PHOENIX, Arizona, April 12 -- Gov. Katie Hobbs, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on April 11, 2025: * * * Governor Katie Hobbs Makes Appointments to Pima County Clerk of the Superior Court and the Maricopa County Clerk of the Superior Court Phoenix, AZ - Today, Governor Katie Hobbs is announcing her appointments to serve as the Pima County Clerk of the Superior Court and the Maricopa County Clerk of the Superior Court. Clerks of the court serve a vital function of the justice syst  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 12 -- Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne issued the following news release on April 11, 2025: * * * Horne: Schools on notice as Kyrene will lose $1.5 million with vote to defy federal guidance Issues warning over DEI policies PHOENIX - The Kyrene school district in Phoenix will give up more than $1.5 million in federal funds now that the governing board has adopted a policy that further embeds Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) language into dis  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news: * * * Arizona Republic: "GOP governor candidate shows how tone deaf she can be" The Arizona Republic detailed how Karrin Taylor Robson's "tone deaf" praise of Trump's senseless tax hikes is nothing more than a desperate attempt to win his endorsement in what's shaping up to be a nasty, chaotic primary. This comes after Rep. Andy Biggs beat her to the punch by embracing Trump's out-of-touch economic agenda   more

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, April 11 -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news: * * * How NAU is building Arizona Every Wednesday, Trevor Walsh puts on business casual clothes, collects reports from his project manager and foreman and goes to a progress meeting. He meets with the owner of the construction project of which he is superintendent. They discuss what progress has been made, if they're keeping to the schedule and the budget, what variations have been made to the original plan  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 11 -- Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication issued the following news: * * * NBC White House correspondent to be inducted into Cronkite School Alumni Hall of Fame NBC News White House correspondent Vaughn Hillyard will become the newest member of the Alumni Hall of Fame at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication this May. The Arizona native will be inducted as part of ceremonies surrounding the s  more

TUCSON, Arizona, April 12 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * U of A-led NASA Aspera mission hits spacecraft milestone A University of Arizona-led mission set to probe the mysteries of the faint universe made a major stride toward launch with the announcement of the successful completion of the spacecraft "bus" assembly on Feb. 25. The bus is the housing that will provide the structure, power and other systems that will enable the mission to carry out its wor  more

TUCSON, Arizona, April 12 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * Study sheds light on ancient solar activity using radiocarbon locked in tree-rings Researchers have used tree-rings to learn more about how the sun behaved more than 2,000 years ago. By analyzing radiocarbon locked over millennia in tree-ring samples, scientists from the University of Arizona Laboratory for Tree-Ring Research and ETH Zurich in Switzerland were able to create the most detailed rec  more