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Senators urge IRS to provide late filing and payment relief amid pandemic The Hill BY NAOMI JAGODA    A bipartisan group of senators is urging the IRS to provide relief for taxpayers who had difficulties filing and paying on time because of the coronavirus...

Defense Policy Bill Includes Bipartisan Provision for Greater Transparency on Federal Spending Defense Policy COURTNEY BUBLÉ    The annual defense policy bill, approved last week, included a bipartisan provision that will require federal agencies to be more...

KYMA By Lisa Sturgis   WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congress has approved plans for a museum dedicated to Latino Americans. The news comes on the first day of National Hispanic Heritage Month.   Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, (D-Ariz.) announced Tuesday the National Museum of...

La Paz County Backs Sinema Bill To Boost Economic Development KAWC By BRANDON MEJIA   The La Paz County Board of Supervisors submitted written support of U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema's bipartisan La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act. The letter came...

Bill Would ‘Jumpstart’ Planning Process for Beefing up Border Security Tech Nextgov By Mila Jasper   A bill introduced in the House of Representatives would require the Homeland Security Department to develop a plan for how to use emerging technologies to improve...

Federal grant to fund bridge over Arizona creek where kids were killed KTAR BY DANNY SHAPIRO   PHOENIX — Gila County was awarded a $21 million federal grant to fund construction of a bridge over Tonto Creek months after three children were killed when their...

Sun City Fire and Medical Department seeks CARES funds Sun City Independent While municipalities can access CARES Act funds to reimburse them for unexpected costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic, special taxes districts were not included in the law.   But...

Space Force gets political boost from Senate supporters Space News by Sandra Erwin — September 10, 2020   WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of U.S. senators announced they have formed a Space Force Caucus to help the new military branch advance issues on Capitol...

Senators Press VA to Expand Telehealth Coverage for Vets’ Families mHealth Intelligence  By Eric Wicklund   September 10, 2020 -  A group of Senators is calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs to expand telehealth coverage for veterans’ families...

A lifeline. A community center. A business safety net. In Arizona, the mail means more than you may think AZ Republic Rachel Leingang Arizona Republic   "The mail must go through."   That old Disney children's song with those words in the chorus keeps...