PHOENIX, Arizona, Dec. 21 -- The Arizona Department of Gaming issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: The Arizona Department of Gaming (ADG) announced today $42,508,200 in tribal gaming contributions to the Arizona Benefits Fund for the second quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. "Strong collaboration and partnership between the state and Arizona's tribal communities continue to drive the growth of the tribal gaming industry," said Jackie Johnson, Director of ADG. "With consecutive re  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Dec. 21 -- Gov. Katie Hobbs, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2024: Governor Katie Hobbs and Hopi Chairman Timothy Nuvangyaoma announced a historic Lands into Trust agreement between the State of Arizona, the United States, and the Hopi Tribe. "After nearly three decades of the Hopi fighting for their rights, I'm proud to enter into this historic agreement," said Governor Katie Hobbs. "Every Arizonan should have an opportunity to thrive and a space to   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Dec. 21 -- The Arizona Auditor General issued the following audit report (No. 24-115) on Dec. 20, 2024, entitled "Arizona State Board of Chiropractic Examiners." Here are excerpts: * * * To: Members of the Arizona Legislature The Honorable Katie Hobbs, Governor Ms. Alissa M. Vander Veen, Executive Director, Arizona State Board of Chiropractic Examiners Transmitted herewith is the report, A Special Audit of the Arizona State Board of Chiropractic Examiners. This audit was   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Dec. 22 -- Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication issued the following news: Investigative faculty of ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and its Howard Center for Investigative Journalism have created a new investigative editing curriculum that will be offered online starting in January 2025. The continuing professional education curriculum consists of 12 online learning modules that will allow lea  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Dec. 21 -- Gov. Katie Hobbs, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2024: The Hobbs administration announced historic action to secure Arizona's water future and protect rural Arizonans from unchecked groundwater pumping with the Arizona Department of Water Resources' (ADWR) decision to designate the Willcox Groundwater Basin an Active Management Area (AMA). "Rural communities deserve to have their groundwater protected, and today's action is a critical mile  more

DENVER, Colorado, Dec. 21 -- Holland and Hart, a law firm, issued the following news: Holland & Hart advised Copia Power (Copia), a Carlyle portfolio company, in a $1.2 billion construction-to-term loan financing to fund the construction of its Harquahala Sun 1 and Harquahala Sun 2 solar plus storage projects, located in Maricopa County, Arizona, outside of Phoenix. The firm served as real estate counsel on the financing, one of the first structured with a non-recourse tax credit transfer brid  more

MESA, Arizona, Dec. 21 -- The Mesa Public Schools issued the following news on Dec. 20, 2204: The Mesa Public Schools Governing Board approved the contract to have Dr. Matthew Strom as the next superintendent of Mesa Public Schools during a Special Board Meeting on Dec. 19. The vote was a unanimous 5-0 vote. Dr. Strom will begin his new role as superintendent on July 1, 2025, following current superintendent Dr. Andi Fourlis' retirement on June 30, 2024. Following the vote, Dr. Strom stated:   more

TUCSON, Arizona, Dec. 21 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: Philanthropist and businesswoman Ginny L. Clements and her husband, manufacturing executive Tom Rogers, have each committed gifts of $1 million to the Sarver Heart Center at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson to create a new cardiovascular research institute. The Sarver Heart Center has set a goal to raise $75 million to build an institutionally designated cardiovascular research instit  more