WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Historic Hotels of America issued the following news release: * * * The 2026 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America(R) Most Magnificent Gardens List Is Announced Historic Hotels of America(R), the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation for recognizing and celebrating the finest historic hotels from across the United States of America, is pleased to announce The 2026 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America Most Magnificent Gardens list. From the Green Moun  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 15 -- The Arizona Board of Regents issued the following news release: * * * ABOR recognizes 2025-2026 AZ FAFSA Challenge winners Nineteen Arizona high schools honored for achieving the highest or most improved FAFSA completion rates. * High school administrators, educators and counselors from across Arizona gathered Thursday to celebrate the winners of the 2025-2026 AZ FAFSA Challenge. Administered by the Arizona Board of Regents, the AZ FAFSA Challenge recognizes Ar  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Sues Arizona School District for Stonewalling Documents Related to Student Anti-ICE Walkout * America First Legal (AFL) has filed a complaint against the Flagstaff Unified School District (FUSD) in Arizona to compel the production of public records related to a January 2026 student anti-ICE walkout. AFL's complaint follows its public recor  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 16 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on May 15, 2026: * * * Attorney General Mayes Announces Nearly 15 Year Prison Sentence in Pima County Narcotics and Weapons Case TUCSON -- Attorney General Kris Mayes announced today that Christina Eileen Gonzalez was sentenced to 14.5 years prison by the Pima County Superior Court on May 11, 2026. Throughout August 2025, Gonzalez conducted a criminal enterprise that sold cocaine, methamphetamin  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 13 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Mayes Orders Quartzsite RV Park to Restore Power Immediately, Cease Illegal Eviction Efforts Attorney General Kris Mayes today issued a cease-and-desist letter to the owners and managers of Pit Stop RV Park in Quartzsite, Arizona, demanding the immediate restoration of electrical power to park residents and an end to what appears to be unlawful eviction activity. The lett  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 16 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on May 15, 2026: * * * Attorney General Mayes Wins Ruling to Keep Public Nuisance Lawsuit Against Fondomonte Moving Forward A Maricopa County Superior Court judge has denied Fondomonte Arizona LLC's request to halt Attorney General Mayes' public nuisance lawsuit over the company's groundwater extraction in the Ranegras Plain Basin, allowing the case to move forward. "I am grateful for today's ru  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 16 -- The Arizona Supreme Court issued the following news release on May 15, 2026: * * * Supreme Court Clarifies Prosecutorial Error Standard and Affirms Convictions in State v. Romero The Arizona Supreme Court issued a significant ruling today clarifying that claims of prosecutorial error do not require proof of a prosecutor's intent or mental state. The Court also explained how courts must evaluate cumulative prosecutorial error claims under Arizona's fundamental error  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 15 -- The Arizona Supreme Court issued the following news release: * * * Supreme Court Clarifies Standard for Judicial Review of Agency Action The Arizona Supreme Court has explained how courts review administrative agency actions after the Arizona Legislature's 2021 amendments to A.R.S. Sec. 12-910(F)--the law concerning judicial review of agency actions. This case arose from a nearly 25-year dispute between Ronald Simms ("Ron"), the Arizona Racing Commission ("Commiss  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 16 -- The Arizona Board of Regents issued the following news release: * * * ASU Preparatory Academy Phoenix named 2025-26 American College Application Campaign School of Excellence for Arizona The award recognizes the school's success in expanding college access and helping students turn college aspirations into meaningful outcomes. * ASU Preparatory Academy Phoenix has been selected as the 2025-26 American College Application Campaign School of Excellence for the stat  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 15 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Pacific Legal Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Arizona Supreme Court curtails agency fact-finding deference * Phoenix, Arizona; May 15, 2026: The Arizona Supreme Court yesterday issued its opinion in Simms v. Arizona Racing Commission, holding that courts must independently review the factual findings of state agencies rather than defer to them under the so-called substantial-evidence standard. The ruling is the f  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 15 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Opposes Trump Administration's Proposed Rollback of National Emission Standards for Ethylene Oxide * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined a multistate coalition in submitting a comment letter opposing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposal, which rolls back national standards for emissions of ethylene oxide (EtO) from comm  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 15 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL LEADS COALITION AGAINST EPA'S PROPOSAL TO GUT NATIONAL LIMITS ON TOXIC ETHYLENE OXIDE POLLUTION * Chicago -Attorney General Kwame Raoul today led a coalition of 16 attorneys general opposing a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal to repeal national emission standards for ethylene oxide (EtO) used by commercial sterilization facilities. According to  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * AZ-01 Republicans Descend into "Blatantly Racist" Twitter Spat as GOP Primary Gets Messier by the Day * To absolutely no one's surprise, the race to the far-right in AZ-01 is getting messier by the minute. Jay " In Lockstep with Trump " Feely and backbencher state lawmaker Joey Chaplik are in an ugly race to the bottom as they try to out-MAGA each other with their wildly unpopular  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: * * * Cultivating STEM Talent: Students Inducted as New DOE Fellows MIAMI -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Florida International University (FIU) recently marked progress in growing the STEM workforce by inducting 10 students as DOE Fellows. The DOE Fellows program, a science, technology, engineering and math workforce development initiative, is sponsored by DOE's Of  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Reaches Early $5.5 Million Resolution With Central Transport Over Nationwide Sex Discrimination in Hiring * Settles federal lawsuit alleging trucking company failed to hire female truck drivers for at least ten years nationwide PHOENIX - Central Transport, LLC, a nationwide trucking company based in Warren, Michigan with over 200 regional and local facilities, will pay $5.5 milli  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 [Category: Political] -- EMILYs List issued the following news release: * * * EMILYs List Announces Additional Arizona State Legislature Endorsements * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today EMILYs List, the nation's largest resource for women in politics, announced its next round of Arizona legislative endorsements. EMILYs List President Jessica Mackler released the following statement: "The path to building Democratic power in 2026 runs through Arizona, and we are proud to endorse s  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 14 -- Gov. Katie Hobbs, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Katie Hobbs Expands Advanced Manufacturing Opportunities for Rural Arizonans * Mohave, Coconino and Yavapai Community Colleges Join Network to Offer Industry-Driven Training for Advanced Manufacturing Jobs Phoenix, AZ - Today, Governor Katie Hobbs and the Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) announced today the expansion of the ReadyTechGo Initiative, a statewide partnership   more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * House Passes Stanton-Led Bipartisan Amendments Improving Native American Veteran Health Care Access * WASHINGTON, DC - The House passed two bipartisan amendments led by U.S. Congressman Greg Stanton (D-AZ) to improve health care access and culturally competent care for tens of thousands of Native American veterans living in rural communities across the United States. The amendments passed unanimously  more

NEW YORK, May 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York posted the following news release: * * * Iraqi National Arrested And Charged With Providing Material Support To Iranian-Backed Terrorist Organizations And Directing Attacks Targeting U.S. Citizens And Interests United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, Acting Attorney General for the United States, Todd Blanche, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, John A. Ei  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Lummis, Donalds Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Cut Nuclear Construction Costs and Speed Up New Energy Projects * Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), alongside Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL-19), introduced bipartisan legislation to help build new nuclear power plants faster and cheaper in the United States. The Build Nuclear with Local Materials Act would direct the Nuclear Regu  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news wrap up, This Week In Climate Action - May 15, 2026: * * * Your weekly resource to learn what the environmental movement is saying about the news of the day and the political fight of our generation. This week, we're covering the Trump administration rolling back protections for our public lands, state efforts to tackle the energy affordability crisis, and the ongoing fight for a free and   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 15 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following news wrap up: * * * Liberty In Action: $750,000 for American Airlines. Courtesy of Taxpayers * The public purse is not a private piggy bank for government leaders to dip into to reward their favorite businesses. That's why the Goldwater Institute is now warning city officials in Columbia, Mo., that their promise to fork over taxpayer money to shore up American Airlines' bottom line violates the sta  more

TEMPE, Arizona, May 15 -- Maricopa Community Colleges issued the following news release: * * * Maricopa Community Colleges Celebrates Record-Breaking Bachelor's Degree Graduating Class Maricopa Community Colleges is celebrating another historic commencement season, as the 10-college system prepares to confer over 300 workforce-aligned bachelor's degrees to graduates from nine programs. This achievement marks the largest bachelor's graduating class since programs first launched in Fall 2023.   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 16 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on May 15, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Joins Coalition Opposing EPA's Proposal to Gut National Limits on Toxic Ethylene Oxide Pollution Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 16 attorneys general opposing a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal to repeal national emission standards for ethylene oxide (EtO) used by commercial sterilization faci  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, May 15 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * MLB.TV on the ESPN App showcases nearly 40 MLB Rivalry Weekend games presented by Booking.com * MLB.TV on the ESPN App will showcase nearly 40 games during Major League Baseball's second annual MLB Rivalry Weekend presented by Booking.com, featuring several of the sport's most historic and compelling matchups from Friday, May 15 through Sunday, May 17. The weekend fea  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics issued the following news: * * * North American Transborder Freight increased 3.2% in March 2026 from March 2025 * BTS 26-46 Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics TransBorder Freight Data The transborder freight data program provides comprehensive monthly and annual data on North American cross-border freight activity, detailing the value of U.S. imports and exports with Canada and Mexic  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * AZ leaders thank Juan Ciscomani for leadership landing Ft. Huachuca mission Southern Arizona leaders praised Representative Juan Ciscomani's leadership in securing a new mission for Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, noting it will boost the local economy and create more good jobs. "Representative Juan Ciscomani's leadership strengthened our national security and boosted our local economy. Repr  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Adelita S. Grijalva, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * On Endangered Species Day, Rep. Grijalva & Sen. Blumenthal Introduce Legislation to Protect At-Risk Wildlife * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Adelita S. Grijalva (D-AZ) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the Extinction Prevention Act, legislation that would provide much-needed funding for some of the country's most imperiled yet vastly underfunded wildlife species.   more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release: * * * Smithsonian Starstruck Makes Its World Premiere in Washington, D.C., Launching an Immersive Journey to the Cosmos Built from Real Astronomical Data, This Fully Immersive Experience Brings Stars, Galaxies and Black Holes Within Reach * Friday, June 12, Washington, D.C., becomes a gateway to the cosmos with the world premiere of Smithsonian Starstruck: An Immersive Experience, opening at 926 F St NW in   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 15 [Category: BizEnergy] -- The Salt River Project, a public power utility and electricity provider, issued the following news: * * * SRP Crews Bring Reliable Power to 13 Remote Homes in the Navajo Nation Salt River Project (SRP) crews connected 13 families to electricity in the western Navajo Nation this spring through the Light Up Navajo VII initiative.  To electrify the 13 homes, SRP crews worked a combined 3,753 hours over two weeks, installing 108 primary poles, 2  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 15 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following news: * * * St. Louis Judge Rejects Police Effort to Withhold Public Records * Sunshine laws exist for a reason-to ensure governments aren't operating in the shadows and to hold leaders accountable by allowing citizens to access public records. This week, in a victory for government transparency, a St. Louis City Circuit Judge ruled in favor of the Goldwater Institute's clients and rejected a years  more

KINGSVILLE, Texas, May 16 -- Texas A&M University Kingsville campus issued the following news: * * * Texas A&M-Kingsville graduates celebrate spring commencement Graduates from Texas A&M University-Kingsville walked the stage Friday, May 15, in three commencement ceremonies held in the Steinke Physical Education Center. Friday morning at 10 a.m. graduates from the Dick and Mary Lewis Kleberg College of Agriculture, the College of Business Administration, and Education and Human Performance c  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. House Passes Congressman Biggs's Monitor Accountability Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, in a bipartisan vote, the U.S. House passed the Monitor Accountability Act, which was sponsored by U.S. Congressman Andy Biggs (AZ-05). The bill sets clear rules for courts' use of federal monitors, ending the grift exemplified by the federal court monitor in Maricopa County, which has far outlived its original  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security and Enforcement released the following testimony by Sean Kennedy, president of Virginians for Safe Communities, and a board member of the Fairfax County Criminal Justice Advisory, from a May 14, 2026, hearing entitled "Fairfax County, Virginia: The Dangerous Consequences of Sanctuary Policies": * * * Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member Jayapal, for inviting me to participate in today's hearing. Thi  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: In SASC Hearing, Kelly Demands Answers on Cuts to Civilian Protection Staff, Propaganda Funding Gap * This week, during a Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing, Arizona Senator and Navy combat veteran Mark Kelly (D-AZ) demanded answers from the commanders of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) on the gutting of Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response (CHMR) st  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: In Senate EPW Hearing, Kelly Presses NRC on Nuclear Permitting Progress and Domestic Fuel Supply Gap * This week, during a Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee hearing on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) budget, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly questioned NRC Chairman Ho Nieh and Commissioner Douglas Weaver on how the agency is moving faster on nuclear permitting without cuttin  more