WASHINGTON, July 20 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * 700+ Casa Grande Jobs Lost After Juan Ciscomani Voted to Gut Clean Energy Tax Credits * Ciscomani previously admitted his cuts could "jeopardize" Southern Arizona jobs, now says he is "very proud" of vote Roughly one year after Juan Ciscomani voted to gut tax credits that incentivize clean energy projects, more than 700 Arizonans are being laid off from an electric vehicle manufacturing plant in Casa Grande. When confronted a more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following news release on July 21, 2026: * * * AFPI Arizona Chair on Today's Primary Election PHOENIX, AZ - America First Policy Institute (AFPI) Arizona Chair Kimmie Dillon today urged Arizonans to head to the polls and cast their ballots for America First values in the state's primary election. This year, the primary has permanently moved to the second-to-last Tuesday in July. "Arizona's primary has been moved, and I don't want a single voter to miss it. Today is the da more PR

OLYMPIA, Washington, July 20 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * AG Brown, coalition temporarily block Warner Bros./Paramount merger as lawsuit proceeds * The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California today issued a temporary restraining order halting the merger of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (Warner Bros.) by Paramount Skydance Corporation (Paramount), in a multistate lawsuit co-led by Attorney General Nick Brown. The temporary restraining order halts the merger while more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 21 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Opposes EPA's Proposed Rollback of PFAS Forever Chemicals Limits in Drinking Water * BOSTON -Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing a comment letter opposing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed rollback on limits to four poly- and perfluoroalkyl (PFAS) "forever" chemicals found in drinking water. EPA's proposed ro more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 20 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Secures Critical Win In Lawsuit To Block Warner Bros./Paramount Merger * Boston -Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today issued the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted the states' request for a temporary restraining order halting the merger of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (Warner Bros.) by Paramount Skydance Corporation (Paramo more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 20 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Wins Ruling Protecting Billions In Critical Federal Funding * Boston -Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced that a coalition of 24 states won a key ruling declaring that the Trump Administration was wrong in interpreting language in a federal regulation to allow it to terminate federal awards based on new program goals or agency priorities not identified until after the award was gr more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 21 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Wins Ruling Protecting Critical Federal Funding for Michigan * LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced a key ruling declaring that the Trump administration illegally misused (PDF) its regulatory authority to unlawfully pull billions of dollars in federal funding that Congress had set aside for crucial state programs and services. Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia sued the administration in J more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Ansari, Stanton, Grijalva Introduce Bill to Redirect ICE Funding to Public Schools, Require Sale of Detention Warehouses * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representatives Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), Greg Stanton (AZ-04), and Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07) introduced the Fund Schools, Not ICE Act. The legislation would redirect billions of dollars in funding passed as part of Republicans' second reconciliation bill for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (IC more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 22 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on July 21, 2026: * * * Attorney General Mayes Announces Multi-year Prison Sentences in Chandler Meth Trafficking Case Attorney General Kris Mayes today announced the sentencing of three defendants for their roles in a scheme to transport more than 70 pounds of methamphetamine into Arizona on behalf of a Mexican drug cartel. "Those who traffic illicit drugs into Arizona communities will be held accountable by my office," said Attorney General  more PR

TUCSON, Arizona, July 21 -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons issued the following statement on July 19, 2026: * * * Health Watch: Cyclospora Are you worried about food-borne illnesses, such as the latest, Cyclospora? This one is caused by a one-celled parasite. It causes watery diarrhea, often explosive, abdominal cramping, and other symptoms. It is harder to track than other food-borne illnesses, which begin within hours after a meal, because the incubation period may be a week. Symptoms may follow a remitting-relapsing  more PR

ALBANY, New York, July 20 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Wins Court Order Halting Paramount's Merger with Warner Bros. * July 20, 2026 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a temporary restraining order barring Paramount Skydance Corp. (Paramount) from completing its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (Warner Bros.) : "This lawsu more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, July 22 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on July 21, 2026: * * * Governor Newsom highlights robust investments in fire prevention and cutting-edge firefighting technology to combat wildfire and save lives As Trump cuts federal wildfire programs across the nation, California is building a world-class firefighting fleet What you need to know: California is growing its wildfire-fighting arsenal, including satellites, AI-guided drones, the nation's largest state-owned aerial firefight more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, July 21 -- Carnegie Mellon University posted the following news: * * * CMU Study Finds New Forever Chemicals in Firefighters After Fires * Forever chemicals are so prevalent in consumer goods that they can be detected in nearly everyone. But firefighters are exposed to these complex chemical compounds, also called PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), more frequently than the general population. There are thousands of different kinds of PFAS, and they're found in foam used to put out fires and in protective f more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 21 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Diffuse puffs of "missing" matter surround most galaxies * Stars and galaxies make up much of the universe's ordinary, observable matter. But for decades, scientists have wrestled with a cosmic conflict: There should be much more. Physicists have good estimates of how much matter was present in the early universe. Shortly after the Big Bang, roughly 83 percent of all matter in the universe was composed of invisible dark matter,  more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 20 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following news: * * * Goldwater Challenges Signatures of Anti-School Choice Measure * Today, the Goldwater Institute filed suit challenging the validity of the signatures submitted for the destructive and misleadingly titled "Protect Education, Accountability Now Act." The measure, which seeks to remove tens of thousands of Arizona families from the state's Empowerment Scholarship (ESA) Program, needed to submit 255,949 valid signatures to qualify for th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of the Secretary has determined that waiving multiple legal requirements is necessary to accelerate construction of barriers and roads along a section of the international border in Arizona, using authority provided under Section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. The determination, issued by the Office of the Secretary, takes effect on July 21, 2026, and applies to a portion of the U.S. Border Patrol Tucson Sector extend more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Kelly Talks About the Death of American Servicemembers in Trump's Iran War * "How do you explain to those family members...why did they lose their lives? What was this for? How did this make us safer?" Last night, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly sat down with MS NOW's Jen Psaki to condemn Trump's reckless war in Iran, especially following the deaths of three servicemembers since last Friday. Kelly also discussed his opposition of Jay Clayton's  more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 22 -- The Institute for Justice posted the following news release: * * * Massachusetts Families File Appeal to Supreme Court Challenging Unconstitutional Conditions for Special Education Services BOSTON--Can the government withhold aid from children because of their parents' exercise of a constitutional right? That's the question two Massachusetts families are asking the United States Supreme Court to address in a newly filed petition for certiorari. A Massachusetts regulation forces parents to choose between sendin more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. David Schweikert, R-Arizona, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news on July 21, 2026: * * * June State Unemployment Fell in 30 States, Remained Unchanged in 14, and Increased in 7 Today, the Joint Economic Committee released its monthly State Employment Update, outlining the employment situation in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. In June, among the 50 states and the District of Columbia unemployment fell in 30, rose in 7, and remained unchanged in 14. The highest unemployme more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Colleagues Urge Senate Committees to Regulate Prediction Markets, Protect Tribal Sovereignty & States' Rights * Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) joined Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and 10 of their Senate colleagues in urging the leadership of the U.S. Senate Committees on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry to rein in prediction markets offering nationwide sports and event wagering, which abuse federal commo more PR

CINCINNATI, Ohio, July 21 -- KnowledgeWorks issued the following article: * * * Policy Resources for Education Innovation Empowering states to turn policy flexibility into real innovation and transformation KEY TAKEAWAYS: * Many states already have significant policy flexibility to support learner centered innovation but lack practical tools to help leaders operationalize those opportunities * KnowledgeWorks' innovation guides and policy primers translate policy flexibility into clear, actionable pathways for designing and scaling new lea more PR

TEMPE, Arizona, July 21 -- Rio Salado College issued the following news: * * * Leaders Step Out Of Their Comfort Zones During Rio's Boss Moves Event Reflecting on his long and unpredictable career, the pop star David Bowie said, "if you feel safe in the area you're working in, you're not working in the right area. Always go a little further in the water than you feel you're capable of being in." Feeling out of your depth and learning how to stay afloat under "sink or swim" conditions can be a way to grow and cultivate confidence in your own  more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 20 [Category: Environment] -- The Nature Conservancy issued the following news: * * * New Bipartisan Research Shows Western Voters Strongly Oppose Selling or Transferring Public Lands * New bipartisan polling commissioned by The Nature Conservancy shows broad, overwhelming support for protecting public lands across the West, with majorities in every state favoring conservation over selloffs or privatization. The Western Voter Views of Public Lands Issues survey-conducted by the bipartisan research teams of FM3 Re more PR

WASHINGTON, July 20 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * NEW RECORDS: Arizona School District Ignored Safety Policies And Allowed Hundreds of Students to Leave Campus for Anti-ICE Protest Without Parental Consent * Today, America First Legal (AFL) released internal documents it obtained after suing Flagstaff Unified School District (FUSD) in Arizona to force compliance with AFL's public records request for records related to a January 2026 FUSD student anti-ICE w more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The National Football League Players Association issued the following news release on July 21, 2026: * * * NFLPA Rising Stars List Forecasts Next Wave of Players Expected to Drive Fan Demand and Merchandise Sales Annual List Provides Retailers, League Sponsors and Official Licensees with Early Commercial Insights to Inform Product Development, Marketing, Content and Retail Strategy This Year's List Includes Standout Rookies and Veteran Players Such as Fernando Mendoza, Caleb Downs, Jeremiyah Love, Rueben Bain Jr., Tyl more PR

PHOENIX, July 21 -- Paradise Valley Community College issued the following news: * * * PVCC Launches Regional Security Operations Center to Strengthen Arizona's Cyber Workforce Paradise Valley Community College (PVCC) officially launched its new Regional Security Operations Center (RSOC) last month, marking a significant step forward in preparing Arizona's next generation of cybersecurity professionals. The launch brought together education leaders, industry partners, and community stakeholders to celebrate the collaborative initiative, whi more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 21 [Category: BizEnergy] -- The Salt River Project, a public power utility and electricity provider, issued the following news: * * * SRP Seeks Additional Input on Planned Marigold Energy Center, Hosts July Open Houses * WHAT: Salt River Project (SRP) will host an additional in-person open house and virtual meeting to share information, seek public input and answer questions about the planned Marigold Energy Center in Stanfield, Arizona. The project may include various generating resources to help SRP strengthen t more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 20 [Category: Environment] -- The Nature Conservancy issued the following news: * * * The Nature Conservancy Protects Vital Water Resource in Southern Arizona * A vital freshwater resource in southern Arizona is now permanently protected. The Nature Conservancy (TNC) acquired the 218-acre Cottonwood Spring property, protecting a rare, year-round water source near the headwaters of Sonoita Creek that helps connect wildlife across a network of protected lands. "This is a huge conservation win, with many partners to more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 [Category: Financial Services] -- America's Credit Unions posted the following news: * * * Today: PAC supports three candidates in Arizona * July's only primary elections will be held today in Arizona, where America's Credit Unions PAC is backing three candidates. This includes Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), a strong credit union champion, defender of the credit union tax status during last year's reconciliation, and co-sponsor of legislation to exempt loans made to veterans from the credit union member business lending c more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 21 (TNSrpt) -- The Texas Public Policy Foundation issued the following news release: * * * TPPF Releases New Research on Ensuring Only Citizens Vote * Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released How to Ensure That Only Citizens Vote, a new research paper by Chief National Initiatives Officer Chuck DeVore outlining how Texas can strengthen election integrity by ensuring that only eligible U.S. citizens vote in state and local elections. The report recommends that Texas adopt a voter registration system modeled af more PR

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, July 20 -- Northern Arizona University posted the following news: * * * What's the best way to measure fire risk? The answer might be underground. * When fire risk is high, Arizonans know the major warning signs: hot temperatures, low humidity and lots of wind. But there's one fire factor we don't fully understand: soil moisture. Salli Dymond, an associate professor in NAU's School of Forestry, said measuring moisture levels in the soil and in forest plants-fire's potential fuel-could prove key to preventing or contain more PR

CAMP VERDE, Arizona, July 22 -- The Yavapai Apache Nation, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following news: * * * Yavapai-Apache Nation Environmental Protection Department Manager Represents EPA Region 9 at Tribal Leadership Roundtable The Yavapai-Apache Nation is proud to recognize Dave Lewis, Environmental Protection Department Manager, for representing EPA Region 9 as the National Tribal Caucus (NTC) Region 9 Representative at a recent Tribal Leadership Roundtable held in Washington, D.C. The roundtable brought to more PR