PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona, Michael Bailey, issued the following news release on Aug. 4: United States Attorney Michael Bailey of the District of Arizona today announced that the state of Arizona received over $1.2 million from the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs and its component, the Office for Victims of Crime, to provide safe, stable housing and appropriate services to victims of human trafficking. "Human trafficking is a ba  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release on Aug. 5: Today, Tyrone Cedric Duren, 50, of Bonsall, California was sentenced by Judge John A. Houston to 130 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. The court also ordered the forfeiture of Duren's primary residence, a money judgment of $275,000, and restitution to the Internal Revenue Service. Duren previously pleaded guilty to 19 counts including charges  more

EDWARDS AFB, California, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Air Force's (412th Test Wing) issued the following news: The 412th Security Forces Squadron held a memorial service honoring three Security Forces Airmen in Hangar 1600 on Edwards Air Force Base, California, Aug 3. A limited number of close family, friends and unit members gathered to remember and honor their lives. Service members, civilians, family and friends who were unable to attend the ceremony, were able to view the ceremony via YouTube, Face  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 6 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Aug. 5: Trafficade Service, Inc. violated federal law when it subjected two Hispanic employees to verbal and physical harassment because of their national origin, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a lawsuit filed today. The EEOC further charged that Trafficade retaliated against the same two employees for opposing the harassment. According to the EEOC's lawsuit  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Mountain Regional Field Office issued the following news release: ARIZONA The 2020 Arizona average farmland real estate value, a measurement of the value of all land and buildings on farms, was $3,850 per acre. This is an increase of 1.3 percent from 2019 and 1.9 percent from 2018. The average value of cropland and irrigated cropland was $7,650, up 0.7 percent from 2019. Pasture values  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Labor secured a $3,000,000 consent judgment against Stratis Construction Inc. - a residential drywall company based in Phoenix, Arizona - for violating overtime and recordkeeping requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The judgment follows an investigation by the Department's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) that determined the employer paid piece rate employees the same   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a meeting by President Trump with Gov. Doug Ducey, R-Arizona: THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to be with the governor of a fabulous state, Arizona. It's Doug Ducey, and we know him well. And we've had a tremendous relationship. He had a tremendous, big, very big election victory. And he has done an incredible job on COVID, or COVID-19, or about 19 other names we can call it. It's got probably more n  more