WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Ansari Secures Delayed Funding for Urban Strategies Early Head Start in Phoenix * WASHINGTON - This week, Representative Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), a Member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Acting Director of the Office of Head Start Tala Hooban demanding they release delayed fede  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 [Category: Environment] -- The Wilderness Society posted the following news release: * * * Arizona Congressman proposes abolishing two national monuments * WASHINGTON D.C. (Sept. 17, 2025) -- U.S. Representative Paul Gosar introduced bills Wednesday that would abolish two national monuments in Arizona, Ironwood Forest and Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni. This is a direct attack on America's outdoor heritage and some of the country's most iconic and irreplaceable natural place  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR-AZ Welcomes Release of Audio Recording of Racist, Anti-Muslim Threats Targeting Maricopa Mosque * The Arizona chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the release of an audio recording of alleged racist and anti-Muslim threats targeting a Maricopa mosque.   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 17 [Category: BizEnergy] -- The Salt River Project, a public power utility and electricity provider, issued the following news: * * * Canyon Lake Will Be Closed for 16 Weeks in 2026 for Safety Inspections and Maintenance * SRP and the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) will lower the water level of Canyon Lake by 54 feet for approximately 16 weeks starting Sept. 16, 2026 for critical dam safety inspections and maintenance. Tonto National Forest will close the lake in  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has granted Arizona primary enforcement responsibility, or primacy, for regulating all classes of underground injection wells under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). Effective October 15, 2025, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) will oversee the state's Underground Injection Control (UIC) program, ensuring compliance with federal standards to protect groundwater sources. The EPA will retain permittin  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service is conducting five-year status reviews for 14 plant and six animal species in the Mountain-Prairie Region. This review is required by the Endangered Species Act and is intended to assess each species' status based on the best scientific and commercial data available. The listed species are from the states of Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana,  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Gallego Leads Colleagues in Calling Out Wells Fargo's Union-Busting * WASHINGTON - Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) led colleagues in writing to Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf to condemn the bank's union-busting tactics and refusal to bargain in good faith with employees. "As Senators representing constituents who are Wells Fargo employees and customers across the country, we write with conce  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Gallego Leads Colleagues in Urging Trump Administration to Reverse Cuts to Baltic Security Initiative * WASHINGTON - Today, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Mark Kelly (D-AZ),  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Gallego Statement on the Trump Administration Decertifying Colombia * WASHINGTON - Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) released the following statement on the Trump administration's announcement to decertify Colombia with a one year national interest waiver: "This decision comes after tireless work behind the scenes. Last month, Senator Bernie Moreno and I went on an official trip to Colombia to speak   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Rep. Paul A. Gosar, R-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Original text here: * * * Gosar Introduces Bills Nullifying Efforts to Lock Up Federal Lands * Washington, D.C. \-- Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-09), issued the following statement after introducing two bills nullifying previously declared national monuments that lock up federal lands: "The reckless declaration of vast national monuments has locked up thousands of acres of land, plac  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly Releases AI for America, a Roadmap to Make AI Work for All Americans, Not Just Big Companies * By 2030, there could be 12 million job transitions as labor demand grows in certain fields and retracts in others By the same year, data center power consumption could more than double, with some estimating that it could account for up to 12 percent of national electricity demand Today, Arizona Se  more

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Sept. 17 -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news: * * * Fighting fatigue When Danny dj Morales was looking for a topic for his master's thesis, he stayed close to home. Morales, who graduated from NAU with a master's of public health in May, is a 20-year veteran of the Navy, an active duty Air Force Reservist, a Coast Guard auxiliarist and is joining the Space Force. Across the services, two factors have remained constant: shift work and the constant dis  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Sept. 18 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * President Garimella highlights U of A's land-grant mission during Yavapai County visit By Mitch Zak, University Communications University of Arizona President Suresh Garimella and senior members of his leadership team spent two days in Yavapai County meeting with community and local government leaders, touring university facilities, and reinforcing the institution's land-grant mission of service i  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Arizona, chairman of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2025: * * * Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential Today, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on unleashing Alaska's natural resource potential, which will create jobs, spur economic growth nationwide, help meet future resource needs and reduce dependence on foreign adv  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Support Rolls in for Kelly's AI for America * Today, Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) released AI for America, a new roadmap to make AI work for all Americans, not just a few big companies, by making AI firms part of the solution. The plan establishes an AI Horizon Fund, fueled by contributions from leading AI companies that would provide the resources needed to reinvest in workers, infrastructure, and resp  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- University of Arizona - Phoenix Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine Ambrose F. Panico submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expresing strong support for adding electrophysiology catheter ablation procedures to the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Covered Procedures List for 2026. According to the writer, who is a practicing electrophysiologist, he has performed hundreds of cardiac device procedures in ASCs and has no  more