WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- The University of Arizona State Museum, Tucson, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains and an associated funerary object and determined cultural affiliation with multiple Tribal Nations in Arizona and the Southwest. The action is being carried out under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and involves the remains of at least one individual and a ceramic pitcher that have been part of the museum's collections for more than  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 22 -- The University of Pennsylvania Annenberg Public Policy Center posted the following news release: * * * As Measles Cases Rise, Views of MMR Vaccine Safety and Effectiveness and Willingness to Recommend It Drop * PHILADELPHIA - The United States is experiencing the worst year for measles cases in more than three decades, with nearly 2,000 cases confirmed by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There have been 49 outbreaks spanning 44 state  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 22, 2025: * * * CEO of Health Care Software Company Sentenced for $1B Fraud Conspiracy * An Arizona man was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $452 million in restitution for conspiring to defraud Medicare and other federal health care benefit programs of more than $1 billion by operating a platform that generated false doctors' orders used to support fraudulent cl  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Rep. Abraham Hamadeh, R-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Hamadeh and Congresswoman Lee Introduce Bipartisan VA Medical Center Facility Transparency Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Abe Hamadeh (R-AZ-08) and Congresswoman Susie Lee (D-NV-03) have introduced the VA Medical Center Facility Transparency Act, as part of their ongoing commitment to provide bipartisan solutions for our nation's veterans. The VA Medical Center Facility Transp  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Gallego Continues to Push for Answers on Trump's Pharmaceutical Deals * In letters to the drug companies who recently inked deals with President Trump, Senator Gallego calls for more details and greater transparency WASHINGTON - In response to President Trump's recent announcement that nine drugmakers agreed to direct-to-consumer pricing through the TrumpRx drug purchasing platform, and the imple  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Dec. 22 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following news: * * * Goldwater Urges Supreme Court to Protect Parental Rights * Amber Lavigne had no idea a school social worker was secretly advising her 13-year-old about "gender transitioning." Even worse, the public school's leaders supported the plan to keep Amber in the dark. The Goldwater Institute is now asking the United States Supreme Court to protect Amber's constitutional rights and prevent pub  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- The Harvard University Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects and determined cultural affiliation with multiple Tribal Nations in Arizona and New Mexico. The action is being carried out under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and involves ancestral remains representing at least 148 individuals, along with 30 associated  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- The Harvard University Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains collected from two federal Indian boarding schools and determined a cultural affiliation with the Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona, and the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona. The inventory covers human remains representing at   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- Harvard University Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has announced its intent to repatriate a collection of Native American cultural items after completing a review under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The museum determined that the materials meet the definitions of unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony and are culturally affiliated with multiple Indian Tri  more

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Dec. 22 -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news: * * * In the Spotlight: Dec. 22-26, 2025 * Kudos to these faculty, staff and programs. Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community? E-mail your announcements to Inside@nau.edu, or use our online submission form. * Kelly Kendro, an applied linguistics doctoral student, received a doctoral dissertation grant from The International Research Foundation for English Language Education. Ken  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Dec. 22 -- The University of Arizona posted the following news release: * * * New species are now being discovered faster than ever before, study suggests * About 300 years ago, Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus set out on a bold quest: to identify and name every living organism on Earth. Now celebrated as the father of modern taxonomy, he developed the binomial naming system and described more than 10,000 species of plants and animals. Since his time, scientists have continu  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 23 -- Newmark Group posted the following news release: * * * Newmark Facilitates ViaWest Group's Acquisition of Stabilized Multi-Tenant Office Building in Mesa, Arizona Newmark announces the Company arranged the sale of 5416 East Baseline Road, a two-story, 63,834-square-foot office building located in Mesa, Arizona. The property sold for an undisclosed amount. Newmark Executive Managing Directors Barry Gabel, Chris Marchildon and CJ Osbrink represented the seller, Minneapolis  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Rep. David Schweikert, R-Arizona, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news: * * * Stop Paying More for Less: Realigning Healthcare Incentives to Improve Outcomes and Reduce Costs On December 17, 2025, the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee held a hearing titled Stop Paying More for Less: Realigning Healthcare Incentives to Improve Outcomes and Reduce Costs. Members engaged with witnesses on how contemporary debates surrounding healthcare h  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Tonto National Forest, Phoenix, Arizona, has completed a comprehensive inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects recovered from multiple archaeological sites within Gila and Maricopa counties in Arizona. Following this review, the forest determined that the remains and objects are culturally affiliated with several present-day Tribal Nations in Arizona and New Mexico, clearing the w  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Year in Review: Kelly Secures Millions in Federal Funding for Public Safety and Infrastructure Projects Across Arizona * Secured $22 million for a child development center at Luke Air Force Base and $2.7 million for rural Arizona fire, police, and flood protection projects This year, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly championed federal investments for rural Arizona communities, delivering for local project  more