WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The American Public Transportation Association issued the following news release on July 30, 2026: * * * 2026 APTA Awards, Hall of Fame Winners Announced Top Organizations and Leaders Recognized for Outstanding Leadership and Innovations - The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) today honored 12 organizations and leaders with awards for their vision, leadership, and commitment to public transportation. The association also inducted four new members into the prestigious APTA Hall of Fame. The 2026 APTA A more PR

DENVER, Colorado, July 30 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * ACCO Engineered Systems Selects El Paso County for New Fabrication Facility and Expansion * MONUMENT - Today, Governor Polis and the Global Business Development Division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) announced that mechanical contracting and systems engineering company ACCO Engineered Systems (ACCO) has chosen El Paso County for expansion. "ACCO Engineered Systems' decision to expand in El Pa more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 1 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on July 31, 2026: * * * AG Mayes Joins Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration's Efforts to Undermine Affordable Care Act Protections Attorney General Mayes today joined a coalition of attorneys general in filing a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to challenge a federal rule that once again illegally undermines the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and would make health insurance more expensive and harder to ob more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 1 -- The Arizona Department of Transportation issued the following news: * * * ADOT finishes work at several cross streets over I-10 in Phoenix Pavement, sidewalk improvements finished three weeks early - A project to add improvements along several streets near their crossings over Interstate 10 in Phoenix has been completed ahead of schedule. The Arizona Department of Transportation's $3 million project, which started in January, resurfaced sections of Seventh Street, as well as all cross streets between Elliot Roa more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 1 -- The Arizona State Senate Republican Caucus issued the following news release: * * * Arizona Senate Leaders Demand Fair Colorado River Plan Protecting Arizona Water Users Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen and President Pro Tempore T.J. Shope are fighting to protect Arizona families, farmers, tribes, and businesses from potentially devastating Colorado River water cuts as the federal government finalizes operating rules beginning in 2027. Arizona depends on the Colorado River to support at least three millio more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 1 -- The Arizona House Republicans issued the following news release on July 31, 2026: * * * Rep. Alexander Kolodin: Arizonans Deserve More Water--Hobbs Failed to Protect It State Representative Alexander Kolodin today called on the federal government to give Arizona a larger share of Colorado River water under the post-2026 operating rules released this morning and condemned Governor Katie Hobbs for failing to protect Arizona's water when it mattered most. "Arizonans deserve more water, not managed decline," Represen more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 1 -- The Arizona House Republicans issued the following statement on July 31, 2026, by Arizona State Rep. Teresa Martinez: * * * Representative Teresa Martinez Statement on Colorado River Water Decision Rural Arizona has already paid a heavy price and deserves straight answers from Washington - State Representative Teresa Martinez, Chairman of the House Rural Economic Development Committee, released the following statement today in response to the federal government's Final Environmental Impact Statement on Colorado  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 [Category: Environment] -- GreenLatinos, an organization that says it convenes a coalition of Latino leaders committed to addressing national, regional and local environmental, natural resources and conservation that affect the health and welfare of the Latino community, issued the following news release: * * * Arizona Leaders, Scientists, and Community Members Call for Stronger Heat Protections and Affordable Energy Solutions GreenLatinos and Climate Action Campaign convene virtual press conference highlighting the growi more PR

BISMARCK, North Dakota, July 30 -- Gov. Kelly Armstrong, R-North Dakota, issued the following news: * * * Armstrong appoints Walsh County State's Attorney Kelley Cole to Northeast Judicial District judgeship * BISMARCK, N.D. - Gov. Kelly Armstrong today appointed Walsh County State's Attorney Kelley Cole to an open judgeship in the Northeast Judicial District, effective Aug. 17. Cole has served as state's attorney in Walsh County since October 2017, having been appointed to the position in Grafton that year and subsequently elected by vot more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * At Senate Aging Hearing, Kelly Highlights Legislation He Introduced to Protect Seniors from AI Fraud * This week, Arizona Senator and Senate Special Committee on Aging member Mark Kelly delivered remarks at a hearing on artificial intelligence-enabled fraud targeting older Americans. In this hearing that Kelly requested last year, he highlighted his recent legislation to protect seniors from AI-powered scams and deceptive chatbot practices. Before  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin Tours Milwaukee Elections Operation Center as Trump Lays Groundwork for Election Interference * MILWAUKEE, WI - Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) toured the City of Milwaukee Elections Operations Center, taking up the City of Milwaukee's offer to Vice President JD Vance to see firsthand the extensive security and accuracy measures in place. Following the tour, Baldwin held a discussion with Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson and Mil more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following report entitled "Projected Composition of the U.S. Military's Fleet of Fighter Aircraft Through 2040." Here are excerpts: * * * At a Glance In 2025, the Department of Defense (DoD) operated about 3,300 fighter aircraft. In this report, the Congressional Budget Office projects how the size and composition of DoD's various fleets of fighter aircraft will change through 2040. CBO's projection is based on the expected service lives of today's fighter aircraft, more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Curtis, Kelly Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Modernize Rural Road Mapping, Improve Public Safety U.S. Senators John Curtis (R-UT) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) introduced the Modernizing Access to Public Roads (MAP Roads) Act, bipartisan legislation to help states and counties digitize local road networks, improve navigation, strengthen emergency response, and support rural commerce. "Too many county road maps still exist only on paper or in outdated systems. Th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 [Category: Sociological] -- UnidosUS posted the following news release: * * * Four of the Nation's Largest Latino Organizations Unite to Launch Unprecedented 2026 Voter Education and Mobilization Effort * WASHINGTON -Today, four of the most influential Latino civic organizations in the country announced the 2026 Latino Civic Engagement Coalition -a landmark, nonpartisan partnership to educate and mobilize the fastest-growing segment of the American electorate from now through 2028. For the first time, UnidosUS, LULAC Ins more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 30 -- The Georgia Public Policy Foundation posted the following commentary by Director of Communications Athan Clark: * * * Milton Friedman Was Right About School Choice * July 31 marks 114 years since the birth of Milton Friedman, the University of Chicago economist whose ideas reshaped monetary policy, helped end the military draft and earned him the Nobel Prize in economics. Yet for all those achievements, the idea likely to touch the most American lives is one he sketched in a short 1955 essay: that parents, not t more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 31 -- Gov. Katie Hobbs, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Katie Hobbs Releases Statement on Colorado River Final Environmental Impact Statement for Future Colorado River Operations * Phoenix, AZ - After the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation released its Final Environmental Impact Statement for Post-2026 Colorado River Operations, Governor Katie Hobbs issued the following statement: "Today, the federal government released a broad range of alternatives for how the Colorado River will be managed ove more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. David Schweikert, R-Arizona, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news on July 30, 2026: * * * Headline Personal Income Up Slightly in June, Spending Increases, GDP Slows Today, the Joint Economic Committee released its Monthly Expenditures Update for June. From May to June, headline personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index inflation was 0.40 percent, slightly below the 0.45 percent from April to May and even with the 0.40 percent from March to April. Core PCE price index inflat more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: New Research Finds a National Abortion Ban is a Top Dealbreaker for Battleground Voters * Less than 100 days before Election Day, new research from Reproductive Freedom for All and Impact Research shows that reproductive freedom remains a defining electoral issue in battleground races that will determine control of the U.S. House. Backing a national abortion ban is a top dealbreake more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly Delivers Remarks at Senate Indian Affairs Committee Hearing on Yavapai Apache Nation Water Rights Settlement * This week, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly delivered remarks at a Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing on the Yavapai Apache Nation Water Rights Settlement Act he introduced earlier this year. Kelly highlighted the historic nature of the settlement and the broad coalition standing behind it: "In a region where water is such a precio more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Curtis Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Modernize Rural Road Mapping, Improve Public Safety * Read in the Kingman Miner: New bipartisan bill looks to improve rural navigation abilities Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and John Curtis (R-UT) introduced the Modernizing Access to Public Roads (MAP Roads) Act, bipartisan legislation to help state and counties digitize local road networks, improve navigation, strengthen emergency response, and support rural more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Gillibrand Press AI Companies to Strengthen Protections for Seniors * This week, Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), members of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, pressed the CEOs of nine AI companies for information about the safeguards they deploy on their AI chatbot companion products for at-risk users like older adults, people with disabilities, and individuals in crisis. "AI products may help older adults detec more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Hirono, Duckworth, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Protect Women's Right to Serve in Combat * Today, Senate Armed Service committee members Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and 13 other Senate Democrats introduced the Women Add Resourcefulness and Resilience to Improve Operational Readiness (WARRIOR) Act, legislation to reinforce a longstanding principle of the U.S. military: standards must be based on the more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Wicker, Colleagues Honor Gold Star Children's Day * Today, Senator and Navy combat veteran Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS), along with 21 of their Senate colleagues, celebrated the passage of a Senate resolution designating August 1, 2026, as Gold Star Children's Day, which recognizes the children of fallen service members. In January, Kelly introduced bipartisan legislation to increase job support for Gold Star spouses. La more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees issued the following news release: * * * Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Hawaii Incumbents for Reelection to Congress * AFGE says Reps. Ed Case and Jill Tokuda support federal workers and their rights LAKEWOOD, Calif. -The American Federation of Government Employees today announced its endorsement of U.S. Reps. Ed Case and Jill Tokuda for reelection to Congress representing Hawaii in the 2026 midterm election. The statewide primary is  more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 1 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on July 31, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Joins Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration's Effort to Undermine Affordable Care Act Protections Coalition Sues Over Federal Rule That Reinstates Provisions Blocked by a Federal Court and Adds New Harmful Changes - Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California t more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 1 -- New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release on July 31, 2026: * * * Attorney General Davenport Sues to Protect Health Insurance Coverage Co-Leads Lawsuit to Prevent Damage to New Jersey Healthcare - Attorney General Jennifer Davenport today co-led the filing of a lawsuit challenging a federal rule that illegally undermines the Affordable Care Act (ACA), making health insurance more expensive and harder to obtain for millions of Americans, and which has already caused tens  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 31 [Category: Energy] -- 350.org, an organization that works to end the age of fossil fuels and build a community-led renewable energy, posted the following news release: * * * Oil Majors EExxon and Chevron latest profits come as extreme heat and rising living costs squeeze households * As communities across the globe confront devastating wildfires and endure record-breaking heatwaves and rising household costs, analysts expect US oil and gas companies Chevron and Exxon record-level quarterly profits. * Exxon  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 1 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release on July 31, 2026: * * * Attorney General Neronha, coalition sue Trump Administration to block rule that would undermine Affordable Care Act protections Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general and one governor in filing a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to challenge a federal rule that once again illegally undermines the Affordable Care Act (A more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Adelita S. Grijalva, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Grijalva Statement on Newly Announced Federal Proposal for Colorado River Water Cuts * Tucson, AZ - Congresswoman Adelita S. Grijalva released the following statement in response to the Bureau of Reclamation's plan to apportion Colorado River water cuts. "While we are still awaiting the final operational plans for the next two years, any proposal that imposes the vast majority of cuts on Arizona is unreasonable and unacceptable -espec more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 1 -- The Arizona House Republicans issued the following statement on July 31, 2026, by Arizona State Rep. Steve Montenegro: * * * Speaker Montenegro: Arizona Must Defend Its Water Future After Federal Colorado River Plan State must protect its allocation, expand its water supply, and prepare for long-term growth - Arizona House Speaker Steve Montenegro today released the following statement in response to the federal government's Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for post-2026 Colorado River operations. Th more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 30 [Category: BizEnergy] -- The Salt River Project, a public power utility and electricity provider, issued the following news: * * * SRP celebrates completion of major water infrastructure project to strengthen Valley water reliability * As communities across the Southwest face ongoing drought conditions and increasing water supply challenges, SRP today celebrated the completion of the Gilbert Road Pipeline project -a major infrastructure investment designed to enhance water reliability and operational flexibility th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Stanton Statement on Bureau of Reclamation's Final Environmental Impact Statement for Future Colorado River Operations * PHOENIX -Today, U.S. Representative Greg Stanton (D-Ariz) issued the following statement: "Solving the Colorado River crisis for the long term demands a fair, workable, basin-wide solution where every state has skin in the game. What we got today is the opposite. Again and again, the federal government refuses to force the Upper more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 1 -- The Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry issued the following statement on July 31, 2026: * * * Statement from Arizona Chamber President and CEO Danny Seiden on the U.S. Department of the Interior's Colorado River decision "The U.S. Department of the Interior's decision on future Colorado River operations places a deeply disproportionate burden on Arizona and fails to deliver the truly basin-wide solution the river demands. Arizona has never denied the seriousness of the river's condition or the need for meani more PR

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, July 30 -- Northern Arizona University posted the following news: * * * Study: Climate change could dramatically reduce water flowing from the West's headwaters * The small mountain streams that feed many of the West's rivers may face a much drier future. A new study led by NAU researchers found that groundwater-fed streamflow, known as base flow, has been steadily declining across headwater watersheds in the western United States since 1950 and could decrease by 45% to 65% by the end of this century if current climate  more PR