DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Dec. 17, 2024, entitled "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for the Regions - September 2024": * * * Private industry employer costs for employee compensation among the four regions of the country ranged from $39.37 per hour in the South to $53.75 in the Northeast in September 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-2562) on Dec. 17, 2024, entitled "State Job Openings and Labor Turnover - October 2024": * * * Job openings rates increased in 12 states and decreased in 4 states on the last business day of October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates decreased in 3 states and increased in 2 states. Total separations rates increased in 5 states and decr  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Dec. 18 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2024: Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced he joined a coalition of 11 states in suing the largest international investors, BlackRock, State Street Corporation and Vanguard Group, for using illegal means and anticompetitive practices to artificially constrict the market for coal. "I will not stand idly by while major companies unlawfully hamper energy p  more

HELENA, Montana, Dec. 18 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2024: * * * Convenes roundtable to expand energy production in face of rising demand * * * Governor Greg Gianforte today held a roundtable with energy suppliers, large energy consumers, public utility companies, transmission stakeholders, prospective business investors, and legislators to discuss how Montana can unleash the production of American-made energy to meet growing demand across  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, Dec. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Colorado Field Office issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2024: Total sales of aquaculture products in 2023 were $1.9 billion, an increase of 26% from 2018, according to the 2023 Census of Aquaculture released today by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. In 2023, there were 3,453 aquaculture farms with sales in the United States, up 18% from 2018. Five states - M  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news: The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is offering technical and financial assistance through the Non-Lethal Conflict Reduction Project in partnership with the Heart of the Rockies, Blackfoot Challenge, and other key organizations to agricultural landowners in 26 counties. While NRCS accepts applications for all programs year-round, producers and landowners  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2024: Today, the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has recommended for award more than $276 million to 44 Tribal entities to expand high-speed Internet access and adoption. The funding from the nearly $3 billion Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program is part of the Biden-Harris Adm  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2024: * * * Sixth new National Wildlife Refuge System unit established under the Biden-Harris administration * * * NANJEMOY, Md. -- Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Martha Williams on Friday joined partners and community members to celebrate the establishment of Southern Maryland Woodlands National Wildlife Refuge   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2024: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is opening a 60-day public comment period on a proposed rule to list Suckley's cuckoo bumble bee as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. This determination also serves as the 12-month finding on a petition to list Suckley's cuckoo bumble bee. The Suckley's cuckoo bumble bee depends on other bumble bee hosts for its   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The White House issued the following news release Dec. 17, 2024: On Tuesday, December 17, 2024, the President signed into law: S. 50, the "Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary of National Significance Act of 2024," which amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to give priority consideration to selecting Pensacola and Perdido Bays as an estuary of national significance. Thank you to Senators Rubio and Rick Scott for their leadership. * * * S. 310, the "Disaster Co  more