SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Dec. 22 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service posted the following news: * * * 2025: The View from NOAA Satellites * It was a busy - and successful - year for NOAA's Satellite and Information Service. We celebrated 50 years of NOAA's GOES satellites in 2025. The last of our GOES-R Series satellites, GOES-19, became operational in April. And we launched our groundbreaking SWFO-L1 space w more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- The University of Arizona State Museum, Tucson, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains and an associated funerary object and determined cultural affiliation with multiple Tribal Nations in Arizona and the Southwest. The action is being carried out under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and involves the remains of at least one individual and a ceramic pitcher that have been part of the museum's collections for more than more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 22, 2025: * * * CEO of Health Care Software Company Sentenced for $1B Fraud Conspiracy * An Arizona man was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $452 million in restitution for conspiring to defraud Medicare and other federal health care benefit programs of more than $1 billion by operating a platform that generated false doctors' orders used to support fraudulent cl more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Rep. Abraham Hamadeh, R-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Hamadeh and Congresswoman Lee Introduce Bipartisan VA Medical Center Facility Transparency Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Abe Hamadeh (R-AZ-08) and Congresswoman Susie Lee (D-NV-03) have introduced the VA Medical Center Facility Transparency Act, as part of their ongoing commitment to provide bipartisan solutions for our nation's veterans. The VA Medical Center Facility Transp more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Gallego Continues to Push for Answers on Trump's Pharmaceutical Deals * In letters to the drug companies who recently inked deals with President Trump, Senator Gallego calls for more details and greater transparency WASHINGTON - In response to President Trump's recent announcement that nine drugmakers agreed to direct-to-consumer pricing through the TrumpRx drug purchasing platform, and the imple more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- The Harvard University Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects and determined cultural affiliation with multiple Tribal Nations in Arizona and New Mexico. The action is being carried out under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and involves ancestral remains representing at least 148 individuals, along with 30 associated more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- The Harvard University Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains collected from two federal Indian boarding schools and determined a cultural affiliation with the Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona, and the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona. The inventory covers human remains representing at  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- Harvard University Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has announced its intent to repatriate a collection of Native American cultural items after completing a review under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The museum determined that the materials meet the definitions of unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony and are culturally affiliated with multiple Indian Tri more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument, Mountainair, New Mexico, has announced its intent to repatriate a Native American cultural item following a determination made under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. After completing a review of museum records, inventories, and consultations, the monument identified a single unassociated funerary object in its custody that is culturally  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Rep. David Schweikert, R-Arizona, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news: * * * Stop Paying More for Less: Realigning Healthcare Incentives to Improve Outcomes and Reduce Costs On December 17, 2025, the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee held a hearing titled Stop Paying More for Less: Realigning Healthcare Incentives to Improve Outcomes and Reduce Costs. Members engaged with witnesses on how contemporary debates surrounding healthcare h more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Tonto National Forest, Phoenix, Arizona, has completed a comprehensive inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects recovered from multiple archaeological sites within Gila and Maricopa counties in Arizona. Following this review, the forest determined that the remains and objects are culturally affiliated with several present-day Tribal Nations in Arizona and New Mexico, clearing the w more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- The University of Denver Museum of Anthropology, Colorado, has announced its intent to repatriate Native American cultural items in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, following the completion of an inventory and consultation process. The notice, published in the Federal Register, states that the museum has determined a cultural affiliation between the identified items and the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Year in Review: Kelly Secures Millions in Federal Funding for Public Safety and Infrastructure Projects Across Arizona * Secured $22 million for a child development center at Luke Air Force Base and $2.7 million for rural Arizona fire, police, and flood protection projects This year, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly championed federal investments for rural Arizona communities, delivering for local project more PR