ELOY, Arizona, May 4 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona issued the following news release: The American Civil Liberties Union, Human Rights Watch, and National Immigrant Justice Center released a first-of-its-kind report on immigration detention under the Trump administration: "Justice-Free Zones: U.S. Immigration Detention Under the Trump Administration." The report looks at how the immigrant detention system has grown since 2017, the poor conditions and inadequate medical care -  more

FLORENCE, Arizona, May 9 -- The American Civil Liberties Union, a 501(c)3 non-profit that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release: The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Arizona, and law firm Perkins Coie LLP filed a federal lawsuit against the warden of a private prison run by CoreCivic, the United States Marshals Service, and the Bureau of Prisons. The suit demanded that th  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 7 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana issued the following news release: In a letter sent to the Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court today, a coalition of civil rights groups warned against restarting eviction proceedings and urged courts to take additional steps to protect vulnerable populations and ensure compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act during the COVID-19 pandemic. Noting that states like Arizona are not allowing evicti  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 29 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona issued the following news release: As more people die of COVID-19 in Arizona prisons, the ACLU of Arizona is calling on Gov. Doug Ducey to immediately issue an executive order to allow some incarcerated people to return to their families. Two incarcerated people have died from COVID-19 and 50 incarcerated people have tested positive, however less than one percent of the incarcerated population have been tested. At a p  more

TUCSON, Arizona, May 5 -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons issued the following news release: Governments are hoarding more than 100 million doses of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) while victims of COVID-19 are dying from lack of early treatment, which an increasing number of physicians and scientists believe is crucial for saving lives. In many places, particularly in nursing homes, victims of COVID-19 are still unable to access HCQ, states the Association of American Physicians &  more

TUCSON, Arizona, May 9 -- The Astrophysical Journal, a research journal from the American Astronomical Society that says it is devoted to recent developments, discoveries and theories in astronomy and astrophysics, published research articles, including the following topics, in its May 1, 2020 edition: * Asymmetric Structure of the Solar Wind and Heliosphere from IBEX Observations * Constraining the Milky Way Mass Profile with Phase-space Distribution of Satellite Galaxies * Dynamics of Later  more

SILVER CITY, May 2 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: The Center for Biological Diversity filed Freedom of Information Act requests to determine what led federal agencies in March to kill four endangered Mexican gray wolves in New Mexico, including whether the kill orders were influenced by the state's powerful livestock industry. Two of the wolves killed in March were pups - brother and sister - of the Mangas pack, which lives near the Arizona state line  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 8 -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release on May 7: A federal judge ruled in Arizonans for Fair Representation v. Hobbs that Arizona cannot permit online signature collection for ballot petitions. The League of Women Voters of Arizona had joined the case last month, supporting the use of the state's E-Qual system--the online system federal and state candidates use to collect signatures for nominating petitions--for ballot petitions during the COVID-  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Protect Our Care issued the following news: This week, Protect Our Care hosted press calls across the country with Democratic attorneys general and elected officials to bring attention to the Trump-Republican lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act and discuss the briefs from state AGs and the House of Representatives filed Wednesday in the Supreme Court. On press calls with attorneys general and elected officials in Arizona, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolin  more

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, May 6 -- The Translational Genomics Research Institute issued the following news release: The HonorHealth Research Institute and HonorHealth announced the successful enrollment on a novel combination of atovaquone and azithromycin in patients with moderate-to-severe COVID-19 infection. The clinical trial, conducted in collaboration with the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, is funded as an investigator-initiated clinical trial b  more

COLUMBIA, Maryland, May 8 -- The Universities Space Research Association issued the following news release: Universities Space Research Association (USRA), an association of 111 universities, announces the election results from its annual meeting for its Board of Trustees and Council of Institutions. Dr. Renu Malhotra of the University of Arizona was elected to serve as Chair of the 113-member Council, Dr. Brian E. Gilchrist of the University of Michigan was elected Vice Chair of the Council, a  more

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, May 5 -- WorldatWork issued the following news release: According to the "2020 Job Evaluation and Market Pricing Practices Survey" conducted by WorldatWork, with underwriting support from gradar, job evaluation practices continue to be a critical component when developing compensation strategies across industries. The survey focused on trends in job evaluation methods; results provide useful, benchmarking information about the most common market pricing practices. Key find  more