Saturday - November 23, 2024
*Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Arizona Newsletter for Tuesday November 19, 2024 ( 3 items )  

ADF to Supreme Court: Biden-Harris Title X Rule Change Violates Federal Conscience Protections
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, Nov. 19 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following statement on Nov. 18, 2024: * * * The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch regarding a friend-of-the-court brief ADF filed Monday with the U.S. Supreme Court in State of Oklahoma v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on behalf of five medical associations and pro-life groups. The case involves a Biden-Harris  more

Community and Labor Groups React to CHIPS Act Contract with TSMC
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Members of CHIPS Communities United (CCU), a coalition of unions, environmental, social justice, civil rights, and community groups, responded to the contract announced on Friday between the CHIPS for America Program Office and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for its facility in Phoenix, Arizona only the second CHIPS Act contract to be finalized. The coalition raised concerns ab  more

Gun Deaths Surpass Motor Vehicle Deaths in 35 States and the District of Columbia
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (TNSres) -- The Violence Policy Center issued the following news release: Gun deaths outpaced motor vehicle deaths in 35 states and the District of Columbia in 2022, the most recent year for which data are available, a new analysis from the Violence Policy Center (VPC) reveals. That year, gun deaths (including gun suicide, homicide, and fatal unintentional shootings) outpaced motor vehicle deaths (both occupant and pedestrian) in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado  more