WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Ansari, Stanton, Kelly, Gallego, Hobbs and Other Arizona Leaders Call on Congress to Protect Arizona's Energy & Manufacturing Investments * Representative Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) joined Governor Katie Hobbs, Arizona elected officials, and business leaders in opposing provisions in Trump and House Republicans' budget bill that would jeopardize Arizona's economic momentum as a hub for innovation in  more

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

IRVING, Texas, June 14 -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news: * * * Arizona's Pluta Named NCBWA's 2025 Stopper of the Year Arizona's Tony Pluta was named the 2025 Stopper of the Year by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) becoming the fifth player from the Big 12 Conference to earn the accolade. He is the first Wildcat to earn the distinction in program history. The award adds to a decorated season for the right-handed rel  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Rep. Juan Ciscomani, R-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Ciscomani Leads Bipartisan Push to Increase Benefits for Online Student Veterans * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Congressman Juan Ciscomani reintroduced a bipartisan bill to increase housing stipends for student veterans attending classes online. Specifically, the Expanding Access for Online Veteran Students Act ( H.R. 3753 (link is external) ) would increase the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA)   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

TUCSON, Arizona, June 14 -- Research Corporation for Science Advancement issued the following news: * * * Fellows Chosen for Scialog: Quantum Matter and Information Sixty early career researchers from a cross-section of academic disciplines - physics, chemistry, materials science, applied mathematics, computer science, engineering, and related fields - have been selected as Fellows to participate in a new Research Corporation for Science Advancement initiative, Scialog: Quantum Matter and Inf  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 (TNSFR) -- The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois, intends to repatriate 97 cultural items, identified as unassociated funerary objects, in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The museum has determined a cultural connection exists between these objects and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona. This process allows for the return of these culturally important items, which may occur on or after July 11, 2025. The inventory describes 97 unassociated f  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Gallego, Neguse Introduce Legislative Package to Improve Wildfire Mitigation, Research, and Management WASHINGTON -- As fire season stretches into a yearlong struggle for communities across the West, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Representative Joe Neguse (CO-02) introduced a package of bills to improve wildfire prevention, mitigation, and management. "As Arizona's wildfire seasons get longer a  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. David Schweikert, R-Arizona, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news on June 13, 2025: * * * ICYMI: JEC Hearing on the Barriers to Supply Chain Modernization and Factor Productivity Enhancement Washington, D.C. - On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee held a hearing titled Barriers to Supply Chain Modernization and Factor Productivity Enhancement. Members engaged with witnesses on how "smart regulation" and harnessin  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly Statement on Israeli Strikes on Iran * Today, Arizona Senator, Navy combat veteran, and Senate Intelligence and Armed Services Committee Member Mark Kelly released the following statement on the Israeli strikes on Iran: "It's unacceptable for Iran to have a nuclear weapon. President Trump killing the Iran nuclear agreement accelerated Iran's development towards a bomb. Israel has a right to de  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Gallego, Stanton, Ansari, Hobbs, and Other Arizona Leaders Call on Congress to Protect Arizona's Energy & Manufacturing Investments * 69,000 jobs and $58 billion in investments in Arizona in jeopardy without federal tax credits Arizona Senator Mark Kelly joined Governor Katie Hobbs, Arizona elected officials, and business leaders in opposing provisions in Trump and House Republicans' budget b  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

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