WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: On Tuesday, the House passed The Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA). WRDA authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Program for projects to improve the nation's ports and harbors, inland waterway navigation, flood and storm protection, and other aspects of our water resources infrastructure. This measure represents the final version of WRDA, as negotiated over rece  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Dec. 12 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: Wildfire management is high stakes and often complex. Fire managers have to consider environmental conditions, weather forecasts and climatic trends, all while making decisions with lives and landscapes on the line. While scientists are capable of collecting more data than ever, sometimes less is more - particularly in emergency wildfire management. Together with wildland fire managers across the Southwes  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona's Health Sciences issued the following news release: * * * The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors increased its financial support of CAMI to a total of $8 million with another $4 million distribution of ARPA funds. * * * The University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies received a second vote of support from the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors with the December 11 approval   more