WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The Export-Import Bank of the U.S. issued the following news release: Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) President and Chairman Kimberly A. Reed today participated in a webinar with the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry in conjunction with World Trade Month, outlining crucial export finance assistance available during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis. The presentation focused on COVID-19 relief measures designed to help small businesses protect sales a  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Pueblo Mechanical and Controls LLC - an HVAC and plumbing company in Phoenix, Arizona - will pay one employee $1,000 for failing to provide him paid sick leave after a healthcare provider ordered him to self-quarantine for coronavirus-related reasons. WHD investigators found Pueblo Mechanical and Controls paid sick le  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Arizona Field Office issued the following news release: Durum wheat production in Arizona, based on conditions as of May 1, 2020 is forecast at 4.95 million bushels, according to the May 1 Agricultural Yield Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. This forecast is 44 percent above last year's production of 3.43 million   more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Mountain Regional Field Office issued the following news release: During the next few weeks, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct the June Agricultural survey. The agency will contact nearly 6,000 producers across the Mountain Region states of Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming to determine crop ac  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 15 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 12: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an award of $621,991 in grant funding to assist the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) with identifying sources of lead in drinking water in schools and childcare facilities. "Lead testing of drinking water is critical for the protection of our children," said EPA Pacific Southwest Regional Administrator John Busterud. "  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce issued the following news release on May 14: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross praised today's announcement by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) of plans to invest approximately $12 billion to construct a new 5-nanometer semiconductor production facility in Arizona. This manufacturing facility will be one of only two of its kind globally capable of producing the world's most advanced semiconductors. TSMC's planned invest  more