IRVING, Texas, Dec. 8 [Category: BizMedia] -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release: * * * College Football on The CW Network Sees Double Digit Year-Over-Year Viewership Gains For 2025 Season * Total Audience for ACC and Pac-12 College Football on The CW Grew 10% Compared to 2024 ACC Games Up 26% in Total Viewers Year-Over-Year College Football Continues on The CW with the Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl on Saturday, December 27 BURBANK, CA (  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Dec. 9 -- The University of Arizona posted the following news release: * * * From Easter Island to your computer: U of A archaeologist helps create digital 3D model to view iconic statues * Terry Hunt has been doing fieldwork on Rapa Nui - the place known to many as Easter Island - since 2000.In that time, the U of A School of Anthropology professor has made countless trips to the island and explored corners of Rapa Nui that most of its 100,000 annual tourists will never see  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Gallego Re-Appointed to Bipartisan Helsinki Commission * WASHINGTON - Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) was formally re-appointed to serve on the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission. Created in 1976, this independent U.S. Government agency monitors compliance and advancement of human rights, democracy, economic, environmental, and military cooperation i  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Dec. 9 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following news: * * * Goldwater Urges Arizona Supreme Court to Protect Right to a Jury Trial * The Goldwater Institute filed a brief in the Arizona Supreme Court today urging the justices to enforce the state constitution's promise that "the right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate," and to halt efforts by bureaucratic agencies to force people into juryless "administrative hearings" instead. Following  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has authorized the waiver of several environmental and other statutes to accelerate the construction of barriers and roads along a portion of the U.S. international land border in Arizona and California. Citing the critical importance of border security to national security, the agency is mandated by Congress to achieve and maintain operational control of the international land border, preventing all unlawful entries. This a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. David Schweikert, R-Arizona, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, posted the following news: * * * Inflation Remains Relatively Stable, Still Above Fed Target Today, the Joint Economic Committee released its Monthly Expenditures Update. From August 2025 to September 2025, headline personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index inflation was 0.27 percent compared to 0.26 percent for the previous month. Core PCE price index inflation, which excludes food an  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Lawsuit Launched to Protect Sky Island Plant Threatened by Mining * TUCSON, Ariz. The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a 60-day notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to provide habitat protection to Bartram's stonecrop, a blue-green desert succulent found only in the Sky Islands of southern Arizona and northern Mexico. "Mining in  more

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Dec. 9 -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news: * * * Learn the surprising culprit limiting the abundance of Earth's largest land animals * Humans live in a world abundant in salt, but this everyday seasoning is a luxury for wild herbivores, and it's far from clear how these animals get enough. A new study published today in Nature Ecology and Evolution and authored by Northern Arizona University researchers and collaborators found the density and distr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Arizona State University McCain Institute issued the following commentary on Dec. 9, 2025: * * * Beyond Xinjiang: How China's Repression Reaches Across Borders Author: Salome Mamuladze, Human Rights and Freedom Junior Fellow In May 2025, 23-year-old Yerzhanat Abai fled China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region seeking refuge in neighboring Kazakhstan. Instead, Kazakh authorities detained him and began deportation proceedings back to China. Abai's case is a stark remind  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. David Schweikert, R-Arizona, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, posted the following news: * * * National Debt Hits $38.40 Trillion, Increased $2.23 Trillion Year over Year, $6.12 Billion Per Day Today, the Joint Economic Committee released its Monthly Debt Update for December, including the national debt's interest rate and composition as of December 3, 2025. As of December 3, 2025, total gross national debt is $38.40 trillion. Relative to one year ago, tot  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Rep. Eli Crane, R-Arizona, issued the following news: * * * REMINDER - Deadline Today to Return Physical Damage Applications for SBA Loans * On October 10, 2025, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the availability of low-interest federal disaster loans for eligible businesses, nonprofit organizations, residents, and tribal nations that sustained economic losses due to the severe flooding in Gila County. Through this declaration, the SBA is offering  more

TOLEDO, Ohio, Dec. 10 -- The University of Toledo issued the following news: * * * Senior Moved Cross-Country for UToledo's Cosmetic Science and Formulation Design Program By Natalie Burgess Mireya Rivas came to UToledo from Surprise, Arizona, for a unique opportunity: the Cosmetic Science and Formulation Design program. "It's the only undergraduate program in the U.S. dedicated to the personal care industry, which immediately set it apart for me," Rivas said. "I actually never toured the c  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Dec. 9 [Category: BizEnergy] -- The Salt River Project, a public power utility and electricity provider, issued the following news: * * * SRP to Host Additional Community-wide Open House in Apache County * SRP will host additional in-person and virtual open house events in St. Johns for the public to learn more about SRP's plan to convert Coronado Generating Station (CGS) from coal to natural gas. SRP plans to cease coal generation at the site and complete the conversion to  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * WTAS: Gallego Introduces Bill to Crack Down on Surveillance Pricing * WASHINGTON - Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) introduced first-of-its-kind Senate legislation to outlaw surveillance pricing. The One Fair Price Act would prevent companies from being able to use customers' personal data to set individualized prices. Read the bill HERE. The plan has received support from national and local   more