Striking and Locked Out Workers Healthcare Protection Act would protect workers' health care benef  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- George Washington University posted the following news: * * * Georgia Wants to Continue Medicaid Work Requirements * A group of public health scholars have filed public comments urging the US Department of Health and Human Services to turn down the Medicaid work requirement waiver submitted by Georgia.  Georgia wants to continue to require individuals to meet a work or community engagement requirement to qualify or maintain Medicaid coverage. Three other states-Ohio,   more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Strengthen U.S. Competitiveness in Space * The LAUNCH Act would streamline commercial space launches Today, Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ), John Cornyn (R-TX), Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), and Rick Scott (R-FL) introduced the bipartisan Licensing Aerospace Units to New Commercial Heights (LAUNCH) Act, which would streamline the application process for commercial space launche  more

PRESCOTT, Arizona, June 5 -- Yavapai College issued the following news: * * * Retiring YC Nursing Professor Makes Big Impact In Two Years, Wins Teacher of Year Honor Blunt. Outspoken. A dispenser of tough love. * Add intentional listener and you have the main components of Catherine "Cathy" Kefer's teaching philosophy -- one that can be both intimidating for new nursing students and what they need to succeed. The proof of the latter is the fact that spring 2025 Yavapai College nursing prog  more

TUCSON, Arizona, June 6 (TNSjou) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * Masking, distancing and quarantines keep chimps safe from human disease, study shows By Kyle Mittan Long before COVID-19 forced most of the world behind masks and into isolation, viral diseases had been persistently jumping from humans to primate species, with drastic consequences. The problem became particularly stark on Dec. 31, 2016, when a viral outbreak was detected at a field site fo  more

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, June 6 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom, an organization advancing every person's right to live and speak the truth, issued the following news release: * * * US Supreme Court rules religious outreach qualifies as religious activity The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch regarding a decision Thursday from the U.S. Supreme Court in Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor &  more

PRESCOTT, Arizona, June 5 -- Yavapai College issued the following news: * * * YC Students Take Alternate Path, Earn Equally Valuable High School Diploma There's more than one path to earning a high school diploma and 63 area residents found one of them at Yavapai College. When life events prevent folks from earning a high school diploma the traditional way, graduating from high school, Arizona offers multiple alternatives. One of them is by enrolling in a YC program that helps students prepa  more