WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sixteen State Attorneys General submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Education expressing opposition to a proposed revision regarding the collection of significant disproportionality data under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The states argue that the revision would undermine efforts to promote equity in special education by eliminating the current requirements for states to report changes in their methodologies for calculatin  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news: * * * Andy Biggs Calls Democrats "Domestic Terrorists" in Dangerous Rant * A new report from Arizona's Family revealed GOP gubernatorial candidate Congressman Andy Biggs going on a dangerous rant and calling Democrats "political terrorists, just like they are domestic terrorists." An Arizona Republican consultant called Biggs' extreme comments "well beyond the pale of what is common sense and decency." R  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Rep. David Schweikert, R-Arizona, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news on Oct. 24, 2025: * * * Consumer Price Index Inflation Ends FY2025 3.01 Percent, SSA Announces 2.8 Percent 2026 Cost-of-Living-Adjustment Today, the Joint Economic Committee released its Monthly Inflation Update for September 2025. To conclude fiscal year 2025, headline consumer price index (CPI-U) inflation was 3.01 percent year-over-year and 0.31 percent month-over-mo  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Oct. 25 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * A decade of impact: U of A and Banner Health transform health care in Arizona Arizona Board of Regents and Office of Research and Partnerships * In the 10 years since Banner Health and the University of Arizona forged a partnership to redefine academic medicine and health care delivery across the region, a new study reports that the academic medicine program has delivered an estimated $59 billion   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Journey Medical Corp., Scottsdale, Arizona, a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company founded by Fortress Biotech Inc., announced efficacy results from a combined analysis of its Phase 3 clinical trials for Emrosi (DFD-29), a treatment designed for the inflammatory lesions associated with rosacea in adults. The data, pooled from the MVOR-1 and MVOR-2 multicenter studies, was presented at the 2025 Fall Clinical Dermatology Conference. The two parallel-group, randomized, d  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Oct. 25 (TNSxrep) -- The Goldwater Institute issued the following news: * * * Week in Review: Restoring Faith in Federalism As civic education continues to slide and the federal government grows outside its bounds, a key pillar of our constitutional republic is now sadly lost on many Americans--the principle of federalism. A new Goldwater Institute report corrects that by offering a blueprint for reigniting a commitment to decentralized power and state sovereignty. The repo  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Oct. 25 -- The Goldwater Institute issued the following news on Oct. 24, 2025: * * * Goldwater to Supreme Court: Strike Down Unconstitutional Tariffs By Timothy Sandefur The Goldwater Institute joined forces with our friends at the North Carolina-based John Locke Foundation and the Dallas Market Center today to urge the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the so-called "Liberation Day" tariffs. Coming only days after the Wall Street Journal reported that the White House is "q  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Oct. 25 -- The University of Arizona's Health Sciences issued the following news release: * * * Halle Foundation unites University of Arizona and Banner Health to expand primary care graduate medical education statewide The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation has awarded transformative grants to the University of Arizona Health Sciences and Banner Health to expand primary care graduate medical education, or GME, across Arizona. Together, the two initiatives will create nearly 20  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Arizona State University McCain Institute issued the following news: * * * McCain Institute & Human Rights Organizations Submit Case of Abducted Ukrainian Children to UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention The McCain Institute at Arizona State University, together with the Foley Foundation, the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign, the Human Rights Foundation, and the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice, has submitted the case of more than 20,000 abducted Ukrai  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc., Kitchener, Ontario, has announced that it has closed $825 million in project financing for its Desert Bloom Storage and Papago Solar facilities in Maricopa County, Arizona. The funding, which includes construction financing and tax equity, will support the completion of the large-scale projects. The construction financing was provided by Nord/LB, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), CoBank, and Siemens Financial Ser  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Gallego Leads Arizona Democrats in Calling to Protect Impact Aid * WASHINGTON - Today, Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly, along with Representatives Greg Stanton (AZ-04) and Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon laying out how the Trump administration's politically motivated layoffs within the Impact Aid office will jeopardize c  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Gallego on MSNBC: 'There's a whole lack of leadership that's coming from the Republican Party right now.' * WASHINGTON - Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined MSNBC's Ali Vitali to discuss the latest on the ongoing Republican-led government shutdown, the Republican leadership crisis, and the urgent need to prevent health care premiums from doubling for millions of Americans. Watch the full   more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Oct. 24 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Sharon Ng Speaks at ASU Asian Pacific American Law Student Association Big Law Panel * Taft employment partner Sharon Ng was a featured speaker at Arizona State University (ASU) Sandra Day O'Connor School of Law's Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA) Big Law Panel. Alongside attorneys from top firms, Ng shared her career journey, day-to-day experiences, and advic  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Oct. 25 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * Endangered desert fish find new home at Biosphere 2 Four dozen Sonoyta pupfish were released into a recently completed stream environment at the University of Arizona's Biosphere 2 on Oct. 24. Cascading down a slope in Biosphere 2's Desert Biome, the new habitat features several pools that will provide a refuge to support and perpetuate populations of Sonoyta pupfish, a species listed as critically   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Oct. 25 (TNSrpt) -- The University of Phoenix issued the following news release: * * * 45% Unaware of Credits for Experience Nearly Half of U.S. Workers Don't Know Work Experience Could Count Toward a Degree, According to University of Phoenix Survey Survey conducted by The Harris Poll reveals widespread gaps in awareness of potential credit for prior learning; many self-fund upskilling and skip development due to cost and scheduling barriers. * A new University of Phoen  more