WASHINGTON, June 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on June 25, 2024, from Economics Daily: * * * Alaska (5.4 percent), Idaho (5.3 percent), and Montana (5.1 percent) were among the states with the highest hires rates in April 2024. Hires rates increased over the month in 4 states, decreased in 2 states, and were little changed in 44 states and the District of Columbia. The largest increases occurred in Idaho (+1.0 percentage   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 26 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Orleans District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is requesting scoping comments from the public in preparation of a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Morganza to the Gulf (MTG) project. The SEIS will evaluate design changes to the authorized MTG project to meet the one percent Annual Exceedance Probability Storm Surge Risk Reduction (100-year level of risk reduct  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: HOUSTON -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston, with assistance from ERO Guatemala and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement Task Force, removed Jose Estuardo Aguilar, a 30-year-old unlawfully present Guatemalan fugitive, from the United States June 24. Aguilar is wanted in Guatemala for aggravated the  more

DALLAS, Texas, June 26 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Sandra Thompson joined officials from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) today to tour Oak Lawn Place, a new affordable housing development in Dallas, Texas, that received a $750,000 FHLB Dallas Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grant. The grant supported the development of Oak Law  more

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, June 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana issued the following news release: SHREVEPORT / LAFAYETTE / ALEXANDRIA / LAKE CHARLES/ MONROE, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown and the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Task Force announced the availability of approximately $152,565 in PSN grant funds for the Western District of Louisiana. The Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (OJP), and Bureau of Justice Assistanc  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on June 24, 2024, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the launch of the U.S. Department of State-YouTube Global Music Partnership: * * * SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone. So we're seriously increasing the cool factor here at the State Department this afternoon. (Laughter.) Look, first of all, great to see everyone here today. Let me just start with this. We've been doing a lot on music diplomacy,  more