WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Ansari, Stanton, Ciscomani, Kelly, Gallego Urge HHS Administrator to Ensure Arizona Receives Full Funding Through the Rural Health Transformation Program * Representatives Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-03), Greg Stanton (D-AZ-04), and Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-06), along with Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, urged Health and Human Services (HHS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Oz to make su  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Nov. 17 -- The University of Arizona posted the following news release: * * * Arizona Athletics and Casino Del Sol announce $60 million-plus stadium naming rights partnership * The University of Arizona and Casino Del Sol, an enterprise of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, today announced a landmark 20-year naming rights agreement for Arizona Stadium valued at more than $60 million, the largest such agreement in Big 12 Conference history. Under the partnership, the venue will be known  more

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Nov. 17 -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news: * * * Don't be a --volunteer! * Still got some of those volunteer hours available? Use them up at Holiday Helpings, a single-day event aimed at making sure no one in our community goes hungry on Thanksgiving Day. On Nov. 25, volunteers from throughout the city will gather at the NAU Facility Services parking lot at 2551 E. Pine Knoll Drive to help distribute the makings for a Thanksgiving meal to more tha  more

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Nov. 17 -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news: * * * Featured Spotlight: Kolbe Katsis * * NAU wide receiver Kolbe Katsis was selected as the Big Sky Co-Offensive Player of the Week on Nov. 17. He was the first Lumberjack since 2019 to score three receiving touchdowns in a single game during NAU's Nov. 15 victory over California Polytechnic State University. *** Original text here: https://news.nau.edu/featured-spotlight-kolbe-katsis/  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Nov. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona posted the following news release: * * * Former Border Patrol Agent Sentenced to 6 1/2 Years in Prison for Bribery Scheme TUCSON, Ariz. - Jorge J. Jimenez, 54, of Nogales, Arizona, was sentenced on October 30, 2025, by United States District Judge Rosemary Marquez to 78 months of custody, with a fine of $15,000, and a $100 Special Assessment. Jimenez was previously convicted by a jury of Conspiracy to Com  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Gallego Supports Bills to Protect Servicemembers and Veterans from Deportation * WASHINGTON - Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a Marine combat Veteran and member of the Senate Veterans Affairs committee, supported a package of bills that would prohibit the deportation of immigrant veterans who are not violent offenders, provide these veterans with a pathway to citizenship through their military servic  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Gallego, Kelly, Ciscomani, Ansari, Stanton Urge HHS Administrator to Ensure Arizona Receives Full Funding Through the Rural Health Transformation Program * WASHINGTON Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly, along with Representatives Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-06), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-03), and Greg Stanton (D-AZ-04) urged Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz to   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Gallego Talks Health Care, Affordability, and Veterans in Arizona * TUCSON - While in Arizona last week, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) spoke with Arizonans about rising health care costs, affordability, and veterans' issues. On 12 News' Sunday Square Off with Brahm Resnik, Senator Gallego spoke about the fallout of the Republicans' government shutdown and his continued fight to extend the A  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Gallego, Ciscomani, Ansari, Stanton Urge HHS to Ensure Arizona Receives Full Funding Through the Rural Health Transformation Program * Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, along with Representatives Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-06), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-03), and Greg Stanton (D-AZ-04), urged Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator Mehmet Oz to make sure Arizona receives   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news: * * * NEW: Karrin Taylor Robson Caught Scrubbing Anti-Choice Record From Website * A new report from American Journal News reveals that Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate and failed statewide loser Karrin Taylor Robson was caught "scrubb[ing] a reference to an anti-abortion group from her campaign website." As American Journal News reports, when Robson ran for governor and lost in 2022, she " touted her  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Stacy Gutierrez, president and CEO of Nicklaus Engineering Inc., Yuma, Arizona, has submitted a public comment letter to the Small Business Administration (SBA) urging for an increase in the size standards for small businesses in the Engineering Services sector. The company, which is a graduate of the SBA's 8(a) Business Development Program and certified as a Women-Owned Small Business, made its case on October 21, 2025, in response to the Proposed Rule that aims to update  more

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Nov. 17 -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news: * * * In the Spotlight: Nov. 17-21, 2025 * * NAU wide receiver Kolbe Katsis was selected as the Big Sky Co-Offensive Player of the Week on Nov. 17. He was the first Lumberjack since 2019 to score three receiving touchdowns in a single game during NAU's Nov. 15 victory over California Polytechnic State University. * NAU's Department of Mathematics and Statistics hosted its annual High School Math Day on No  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 18 -- New York University issued the following news release: * * * NYU Anthropologist Anderson Co-Leads Process to Codify World's First Global Standard on Indigenous Peoples' Data Project with the University of Arizona and Harvard University advises scientists and professionals how to record provenance for data * Researchers at New York University, the University of Arizona, and Harvard University have created a new standard, adopted by a global technical standards organizati  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Nov. 17 -- The University of Arizona posted the following news release: * * * Precision Aging Network data release will open new pathways for healthy aging research * The University of Arizona-led Precision Aging Network, a national, collaborative effort to transform the field of cognitive decline, genomics and healthy aging research, will release its first comprehensive dataset on normal cognitive aging this month. Launching in late November, the 300-terabyte release will  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Nov. 17 -- The University of Arizona posted the following news release: * * * U of A expert leads process to codify the first global standard on Indigenous Peoples' data * A new standard developed with University of Arizona Indigenous data sovereignty expert Stephanie Russo Carroll at the helm outlines how scientists and technology professionals across an array of fields should record the provenance - or origin and history of use - for data about and relating to Indigenous P  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Nov. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona posted the following news release on Nov. 17, 2025: * * * U.S. Attorney's Office Charges Over 180 Individuals for Immigration-Related Criminal Conduct in Arizona This Week During this week of enforcement operations from November 8, 2025, through November 14, 2025, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona has brought immigration-related criminal charges against 184 defendants. Specifically, t  more