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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Arizona Newsletter for 2025-12-17 ( 11 items )  
Climate change's hidden price tag: a drop in our income (10)
TUCSON, Arizona, Dec. 16 -- The University of Arizona posted the following news release: * * * Climate change's hidden price tag: a drop in our income * For decades, economists have focused on how climate change will impact the future. New research from Derek Lemoine, APS Professor of Economics in the Eller College of Management, shows the impact is already here: climate change has reduced U.S. income by an estimated 12%. Lemoine, co-director of the university's Consortium of Environmental more PR

Congressman Hamadeh Demands Answers from Commodity Futures Trading Commission Regarding CNN/Kalshi Partnership (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Rep. Abraham Hamadeh, R-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Hamadeh Demands Answers from Commodity Futures Trading Commission Regarding CNN/Kalshi Partnership * WASHINGTON D.C. - This week, Congressman Abe Hamadeh (AZ-08) shared his concerns with Acting Chairwoman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Caroline D. Pham about the recently announced partnership between Kalshi and CNN. Congressman Hamadeh expressed his concern that this par more PR

DHS Slams Sanctuary Politicians for Refusing to Honor ICE Detainer for Criminal Illegal Alien Truck Driver Who Killed American, Charged with Vehicular Homicide (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * DHS Slams Sanctuary Politicians for Refusing to Honor ICE Detainer for Criminal Illegal Alien Truck Driver Who Killed American, Charged with Vehicular Homicide * This illegal alien entered the U.S. in 2023 near Lukeville, Arizona, and was released into this country by the Biden administration The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE more PR

Famous faces, balanced budgets and big ideas: Top U of A stories of 2025 (10)
TUCSON, Arizona, Dec. 16 -- The University of Arizona posted the following news release: * * * Famous faces, balanced budgets and big ideas: Top U of A stories of 2025 * The University of Arizona was home to countless research discoveries, programmatic successes and other historic milestones throughout 2025. No matter the time, space or place, University Communications was there to capture to moment. Here is a selection of the university's most impactful news stories of the year. A new e more PR

Gallego Calls on VA to Stop Cuts to 358 Health Care Jobs at Phoenix VA (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Gallego Calls on VA to Stop Cuts to 358 Health Care Jobs at Phoenix VA * WASHINGTON - Following reports that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) plans to eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions nationwide, including 358 at the Phoenix VA, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) called on the VA to cancel the proposed cuts and protect veterans' access to health care. READ MORE: Sen. Gallego cal more PR

Gallego, Colleagues Urge Protection of Electric Vehicle Investments in Bipartisan Surface Transportation Negotiations (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Gallego, Colleagues Urge Protection of Electric Vehicle Investments in Bipartisan Surface Transportation Negotiations * WASHINGTON Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and 88 lawmakers pushed Senate Environment and Public Works and House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leadership to protect electric vehicle (EV) investments while reauthorizing bipartisan surface transportation legislation. Th more PR

ICYMI - Angel Families Join Congressman Hamadeh for Introduction of the Border Memorial Act (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Rep. Abraham Hamadeh, R-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI - Angel Families Join Congressman Hamadeh for Introduction of the Border Memorial Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Abe Hamadeh (AZ-08) introduced the American Border Story Memorial Act (link is external), joined by "Angel families," who have lost loved ones to the ravages created by former President Joe Biden's broken border and the cartels' deadly drug trade. Cosponsors of the bill i more PR

Nationwide associates give resources and time to champion food security (10)
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 16 [Category: BizInsurance] -- Nationwide Mutual Insurance issued the following news: * * * Nationwide associates give resources and time to champion food security * Nationwide During this season of gratitude and giving, Nationwide employees have continued to demonstrate the company's caring culture by supporting hunger relief efforts in communities across the country through volunteerism and Nationwide's annual Turkey Drive. One longtime beneficiary is St. Mary's Fo more PR

Undisclosed Deaths in the Pfizer MRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Discussed in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons (10)
TUCSON, Arizona, Dec. 13 -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons issued the following news release: * * * Undisclosed Deaths in the Pfizer mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Discussed in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons Serious but unacknowledged adverse events from COVID-19 vaccines occurred in the artificially foreshortened Pfizer/BioTech and Moderna trials, write Jeyanthi Kunadhasen, M.D., and Corinne A. Michels, Ph.D., in the winter issue of the Journal of American  more PR

Unemployment Rises to 4.6% - 64,000 Jobs Added in November - 105,000 Jobs Lost in October Due to Losses in the Federal Government (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. David Schweikert, R-Arizona, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, posted the following news: * ** Unemployment Rises to 4.6%; 64,000 Jobs Added in November; 105,000 Jobs Lost in October Due to Losses in the Federal Government In the latest Joint Economic Committee Employment Update, the first update since the government shutdown halted jobs data releases. Private sector jobs increased the past two months while the federal government experienced significant lo more PR

USGS Study Weighs Dragonfly Habitat Against Fish Invasion Risk at Glen Canyon (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey has issued Open-File Report 2025-1042, titled 'Assessment of Dragonfly and Damselfly (Odonata) Occupancy and Habitat Suitability at -12 Mile Slough, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Arizona,' by Anya Nova Metcalfe, Morgan A. Ford, Lawrence E. Stevens, and Theodore A. Kennedy, examining how management of a Colorado River backwater could affect native insects and invasive fishes. Prepared in cooperation with the National Park Service more PR