PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 7 -- The Arizona Supreme Court issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2025: * * * Court Rules Signature Counting Statute Unconstitutional as Applied to the Make Elections Fair Act Initiative PHOENIX - The Arizona Supreme Court has issued an opinion explaining the reasoning for its previous decision order dismissing a challenge to Proposition 140--the Make Elections Fair Act initiative (the "Initiative")--and permitting the Initiative to remain on the November 2024 more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 7 -- The Arizona Board of Regents issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2025: * * * Arizona's public universities unite to safeguard the state's groundwater Regents' Grant-funded collaboration with Arizona Department of Water Resources pioneers recharge solutions for aquifers. * As concerns about Arizona's water future grow, the state's public universities and the Arizona Board of Regents are offering solutions. The Regents' Grant-funded Arizona Tri-University  more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 6 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Business Employment Dynamics in Alabama -- Fourth Quarter 2024 * From September 2024 to December 2024, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Alabama were 98,242, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 92,388, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Stati more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-District of Columbia, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on Aug. 5, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, today, I introduce the Blue Envelope Act of 2025. This bill would make blue envelope programs, which improve interactions between police officers and drivers with difficulty communicating through speech during a traffic stop, eligible for federal transportation safety funding. The American more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 7 -- The Arizona Corporation Commission issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2025: * * * Electricity Prices Escalate Nationwide; Arizona's Average Cost per kWh Barely Increases by Less Than 2% Phoenix, Ariz. - Arizona residents continue to pay less for electricity than many other states in the country, even during a time when the price of electricity is increasing. The nationwide average retail residential price rose from 16.41 cents to 17.47 cents per kilowatt- more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: In Tucson, Sen. Kelly and Former Social Security Commissioner Martin O'Malley Host Town Hall Highlighting Republican Attacks on Social Security and Medicaid * While in Tucson, Kelly also provided a "Capitol Hill update" to Southern Arizona leaders at the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce In case you missed it, yesterday, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly and former Social Security Commissioner Martin O'Ma more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Kelly Pens New York Times Op-Ed Warning Against NASA Cuts, Advocates for the Next Generation of American Innovation * "I'm worried that President Trump is about to slow that engine down--and with it decades of American progress." Today, Arizona Senator and former NASA astronaut Mark Kelly published an op-ed in the New York Times warning that President Trump's proposed 25 percent cut to NASA's  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Rounds Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Help Military Medics Transition into Civilian Health Care Careers * MEDIC Careers Act would strengthen health care workforce by reducing barriers for veterans to enter nursing and other health professions Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) introduced the Medic Education and Deployment into Civilian (MEDIC) Careers Act of 2025, bipartisan legis more PR