PHOENIX, Arizona, Feb. 20 -- NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association issued the following news release: NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association recognized nine rural telecommunications industry leaders for their achievements and service to the industry, their companies and their communities during the 2020 Rural Telecom Industry Meeting & EXPO (RTIME). The NTCA Excellence Awards recognize those NTCA members who have shown exceptional commitment to their communities and the rural broadband industry.  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Feb. 20 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona issued the following news release on Feb. 19: * * * - Court orders Tucson Sector CBP to meet migrants' basic human needs following 48 hours from book-in time * * * A federal court ordered U.S. Customs and Border Protection to overhaul the way the agency detains people in its custody in the Tucson Sector. The court found that the conditions in CBP holding cells, especially those that preclude sleep over several nights,   more

SAN DIEGO, California, Feb. 17 -- The Biophysical Society issued the following news release: More than half of all cancer patients undergo radiation therapy and the dose is critical. Too much and the surrounding tissue gets damaged, too little and the cancer cells survive. Subhadeep Dutta and Karthik Pushpavanam, graduate students working in the lab of Kaushal Rege, Professor at Arizona State University in Tempe, and collaborators at Banner-M.D. Anderson in Gilbert, Arizona, developed a new way  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Feb. 20: * * * - Western Population Has Declined by 99%, Extinction Looming * * * A new bill in Congress would provide $25 million a year to save the rapidly declining western population of monarch butterflies from extinction. This monarch population is found primarily in Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington. The Monarch Action, Recovery, and Conservation of Habitat Ac  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 21 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Feb. 19: A federal district court ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to either approve or force improvements to California's plans to reduce soot in Plumas County, north of Lake Tahoe and smog in Ventura County. The court also ordered the EPA to act on Arizona's plan to curb dangerous smog in Phoenix. The agency must address both plans by March 1, 2021. Today's decision, iss  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Feb. 21 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Feb. 20: Conservation groups filed suit to protect meadows and streams in eastern Arizona's White Mountains from cows, horses and elk. The riparian areas are home to the critically endangered New Mexico meadow jumping mouse. Today's lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Tucson, says the U.S. Forest Service is violating the Endangered Species Act by failing to maintain fences, round up feral   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Feb. 20 -- The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund issued the following news release: A federal judge in Arizona has granted final approval of the settlement in national class-action litigation against Motel 6 related to the provision of guest information to federal immigration officials. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) filed the lawsuit in 2018 on behalf of guests who stayed at Motel 6 locations nationwide and whose privacy was viol  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- NARAL Pro-Choice America issued the following statement by Southwest Regional Director Caroline Mello Roberson in response to news that Republican lawmakers in Arizona have introduced legislation that would force Arizona's crisis-response hotline to end referrals to abortion providers in order to receive state funding: "Anti-choice lawmakers in Arizona are playing politics with the lives of their constituents. It's outrageous that anti-choice politicians are trying to hol  more

ALACHUA, Florida, Feb. 19 -- The National Center for Construction Education and Research issued the following news release: NCCER congratulates Central Arizona College (CAC) on their recent recognition as the 2020 Workforce Development winner for the prestigious Bellwether Award at the Community College Futures Assembly (CCFA) held in San Antonio, Texas. CAC competed against nine other community colleges in the workforce development category. All finalists presented at the CCFA and a panel of   more

DES PLAINES, Illinois, Feb. 21 -- The National Insurance Crime Bureau issued the following news release: Despite being fourteenth in total population, Arizona leads the nation in auto glass claims, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). Insurance industry data shows that between 2015 and 2019, 10% of the nation's auto glass claims were in Arizona. In fact, more auto glass claims are filed in Arizona than California or Texas; states with respective populations 5.5 and 4 times  more

MANHATTAN, New York, Feb. 22 -- Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a campaign of Everytown for Gun Safety, issued the following news: On Thursday, more than 150 volunteers with the Arizona chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Students Demand Action, both a part of Everytown for Gun Safety, made their way to the statehouse to urge lawmakers to support legislation to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers. Volunteers from as far as Pima County, Coconino Cou  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Feb. 18 -- The Pacific Legal Foundation issued the following news release: * * * - Pending Legislation Aims to End the Practice * * * Home equity is property. Taking it is home equity theft. Yet in Arizona, the property tax foreclosure process results in a complete loss of home equity, beyond what is owed for property taxes, interest, and fees. A new report released today details how tax foreclosures in Arizona's most populous county have left property owners with a loss o  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Feb. 21 -- The Flinn Foundation issued the following news release: Six bioscience companies creating innovative solutions to improve regenerative medicine, spinal surgery, sleep health, medical payments, the food supply, and even ear cleaning have been selected for the 2020 Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program. The Arizona-based firms will each receive $30,000 in funding support through a nonprofit partner, a personalized plan to help advance the company, and  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 22 -- The American Society of Interior Designers issued the following news release: * * * - The leading federal spokesperson on matters of public health, CNN's chief medical correspondent, functional medicine advocate and New York's favorite chef to speak at the inaugural wellness event March 29 - April 1, 2020. * * * Two globally recognized physicians, a renowned integrative medicine expert, and one of the world's leading restauranteurs will join the more than 50 leading desi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- UnidosUS issued the following statement by President and CEO Janet Murguia in response to reports that the Arizona legislature plans to vote on a suite of anti-immigrant bills--SCR 1007, HCR 2036 and HB 2598--ahead of a February 19 campaign rally visit to Phoenix by President Trump: "In defiance of history, experience, and common sense, the Arizona legislature is once again set to pass a set of anti-immigrant and anti-Latino bills. Nothing about these bills has changed: t  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 19 -- The Waterkeeper Alliance issued the following news release: Conservation groups filed a formal notice of intent to sue the Trump administration for eliminating longstanding Clean Water Act protections for the nation's waters, including approximately half of all wetlands and potentially millions of miles of streams. The Trump rule allows polluters to pave over wetlands and to dump pesticides, mining waste, and other pollutants directly into these now-unprotected waterways.   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 22 -- Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association, issued the following news release: The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has named Maricopa (Arizona) Public Library as the recipient of its annual Great Books Giveaway. The library will receive more than $20,000 worth in books, audiobooks and other materials donated to YALSA from publishers and producers in 2019. "We are very proud to accept this grant for the  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 22 -- Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association, issued the following news release: The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has named Maricopa (Arizona) Public Library as the recipient of its annual Great Books Giveaway. The library will receive more than $20,000 worth in books, audiobooks and other materials donated to YALSA from publishers and producers in 2019. "We are very proud to accept this grant for the  more