WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Amid Holiday Shopping Season, Gallego, Bipartisan Group Of Colleagues Push FTC to Crack Down on Surveillance Pricing * Earlier this year, the FTC curtailed a study that sought to examine companies' use of individualized data to set individualized prices Last week, Senator Gallego introduced first-of-its-kind Senate legislation to outlaw surveillance pricing WASHINGTON - Today, in the thick of t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Ansari, Stanton, Grijalva Call on Ciscomani to Keep His Word and Back Clean ACA Tax Credit Extension * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, after four House Republicans joined all House Democrats in forcing a vote on a clean, three-year extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits, Arizona Representatives Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), Greg Stanton (AZ-04), and Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07) released the following   more

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, Dec. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania posted the following news release on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * Arizona Man Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison For Fentanyl Trafficking The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that United States District Judge Malachy E. Mannion sentenced Shane Burns, age 26, of Scottsdale, Arizona, to 168 months' imprisonment, to be followed by 5 years' supervised re  more

TEMPE, Arizona, Dec. 18 -- Arizona State University issued the following news: * * * ASU launches Operation Comeback to help Arizonans finish their degrees University to offer scholarships, personalized advising for returning students, and financial help with past-due balances for qualified returners * Arizona State University has launched a new initiative called Operation Comeback to help Arizona residents who started college at ASU but did not complete their degree to return and finish wh  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Dec. 18 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following news: * * * Busting the ESA Myths with the Facts -- Watch the Webinar * Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESAs) is a free government program that gives all Arizona kids the education they deserve. Today, more than 97,000 Arizona students benefit from the program. But nevertheless, ESAs have come under attack from critics who spout rhetoric and misleading claims. To set the record straight, Goldw  more

DENVER, Colorado, Dec. 19 -- National Jewish Health, a respiratory hospital, issued the following news release: * * * Community Asthma Program on Navajo Nation Increases Care-Seeking for Children with Asthma A multiyear community asthma program on the Navajo Nation increased asthma-related care and awareness among families, even as the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically disrupted health care and school systems. The findings come from a new study led by researchers at National Jewish Health and co  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Rep. David Schweikert, R-Arizona, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news on Dec. 18, 2025: * * * Consumer Price Index Inflation Drops to 2.74 Percent, Lowest Since July Today, the Joint Economic Committee released its Monthly Inflation Update for November. The headline Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) inflation fell to 2.74 percent year over year in November, below expectations of 3.0 percent. This is the biggest drop in U.S. inflation since Mar  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * DHS, CBP continue to strengthen border security with five new Smart Wall contracts in Texas and Arizona * WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection announce the award of five new contracts totaling $3.3 billion for the construction of Smart Wall along the U.S. - Mexico border in Texas and Arizona. With these lates  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Gallego Fights Back Against Administration's Illegal Efforts to Withhold Funding from the CFPB * WASHINGTON - Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and his Democratic colleagues filed a bicameral amicus brief challenging Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Acting Director Russell Vought's latest attempt to dismantle the agency. Acting Director Vought is relying on a fringe legal theory that has been  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Kelly Warns Pentagon Is Escalating Intimidation to Silence Dissent * "I don't work for Hegseth. I work for the people of Arizona." "This is all about escalation and intimidation." "I'm not going to stop doing my job because Donald Trump said I should be hanged and executed." In case you missed it, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly joined CNN's A nderson Cooper 360deg, MS NOW's Morning Joe, and P  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly-Shaped Defense Bill Set to Become Law, Securing Major Wins for Arizona, Servicemembers, and National Security * Bill blocks staffing cuts to Fort Huachuca's Electronic Proving Ground and protects Arizona's role in electronic warfare Delivers major Arizona military construction projects at Davis-Monthan, Luke Air Force Base, and MCAS Yuma Includes a 3.8 percent pay raise for military service   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Arizona State University McCain Institute issued the following news: * * * McCain Institute Welcomes Release of Maria Kalesnikava and 122 Political Prisoners in Belarus The McCain Institute at Arizona State University applauds the release of Maria Kalesnikava and 122 political prisoners in Belarus on December 13, 2025. Kalesnikava's detention was one of the inaugural cases of the John McCain Freedom for Political Prisoners Initiative (FPPI). The McCain Institute collab  more

KINGMAN, Arizona, Dec. 19 -- Mohave Community College issued the following news release: * * * Mohave College innovative student support model, employee highlighted in national publication Mohave College Director of First Year and Career Experience Natalie Gebicke is featured in Community College Daily, a national publication of the American Association of Community Colleges. In her commentary, "A one-person model for student support, workforce readiness," Gebicke explains how the College is   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. Eli Crane, R-Arizona, issued the following news: * * * Rep. Crane Introduces Bill to Strengthen Congressional Oversight of Drone Threats * Today, Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ) introduced the Detecting and Evaluating Foreign Exploitation of Novel Drones (DEFEND) Act. This legislation would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require annual terrorism threat assessments on the malicious use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) by foreign adversaries and terrorist orga  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Dec. 18 -- The University of Arizona posted the following news release: * * * U of A students turn low-income Tucsonans' experiences into data-driven community impact * The Poverty in Tucson Field Workshop, now in its 10th year, culminated its semester-long research effort with a community forum at Habitat for Humanity Tucson on Monday. Students presented their findings to more than 100 community members, nonprofit agencies and local leaders, outlining major poverty-related   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Win: Kelly, Gallego Bill to Expand Economic Opportunity in La Paz County Heads to President's Desk * Bill will enable La Paz County to create hundreds of jobs and power thousands of homes Last night, the Senate unanimously passed Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego's La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act, legislation that will allow La Paz County to purchase 3,400 acres of certai  more