PHOENIX, Arizona, July 9 -- The Arizona Commerce Authority issued the following news on July 8, 2025: * * * Arizona Commerce Authority And Southwest Mission Acceleration Center Launch The Office Of Defense Innovation To Strengthen State's Aerospace, Defense, And Technology Sector PHOENIX, AZ (July 8, 2025) - The Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA), in partnership with the Southwest Mission Acceleration Center (SW MAC) today announced the launch of the Arizona Office of Defense Innovation (ODI),   more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The Ground Water Protection Council, OKlahoma City, Oklahoma, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expressing strong support for Arizona's application to gain primacy for its Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program. The council, representing state agencies administering UIC programs nationally, believes that Arizona is well-equipped to manage the program effectively. In the letter, Dan Yates, Executive Director of GWPC  more

TUCSON, Arizona, July 9 -- The city of Tucson issued the following news on July 8, 2025: * * * City of Tucson Responds to Need of Housing Job Corps Youth In June, the City of Tucson's Housing and Community Development Department responded quickly and collaboratively to an urgent need. When the federal government initially announced the closure of Job Corps, it put many young people at the Fred G. Acosta Job Center at risk of homelessness. HCD Staff from the Housing First, Public Housing, and   more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on July 8, 2025: * * * Gallego Calls Out Trump Administration's Dangerous Plan to Allow Avian Flu to Spread Unchecked Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) demanded answers from Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. over reports that the Trump Administration is considering a plan to allow avian flu to spread unchecked through poultry farms. Senator  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Hawley Holds RECA Victory Rally to Celebrate Justice for Victims of Radioactive Waste * Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) led a RECA victory rally in St. Louis to celebrate new funding for radioactive waste survivors in Missouri and other states. His announcement comes after a two-year battle that resulted in the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) expansion in the "Big, Beautiful Bill,"  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Stanton Demand Trump Administration Release Frozen Funds for Arizona Schools * Last week, Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Representative Greg Stanton (D-AZ-04) sent a letter to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, demanding the Trump administration immediately release more than $118 million in frozen grant funding for Arizona schools.   more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Phoenix Return Preparer Indicted for Filing False Tax Returns for Himself and Others * A Phoenix man made his initial appearance in federal court recently after a grand jury in Phoenix returned an indictment charging him with filing false tax returns for himself and for clients of his tax preparation business. The following is according to the indictment: from 2021 to 2023, Pacifique Kashosi alleg  more