SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, Sept. 19 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom, an organization advancing every person's right to live and speak the truth, issued the following news release: * * * ADF commends Gov. Abbott for signing women's safety bill The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Chelsey Youman regarding Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's signing Wednesday of HB 7, a bill that protects women and their unborn children from abortion drug traffickers who illegally   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 19 -- The Goldwater Institute issued the following news: * * * Dismantling DEI - Goldwater Launches Podcast Series Is DEI in America finally defeated? Not even close. Dismantling DEI, a new podcast and video series from the Goldwater Institute, shows that this toxic ideology remains entrenched in society--and why it must be dismantled. Dismantling DEI exposes how diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) continues to shape our institutions, especially universities, to th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Gallego Backs Legislation to Save Social Security from Trump Cuts * WASHINGTON - Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), backed the Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act. The legislation reverses the disastrous cuts the Trump administration has made to the Social Security Administration (SSA), prevents Social Security field offices from shutting down, makes it easier for seniors and people with disab  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Gallego, Hagerty Introduce Legislation to Prevent Financial Exploitation of Seniors * Today, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Bill Hagerty (R-TN) introduced the Financial Exploitation Prevention Act, legislation to give the financial industry better tools to address suspected financial exploitation and abuse of seniors and those with mental and physical disabilities.  "Far too many Arizona's se  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Gallego, Young Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Help First-Time Homebuyers * WASHINGTON - Today, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Todd Young (R-IN) introduced the Uplifting First-Time Homebuyers Act to help more Americans buy their first home by increasing the Individual Retirement Account (IRA) tax exception withdrawal limit for first-time homebuyers. "Homeownership is the cornerstone of the Ameri  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The National Parks Conservation Association issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2025: * * * Groups Denounce Bills to Nullify Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni National and Ironwood Forest National Monuments GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, AZ--Yesterday, Representative Paul Gosar introduced two bills to undermine land protections and the leadership of local Tribes, including one to nullify the nearly one million acre Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 18 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Groups Denounce Gosar Bills to Nullify Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni National and Ironwood Forest National Monuments * Grand Canyon National Park, AZ -- Yesterday, Representative Paul Gosar introduced two bills to undermine land protections and the leadership of local Tribes, including one to nullify the nearly one million acre Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Abraham Hamadeh, R-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * House Passes Congressman Hamadeh's Bipartisan Veterans' Health and Education Access Bills * This week, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed Congressman Abe Hamadeh's (AZ-08) bipartisan bills, the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship Opportunity Act and the Health Professionals Scholarship Program (HPSP) Improvement Act of 2025.  Congressman Hamadeh proudly joined Congresswoman   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (TNSrep) -- Arizona State University McCain Institute issued the following news: * * * McCain Institute Releases Analysis Ahead of Moldovan Parliamentary Election McCain Institute Senior Director for Global Democracy Programs Laura Thornton has written an assessment ahead of the September 28 Moldovan parliamentary election based on an expert mission to Moldova September 1-4 in cooperation with the German Marshall Fund and the European Council on Foreign Relations. The Mol  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Mexican Wolf Genetic Diversity Declines for Fourth Straight Year * SILVER CITY, N.M. -- Thirty conservation organizations today urged wildlife agencies to take science-based actions to protect Mexican gray wolves after a new analysis showed that the endangered species' genetic diversity declined for the fourth year in a row. In a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The Moapa Band of Paiutes Tribal Historic Preservation Office has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service raising critical concerns regarding the rollback of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. The tribal group asserts that these changes could profoundly impact their traditional ecological knowledge and sacred sites, particularly along the Salt Song Trail, which holds deep cultural significance for the Southern Paiutes   more