PHOENIX, Arizona, May 18 -- The Arizona House Republicans issued the following news release on May 17, 2024: State Representative David Cook announced that Governor Hobbs today signed House Bill 2751, an emergency measure he sponsored that enables Arizona to join the Great Plains Wildland Fire Protection Compact, enhancing the state's ability to manage and combat forest fires through a mutual aid agreement with other member states. The Governor signed Representative Cook's bill during an event   more

WASHINGTON, May 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-0947) on May 17, 2024, entitled "State Employment and Unemployment - April 2024": * * * Unemployment rates were lower in April in 5 states, higher in 2 states, and stable in 43 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Thirty states had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 1 state had a decrease, and 19 states an  more