PHOENIX, Arizona, May 17 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Phoenix Division issued the following news release: On April 22, 2023, DEA and its law enforcement partners came together once again to protect our communities from prescription misuse by safely disposing of 663,725 pounds of unneeded medications at nearly 5,000 collection sites across the country. Arizona communities came out to 83 collection sites and turned in 7,474 pounds of unneeded prescription me  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy issued the following news release on May 16, 2023: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of Arizona State University to lead the seventh Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute. EPIXC will mobilize a coalition of private companies, National Labs, universities, labor unions, and community partners and will allocate up to $70 million in federal funding over the next  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 20 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Arizona Field Office issued the following news release: ARIZONA The number of cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in Arizona feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 head or larger was estimated at 258,000 head as of May 1, 2023. The latest inventory was up less than 1 percent from last month's inventory but 10 percent below the May 1, 2022 inventory. Cattle feeders with 1,000 he  more

TUCSON, Arizona, May 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release: Michael Lopez-Loreto, 22, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced last week by United States District Judge Rosemary Marquez to 30 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. On February 9, 2023, Lopez-Loreto pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Transport Illegal Aliens for Profit Placing in Jeopardy the Life of Any Person. On January 17, 2023, Lopez-Loreto was en  more

TUCSON, Arizona, May 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release on May 17, 2023: * * * "Groundwater is a critical water resource in Arizona, and mostly invisible" said Fred Tillman, USGS research hydrologist and lead author of the study. "The AGEx maps allow people to visually explore groundwater levels in their areas of interest in the state, rather than deciphering information from databases." * * * New interactive maps tha  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 19 -- The U.S. Trade and Development Agency issued the following news release on May 18, 2023: The U.S. Trade and Development Agency announced that it has awarded a grant to Fiji's Ministry of Finance, Strategic Planning, National Development and Statistics (MoF) for a feasibility study that will advance the country's dual goals of 100% rural electrification and renewable power generation by 2036. MoF selected Arizona State University's Laboratory for Energy and Power S  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on May 15, 2023: * * * President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is Delivering in Arizona As of May 2023 The Biden-Harris Administration has hit the ground running to implement the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and it is already delivering results for the people of Arizona. To date, $4 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding has been announced and is headed to Arizona with over 357 specific proj  more