PHOENIX, Arizona, Nov. 16 (TNSres) -- Gov. Katie Hobbs, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2024: Governor Katie Hobbs' committee to recommend updates to modernize the State's Minimum Adequacy Guidelines for school facilities issued their final report. The committee, made up of experts representing urban and rural schools, educators, public safety professionals and school architects, was established by Executive Order 2023-15. "Arizona children deserve safe and secure scho  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- The House Natural Resources Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-709) on the Colorado River Salinity Control Fix Act (H.R. 7872), which aims to amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to modify certain requirements applicable to salinity control units. The report was advanced by Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, on Oct. 22, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose of the Legislation The purpose of H.R. 7872 is to amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Contr  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center issued the following news: On October 22, 2024, the U.S. DOT Project Delivery Center of Excellence held the final event of the three-part thought leadership series: Making Good on the Potential of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. U.S. DOT Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Mariia Zimmerman delivered opening remarks. Gregory Byres, Arizona Department of T  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: * * * The plan outlines the necessary steps to recover the endangered plant * * * PHOENIX - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has approved a recovery plan for the Gierisch mallow, an endangered plant found in Mohave County, Arizona, and Washington County, Utah. This recovery plan serves as a roadmap for the conservation of the species and establishes criteria for de  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is proposing to construct a new Administration Building as well as a new quail breeding facility (Quail Facility) at the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge (BANWR; refuge) located in Pima County, Arizona. The new Quail Facility will provide much needed and updated infrastructure to help meet one of the refuge's goals in c  more