MOORHEAD, Minnesota, July 12 -- The American Association of Independent Professional Baseball issued the following news release: The St. Paul Saints have sold the contract of OF Max Murphy to the Arizona Diamondbacks' organization, the American Association announced Friday, July 12. Murphy is the 32nd American Association player to have his contract purchased by a Major League organization in 2019. Murphy led the leaves the league near the top of most offensive categories. He is currently four  more

MOORHEAD, Minnesota, July 7 -- The American Association of Independent Professional Baseball issued the following news release: The Texas AirHogs have sold the contract of INF Josh Prince to the Arizona Diamondbacks' organization, the American Association announced Sunday, July 7. Prince is the 31st American Association player to have his contract purchased by a Major League organization in 2019. Prince hit .309 with two home runs, 11 doubles, one triple, and 11 RBIs across 41 games with the A  more

MOORHEAD, Minnesota, July 7 -- The American Association of Independent Professional Baseball issued the following news release: The Gary SouthShore RailCats have sold the contract of OF Evan Marzilli to the Arizona Diamondbacks' organization, the American Association announced Sunday, July 7. Marzilli is the 30th American Association player to have his contract purchased by a Major League organization in 2019. Marzilli hit .192 with seven doubles, one triple, 13 RBIs, and 31 walks with the Rai  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 9 -- The American Association of School Administrators issued the following news release: Kristi Sandvik, superintendent of the Buckeye Elementary School District in Buckeye, Ariz., was sworn in today as the 2019-20 president-elect of AASA, The School Superintendents Association. She has been a member of AASA, as well as the Arizona Association of School Administrators, since 2010. "Through our efforts to advocate for strong public education, I will ensure that th  more

TUCSON, Arizona, July 11 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: * * * - 10-year Anniversary of Campaign Highlights Connection Between Wildlife Extinction Crisis, Human Population Growth * * * The Center for Biological Diversity will distribute its one millionth free Endangered Species Condom today for World Population Day. The giveaway of 10,000 condoms in total also marks the 10-year anniversary of the launch of the campaign, which seeks to make the connec  more

TUCSON, Arizona, July 12 -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons issued the following news release: At Tuesday's hearing on Texas v. Azar, pursued by 18 states and two individuals, questions by two judges signaled that the Affordable Care Act (ACA or ObamaCare) could be in peril. Seven months ago, District Judge Reed O'Connor held all of ACA to be unconstitutional. Since Congress zeroed out the tax penalty for failing to buy ACA-compliant insurance, the sole support for the othe  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 12 -- The Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce issued the following news release: The Greater Phoenix Chamber opposes the Responsible Budget Act (Prop 106), as it does not align with the Chamber's Public Policy principles. The proposed ballot initiative would amend the Phoenix City Charter to require the City to conduct an additional annual assessment of all of its pension liabilities. If the annual assessment of all city of Phoenix employees' retirement systems demonstra  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 10 -- The Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce issued the following news release: On June 20, Sarah Strunk, Chair of the Board of Directors of Fennemore Craig, who served as Chair of the Chamber's Board of Directors during FY19, received the David Bruno Award for Distinguished Service. The award recognizes an individual whose service to the Chamber requires a special level of recognition. The Award is named after David Bruno, former Board Chair of the Chamber, a tremendou  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 12 -- The Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce issued the following news release: As a long time transportation professional and transit supporter, I've been a proponent for balanced transportation infrastructure and specifically light rail in the Greater Phoenix region. It's part of the reason I agreed to serve as a Co-Chair of the Greater Phoenix Chamber's Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. In my role as Co-Chair, I help lead the committee's discussions and re  more

FAIRFAX, Virginia, July 12 -- The Irrigation Association issued the following news release, dated July 9: The Irrigation Association is excited to announce that Lindsay Corporation's Riverview LLP project has been named the recipient of the 2019 Vanguard Award. The IA's Vanguard Award honors an innovative project in the irrigation industry executed by a team of individuals, companies, organizations or other group entities. Projects chosen for this award exemplify the IA's mission of promoting e  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 11 -- The State Bar of Arizona issued the following news release: Superhero staff at the State Bar of Arizona flew into action for St. Vincent de Paul's first annual Justice League Food Drive and collected 485 pounds of food for Arizona families. The month-long food drive held in May garnered the Bar bragging rights and the Scale of Champions Trophy. St. Vincent de Paul's Justice League Food Drive challenged local law firms and legal organizations to activate their teams  more

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, July 9 -- The U.S. Olympic Committee issued the following news release: Standout performances during June earned archer Brady Ellison (Globe, Arizona), taekwondo athlete Anastasija Zolotic (Largo, Florida) and the U.S. Women's National Rugby Sevens Team Best of June honors for the Team USA Awards presented by Dow, the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee announced today. Ellison captured his first world championship title in recurve in a one arrow shoot-off   more

KEENE, California, July 10 -- The United Farm Workers issued the following joint statement by President Teresa Romero and Diana Tellefson Torres, executive director of United Farm Workers Foundation, after introduction of the Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act by Reps. Judy Chu, D-California and Raul M. Grijalva, D-Arizona: "We have attended the funerals of too many farm workers who needlessly died from extreme heat. In 2005, the UFW, working with representative Chu --a  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 9 -- SEMI, an association serving the manufacturing supply chain for the electronics industry, issued the following news release: Waymo, a self-driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to move around, has won the 2019 SEMI Americas Award. SEMI honored the Mountain View, California-based firm for leading the development of the first fully autonomous self-driving car and initiating a fully self-driving, ride-hailing s  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, July 9 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release: * * * - The species is severely threatened by habitat destruction, and only a few isolated populations remain. * * * Two conservation groups filed a motion on Wednesday to intervene in a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's designation of critical habitat for the endangered New Mexico meadow jumping mouse. The species is severely threatened by habitat destruction, and only a few isol  more