PHOENIX, Arizona, June 14 -- Arizona Public Service Co. issued the following news on June 13, 2025: * * * APS Requests Rate Adjustment to Support Reliable Service for Customers New rates would not go into effect until the second half of 2026, if approved by the ACC * PHOENIX - Arizona Public Service (APS) today filed an application with the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) to update its rates to ensure it can continue providing customers with the energy they need, when they need it, whi  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 13 -- The Arizona Corporation Commission issued the following news release on June 12, 2025: * * * Vice Chair Myers Votes to Support Accelerating Natural Gas Permitting and Repealing Outdated Gas Energy Efficiency Mandate At the Arizona Corporation Commission's (ACC) June 11, 2025, regular Open Meeting, Vice Chair Nick Myers voted with the Commission (5-0) to authorize the Office of General Counsel, on behalf of the Commission, to file a notice of intervention and comme  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 14 -- The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality issued the following public notice: * * * Aquifer Protection Permit Amendment | Pink Cliffs On June 12, 2025, the comment period begins for the preliminary decision to issue an amended Individual Aquifer Protection Permit to Zeniff Landfill, LLC, for the Pink Cliffs Land Co., LLC Mill Monofill and Mill Pond Landfill (Pink Cliffs) located in Navajo County, Arizona. The comment period ends July 13, 2025. Aquifer Prote  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 14 -- Native Public Media issued the following news: * * * Defunding Public Media Undermines Native American Civic Health WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a devastating reversal, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to rescind funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), funding it had approved just two months earlier. This decision delivers a catastrophic blow to Tribal radio stations and places 36 public media stations that serve American Indian Tribes and Alask  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 13 -- The Arizona House Republicans issued the following news release on June 12, 2025: * * * House Budget Clears Committee, Heads to Floor on Friday Arizona House Speaker Steve Montenegro today announced that the House Republican budget proposal has passed the Appropriations Committee and is set for consideration of the full House tomorrow. "This budget is ready to move," said Speaker Montenegro. "It's balanced, conservative, and focused on delivering safe communitie  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 13 -- The Arizona House Republicans issued the following news release: * * * House Introduces Responsible, Balanced Budget Focused on Public Safety, Protecting Taxpayers, and Government Accountability Arizona House Republicans today introduced a structurally balanced, law-and-order budget designed to serve Arizona families. The budget package, filed as bills HB2947 through HB2961, focuses on public safety, infrastructure, and protecting taxpayers, and is grounded in the  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 14 -- The Arizona House Republicans issued the following news release: * * * House Passes Conservative, Fiscally Responsible Balanced Budget Focused on Public Safety, Protecting Taxpayers, and Government Accountability The Arizona House of Representatives today passed a structurally balanced, conservative budget that fulfills House Republicans' promise to strengthen public safety, lower costs for families, and hold government accountable. "This budget delivers safe com  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Arizona State University McCain Institute issued the following news: * * * McCain Institute Leads Bipartisan Delegation of Congressional Staffers to Ukraine Delegation visited Kyiv, Bucha, Kharkiv, and Dnipro to see firsthand the conditions in Ukraine * KYIV, Ukraine (June 13, 2025) - The McCain Institute at Arizona State University (ASU) led a bipartisan delegation of Congressional staffers to Ukraine where they visited Kyiv, Bucha, Kharkiv, and Dnipro to meet with p  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 14 -- The Arizona State Senate Republican Caucus issued the following news release: * * * Senator Farnsworth Leads Senate Education & Transportation Committee, Aiming to Improve Arizona's Infrastructure Committee Chairman David Farnsworth is working to improve Arizona's transit systems, both on the ground and in the air, with a new Senate Education and Transportation Committee overseeing innovative transportation solutions. With Arizona's rapid population growth and in  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Vulnerable AZ Republicans Schweikert, Crane, Ciscomani Start To Realize Cutting Health Care, Jobs Is Not Popular * Juan Ciscomani still insists he's "proud of the vote [he] took" and that eliminating "lifechanging" jobs was not "a reason strong enough" to vote no Vulnerable Arizona Republicans are trying to have it every which way when it comes to the deeply unpopular GOP Tax Sc  more