PHOENIX, Arizona, March 20 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * - ACLU of Arizona is Additionally Calling for the Release of People Currently in Pretrial Detention to Prevent a Public Health Crisis * * * State and local officials should heed public health experts' advice and immediately release individuals in detention who are at high risk of severe illness or death from COVID-19, wrote the ACLU of Arizona in a letter sent to Governor Duce  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, March 21 -- The Advancement Project, a 501(c)3 non-profit that develops and inspires community-based solutions based on the high quality legal analysis and public education campaigns, issued the following news: * * * - State, Federal Law Enforcement Agencies to Release All People From Incarceration, End Flow of New People Into Jail, Prison, Immigration Detention Amid COVID-19 Crisis - Citing the global health pandemic, civil rights organization urge state officials to releas  more

TUCSON, Arizona, March 17 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: * * * - Field Surveys Find Livestock Damage, Feces on Three-Quarters of River * * * The Center for Biological Diversity filed notice of its intent to sue the U.S. Forest Service for allowing livestock to inflict severe, widespread damage on Arizona's Verde River and its tributaries and streambanks. The livestock grazing violates the Endangered Species Act, Forest Service guidelines, forest-man  more

SILVER CITY, New Mexico, March 19 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: * * * - In 24% Increase, 32 Additional Wolves Now Roaming Arizona, New Mexico * * * The U.S. population of endangered Mexican gray wolves grew by 32 animals, from 131 in 2018 to 163 in 2019, according to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service census announced. The numbers represent a 24% increase -- the largest increase since 2014. Nineteen packs had pups alive at the end of the year. Eight  more

TUCSON, Arizona, March 19 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: The Trump administration's latest border-wall plan will wall off all remaining jaguar corridors across the U.S.-Mexico border. The Department of Homeland Security announced Monday that it will waive dozens of environmental and public health laws to fast-track border wall construction in Arizona, California and Texas. "The new border walls will mean the end of jaguar recovery in the United States  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on March 16: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will tonight urge Muslim voters in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, and Ohio to turn out and vote in tomorrow's March 17 state primary elections. Tonight, CAIR is launching a 21,118-household targeted get-out-the-vote automated call campaign that urges more than 100,000 A  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 17 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: The Freedom From Religion Foundation is pleased to report that an upcoming Phoenix religious event, in which President Trump's spiritual adviser was a slated headliner, has been cancelled. FFRF rushed out a letter on Friday, March 13, to Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich warning him about a large mid-April gathering at the Phoenix Convention Center that was supposed to feature megapreac  more

TUCSON, Arizona, March 19 -- The International Journal of Middle East Studies, a journal that says it features politics, society and culture in the Middle East from the 7th century to the present day from the Middle East Studies Association, published research articles on the following topics in its February 2020 edition: * "It's too much!": victims of gender-based violence encounter the moroccan state * Beyond The Nation-State: A Network Analysis Of Jewish Emigration From Northern Morocco To   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following news release: On March 17, voters in Arizona, Florida, and Illinois cast ballots in their respective state's presidential preference primaries. The primary election in Ohio did not go forward after state officials moved to postpone the election. The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law leads Election Protection, the nation's largest and longest-running nonpartisan voter protection program ope  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- People for the American Way issued the following statement by Marge Baker, executive vice president for policy and program, in response to primaries and more record turnout in several of the races: "Last night's voter turnout shows that alternative options to expand voting access work. In Florida, there was a surge in vote-by-mail totals because the alternative was available. In Arizona voters had curbside ballot drop-off and early voting was extremely important to the r  more

VIENNA, Virginia, March 21 -- The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council issued the following news release: This list is current as of March 19, 10:15 p.m. States with approved SBA declarations and the press releases for each state are listed below. Please note that in some states the declaration applies to counties in neighboring states with contiguous borders: Arizona - AZ 16350-01 SBA Offers Disaster Assistance to Arizona Small Businesses Economically Impacted by the Coronavirus (COVI  more

EUGENE, Oregon, March 19 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service revealed that at least 163 Mexican gray wolves survive in the wilds of southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona. The annual count shows an increase of 32 individuals since last year's total documented count of 131. The Mexican Wolf Interagency Field Team deployed in January and found 76 wolves in Arizona and 87 in New Mexico. This increase marks a step   more