TUCSON, Arizona, Oct. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2024: The United States Attorney's Office (USAO) and the Tucson Police Department (TPD) announced today the results of the first year of the PSP Pilot Program, a collaborative effort between the USAO and the TPD, in which local defendants are referred federally for charges involving firearm-related offenses. The partnership has resulted in 54 defendants being cha  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: PHOENIX Walmart, Inc., the largest grocery store chain in the United States, will pay $100,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. According to the lawsuit, Walmart fired cashier Stevey Wiman from its Bullhead City, Arizona, location because she had seizures c  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: PHOENIX The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed three lawsuits alleging that employers in Arizona, Utah and Wyoming violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by allowing sexual harassment to permeate their workplaces. The employers permitted work environments that were illegally hostile toward female employees and, in two of the cases, resulted in physical sexual a  more