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WASHINGTON – Arizona Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Martha McSally, alongside Representatives Tom O'Halleran (AZ-01), Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-02), Raul Grijalva (AZ-03), Paul Gosar (AZ-04), Andy Biggs (AZ-05), Ruben Gallego (AZ-07), and Greg Stanton (AZ-09) wrote to Congressional leaders about mail delivery delays in Arizona due to the partial consolidation of the Tucson processing center. The delegation members urged leaders to ensure any postal legislation required the collection of updated service and economic impact data before further consolidating Postal Service processing centers.

Emergency service dispatchers in Phoenix are gearing up for a meeting with city officials in an attempt to shore up emergency funding for staff, new systems and therapy resources as nationally, dispatchers are awaiting a decision in Washington D.C. that could impact how they are classified.

Currently, 911 dispatchers in Arizona and across the nation are not considered first responders. Instead, they are generally considered clerical or administrative staff.

U.S. Rep. Greg Stanton was in Yuma Thursday where he toured the Yuma Border Patrol migrant facility and met with area leaders to talk about the economy.

Congressman Stanton, whose district serves Maricopa County, met with U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officials in Yuma where he was given a tour of the temporary soft-sided tent facility housing migrants. It's the latest in several recent visits by elected officials at the local, state and federal levels. Reporters were not allowed to attend the tour.

Changing 2% to 3% may seem small, but it has encompassed almost five years of work so far for officials with the Mountain Line bus system who have been pushing Congress to increase the federal funding received by high achieving public transit agencies in small communities.

Immigrants and community members were invited by National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum to share their stories about the health care system on Saturday in front of Arizona and national leaders.

Congressman Greg Stanton, representing Arizona's 9th Congressional District, and state representative from District 30 Raquel Teran, as well as local leaders and advocates, listened to people discuss their medical care experiences in the U.S. at the Japanese American Citizens League Hall in Glendale.

More than 30 members of Congress on Thursday sent a letter to Acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Matthew Albence about the treatment of transgender detainees in their custody.

"We are gravely concerned regarding Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) policies for individuals seeking asylum in the United States," wrote the lawmakers. "Today, we write to express our strong concerns with ICE's treatment of transgender migrants seeking asylum in the United States, especially those coming to the U.S. from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala."