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

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2024: A man who last year shot and wounded two Jewish men as they left religious services in the Pico-Robertson area of Los Angeles was sentenced today to 420 months in federal prison. Jaime Tran, 30, formerly of Riverside, was sentenced by United States District Judge George H. Wu, who set a restitution hearing for December 2, 2024. Tran pleaded  more

BISBEE, Arizona, Oct. 2 -- Cochise County issued the following news on Oct. 1, 2024: The Cochise County Board of Supervisors convened in a special meeting on Tuesday morning, where they voted unanimously to settle a lawsuit with American Oversight, a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit, for $125,000. The lawsuit highlighted significant deficiencies in the county's handling of public records requests. Following a non-public executive session with legal counsel from the Phoenix-based firm Jones, Ske  more

BISBEE, Arizona, Oct. 2 -- Cochise County issued the following news on Oct. 1, 2024: In a significant decision made during a special meeting held today, the Cochise County Board of Supervisors has unanimously appointed Randy Judd as the new Justice of the Peace for Precinct 3 the remainder of the term for the vacant seat, effective November 13, 2024. This appointment comes following a recommendation from the Justice of the Peace Selection Committee, which submitted the names of Judd and Terisha  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: DENVER Mile Hi Companies, a group of businesses that distribute food and paper products, violated federal law when it issued and followed discriminatory hiring directives, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed yesterday. According to the lawsuit, Mile Hi unlawfully denied employment opportunities to Black, female, and Afghan job applicants. The discr  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

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 1 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2024: Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of attorneys general in support of a proposed revision to the American Bar Association's (ABA) accreditation standards for law schools. The amended standard would require schools to continue to take concrete steps toward improving access to legal education and the legal profession for all qualified aspiring lawy  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: The Bureau of Reclamation today announced a $9.2 million investment supported by President Biden's Investing in America agenda to support Tribal efforts to develop, manage and protect water and related resources, and mitigate drought impacts and the loss of Tribal trust resources. The 25 projects selected through the Native American Affairs Technical Assistance Program, with fund  more