WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * "The Sleepiest Member of Congress" Arizona Leaders, Advocates Join Protect Our Care Arizona as Rep. David Schweikert Wages War on Arizonans' Health Care * "The Sleepiest Member of Congress" Arizona Leaders, Advocates Join Protect Our Care Arizona as Rep. David Schweikert Wages War on Arizonans' Health Care Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" C  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Teachers issued the following news release: * * * BASIS Tucson North Ratifies Contract * TUCSON, Ariz. --BASIS Tucson North educators ratified their first collective bargaining agreement this week, making it the only charter school in Arizona to be unionized, AFT Local 6627, Arizona Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff, AZ-ACTS, said today. The 55 teachers and staff of BASIS Tucson North (a 5th- to 12th-grade sch  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to approve a revision to an air quality rule in Maricopa County, Arizona. The proposal aims to update the state implementation plan by approving a clarification to a rule that controls volatile organic compounds from petroleum solvents used in dry cleaning. This action stems from an analysis in 2016 when the EPA worked with Arizona regulators to identify outdated rules that could be updated to reflect current l  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 30 -- The Goldwater Institute issued the following news: * * * Week in Review: 16 States! New Hampshire patients suffering from rare diseases have new hope now that the state has enacted Goldwater's Right to Try for Individualized Treatments. To date, 16 states have enacted Goldwater's lifesaving reform. Under the Right to Try for Individualized Treatments, patients with rare diseases can access medicine made just for them based on their genetics. Those individualized   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Education expressing its insights regarding the recent statutory changes to the Federal Student Aid program. The letter primarily addresses issues related to the Accountability in Higher Education and Access through Demand-driven Workforce Pell, or AHEAD, Committee. As a renowned institution in workforce development, Pima Community College emphasizes the need for regul  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Burgum Urges Action on Resolution Copper Project After Ninth Circuit Stay * WASHINGTON --Today, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, chair of the National Energy Dominance Council issued a statement following a decision by the Ninth Circuit Court panel to block the land exchange approved by Congress, which is necessary to build the Resolution Copper mine in Arizona. "The Resoluti  more