BISBEE, Arizona, Aug. 6 -- Cochise County issued the following news on Aug. 5, 2024: On Saturday August 3, the Cochise County Elections Department in conjunction with the Hand Count Audit Board successfully completed the hand count for the 2024 Primary Election. 12 political party hand count members, six each appointed by their county party chair started at 9:00am for the statutorily authorized hand count of the 2024 Primary Election. Two Vote Centers (VC1 and VC11) and two early ballot batche  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 6 -- Gov. Katie Hobbs, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2024: Today, Governor Katie Hobbs announced the approval of Volume II of Arizona's application for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. This officially unlocks the $993 million dollars in funding, which will be utilized to connect every Arizonan to reliable internet services. The approval of the application comes after over a year of stakeholder engagement, public input,  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 6 -- Gov. Katie Hobbs, D-Arizona, issued the following statement on Aug. 5, 2024: * * * Superintendent Horne Lost $29 Million in School Improvement Grants * * * Governor Katie Hobbs released the following statement after new reporting showed that Superintendent Tom Horne lost $29 million in federal funds to assist underperforming students: "Yet again, Superintendent Horne pulled the rug out from under public schools, leaving tens of millions of dollars on the table fo  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Aug. 6 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: Food and water. These basic human necessities were at the forefront of conversation led by Mississippi State University and Arizona State University in Washington, D.C. this month at the conference "The Intersection of Agriculture and Competitive Statecraft." Home to the Competitive Statecraft Initiative, ASU invited MSU to co-host the conference, the third in a series of discussions held on the topic.   more